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Harding Women's Basketball
Jeff Montgomery
56
Ouachita Baptist OUA 8-6, 4-4 GAC
84
Winner Harding HU 6-10, 2-6 GAC
Ouachita Baptist OUA
8-6, 4-4 GAC
56
Final
84
Harding HU
6-10, 2-6 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Ouachita Baptist OUA 15 13 8 20 56
Harding HU 25 19 21 19 84

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | by Scott Goode (1/13/17)

Harding Women's Basketball Rolls Past Ouachita in Rhodes-Reaves Return

SEARCY – The Harding women's basketball team was glad to be home. Playing at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House for the first time since Dec. 9, Harding snapped a three-game skid with a convincing 84-56 victory over Ouachita Baptist in Great American Conference play.

Freshman Kennedy Cooper came off the bench and led Harding with 22 points, her second 20-point game of the season. Falan Miller made her first start since Dec. 16 and scored 16. Harding tied its season high with 13 3-pointers and shot better than 50 percent (13 of 22, 59 percent) for the second time in its last five games.

Harding (6-10, 2-6) defeated Ouachita for the sixth straight time in Searcy. Ouachita (8-6, 3-5) had its two-game winning streak snapped. The Lady Tigers have now lost five of six on the road.

Harding used an early 11-0 run and 6 of 8 shooting from 3-point range to pull out to a 25-15 after one quarter. The Lady Bisons made their first five 3-pointers and shot 53 percent in the quarter. Ouachita shot 39 percent and was outrebounded 13-5. Miller and Cooper both hit two 3-pointers for Harding.

Harding continued shooting well in the second quarter, connecting on 54 percent and outscoring Ouachita 19-13 to push its lead to 44-28 at halftime.

At the break, Harding was 8 of 12 from 3-point range and held a 21-11 rebound advantage. Ouachita shot 38 percent (9 of 24) in the first half and was 4 of 10 (40 percent) from long range.
Miller made 4 of 5 shots, including three 3s, and had 11 points in the first half.

Cooper was 4 of 4 from the field and 2 of 2 from the free-throw line, leading Harding with 12 points at halftime.

An early 7-0 Harding run in the third period pushed Harding's advantage to 21 points at 51-30. The Lady Bisons made six consecutive shots and pushed the lead to 58-32 on a Cooper layup.

Ouachita missed eight of its first nine shots in the third quarter and trailed 65-36 after three. Harding shot 50 percent in the period and outscored Ouachita 21-8, limiting the Lady Tigers to only two field goals.

Ouachita had its best offensive quarter late, scoring 20 points in the fourth quarter.

Chasidee Owens was the only Lady Tiger in double figures and had 14 points.

Amanda Kearney added 10 points for Harding, and Sydney Layrock and Kellie Lampo had nine each.





 
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