DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern special teams scored twice to help the Savage Storm survive a senior day scare in a 30-27 victory over Southern Arkansas in the regular season home finale at Spend Life Wisely Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
 
The win lifts SE to 8-2 overall on the season heading into the regular-season finale on Nov. 14 on the road against rival East Central at 2 p.m. in Ada, Okla.
 
The Storm offense put up 177 yards on the ground with Kameron Lockhart tallying 81 yards on 12 carries, with Jaylen Holloway next in line with 58 on 19 totes.
 
Levay Duncan added two more rushing TD's, bringing his season total to 11, and finishing with 34 rushing yards.
 
Luke Hohenberger tossed for 69 yards on 9-of-12 passing, while Duncan was 2-of-3 through the air for 11 yards but added a passing touchdown.
 
Trevin Hohenberger and Lockhart each had three catches, with Hohenberger putting up 24 yards receiving while Lockhart had the lone receiving TD.
 
Prince Dweh led the defense with nine tackles with Wiliam Wallis right behind with eight stops, while Jacob Geddes picked up five tackles, two for a loss and a sack.
 
Javon Towns logged an interception and a pass breakup, while Kole McKnight had a pair of pass breakups.
 
Geddes added a blocked field goal which was scooped up by Kamron Fields and returned 65 yards for a touchdown while Jordan Hood blocked a PAT and McKnight returned it for a defensive two-point conversion.
 
Southeastern scored first when it ended SAU's first drive with a Geddes blocked field goal that was returned by Fields for the game's first points, taking a 7-0 lead at the 11:08 mark of the first quarter.
 
SE stretched the lead to 14-0 in the second quarter when Duncan capped a five-play, 42-yard drive with a three-yard TD run with 8:23 to play in the first half.
 
The Muleriders put together a scoring drive late in the first half, scoring on a Ryan Shackleton to Ja'Marion Washington 12-yard touchdown pass, but Hood would block the ensuing PAT which was scooped by McKnight and returned 90 yards for a defensive two-point conversion, taking a 16-6 lead into he half.
 
SAU would get on the board first in the second half, going 67 yards in five plays on its first drive of the half to close the SE lead to 16-13.
 
The Storm would set up on its ensuing drive in great field position after an onside kick attempt was touched early to give SE the ball at the Mulerider 34 yardline.
 
Eight plays later Duncan would connect with Lockhart for a five yard score to push the lead back to 23-13 with 3:02 to play in the third quarter.
 
Southern Arkansas answered on its next drive, going 72-yards on seven plays to score with 22 seconds remaining in the third and cut the Storm advantage to 23-20.
 
Southeastern took advantage of a Towns interception early in the fourth quarter as Duncan would cap a four-play, 18-yard drive with a nine-yard rushing score to push the lead to 30-20 with 10:25 to play.
 
SAU used three plays to score again with 3:27 to play, trimming the Storm lead to 30-27.
 
Duncan would convert a pair of third downs on the following drive for Southeastern, including a third-and-eight that would ice the game as the Storm were able to kneel out the win.