Two early gimme touchdowns proved Oklahoma Baptist's undoing in a 40-27 loss at Southeastern Oklahoma State in Durant Saturday night.
The Bison had three first quarter turnovers that resulted in 13 Southeastern points on a fumble return and a six yard scoring drive.
"That's something we have to work on, but overall we held a pretty good quarterback and the scoreboard doesn't reflect how well we played on defense," said OBU Coach
Chris Jensen. "We've faced a lot of adversity, but if we handle this the right way, we can improve and pull together closely as a team."
OBU fell behind 20-0 after a 10-play, 54-yard drive with 1:39 left in the opening frame.
The Savage Storm went ahead 23-0 with a 25-yard Jake Walters field goal.
Jacques Henderson got the Bison on the scoreboard with a 21-yard TD run with 1:50 left in the half. OBU's PAT kick failed for the 23-6 halftime margin.
Brynden Pitzer picked off a SOSU pass and returned it 73 yards for a touchdown and
Blake Woodard passed to
Connor Kinsey for the two-point conversion to make it 23-14.
The Bison surrendered another touchdown but answered quickly with a
Dezmond Stegall TD pass to Josh Perryjohn for a 45-yard touchdown to make it 30-20 with 4:32 left in the third quarter.
SOSU scored on a 67-yard interception return by Raheem Wilson for a 37-20 advantage with under two minutes left in the third quarter.
Cooper Koons took a pitchout on a reverse and hit
Derek Serowski with a perfect pass for a 50-yard touchdown and a 37-27 score with 14:50 remaining.
The Savage Storm added another field goal for the final margin.
SOSU outgained the Bison 395-342.
Stegall led the rushing attack for the Bison with 60 yards on six carries and passed for 117 yards, followed by
Blake Woodard with 65 and Koons with 50.
Derek Serowski had 10 catches for 89 yards, while Pettijohn added 106 yards on seven catches.
Zack Bishop had 16 tackles and
Jailen Garrett added 15 to lead OBU defensively. OBU had interceptions from Pitzer,
D'Ante Meeking and
Phillip Spess.
Now 0-3, the Bison host East Central Saturday.
