Setting the Scene
- Another stiff road test awaits the Lady Bulldog basketball team as they head to Durant on Saturday to conclude their season series with Southeastern Oklahoma State
- SWOSU won the first meeting between the teams, pushing ahead for a 96-70 victory back on December 1st in Weatherford and the Lady Dawgs have won six of the last seven meetings in the series, including three straight
- The Lady Bulldogs defeated Northwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday night in Alva for their 14th straight win, which is one away from matching the program's best win streak of the NCAA Division II era
- Southeastern is coming off a close, 62-59 rivalry defeat on Thursday at East Central, which snapped a four-game win streak and dropped the Savage Storm to 7-3 in GAC play
- Saturday's game features the two highest-scoring teams in the GAC and the top two individual scorers in the conference in SE's Katie Webb (20.4 ppg) and SWOSU's Hailey Tucker (19.9 ppg)
 
About the Opponent
Southeastern Okla. (9-5, 7-3 GAC)
- The Savage Storm dropped into a share of third place in the GAC standings following their loss to East Central on Thursday
- SE junior standout Katie Webb recorded her 1,000th career point and 500th career rebound in the loss to ECU, finishing with a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds
- The Southeastern offense is averaging 78.5 points per game and their scoring margin of +15.6 points per game ranks second in the conference behind only SWOSU
- Southeastern is led by coaching veteran Darin Grover, who has led the Savage Storm to three 20-win seasons and two trips to the NCAA Division II national tournament
 
The Series (GAC Era)

*1/26/12	Weatherford	W, 90-85
*2/23/12	Durant	W, 97-76
*1/10/13	Weatherford	W, 96-74
*2/16/13	Durant	W, 84-81
*1/9/14	Durant	L, 78-87
*2/15/14	Weatherford	W, 99-71
*1/3/15	Durant	L, 78-81
*2/28/15	Weatherford	W, 77-71
3/5/15	Bartlesville	L, 92-101
*1/20/16	Durant	L, 72-82
*2/18/16	Weatherford	W, 94-88
3/4/16	Bartlesville	W, 90-78
*1/18/17	Weatherford	W, 87-79
*2/18/17	Durant	L, 69-89
*1/13/18	Durant	W, 84-80
*2/15/18	Weatherford	W, 80-65
*12/1/18	Weatherford	W, 96-70
All-Time: SWOSU Leads 54-33
NCAA Division II Era: SE Leads 24-21
in Weatherford: SWOSU Leads 13-10
in Durant: SE Leads 13-7
in Bartlesville (GAC Tournament): Series Tied 1-1
GAC Era: SWOSU Leads 12-5

 
SWOSU Notes
- Taber Beer and Maddie Sperle each set new career highs on Thursday at Northwestern as they helped SWOSU 28 bench points against the Rangers
- Beer doubled her season output from beyond the arc, knocking down 4-of-5 attempts from long range to finish with 13 points in 16 minutes of action
- Sperle filled out the stat sheet in 17 minutes of play, posting 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting to go along with one rebound, one assist and one steal
- Hailey Tucker knocked down 6-of-8 three-pointers and matched her season-high with 28 points against Northwestern while also totaling seven rebounds, five steals and three assists
- Tyra Aska was held to a season-low four points on Thursday night, but that did not affect her well-rounded game as she set new season-highs with eight rebounds and eight assists
- Aska is now just eight points shy of becoming the 13th player in SWOSU Women's Basketball history to score 1,000 points during their career
- Hayden Priddy battled foul trouble to finish with 14 points while dishing out six assists and pulling down four rebounds at Northwestern
- Taylor Hedrick matched her season-best with 15 points on Thursday night, snapping a streak of nine straight games where she had failed to reach double figures in scoring
- Bethany Franks hit all four field goal attempts she attempted at Northwestern, good for eight points to go along with five rebounds
- Franks remains the GAC's leader in rebounding (9.5 per game) while ranking third in field goal percentage, hitting 63.0% (58-92) of her attempts this season
- In the latest national rankings, released on Tuesday, the Lady Bulldogs climbed three spots to #17 in the WBCA Coaches Poll and up two spots to #16 in the D2SIDA Media Poll
 
Looking Ahead
- The Lady Bulldogs return home to the Pioneer Cellular Event Center for two games next weekend, beginning on Thursday night as Arkansas Tech comes to town
- An earlier tip time is set for next Saturday's contest against Harding, which will begin at 11:00 am in Weatherford