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Football by Scott Goode (12/5/16)

Harding Handful - Five Stats from the Weekend's Action

Here are five stats from the weekend that I found interesting. I hope you do too.
  • Harding head football coach Ronnie Huckeba coached his last game Saturday in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Playoffs. Coach Huckeba finished his career with a 69-40 record, a .633 winning percentage. His winning percentage is the best among all Harding football coaches that have coached more than 50 games.
 
Name Years Games Wins Losses Ties Pct.
Ronnie Huckeba 2007-2016 109 69 40 0 .633
Larry Richmond 1988-1993 63 37 25 1 .595
Randy Tribble 1994-2007 137 74 62 1 .545
John Prock 1964-1987 244 114 123 7 .481
 
Additionally, Coach Huckeba had the second-highest winning percentage among Great American Conference coaches in conference games. Huckeba's Bisons went 51-18 in conference games from 2011-2016, a .739 winning percentage.
 
 
  • Harding Football rushed for 119 yards Saturday against Northwest Missouri State and eclipsed 5,000 rushing yards for the season for the first time. The 2016 season was only the third time Harding rushed for more than 4,000 yards. Harding is the first NCAA Division II team to rush for more than 5,000 yards in a season since Lenoir-Rhyne rushed for 5,563 yards in 2014.
Harding's Top Single-Season Rushing Totals
Rushing Yards Rushes Year
5,079 846 2016
4,089 668 2014
4,036 637 2015
 
  • Harding men's indoor track and field had two athletes provisionally qualify for the NCAA Division II national meet on Saturday. Provisional qualification means that they reached the minimum mark to qualify for nationals if they finish in the top 20 in the event at the end of the regular season.
Trey Adkison cleared 15 feet, 5 inches in the pole vault at the ASU Kickoff Klassic. It was the fourth time in his career that the senior from Cincinnati cleared a height over 15 feet and his third career provisional mark. Adkison's career best indoor clearance is 15-05.50 at Samford in 2015.

Adkison's Top Indoor Pole-Vault Performances
Height Meet Year
15-05.50 Samford 2015
15-05.00 Arkansas St. 2016
15-03.75 Pittsburg St. 2016
15-00.00 Arkansas St. 2015
 
Josh Syrotchen, a senior from Spokane, Washington, placed third in the weight throw at 56 feet, 6½ inches. It was his second-best throw in 11 career meets and his six straight meet to clear 50 feet. He holds the school record at 57 feet, 1 inch, set at Emory in 2016. Syrotchen ranks 10th in Division II after the first weekend of competition.

Syrotchen's Top Indoor Weight-Throw Performances
Mark Meet Year
57-01.00 Emory 2016
56-06.50 Arkansas St. 2016
55-03.50 Southeast Mo. St. 2016
54-07.25 Arkansas St. 2015
 
  • Harding women's basketball won both of its games on the road this weekend, defeating Southern Nazarene 88-50 on Thursday and Oklahoma Baptist 81-58 on Saturday. In both games, Harding got off to a great start in the first quarter. The Lady Bisons outscored Southern Nazarene 28-4 in the first and Oklahoma Baptist 31-15 for a combined 59-19 advantage.
This season, Harding has outscored its opponents 163-94 in the first quarter, meaning that the Lady Bisons enter the second quarter with an average lead of almost 10 points.
 
Date Opponent HU 1st Qtr. Opp. 1st Qtr. Margin
11/12 Minn. St. Moorhead 20 11 +9
11/15 Mo. Southern St. 20 15 +5
11/17 Northwestern Okla. 35 14 +21
11/19 Southwestern Okla. 15 11 +4
11/22 Drury 14 24 -10
12/1 Southern Nazarene 28 4 +24
12/3 Oklahoma Baptist 31 15 +16
 

Harding men's basketball senior Stefan Andelkovic made 5-of-9 3-pointers in the Bisons' two games over the weekend, 55.6 percent.
That shooting percentage is really good, but it's actually lower than his percentage through seven games this season. Andelkovic of Vlasotince, Serbia, is shooting 56.7 percent from 3-point range, hitting 17-of-30 attempts. He leads the GAC in 3-point field-goal percentage. By the way, Harding's Will Francis is fourth (51.4, 18-of-35) and Austin Mankin is seventh (47.4, 9-of-19).

GAC's Top 3-Point Shooters
Name Team 3pt 3ptA Pct.
Stefan Andelkovic Harding 17 30 56.7
Toney Foster Henderson St. 8 15 53.3
Donovan Halsel East Central 19 36 52.8
Will Francis Harding 18 35 51.4
Cody Halvorson NW Okla. 20 39 51.3
Jordan Corbitt Ouachita 7 14 50.0
Austin Mankin Harding 9 19 47.4
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Trey Adkison

Trey Adkison

PV
Junior
Josh Syrotchen

Josh Syrotchen

T
Junior
Stefan Andelkovic

#42 Stefan Andelkovic

F
6' 8"
Senior
Will Francis

#21 Will Francis

G
6' 5"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Trey Adkison

Trey Adkison

Junior
PV
Josh Syrotchen

Josh Syrotchen

Junior
T
Stefan Andelkovic

#42 Stefan Andelkovic

6' 8"
Senior
F
Will Francis

#21 Will Francis

6' 5"
Senior
G