Four in Double Figures in SE Loss

DURANT, Okla. – Despite four players in double-figures, Southeastern was unable to close the gap down the stretch in a 71-62 loss to Ouachita Baptist on Thursday night in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
The Savage Storm slip to 4-13 on the season and 2-10 in Great American Conference play and will host Henderson State at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
 
Caitlin Kobiske led the way for SE with 15 points but was below her average on the board with three rebounds while handing out three assists and blocking one shot.
 
Lauryn Scalice came off the bench with a career-high 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting with four three-point buckets.
 
Briley Moon hit a pair of threes on her way to 12 points, while Grace Alverson added a trio of threes en route to 11.
 
Lauren Beason led the Storm on the board with six rebounds, while Moon grabbed four.
 
SE spread out its assists with Moon handing out four, while Kobiske and Abbie Barr dished out three.
 
Southeastern found itself playing catch up all evening, with OBU scoring the first seven points of the game.
 
The Storm would answer with a 7-3 run to close the deficit to 10-7 and the score at the first break would sit at 12-9.
 
A Barr bucket early in the second quarter would close the gap to one point, but the Tigers would answer with the next five points and would eventually push its lead to 32-24 at halftime.
 
The deficit would hit 10 points early in the third, but a 7-0 run capped by an Alverson three would make it a one possession game by the 5:13 mark of the third.
 
A Scalice three with 3:25 to go would finally get the Storm over the hill and knot the game at 41-41.
 
OBU would answer with four-straight points and ultimately take a 52-46 lead into the final quarter.
 
The Tigers continued their run with the first eight points of the fourth quarter to lead by as many as 14 points by the 6:47 mark.
 
A late rally by the Storm would narrow that gap to 65-59 following a Kobiske bucket with 2:53 to play, but that was as close as SE would get as OBU would score six of the final eight points to fashion the 71-62 final score.