No. 20 Harding (6-2, 3-0 GAC) vs. Henderson State (2-7, 0-4 GAC)
Location: Searcy, Ark.
When: Saturday
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Coaches:
Harding – Tim Kirby (176-92, 10th season)
Henderson State – Jill Thomas (15-21, 2nd season)
Live Stats/Live Audio/Live Video – Available on a link at HardingSports.com

HARDING

- Harding returns to the Rhodes Field House on Saturday after a four game road trip. The Lady Bisons went 2-2 during that stint as they beat Southern Arkansas 74-53 and Arkansas-Monticello 69-49 but fell to Cameron 76-70 and then ranked No. 8 West Texas A&M 67-65.

- Harding loves its home turf as it is 4-0 at home this season. Since joining the GAC in 2011, the Lady Bisons are 34-4 in Searcy. Harding has only lost one game at home each of the last two seasons.

- Harding will only be playing its second Great American Conference game at home this season. The Lady Bisons defeated Southwestern Oklahoma 105-69 to open conference play this season.

- Harding stayed at No. 20 in the latest coaches' poll released on Tuesday. The Lady Bisons received 142 points this week. It is the 19th straight week Harding has been ranked which dates back to last season.

- Harding is led on the season by senior forward Arielle Saunders who averages 15.9 points which ranks seventh in the GAC. Sophomore forward Correy Moyer averages 10.9 points and senior guard Montana Lewis averages 10.0 points.

- This season Arielle Saunders has scored 127 of Harding's 633 points. Saunders is eight points away from scoring her 1,000th career point. She would join 13 other Harding players that have scored over 1,000 career points. Most recently Kristen Celsor (2010-14) passed the mark at the end of the 2012-13 season and finished fifth all-time at Harding with 1,569 points. Angie Dugger (1993-97) is the career scoring leader with 2,369 points.

- Arielle Saunders ranks first in the GAC in field goal percentage, shooting 62.1 percent from the field. She also ranks first in assists averaging 4.3 per game. Saunders ranks second in the GAC in rebounding averaging 10.9 per game.

- Sophomore forward Correy Moyer has made 24-of-27 free throws this season and ranks second in the GAC shooting 88.9 percent from the free throw line.

- Harding ranks first in the GAC in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 42.0 percent from behind the arc. The Lady Bisons have made 68 3-pointers this season accounting for 204 points of Harding's 633 total points. Three Lady Bisons rank in the top-10 in the GAC in 3-point field goal percentage. Freshman guard Falan Miller leads the GAC shooting 56.5 percent. Freshman guard Lundon Williams ranks third shooting 53.8 percent and senior guard Montana Lewis ranks tied for ninth, shooting 42.9 percent.

- Sophomore guard A'ndrea Haney has done the dirty work for Harding this season. She ranks second in the GAC in assists averaging 3.9 per game and ranks tied for fourth in steals averaging 2.0 per game. Haney will also be looking for 100th career field goal on Saturday. She currently has currently made 99 in her career.

- Senior guard Tabitha Haney needs 13 more points to get to 500 in her career.

- Senior guard Montana Lewis needs seven field goals to get to 700 in her career and needs 67 points to get to 900 in her career.

- Harding has only trailed by a combined total of 10 points in its GAC games this season. The Lady Bisons trailed by eight against Southwestern Oklahoma and only by one in each of the last two games.

- In Harding's six wins this season the bench has scored at least 22 points. The Lady Bisons average 29.0 bench points. Lundon Williams leads the Harding bench, averaging 7.5 points. She also has made the most 3-pointers on the team with 14.

HENDERSON STATE

- Henderson State heads into the game with a 2-7 overall record and a 0-4 GAC record. The Reddies only wins this season came against Texas A&M-Commerce (82-76) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (70-57).

- Henderson State is led by senior guard Aungelique Sledge who averages 16.7 points, ranking her fifth in the GAC. In GAC games this season Sledge is averaging 12.0 points and 3.5 rebounds.

- Freshman guard Haleigh Henson averages 9.9 points, ranking her second on the team. She averages 2.1 3-point field goals made per game. Henson leads the team with 19 made 3-pointers.

- Freshman guard Deidra McCoy leads the Reddies on the boards averaging 6.7 per game. In conference games she is averaging 7.5 rebounds per game.

SERIES

- Harding leads the series 25-23.

- Harding has won the last five meetings, including the last two in Searcy.

- Harding also leads the series in Searcy 15-9. The Lady Bisons have the last eight meetings in Searcy. The last Henderson State win in Searcy came in 2006 as the Reddies won 73-72.

- Arielle Saunders averaged 17.5 points last season against Henderson State. She also averaged 15.0 rebounds. Montana Lewis averaged 10.5 points and 4.0 rebounds.