Setting the Scene
- Two teams looking to snap multiple-game losing streaks will square off in Durant on Saturday as SWOSU travels to face Southeastern Oklahoma State
- The Savage Storm won the first meeting between the teams this season, claiming a 92-77 victory in Weatherford back on December 1st
- SWOSU fell to 0-9 in Great American Conference play on Thursday night as they dropped a 77-61 contest at Northwestern
- Southeastern saw their slide extend to three straight games after East Central defeated them 89-84 on rivalry Thursday in the GAC
- SWOSU holds a 23-20 edge over the Savage Storm since the schools transitioned to NCAA Division II, but Southeastern has controlled the series recently with five consecutive wins
 
About the Opponent
Southeastern Okla. (9-5, 5-5 GAC)
- With their recent woes, Southeastern has dropped to an even 5-5 in league plays which has them sitting seventh in the current league standings
- The Savage Storm sport the third-best scoring offense in the GAC at 79.5 points per game while ranking fourth with a scoring defense that allows 69.9 points per
- SE has three players scoring better than 11 points per game in Kevin Buckingham (17.9 ppg), Kellen Manek (14.4) and Jett Jobe (11.6)
- Eighth-year head coach Kelly Green has led the Savage Storm since 2011-12, leading the team to 92 victories and five postseason appearances
 
The Series (GAC Era)

*1/26/12	Weatherford	L, 68-92
*2/23/12	Durant	L, 57-64
*1/10/13	Weatherford	W, 82-71
*2/16/13	Durant	L, 51-70
*1/9/14	Durant	W, 72-70
*2/15/14	Weatherford	W, 82-76
*1/3/15	Durant	W, 61-60
*2/28/15	Weatherford	L, 73-83
*1/20/16	Durant	W, 89-82
*2/18/16	Weatherford	W, 79-68
*1/18/17	Weatherford	L, 62-75
*2/18/17	Durant	L, 59-86
*1/13/18	Durant	L, 72-83
*2/15/18	Weatherford	L, 69-96
*12/1/18	Weatherford	L, 77-93
NCAA Era: SWOSU Leads 23-20
in Weatherford: SWOSU Leads 12-10
in Durant: SWOSU Leads 11-10
GAC Era: SE Leads 9-6

 
SWOSU Notes
- Nick Shoemaker moved into a tie atop SWOSU's all-time list for three-pointers made on Thursday night with two made threes
- Shoemaker now has 182 three-pointers made in his career, which ties him with Clarke Hale (2006-09) for the top spot in program history
- Kamden Gipson was 4-for-6 from three and scored a career-high 19 points against Northwestern, surpassing his previous mark of 18 which he set back against UCO
- Tre Evans recorded his third double-double of the season, tallying 13 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against NWOSU
- Evans remains the GAC's leading scorer with 22.2 points per game for the year, but he's been held to fewer than 20 points in five of the last six games
- Daniel Eibel hit multiple three pointers for the fourth time in the past five games and he has now knocked down a team-leading 24 three's this season
- In his final game in the town where he grew up, Cooper Battisti posted a season-high four points with one steal at Northwestern
- SWOSU has shot better than 70% from the free throw line in seven of the past nine games, which has lifted the Bulldogs to fifth in the GAC with a free throw percentage of 71.5% (263-of-368)
- The Bulldogs rank eighth in the GAC in assists (12.7 per game), but they were held to fewer than 10 for the fourth time this season with nine assists on 17 made field goals at Northwestern
- SWOSU dropped from second in the GAC in scoring offense to fifth following a second consecutive season-low scoring output of 61 points on Thursday night
 
Looking Ahead
- SWOSU returns home to the Pioneer Cellular Event Center next week for conference contests against Arkansas Tech on Thursday and Harding on Saturday
- The following weekend brings another trip to Arkansas to face Southern Arkansas (Jan. 31) and Arkansas-Monticello (Feb. 2)