Harding Game Notes

Harding (12-13, 9-10) at Southeastern Okla. (8-17, 5-14)

Location: Bloomer Sullivan Arena, Durant, Okla.

Time: 2 p.m.

Series: HU leads 8-6

Coaches: Harding – Jeff Morgan (361-235, 21st season at HU; 378-245, 22nd season overall); Southeastern Okla. - Kelly Green (35-46, 3rd season at SOSU)

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• Harding plays its final game of the regular season Saturday at 2 p.m. against Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant. The Bisons are looking to snap a four-game skid with the losses coming by a combined 10 points.

• Harding enters the game 12-13 overall and 9-10 in the GAC. The Bisons will be the fifth seed in the GAC Tournament and play either Ark.-Monticello or East Central. Southeastern Oklahoma is 8-17 overall and 5-14 in conference. The Savage Storm needs a victory and a Ouachita Baptist loss to qualify as the eighth seed in the GAC Tournament.

• Harding is coming off a 68-67 loss to Arkansas Tech on Thursday in Searcy. Hayden Johnson led the Bisons with 21 points and eight rebounds. Harding made 11 3-pointers, including four by Jacob Gibson, who scored 16 points.

• Southeastern Oklahoma lost 76-60 to East Central on Thursday in Ada, Okla. The Savage Storm was outscored 25-11 at the free throw line and trailed by as many as 21 points in the second half. Urald King led Southeastern with 15 points.

• Harding and Southeastern Oklahoma are ranked 1-2 in the GAC in assists. The Bisons lead with 15.2 per game and the Storm is second at 13.7.

Inside the Series:
•    Harding and Southeastern Oklahoma are meeting for the 15th time with the Bisons leading the series 8-6. The Savage Storm has won five of the six meetings in Durant, including the last five. Harding's win at Southeastern came in  1998.

•    Harding won the first meeting between the teams 88-86 in overtime on Jan. 13 in Searcy. Will Francis made five 3-pointers and scored 32 points. Hayden Johnson had 15 points and Weston Jameson had nine assists.

•    Southeastern Oklahoma senior Urald King scored 29 points and had 12 rebounds in the game. The Storm shot 52 percent from the field and made 10 3-pointers. Southeastern was outscored 17-5 off turnovers and 14-4 on 2nd chance points.

Additional Harding Notes:
•    Upcoming milestones: Hayden Johnson needs seven 3-pointers to become only the fifth Harding player with 150 career 3-pointers ... Johnson is 18th on HU's career scoring list (1,250 points) and needs 55 points to pass Tim Vick (1971-75, 1,304 points) for 17th ... Weston Jameson needs 18 assists to move past Darren McCrillis (456, 2000-04) into fourth on Harding's career assist list ... Jacob Gibson needs 16 3-pointers to set Harding's single-season record.

•    Harding has made 254 3-point field goals this season, good for second on the Bisons' single-season list. Harding set the school record last season with 259 3-pointers made.

•    In its third season in the GAC, Harding is 15-10 vs. Oklahoma opponents and 15-15 vs. Arkansas opponents.

•    Harding sophomore Jacob Gibson is the GAC's leader with 2.8 3-pointers per game. He has also made 70 3-pointers, becoming only the fourth different Harding player with 70 or more 3s in a season. The others were Ronnie Brothers, Lonnie Smith, and Brad Daughtry.

Opponent Notes:
•    Southeastern Oklahoma is a charter member of the Great American Conference and is located in Durant, Okla. Southeastern Oklahoma was founded in 1909 as Southeastern State Normal School.

•    The Savage Storm are 8-17 overall and 5-14 in conference play. Southeastern Oklahoma has a 7-4 record at home, including 5-4 in GAC games.

•    Southeastern Oklahoma ranks second in the GAC with 13.7 assists per game.

•    Storm senior Urald King leads the GAC with 9.3 rebounds per game. He also ranks in the top 10 in the GAC in field goal percentage, scoring, blocked shots, and minutes played.