DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern had a trio of players with double-doubles, led by a 27-point and 13 rebound effort from Tori Kilburn but it could not offset a hot-shooting fourth quarter by Texas-Dallas in an 80-73 loss in the season opener on Monday night in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
The loss opens the season with an 0-1 record heading into a Friday, Nov. 13 matchup with Oklahoma Christian at 5 p.m. in Lawton, Okla.
 
Kilburn shot 8-of-19 from the field with a pair of threes, but went 9-of-15 at the free throw line on her way to a game-high 27 points while adding a game-high 13 rebounds and dishing out a team-best three assists.
 
Kenzli Warden came on in the second half and pushed her game total to 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting with 10 rebounds to complete her double-double.
 
Akiera Hawk rounded out the trio with 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting while pulling down 11 boards, five of them off the offensive glass.
 
Slatey Jo Free nearly reached double-figures in her first outing, hitting a pair of threes on her way to eight points.
 
UTD jumped out in front early and pushed its lead to double-figures at 23-12 with 35 seconds to go in the first quarter, but a pair of Free free throws in the final second closed the gap to 23-14.
 
SE chipped away at the gap early in the second quarter, closing to within six points on an Alona Cooper-Rochovitz jumper at the 6:55 mark.
 
The Comets answered with a 10-2 run to push its lead to 14 points and Southeastern would trail at the half 44-32.
 
Southeastern opened the second half on a 16-3 run, capped by a pair of Kilburn free throws to give the Storm the lead at 48-47 with 4:17 to play in the third quarter.
 
UTD regained the lead at 51-48, but a Kilburn layup followed by a Free three point bucket would give the Storm the lead and it would get to 57-53 on a Warden free throw before taking a 57-55 lead into the fourth quarter.
 
The Storm shooting cooled from the 50 percent effort of the third quarter to a 35.3 percent clip in the fourth, while the Comets picked up the pace from 26.3 percent in the third quarter to 53.3 percent in the fourth.
 
The SE lead peaked at five points and Southeastern maintained an advantage till the 3:54 mark when UTD regained the lead.
 
The Storm tied the game at 66-66 with 5:27 to play on a pair of Wearden free throws, but the Comets finished the game outscoring SE 16-7 over the final 5:17 to swipe the final score 80-73.