Southern Arkansas loses on the road

East Central (Okla.) had five players score at least 10 points in a 77-69 victory over Southern Arkansas in Ada, Okla., on Saturday.

Da’Ron King and Tylor Arnold led East Central (16-9, 13-7 Great American Conference) with 15 points while Jamey Woods had 14, Camron Talley had 11 and Gerren Jackson had 10.

East Central shot 60 percent (30 of 50) from the floor while holding Southern Arkansas to 23 of 52 (44.2 percent) and East Central overcame a 35-22 rebounding deficit which led to a 13-5 deficit in second-chance points. East Central had 8 turnovers to Southern Arkansas’ 17.

Devante Brooks led Southern Arkansas (18-8, 13-7) with 18 points and 6 rebounds. Draylan Perkins came off the bench to score 14 points and grab 3 rebounds in 18 minutes.

In other games involving in-state Division II teams, Kellen Manek scored 21 points and had 11 rebounds to Southeastern Oklahoma State (18-6, 14-6) to a 79-72 victory over the University of Arkansas at Monticello (15-11, 11-9) in Durant, Okla. Kevin Buckingham had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Southeastern Oklahoma. Marcus Gilbert led Arkansas-Monticello with 19 points and 5 rebounds and Austin Hardy had 18 point and 8 rebounds. … Dishon Lowery and Antonio Wade scored 20 points to lead Oklahoma Baptist (14-12, 13-7) to a 94-65 victory over Harding (5-21, 3-17). Jordan West had 13 points and Adam Horn had 12 points for the Bisons. … RJ Palmer and Noah Starkey scored 18 points each to lead Southern Nazarene (24-4, 173) to a 93-82 victory over Arkansas Tech in Bethany, Okla. Ramses Sandifer led Wonder Boys (10-16, 8-12) with 22 points. … Kendarious Smith scored 34 points and had 12 rebounds to lead Ouachita Baptist (13-11, 10-10) to a 82-70 victory over Southwestern Oklahoma State (4-22, 1-19) in Weatherford, Okla. Wesley Franklin added 17 points and 9 rebounds for the Tigers. Tre Evans led Southwestern Oklahoma with 24 points and 9 rebounds.