Jeff Montgomery

Box Score

Andraz Kavas led Harding with 27 points.

Harding HU 0-1

Minn. St. Moorhead MSUM-M 1-0

Harding HU

0-1

Final

Nov. 13, 2015

Minn. St. Moorhead MSUM-M

1-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	OT 1	F
Harding HU	31	42	8	81
Minn. St. Moorhead MSUM-M	36	37	10	83

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 11/13/2015 10:54:00 PM | by Scott Goode (11/13/15)

Minnesota-State Moorhead Buzzer-Beater Sinks Harding at GAC/NSIC Crossover

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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Harding and ninth-ranked Minnesota State-Moorhead played one of the wildest games on the opening day of the 2015-16 NCAA Basketball season Friday in the GAC/NSIC Crossover.

Minnesota State-Moorhead led by 15 in the first half. Harding led by 19 in the second half. Neither team led at the end of regulation.

Harding's John Hudson hit a 3-pointer with four seconds left in overtime that it appeared would send the game into double overtime. But Moorhead's Tanner Kretchman drove the length of the floor and hit the game-winning layup as the buzzer sounded to give the Dragons an 83-81 victory.

Arkansas Tech is hosting the four-game crossover between teams from the Great American Conference and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, both part of the NCAA II Central Region.

Senior preseason All-America honoree Andraz Kavas led Harding with 27 points and added seven rebounds. Sophomore Reggie Anthony added 16 points and six rebounds, and senior Blake McNair scored 11 points.

Isaac Sevlie, a 6-foot-10 senior forward, led Moorhead with 25 points and eight rebounds.

RECORDS
Harding fell to 0-1, suffering its first season-opening loss in the last four seasons. Minnesota State-Moorhead improved to 1-0. It was the first meeting between the schools.

OVERTIME HIGHLIGHTS
Moorhead took its largest lead of the overtime period (81-76) on Aaron Lien's 3-pointer with 2:00 left. The next field goal was Hudson's 3-pointer to tie the game with four seconds left.

Kavas scored five of Harding's eight overtime points.

2ND HALF HIGHLIGHTS
Harding started the second half on a 20-1 run and led 61-42 with 8:38 left in regulation. Moorhead outscored Harding 31-12 through the end of the half.

Moorhead missed its first eight field goals of the second half and did not have a basket until Arroyo Edwards made a jumper at 11:10.

1ST HALF HIGHLIGHTS
Harding hit only three of its first 17 shots, a pair of Blake McNair jumpers and an Andraz Kavas layup,but the Bisons closed the half by making 10 of their last 14 shots, including their last six straight. Harding and Minnesota State-Moorhead both shot 42 percent from the field.

Due to early cold shooting, Harding trailed 24-9 with 8:07 left in the first half. The Bisons outscored the Dragons 22-12 over the rest of the half.

Senior Andraz Kavas led Harding with nine points, and sophomore Reggie Anthony and senior Blake McNair had seven each. Tyler Vaughn made all three of Moorhead's 3-pointers and led his team with 13 points.

TEAM STATS
Harding made three more field goals than Moorhead (30-27) but was outscored 21-13 at the free-throw line.

Harding outscored Moorhead 19-14 off turnovers.

INDIVIDUAL STATS
Kavas's 27-point effort marked the 18th 20-point game of his career.

Anthony set a new career high with 16 points. His previous high was 10 points, set four times last season.

Junior transfer Stefan Andelkovic made his Harding debut and scored nine points, shooting a perfect 3-of-3 from 3-point range.

NEXT UP
Harding plays its second game of the crossover Saturday at 5 p.m. against Northern State.

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