WEATHERFORD, Okla. — No. 17 Southern Nazarene did what no other team in Great American Conference history has done Wednesday with a 91-49 win over Southwestern Oklahoma State. The Crimson Storm became the first team to go through the first half of the conference season without a loss, going 11-0 to start the season.
 
The Crimson Storm (14-1, 11-0 GAC) are off to the best start since the 1997-98 and 98-99 teams. The 98-99 team went 15-0 to start before losing two straight and the 97-98 team went 18-2 to start. It is the largest margin of victory this season for SNU who had four players in double figures.
 
Micah Speight led the way with 20 points and had three rebounds, two assists and two steals. The sophomore went 7-for-14 from the field and 4-for-5 at the free-throw line. Jhonathan Dunn also had 18 points and four rebounds to go with two assists and two steals. Ashton Charles and Coleman Edwards combined for 22 points off of the bench as Charles had 12 and Edwards had 10. Charles also had a career-high seven rebounds.
 
SNU was 34-for-70 from the field and hit nine 3-pointers. The Storm also went 14-for-20 at the line. Southern Nazarene held the Bulldogs (3-13, 1-9 GAC) to just 23.4 percent shooting from the field and 2-for-26 from 3-point range. The Storm bench had 32 points on the night while SWOSU's reserves were held to seven.
 
The Crimson Storm led from start to finish, but didn't begin to pull away until late in the first half. SNU led 19-14 with 8:22 to left, before the Storm went on a 25-6 run, capped by a Speight trey, to lead 43-20 with 1:49 in the half.
 
SNU took a 45-23 lead to end the first half and continued the route in the second half.