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DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Oklahoma State started Saturday's crucial conference matchup on a 12-4 run and led wire-to-wire as the Savage Storm defeated SWOSU 89-69 inside Bloomer Sullivan Arena in Durant. The victory gives Southeastern a one and a half game lead over the Lady Bulldogs for third place in the conference standing with one week remaining in the regular season.
SWOSU shot the ball well, connecting on 43.3% (26-60) of their field goal attempts, but it was not enough to keep up with the hot-shooting from the Savage Storm, who hit better than 50% of their shots from the field (33-65) while knocking down nine three-pointers. While the Lady Bulldogs overall shooting percentage was fine, the struggled from long range by knocking down just 5-of-23 (21.7%) attempts from distance.
Tyra Aska was the lone Lady Bulldog to hit multiple three-pointers, going 2-for-6 from deep and 6-for-15 from the field overall to lead SWOSU with 16 points.
Hayden Priddy added 13 points, six rebounds and five assists while
Hailey Tucker had 12 points and
Savannah Gray chipped in 10. SWOSU's bench provided just 14 points in the game while Southeastern got 29 points from their reserves.
The loss drops SWOSU to 16-9 on the year and 12-7 in Great American Conference play with three games remaining. All three of those games will be played at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center, beginning on Monday evening against Southern Nazarene.
