No. 25 Harding (8-2) at Christian Brothers (4-7)
Location: Memphis, Tenn.
When: Wednesday
Time: 1 p.m.
Coaches:
Harding – Tim Kirby (178-92, 10th season)
Christian Brothers – Sarah Condra (39-80, 5th season)
Live Stats/Live Video – Available on a link at HardingSports.com
HARDING
- Harding will be playing its final non-conference game of the season on Wednesday. The Lady Bisons are 3-2 in non-conference games this season.
- Harding heads into the game with an 8-2 record and will be playing its first game since Dec. 18th when the Lady Bisons hosted Northwestern Oklahoma in Great American Conference action. Harding came out on top with a 73-57 win. Senior guard Montana Lewis captured a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds..
- Harding ranked tied for 25th in the latest rankings. The Lady Bisons tied with Indiana-Pennsylvania with 111 points. Harding was previously ranked No. 20. It is the 20th straight week Harding has been ranked which dates back to last season.
- The Lady Bisons are led on the season by Arielle Saunders who averages 15.9 points and 10.5 rebounds. Senior guard Montana Lewis averages 10.7 points and sophomore forward Correy Moyer averages 10.3 points. Sophomore guard A'ndrea Haney averages 8.6 points.
- Arielle Saunders needs 139 more rebounds to become only the third player in Harding history to have 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Angie Dugger (1993-97) and Nancee Wilson (1989-93) are the only players to accomplish the feat. Saunders currently has 852 career rebounds and is in fifth place all time at Harding. She needs 12 rebounds to move into fourth place and 27 rebounds to move into third place.
- Senior guard Tabitha Haney needs seven more points to get to 500 in her career.
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
- Christian Brothers is a NCAA Division II member of the Gulf South Conference. The Lady Bucs head into the game with a 4-7 record.
- Christian Brothers is coming off a 62-54 loss at home to West Alabama on Dec. 20th. Freshman guard Courtney Banks and senior guard Breanna Ridgell both had 12 points for the Lady Bucs.
- Christian Brothers is led on the season by Breanna Ridgell who averages 17.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Courtney Banks averages 10.0 points.
- The Lady Bucks average 9.1 steals per game. They have had over 10 in a game five times this season.
SERIES
- Harding leads the series 25-18
- When the two teams met earlier this season, Harding won 70-56. Correy Moyer led all scoring with 16 points and Arielle Saunders had 14 rebounds. The Lady Bisons held Christian Brothers to shooting 36.5 percent from the field and also had nine steals and three blocks.
