SEARCY – Montana Lewis and Arielle Saunders both scored 20 points, and 23rd-ranked Harding outscored Arkansas-Monticello by 20 points in the second half in an 82-58 Great American Conference victory before a crowd of 1,550 at Rhodes Field House.

Harding (15-2, 11-0) won its 11th straight overall, its 10th straight at home, and remained one game ahead of Arkansas Tech for the top spot in the GAC standings.

Arkansas-Monticello (8-8, 6-5) had its three-game winning streak snapped after shooting only 39 percent scoring just 27 points in the second half.

Lewis scored 10 points in each half, including a three-point play at the end of the first half to give Harding a 35-31 halftime lead. She was 8-of-11 from the field, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range.

Arielle Saunders had nine points and 11 rebounds, and had a steal on Arkansas-Monticello's last possession of the first half. Saunders found a racing Lewis with the clock running down, and Lewis made a layup and was fouled as time expired. She made the free throw to give the Lady Bisons a four-point advantage at the break.

Harding shot 61 percent from the field in the second half and limited Arkansas-Monticello to only 37 percent. The Lady Bisons made 6-of-12 3-pointers after the break and held the Cotton Blossoms, the GAC's leader in 3-point field goal percentage, to 0-of-4 in the final 20 minutes.

Saunders also had a career-high 19 rebounds, four assists and four blocked shots. Lewis and Saunders were the first Harding teammates to score 20 points or more in a game since Lewis and Kristen Celsor both scored 24 against Southwestern Oklahoma in 2012.

Harding shot 12-of-13 from the free-throw line and made all seven in the second half to finish at 92.3 percent, tied for the Lady Bisons' fifth-best free-throw percentage in program history.

Nelsha Peterson scored 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting to lead Arkansas-Monticello. Jordan Goforth, the third-leading scorer in the GAC, had only eight points.