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Setting the Scene
- The Lady Bulldogs (16-8, 12-6 GAC) are coming off a cruising 87-59 victory over Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday and will now turn their focus to Southeastern in a critical game for league positioning
- SE currently ranks ahead of the Lady Dawgs in the league standings, but SWOSU would jump the Savage Storm in the standings with a win and will then hold the tiebreaker from here on out
- The Lady Bulldogs defeated Southeastern 87-79 back on January 18 inside the Pioneer Cellular Event Center to remain perfect against SE in Weatherford in the GAC era
- In Durant however, Southeastern leads the GAC series 3-2 and has won the last two contests vs SWOSU on their home court
- SWOSU punched their ticket to Bartlesville after their win against OBU and will now play the remainder of the regular season to determine what seed they will receive

The Opponent
Southeastern Okla. (15-8, 13-6 GAC)
- The Savage Storm come into the contest having won five of their last six games and rebounded against Southern Nazarene on Thursday night after falling to East Central on Monday
- Olivia Potter and Katie Webb both are averaging in the 13 points per game range for SE and rank 10th and 12th in conference respectively in that category 
- Southeastern has the second-highest free throw percentage as a team in the GAC at 75.5%

The Coaches
SWOSU: Kelsi Musick (126-99, 8th season)
- Two-time GAC Coach of the Year, winning back-to-back honors for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons and she has led the Lady Bulldogs to three 20-win seasons
- Musick has coached one All-American and 15 All-GAC selections, including one Player of the Year (Darcie Dick, 2012) and one Freshman of the Year (Hailey Tucker, 2016)
- Musick has led SWOSU to the GAC Tournament Championship games with two GAC Tournament Championships (2012, 2014) and two NCAA Division II Tournament appearances (2013, 2014) to her credit
- In eight seasons at SWOSU, Musick has a career record of 126-99, including a mark of 9-4 against SE
 
Southeastern Okla. St.: Darin Grover (184-148, 12th season)
- Coach Grover was the 2014-15 GAC Coach of the Year after leading his squad to a 20-10
record and GAC Tournament semifi nal appearance
- Grover has led Southeastern to the NCAA Division II national tournament twice and
amassed more than 240 wins between his time at Southeastern and NEO (Junior College)
 
Checking the Standings
- Harding clinched the number one seed after their Thursday night win following their win and will remain atop the standings for the remainder of the season
- Arkansas Tech is inching closer to clinching the number two seed but it still remains up for grabs, followed by Southeastern and SWOSU who will face off on Saturday in a battle for conference positioning
- ECU is riding a five-game winning streak ranked fifth a game and a half in front of SNU who is holding down the sixth spot
- UAM, OUA and HSU are battling for the final two seeds all deadlocked at 8-11 marks
 
The Series
Date           Location                       Score
 *1/26/2012 Weatherford, Okla.        W 90-85
 *2/23/2012 Durant, Okla.                 W 97-76
 *1/10/2013 Weatherford, Okla.        W 96-74
 *2/16/2013 Durant, Okla.                 W 84-81
 *1/9/2014   Durant, Okla.                 L 78-87
 *2/15/2014 Weatherford, Oka.         W 99-71
 *1/3/2015   Durant, Okla.                 L 78-81
 *2/28/2015 Weatherford, Okla.        W 77-71
 3/5/2015     Bartlesville, Okla.          L 92-101
 *1/20/2016 Durant, Okla.                 L 72-82
 *2/18/2016 Weatherford, Okla.        W 94-88
3/4/2016      Bartlesville, Okla.          W 90-78
*1/18/17      Weatherford, Okla.        W 87-79
 
GAC History Only- SWOSU leads 9-4
GAC series in Durant- SE leads 3-2
 
SWOSU Notes
- The Lady Dawgs will look to even their road record up against SE, currently holding a 6-7 mark in true road tests this season
- SWOSU will hope to carry their previous two defensive efforts to Durant after holding Northwestern to 27.9% shooting and then following up by limiting Oklahoma Baptist to just 25.0% overall shooting from the field (both of which were season bests for the Dawgs)
- Katie Percival posted a season and career best against OBU by scoring 11 points including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc
- Taking care of the basketball proves to be important for SWOSU because the Dawgs are  a perfect 5-0 when committing 12 or less turnovers per game
- Shalie McAlister provided her second best rebounding output against OBU, coming down with seven boards on the night just one shy of her career high
- Tyra Aska managed a perfect 5:0 assist to turnover ratio while scoring 13 points on Thursday
- The Hayden Priddy and Hailey Tucker duo combined to shoot 7-for-12 (58%) from beyond the arc and accounted for 38 points
- Taylor Hedrick still remains SWOSU's go-to player off of the bench, averaging 8.6 ppg which ties her with Whitney Dunn and Savannah Gray who both also are averaging eight points per game in the starting lineup

Looking Ahead
- Next week will mark the final three games for the Lady Bulldogs as SWOSU will host SNU on Monday, OUA on Thursday and HSU on Saturday to conclude the regular season
- GAC Tournament play will begin March 2 and go through the 5th in Bartlesville, Okla.