Harding Men's Basketball Battles Ouachita in GAC Tournament Championship Game

No. 1 Harding (20-9) vs. No. 3 Ouachita Baptist (18-12)
Mar. 6, 2016 • Bruin Fieldhouse • Bartlesville, Okla. • 1 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Radio: KVHU 95.3-FM

THE COACHES
Jeff Morgan, Harding
   at Harding: 398-260 (22nd season)
   Career: 415-270 (23rd season)
   vs. Ouachita Baptist: 32-17
Dennis Nutt, Ouachita Baptist
   at OBU: 80-59 (5th season)
   Career: 152-155 (11th season)

THE SERIES
Series Record: OBU leads 71-55
at Neutral Sites: OBU leads 3-1
First Meeting: OBU 77-59 (12/5/1957)
Last Meeting: OBU 79-75 (2/13/2016)
Current Streak: OBU, 2 games

KEY NOTES FOR TODAY'S GAME
• Harding will look for its second GAC Tournament championship Sunday when it takes on Ouachita at 1 p.m. Ouachita won both meetings between the teams this season.

• Harding entered in the NCAA Division II Central Region Rankings at No. 7 on Wednesday. The Bisons have won seven straight games and earned their third regular season conference championship.

• Harding reached the final with a 97-83 victory over No. 5 Southern Arkansas on Friday. Harding shot 51 percent from the field and made 32-of-39 free throws. Jacob Gibson scored 27 points in the first half and finished with a career-high 40 points.

• All five of Ouachita's starters scored in double figures and the Tigers never trailed in the second half against East Central to earn its second trip to the GAC Tournament championship after an 83-80 victory.

• Harding's Jacob Gibson won the GAC Player of the Year award. His 40-point effort Saturday was the sixth ever by a Bison and first in 24 seasons and set a GAC single-game record. It was the most by an HU player in 123 games against SAU.

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Players Mentioned

#15 Jacob Gibson: G; 6' 5"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#15 Jacob Gibson
: 6' 5"; Senior
: G

Players Mentioned

#15 Jacob Gibson

Players Mentioned

#15 Jacob Gibson