DURANT, Okla.– Hannah Villines turned in a 12-point effort, Leighton Taylor added 10 points and Ryann Goodsell grabbed 10 boards, but the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns basketball team was unable to overcome a slow start offensively as the Golden Suns (5-6, 2-3 Great American Conference) fell 80-59 to Southeastern Oklahoma (6-4, 4-2) on Thursday in Durant. 
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 5, facing East Central in Ada, Okla. A 1 p.m. tip-off is scheduled.     

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Southeastern Oklahoma opened the game on a hot streak, using back-to-back 3-pointers to open up a 6-2 lead just over a minute into the game.
• Tech was able to cut its deficit to two (15-13) on a pair of Ke'Vonshaye Stackhouse 3-pointers with 1:17 remaining in the opening quarter, and that score held into the quarter break. 
• SOSU scored 10 of the first 13 points of the third quarter to jump ahead 25-16 with 6:15 to go until half. 
• Southeastern outscored the Golden Suns 11-2 over the final four minutes to carry a 16-point (38-22) into the halftime break. 
• The Savage Storm stretched its second-half lead to as many as 31 points (77-46) with 3:53 to play before the Golden Suns outscored SE 13-3 down the stretch to cut the final margin to 21.            

NOTABLES

• Tech was held to 18.8 percent from the floor in the first quarter and 22.2 percent in the second quarter. 
• The Savage Storm were 11-of-29 from 3-point land while the Golden Suns were 3-of-19. 
• Tech held a 6-4 advantage in points off turnovers, but the Savage Storm held a 7-6 advantage in second-chance points, a 30-18 advantage in bench points, a 26-20 advantage in paint points, and an 11-5 advantage in fast-break points.