DURANT, Okla. – Montrell Williams scored a team-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Justin Graham added 18 points, but the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (20-6, 16-6 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome timely 3-pointers from Southeastern Oklahoma (12-16, 8-14 GAC), falling 89-81 in the regular-season finale on Saturday at Bloomer Sullivan Arena.

NEXT UP
The Wonder Boys open play at the 2016 Great American Conference championship tournament as the No. 3 seed, facing Southern Arkansas at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 3.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Tech opened the game on a hot streak, outscoring Southeastern 9-2 over the first three minutes.
• Southeastern rallied, using an 8-0 run to claim the lead on a Kyle Roberts 3-pointer at the 14:34 mark.
• The two teams went back-and-forth, but Southeastern Oklahoma pushed ahead slightly, grabbing a 20-15 lead at the under-12 media timeout (11:45).
• With the Savage Storm holding a three-point (20-17) advantage with 11:26 remaining, Southeastern scored the next eight points to open its lead up to 28-17 with 8:53 remaining in the opening half.
• The Wonder Boys raced back, outscoring Southeastern 11-2 over the next three minutes to pull to within two (30-28) after a Montrell Williams 3-pointer, forcing a Savage Storm timeout.
• Out of the timeout, Williams buried another 3-pointer to put the Wonder Boys ahead (31-30) with 5:04 to go to the half.
• The Tech run went to 12-0, giving the Wonder Boys a 34-30 advantage with 4:13 to play in the half.
• The Savage Storm scored the game's next eight points to claim a four-point (38-34) lead with 2:02 to play.
• The Wonder Boys were able to pull to within two within the final minute, but a layup by Southeastern's Tyler Lonzie with four seconds remaining sent the Savage Storm into the break with a four-point (40-36) lead.
• The Savage Storm opened the second half with a bucket to stretch its lead to six (42-36) but Tech kept Southeastern close and came back to knot the game at 44-44 after a Montrell Williams layup with 17:22 to play.
• Grant Prusator gave Tech a 49-48 lead at the 14:43 mark after a 3-pointer.
• The two teams traded leads over the next few minutes, with the Wonder Boys opening a four-point advantage (61-57) with 10:43 to play.
• Southeastern Oklahoma closed the gap yet again, knotting the game at 60-60 the 9:29 mark on an Anton Cook jumper and pulling ahead 61-60 on a Cook free throw at the 9:00 mark.
• The Wonder Boys reclaimed the lead and pulled ahead by three (70-67) after a pair of free throws by Montrell Williams at the 6:42 mark, but Southeastern tied the game just 50 seconds later on a 3-pointer by Bobby Johnson.
• A jumper by Grant Prusator at the 2:11 mark gave Tech a two-point lead, but the Savage Storm converted a 3-pointer to pull ahead, and stretched its lead to six (83-77) in the final minute of the contest and held on for the win.

NOTABLES

• Bennie Lufile led the Wonder Boys with 13 rebounds.
• Justin Graham chipped in 18 points, Grant Prusator and Alex Brown added 12.
• Freddy Lee dished out a team-best seven assists.
• Tech held a 45-44 advantage on the rebounding glass.
• The Savage Storm and Wonder Boys were knotted at 26-26 in points in the paint. Southeastern held a 14-8 advantage on points off turnovers, while the Wonder Boys held a 14-8 advantage in second-chance points.
• There were 10 ties and 17 lead changes.