Harding Game Notes

Harding Men's Basketball

Harding (6-6, 3-3) vs. Southeastern Oklahoma (4-7, 2-4)

Location: Rhodes Field House, Searcy, Ark.

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Series: HU leads 7-6

Coaches: Harding – Jeff Morgan (355-228, 21st season at HU; 372-238, 22nd season overall); Southeastern Oklahoma - Kelly Green (31-36, 3rd season at SOSU; 39-54, 4th season overall)

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Radio: KVHU-95.3 FM (Billy Morgan and Scott Goode)

Harding Notes
• Harding and Southeastern Oklahoma will take center stage in the GAC as the only game of the night Monday at Rhodes Field House. The game was rescheduled after an ice storm postponed the game on Dec. 7.

• Harding enters the game 6-6 overall and 3-3 in the GAC, good for fifth place among GAC Tournament-eligible teams. Southeastern Oklahoma is 4-7 over and 2-4 in the GAC, tied for sixth.

• Harding had its three-game GAC winning streak snapped Saturday with a 77-69 loss at Ouachita Baptist. The Bisons led by nine at halftime, but shot only 27 percent in the second half. Will Francis led HU with 27 points and 10 rebounds.

• Southeastern Oklahoma lost its seventh straight game Saturday with a 75-67 home loss to Northwestern Oklahoma. The Savage Storm shot 56% but made only 6-of-14 free throws in the second half. Urald King led Southeastern with 15 points and nine rebounds.

• Harding freshman Will Francis scored 27 points and senior Hayden Johnson had 20 points Saturday at Ouachita Baptist. It was the first time during the 2013-14 season that two Harding teammates had 20 or more points in the same game.

Inside the Series:
•    Harding and Southeastern Oklahoma will be meeting for the 14th time. The Bisons lead the series 7-6 overall and 5-1 in Searcy. Harding's 85-58 victory over Southeastern Oklahoma in the teams' last meeting came during CBS' filming of Harding during the "Best Road Trip Destination in College Basketball" promotion.

•    Among current Bisons, senior Hayden Johnson has the best numbers against Southeastern Oklahoma. In four games against the Savage Storm, Johnson averages 14.0 points and 2.5 rebounds. He has also shot 8-of-17 (47%) from 3-point range. Weston Jameson averages 4.8 points and 3.5 assists in four games.

•    Of the 10 Southeastern players that saw action against Harding last season, only two--Quinton Threadgill and Travis Timmons--remain on the Savage Storm roster. Threadgill averaged 3.5 points against Harding last season, and Timmons, who has played only one game this season, averaged 1.0.

Additional Harding Notes:
•    Upcoming milestones: Weston Jameson needs one 3-pointer for 100 career ... Jameson needs 11 assists to move past Ricky Treadway (1977-81) into seventh on HU's career list ... Hayden Johnson needs seven blocked shots to pass Zach Roddenberry for third place on Harding's career list.

•    More facts and figures from Jacob Gibson's 36-point effort vs. Henderson State ... Gibson tied an HU record with eight 3-pointers made and became the first with eight 3s since Darren McCrills made eight at Louisiana Tech in 2000 ... Gibson's 16 3-point attempts set a new school record, breaking the old mark of 14 reached five times, most recently by Lonnie Smith vs. Delta State in 2006 ... Gibson's 36 points were the most by a Harding player this season and set a new mark for a Bison in a GAC game, breaking the mark of 34 points scored by Zach Roddenberry at Southeastern Okla., in 2012 ... the 36 points were the most by a Harding player since Matt Hall scored 37 points at Delta State in 2008.

•    Weston Jameson leads the GAC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.2. He has 58 assists and 18 turnovers. Over the last six games, Jameson has been even better. During that stretch, he has 32 assists and five turnovers for a 6.4-to-1 ratio. Jameson has led the GAC in the stat in each of the conference's first two seasons.

Opponent Notes:
•    Southeastern Oklahoma is a charter member of the Great American Conference and is located in Durant, Okla.

•    The Savage Storm is 4-7 overall and 2-4 in conference play. Southeastern has lost its last seven games after opening the season 4-0. The squad is 1-3 in road games and 1-5 in games away from Durant. Southeastern's last win was on Nov. 23 vs. Ouachita Baptist.

•    Southeastern Oklahoma is coached by Kelly Green, who is in his third season in Durant. A long-time coach in the junior college ranks, Green was the head coach at Western New Mexico in 1995-96.

•    Southeastern Oklahoma is led by senior forward Urald King, a native of West Monroe, La. King leads the Storm in scoring (15.4), rebounding (8.0), field goal percentage (60.6), blocked shots (1.4) and minutes (32.5).

•    Sophomore Quinton Treadgill ranks third in the GAC in 3-point field goal percentage, hitting 50 percent of his shot from long range.