DURANT, OKLA. – The East Central University women's basketball team kept its advantage in the Great American Conference standings over arch rival Southeastern Oklahoma State, with a 61-50 victory and swept the series for the season.

Scoring

• First Quarter: 18-13
  • The teams traded points, with the Tigers (16-7, 11-6 GAC) take an advantage with early triples
  • The Savage Storm (11-10, 9-8 GAC) took a one-point lead (13-12), with 1:53 left
  • ECU then went on a 6-0 run to end the stanza
• Second Quarter: 16-15 (34-28)
  • SE was able to get the deficit down to three in the first two minutes, but could not get closer
  • The Tigers kept the lead between 3-6 the rest of the half
• Third Quarter: 21-16 (55-44)
  • The teams traded points in the first 2:30 minutes
  • ECU then went on a 6-0 run to push the lead to 10 (42-32), with seven minutes remaining
  • For the next four minutes the Savage Storm would cut the lead to seven and then see it move back to 10
  • In the final 3:10, the Tigers went on a 7-4 run to push the lead to as many as 15
• Fourth Quarter: 6-6
  • The teams traded points and scoreless streaks in the final stanza
    • Sr. Tia Williams hit two triples for all ECU's points

Tiger Quick Shots

• This was the last of five-straight road games for the Tigers (2-3)
• ECU lead for all but 15 seconds of the game
  • The Tigers led 96.3% of the game
• ECU was out-rebounded 35-33 overall, but gained a 10-5 advantage on the offensive glass
• The big scoring difference came beyond the arc
  • ECU 10-of-27 / SE (3-of-16)
• Sr. Lakin Preisner earned her 10^th career double-double and 7^th of the season
  • One of just two players recording double-digit point totals
  • 21 pts., 10 reb., 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal,
• Jr. Madison Nickens: 11 pts., 2 reb., 1 assist
• The Tigers win keeps them in fifth in the Great American Conference standings
  • Southwestern, Harding, Henderson State and Southern Nazarene all won today as well
  • The Savage Storm are sitting in sixth behind the ECU, two games behind

Up Next

• The Tigers will return home for the first time in two and a half weeks
  • Had a five game road stand from Jan. 31-Feb. 14
• ECU will play three-straight home games to end the home portion of the 2018-19 season
  • Saturday, Feb. 16 vs. Oklahoma Baptist (1 p.m.)
  • Thursday, Feb. 21 vs. Arkansas-Monticello (5:30 p.m.)
  • Saturday, Feb. 23 vs. Southern Arkansas (1 p.m.)
    • Senior Day to honor Lakin Preisner and Tia Williams
• Final two regular season games will be on the road
  • Thursday, Feb. 28 at Ouachita (5:30 p.m.)
  • Saturday, March 2 at Henderson State (1 p.m.)