Box Score

Sydney Layrock led Harding with 13 points.

East Central ECU 11-16

Harding HU 17-10

East Central ECU

11-16

Final

Mar. 04, 2016

Harding HU

17-10

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
East Central ECU	15	13	11	23	62
Harding HU	14	7	20	7	48

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 3/4/2016 5:21:00 PM | by Scott Goode (3/4/16)

Harding Women's Basketball Falls in GAC Tournament Quarterfinals

Postgame Interview with Coach Kirby

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – No. 7 seed East Central's low-post game proved too much for No. 2 Harding on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Great American Conference Tournament. The Tigers defeated the Lady Bisons 62-48 and move on to meet Southwestern Oklahoma on Saturday in the semifinals.

Harding concludes its season with a 17-10 overall record.

East Central (11-16) controlled the glass, outrebounding Harding 47-35 and had 14 offensive rebounds. The Tigers outscored the Lady Bisons 19-3 on second-chance points and 34-16 in the paint.

Harding struggled with its shooting throughout the game, but used a 20-11 scoring advantage to take a 41-39 lead going into the fourth quarter.

Mackenzie McNamara hit a 3-pointer with 6:20 left that gave the Lady Bisons a 46-45 lead. Harding did not score again until Lundon Williams made a layup with 20 seconds remaining. Harding had three players foul out as East Central went on a 17-0 run over that stretch.

TEAM STATS
Harding shot only 29.1 percent, its lowest percentage of the season. East Central shot 39.7 percent overall, but made only 4-of-26 3-pointers.

INDIVIDUAL STATS
Sydney Layrock led Harding with 13 points and eight rebounds. She concluded her season with 520 points, the 10th-highest single-season total in program history. Layrock scored 10 or more points in every game of the season.

Williams scored 12 points, hitting two of Harding's seven 3-pointers.

Jayln Jackson led East Central with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Whitney Stotler had 15 points, and Alexa Adair has 12 points and six assists.