DURANT, Okla. – SWOSU Football dropped a 32-13 road affair with Southeastern Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon.
SWOSU's first score came in the second quarter on an 85-yard rush from Dexter Brown, representing the second longest run from scrimmage in the program's Division II history dating back to 1997. (record is 93 yards set in 2015 by Kenneth Martey)
Brown finished with 91 yards on seven touches. He's now scored in back-to-back games.
Prior to Brown's house call, Southeastern led 17-0. The Savage Storm led 23-7 at halftime and added a touchdown and a field goal in the second half to extend the lead. The final score displayed awkwardly after Southeastern could not convert on a pair of extra-point kicks, and SWOSU tried and failed on a two-point conversion late in the game.
Trailing 32-7 late in the fourth quarter, Diondre Scott intercepted a pass in Southeastern territory and returned it 23 yards back inside the red zone. Shortly thereafter, Calvin Cloud connected on a 16-yard touchdown pass to Zion Mercer which concluded the game's scoring.
Cloud replaced Sean Shelby for the final two drives of the game at quarterback.
The defense grabbed two interceptions on the day. The other came from Donovan Jemerson just before halftime to deter a Southeastern scoring threat. Scott and Jemerson become the fifth and sixth Bulldogs to record an INT this season.
Similar to last week's Oklahoma Baptist performance, the defense put the clamps down in the second half after allowing just nine points and holding Southeastern to 140 yards of total offense. It came in response to a first half which saw the Savage Storm put up 23 points and 269 yards of offense.
RJ Powell led the defense with 10 tackles and one of those for loss. Richard Silva had two tackles for loss and six overall.
Final offensive numbers showed SWOSU with 286 yards – a season high – compared to 409 from Southeastern.
Despite SWOSU's two interceptions, they did not win the turnover battle after Shelby was picked off on back-to-back drives in the second half.
The Bulldogs will remain away from Weatherford next Saturday when they travel to face Southern Arkansas, who has been receiving votes in the national poll. Kickoff will come at 2pm in Magnolia, Arkansas for that one. SWOSU's final home, and senior day, game will come November 4 against Henderson State.
