DURANT, Okla. – In the second-straight battle for first in the Great American Conference standings, the East Central University men's basketball team fell to arch rival Southeastern Oklahoma State, 79-57 at Bloomer Sullivan Arena.

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Scoring

• 1^st Half: 32-41
  • The Savage Storm (13-3, 7-2 GAC) opened the stanza on a 9-0 run in the first 4 minutes
  • The teams then traded shots and runs for the rest of the stanza
    • Southeastern kept the advantage between 5-10 points
• 2^nd Half:
  • The teams traded shots and small runs again through the first 11 minutes of the second half
    • The Savage Storm would increase the lead to as many as 13 and the Tigers (12-3, 6-3 GAC) would cut the deficit back around 10
  • With 9 minutes remaining SEOSU started a final push
    • Went on a 7-0 run to increase the lead to 14, with 6:45 left to play
  • The Savage Storm continued to push the advantage and led by as many as 22 in the final minute of action

Tiger Quick Shots

• The Tigers struggled shooting and recorded just the second game this season with a shooting percentage lover than their opponents
  • FG: ECU – 21-of-54 (38.9%) / SE – 32-of-66 (48.5%)
  • 3PT FG: ECU – 7-of-27 (25.9%) / SE – 9-of-23 (39.1%)
  • FT: ECU – 8-of-10 (80.0%) / SE – 6-of-14 (42.9%)
• Sr. Camron Talley, So. Tylor Arnold and Sr. Zac Neely were the only three ECU players with a double-digit point total
  • Talley: 16 pts., 6 reb., 3 assists, 2 steals, 46.1 (6-of-13) FG%
  • Arnold: 13 pts, 3 reb., 1 assist, 1 block, 45.4 (5-of-11) FG%
  • Neely: 10 pts., 3 reb., 1 block, 44.4 (4-of-9) FG%

Up Next

• The Tigers will continue their four-game road trip, with the second stop
  • Saturday, Jan. 18 at Southern Nazarene (3 p.m.)
• Trip will wrap up with games at Henderson State (Jan. 23) and Ouachita Baptist (Jan. 25)
• ECU will then start a five-game home stand
  • Jan. 30-Feb. 13