Harding (12-8, 11-4) vs. Ark.-Monticello (7-14, 5-10)
Feb. 11, 2016 • Steelman Field House • Monticello, Ark. • 7:30 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Radio: KVHU 95.3-FM
Internet:
    Audio: www.HardingSports.com
    Video: www.HardingSports.com
Live Stats: www.HardingSports.com

THE COACHES
Jeff Morgan, Harding
    at Harding: 390-259 (22nd season)
    Career: 407-269 (23rd season)
    vs. Ark.-Monticello: 27-19
Kyle Tolin, Ark.-Monticello
    at UAM: 11-32 (2nd season)
    Career: same

THE SERIES
Series Record: UAM leads 61-57
in Monticello: UAM leads 37-20
First Meeting: UAM 56-50 (12/17/1957)
Last Meeting: HU 78-64 (1/14/2015)
Current Streak: HU, 2 games

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Harding has lost its last two games but remains within one game of the top spot in the Great American Conference. The Bisons are one game behind Ouachita Baptist and tied with East Central for second place. Arkansas-Monticello is at the other end of the standings. The Weevils are in 10th in the GAC but are only one game behind two teams tied for the eighth and final GAC Tournament spot.

KEY STAT
The teams are ranked second and third in the GAC in free-throw percentage. Arkansas-Monticello is second at 71.3 percent and has outscored its opponents by 73 points at the free-throw line this season. Harding is third at 71.2 percent, and has the GAC leader, Blake McNair, who has made 43 of 47 this season (91.5 percent).

PLAYERS TO WATCH
Harding starting point guard Reggie Anthony has scored in double figures in five straight games, averaging 16.4 points over that stretch. Anthony is seventh in the GAC in field-goal percentage (52.7 percent) and eighth in assists (3.3 per game).

Andre Brown, a 6-foot-7 senior from Clarksville, Tennessee, transferred to Arkansas-Monticello from UALR. He leads the GAC with 8.5 rebounds per game and has had 10 or more rebounds 10 times.

FACTS AND FIGURES
Senior Blake McNair leads the GAC and ranks sixth in NCAA Division II in 3-point field-goal percentage at 48.6 percent. McNair has made two or more 3-pointers in 14 of the last 15 games.

Harding ranks fifth in NCAA Division II in 3-point field-goal percentage defense, limiting opponents to 29.7 percent. The Bisons have allowed 10 3-pointers in a game only three times this season, but two of those have come in the last two games.

Harding is 10th in Division II in assist-to-turnover ratio. The Bisons have had fewer than 10 turnovers in five of the last six games, including a school-record low three against Southwestern Oklahoma and four at Oklahoma Baptist.