SE Stumbles in Road Rivalry Matchup

ADA, Okla.  – Briley Moon turned in her sixth 20-point game of the season and nearly matched her season high, but it was not enough to lift the Savage Storm in a 65-58 road loss to East Central on Monday night in Ada, Okla.
 
The loss drops SE to 4-12 on the season and 2-9 in Great American Conference play.
 
Moon hit 10-of-13 overall from the field and added a trio of threes on her way to a game-high 28 points to lead all scorers.
 
Caitlin Kobiske joined her in double-figures despite an early exit after fouling out, putting up 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting and rounding out a double-double with a game-best 11 rebounds.
 
Grace Alverson followed with nine points on a trio of threes.
 
Alverson went 2-of-2 from three to lead the way in the first quarter as the Storm shot 45.5 percent in the quarter on its way to a 15-14 lead at the first break.
 
Neither team would crack double-digits in the second quarter as Moon would score all seven points for SE, but the Tigers would score nine in the quarter, including beating the halftime horn to swipe the lead at 23-22.
 
Southeastern would regain the lead on a Kobiske three-point play at 32-31 and would eventually push its lead to 42-38 on a Moon three, but ECU would get another buzzer-beating bucket to cut the SE elad to 42-41 after three quarters.
 
ECU opened the fourth quarter on an 11-5 run, with its lead reaching nine points before the Storm made a pair of late pushed to get within five points twice, before ultimately falling 65-58.