Southeastern Football Set to Square off With NWOSU

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will make its longest in-state trek of the season when it travels to Alva, Okla., for the second of back-to-back road games, this time taking on Northwestern Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at Ranger Field.
 
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 the contest with a 4-2 record overall on the season following a road loss to No. 2 Harding last time out.
 
The SE defense has been one of the league's best throughout the first half of the season, putting up five defensive touchdowns and already matching the most in any single season since Southeastern made the move to Division II.
 
The Storm posted a pair on back-to-back defensive plays versus the Bisons last week with Kole McKnight returning an interception 50 yards for a score, his second such TD return of the season, and on the first play of the next series William Wallis scooped up a Harding fumble and returned it 20 yards for the touchdown.
 
Prince Dweh is coming off a career-high 14 tackle effort last week and leads the team with 50 stops on the season, while Jacob Geddes is next in line with 38 total tackles and ranks among the league leaders in tackles for loss with 13.5, three of which are sacks.
 
Wallis leads the team with 3.5 sacks, while McKnight and Tony Hamilton have logged a pair of interceptions each, while McKnight leads the league in total passes defended with 10.
 
Levay Duncan leads the team's rushing efforts with 270 yards and six touchdowns, while adding 783 yards passing with five scores.
 
Chancy Lester Jr. is next in line with 214 yards and a score on the ground, while Kameron Lockhart has 190 and a touchdown.
 
Jax Sternberger and Sean Steens have each logged 17 catches, with Steens putting up a team-high 303 yards and two touchdowns, while Sternberger has 175 yards.
 
Lockhart has added 204 yards receiving to his rushing total on 15 catches and has a receiving score.
 
The Rangers enter the weekend with an 0-6 record on the season and are coming off a 34-7 loss to No. 17 Henderson State.
 
Jayce Morgan leads NWOSU on the ground with 247 yards with a pair of touchdowns, while Jacob Jones has four rushing scores on the year.
 
Jones leads the team's passing attack with 1,210 yards and 10 touchdowns while completing 61.7% of his passes.
 
Koda Bridges has pulled in a team-high 35 receptions with 287 yards and four touchdowns, while Royal Kyle has 20 grabs for 398 yards and a TD.
 
Defensively, Aiden Lewis has piled up 64 total tackles with 6.5 of them going for losses, with Wyatt Porter next in line with 47 tackles and the team's lone interception.