Storm Set for Live United Bowl Rematch vs. ESU

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will close out he 2022 football season on Saturday when it takes the field in the postseason for the second-straight year to take on Emporia State on Dec. 3 at noon in the Live United Bowl in Texarkana, Ark.
 
The Savage Storm head into the contest with a 6-5 record on the season after posting a fifth-place finish in the Great American Conference standings.
 
Southeastern fans can listen live via the Southeastern Sports Network on GoSoutheastern.com/SESportsNet or across the largest DII radio network in the area with Jay Lindly and Rob Johnson on the call. Local fans can pick up the game on 96.1 FM, while fans across southeastern Oklahoma and north Texas can pick up the games on 94.7 FM in Valliant, Okla., 97.7 in Ardmore, Okla., 99.5 in Rattan, Okla., 102.1 in Atoka, Okla., and 107.5 in Atoka.
 
The game will also be available to watch via pay-per-view through the Live United Bowl website.
 
SE will bring with it a total of 11 players who picked up all-GAC recognition, led by first team selections Daulton Hatley, Marquis Gray, DeJante Granger, and Maalik Hall.
 
Gray and Hall each tacked on additional honors this week as they were named first-team All-Super Region 3 honorees.
 
Southeastern finished the season as the third-ranked scoring offense in the league and will be leaning on the efforts of Hatley and Gray to maintain those numbers in the bowl game.
 
Hatley is still eyeing a significant milestone for his career as he is less than 100 yards away form becoming the program's all-time leader in passing yards and this season became the first player in the program's DII history to post back-to-back 3,000-yard passing seasons. He has already the career leader in touchdowns and completions.
 
A big part of his success this season has been Gray who set record for yards in a season for the Storm with 1,284 yards as well as touchdowns with 17.
 
Defensively, Hall has led the way with 77 tackles and 11.5 tackles for loss, while logging eight sacks which is the most by an SE player since going Division II in 1997.
 
The Storm will be looking to stop an 8-3 Emporia State squad that is paced by Braden Gleason who has completed 68.1 percent of his passes for 3,151 yards and 28 touchdowns on the year.
 
His effort has been spread across six receivers who have 30-or-more catches more than 300 yards each, led by Corey Thomas who has 45 grabs for 661 yards while Tyler Kahmann and Jaylen Varner each have eight touchdowns.
 
Defensively, Dawson Hammes has tallied 92 tackles on the year, while Jordan Williams leads the team with 5.5 sacks.