DURANT, Okla. – After battling for 20 minutes, Southeastern Oklahoma State and Northwestern Oklahoma State went to overtime tied 72-72, and the Rangers would find late baskets to secure an 84-81 win.
DJ Dill and
Landon Condiff paced the scoring for Southeastern with 20 points each, while
Robert Briley tallied a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds.
Daniel Halldorsson quarterbacked the offense with nine assists and added six points and nine rebounds. SE finished the game shooting 42.3 percent (30-71) from the field and 33.3 percent (9-27) from beyond the arc and recorded 41 rebounds.
Southeastern led 7-5 behind a three-pointer by
Elijah Hughey, and another triple by Condiff would extend SE's advantage to 12-9. A quick burst of points by the Rangers cut the gap, allowing the visitors to take the lead, but three-pointers by
Ethan Wilkerson and
Andrija Brzovic would help SE regain the lead 22-21.
Northwestern strung together three straight baskets for the sixth lead change of the opening half, as the Rangers took a 27-22 edge on a 6-0 burst. The Storm replied with a three-point play by Condiff and a layup from Briley to tie the game 27-all and would close out the half on a 6-0 run, capped off by a jumper from Halldorsson to give Southeastern a 35-33 edge at halftime.
After an early basket from the Storm to start the second half, Northwestern would soon take the lead on a 5-0 run 40-39. Southeastern picked up the pace on a 4-0 run, and moments later, a three-pointer by Dill stretched the SE lead to 50-46. Condiff would knock down a triple to spark a 7-0 run, giving the Storm a nine-point edge with 10:26 left in the game. The Storm continued to attack from deep, as Condiff and Dill drained triples to keep the Storm's lead at nine, 65-56.
The Rangers chipped into SE's lead with a 5-0 run but were quickly matched by a 4-0 burst from the Storm. However, back-to-back three-pointers by NWOSU cut the blue and gold's edge to one, 71-70, and the Rangers would make a layup with thirty seconds left to tie the game 72-all and send it to overtime.
A slow start in the final five minutes by SE saw NWOSU go in front 78-74. Southeastern stayed on the heels of the Rangers through a triple from Dill and a layup from Condiff, down 80-79. Northwestern would put the game out of reach in the final seconds from the free-throw line to get the win 84-81.
Southeastern (3-7, 1-3) hosts Southern Nazarene on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. for the final home game of 2024.
