SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist demolished Southeastern Oklahoma State in the second half and earned a 97-66 win against the Savage Storm on Thursday at the Noble Complex.

With the win, OBU improved to 6-3 and 3-0 in the Great American Conference for the first time since joining the league in 2015-16. Plus, the team's 31-point margin of victory was its second-biggest in conference play.

The last and only other time the Bison won by at least 30 in a GAC game was Jan. 12, 2019 when the program dialed up a 99-63 result over Arkansas Tech.

On Thursday, Terry Coner Jr., dialed up a game-high 20 points with four assists and two steals. Ricky Brown added 15 points while JC Curry and Nathan Wilson poured in 13. Furthermore, Wilson contributed four blocks and 14 rebounds for his fourth double-double. In all, nine different players scored for the green and gold including seven points for 7-foot-2 freshman Erik Madrid.

The first half was very competitive. After the Bison built a 9-2 lead with the help of Brown and Coner Jr., Southeastern rallied to pull within one, 11-10, after a jumper by Landon Condiff at the 14:44 mark. A little over three minutes later, SE's Ethan Wilkerson gave the Storm an 18-16 advantage, their first lead.

Down the stretch and trailing 35-31, the Bison scored eight straight, including four by Brown to take a 39-35 lead into halftime.

In the second half, it was all OBU. They outscored the visitors 58-31 and shot and incredible 72.4 percent. That included 66 percent from three plus a 12-for-14 clip (85.7%) from the free throw line.

By game's end, the Bison dominated the paint, scoring 44 points inside and outrebounding the Storm 38-28. OBU also capitalized on turnovers, generating 17 points from Southeastern's 12 giveaways.

With this decisive win, Oklahoma Baptist stayed in a first-place tie with Southern Nazarene and Henderson State.  On Saturday, the Bison will head to Ada to face East Central (4-4, 1-1 GAC) for a 7:30 p.m. tip.