Harding (5-0) vs. No. 5 Central Missouri (5-0)
Location: Searcy
When: Friday
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Coaches: Harding – Tim Kirby (146-87, 9th season); Central Missouri – Dave Slifer (174-97, 10th season)
Live Stats/Live Video – Available on a link at HardingSports.com
Harding
- Harding heads into the game with a 5-0 record for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
- Harding is coming off a 64-61 win at Christian Brothers on Tuesday. The Lady Bisons are now 4-0 away from the Rhodes Field House this season.
- Harding defeated Christian Brothers 79-66 on Nov. 14 in its only home game this season.
- Kristen Celsor is leading Harding in scoring, averaging 16.8 points. Junior guards Montana Lewis and Shana Holmes both average 12 points. Senior guard Deshelle Isaac-Boyce has come off the bench to average 9.2 points.
- Kristen Celsor has led Harding in scoring the last three games. She has scored over 15 points in each game and had a season-high 30 points in Harding's Great American Conference opener at Southern Nazarene last Saturday.
- Harding is averaging 45.2 rebounds per game which is 10 more than its opponents. Arielle Saunders leads the Lady Bisons on the boards, averaging nine a game. She has led the team in three out of the five games and grabbed a season-high 15 against Arkansas-Fort Smith to open the season.
- Harding's newcomer A'ndrea Haney has started in each game at point guard. She is averaging five points and leads the team in assists, averaging 3.6 a game.
- Harding is 7-42 all-time against ranked opponents. The last time the Lady Bisons faced a ranked opponent was in 2011-12 against Arkansas Tech. Harding won the first meeting 77-69 in Russellville but fell in Searcy 73-62.
- Central Missouri is the highest ranked opponent the Lady Bisons have faced since 2011 when the Lady Bisons met No. 3 Delta State in the Gulf South Conference Tournament. Harding fell 59-56.
No. 5 Central Missouri
- Central Missouri is located in Warrensburg, Mo., and has an enrollment of 12,000. The Jennies are a member of the MIAA
- Central Missouri heads into the game with a 5-0 record as they will be playing their third road game of the season.
- The Jennies are coming off a 93-47 win against Evangel on Tuesday. Central Missouri was led by Revonnie Howard who had 16 points and 13 rebounds.
- The Jennies are led by Keuna Flax who averages 22.4 points and 6.6 rebounds.
- Central Missouri is outscoring its opponent by 23 points. The Jennies have scored over 70 points in each game as they head into the game averaging 84 points.
- Central Missouri shoots 47.5 percent from the field and 33 percent from behind the 3-point line. The Jennies have shot over 50 percent in a game twice this season – William Jewell (51.4) and Evangel (53.6).
- Central Missouri is coached by Dave Slifer who is in his 10th season. Slifer has compiled a 174-97 record at Central Missouri.
Series
- Central Missouri leads the series between the two teams 1-0.
- The Jennies defeated the Lady Bisons 78-62 in Warrensburg last season. Kristen Celsor had 20 points and seven rebounds in the game. Arielle Saunders had 16 points and six rebounds and junior guard Tabitha Haney hit four 3-pointers and finished with 12 points.
