DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will set out looking to turn back-to-back wins into a streak when it travels to Weatherford, Okla., to take on Southwestern Oklahoma State in the first of consecutive road trips on Oct. 26 at 2 p.m.
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 Savage Storm enter Saturday's matchup with a 4-3 record following its most dominant win of the season, taking out Southern Nazarene 40-14.
The Bulldogs come into the weekend off a 35-017 loss to Oklahoma Baptist which extended its losing streak to three-straight.
The SE running game showed up in a big way in the win over SNU, putting up 357 yards on the ground, the most this season and the fifth-most in a game for the Storm since joining Division II.
That effort was led by
DJ Brown who finished with 131 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries, averaging over 10 yards per carry, and bringing his season total to 546 yards.
Jonathan Cobb and Donavan Shannon each scored rushing touchdowns in the game as well, while
Jason Ngwu rushed for 80 yards and Luek Hohenberger added 63 on the ground.
Hohenberger also added 162 yards through the air on 6-of-12 [passing with a pair of touchdowns, hitting
Kobe Jennings and
Matthew Nunez for scores.
It lifted his season passing yardage mark to 563 yards with five TDs, while Jennings leads the receiving corps with 19 grabs for 356 yards and three scores.
Southeastern's defense also turned in its best outing of the season, holding SNU to 146 yards of total offense on the ground, the sixth-lowest yards allowed in a game by the Storm since joining DII in 1997.
Braeden Winters leads the defense, averaging nearly 10 tackles per game with 7.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.
Tyveon Williams is next in line with 44 stops, while William Wallis and
Dylan Sebock have 2.5 sacks apiece.
Michael Hookfin has been a ball hawk, snagging four interceptions, adding five pass breakups, forcing two fumbles and recovering one.
SWOSU looking to run first, putting up 156.3 yards per game while running on 67 percent of its offensive plays.
That group is led by Kai Kunz who has 586 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground on 103 carries, while adding 701 yards through the air with three touchdown passes while completing 59.5 percent of his passes.
Baylor Nash is his top target with 17 catches for 161 yards while Elijah Reed has 16 grabs for 109 yards.
The Bulldog defense is allowing 371.7 yards per game of total offense, including giving up 216.9 yards per game of rushing to opponents.
Logan Monroe leads the SWOSU defense with 64 tackles and three sacks, while Desmond Green has grabbed five interceptions.
