Men's Basketball 1/25/2018 8:01:00 AM by Scott Goode (1/25/18)

Today in Harding Sports, Jan. 25

Women's Basketball
5:30 p.m. vs. East Central – Searcy, Ark. (Rhodes-Reaves Field House)
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Just two games out of eighth place and a spot in the Great American Conference Tournament, Harding begins a stretch where it will play seven of its final 11 regular season games at home.
The Lady Bisons are 7-12 overall and 3-8 in the GAC, currently in 10th place … East Central is 6-9 overall and part of a four-way tie for fifth place at 5-6 in the GAC.
Harding leads the all-time series 12-9 overall and 8-1 in Searcy … the Lady Bisons have won six straight meetings in Searcy.
Harding is 5-3 at home, including 2-2 in conference games … East Central is 3-5 on the road and has lost its last three.
East Central defeated Harding 76-73 on Nov. 18, 2017, in the first meeting this season between the teams … Harding shot 53 percent, made 10 3-pointers and held a 43-23 rebound margin, but East Central's 20-13 free-throw margin was enough for the win … Falan Miller led HU with 12 points, and Alexa Adair led East Central with 23 points, connecting on four 3-pointers.
Harding leads the GAC and ranks 10th nationally in rebound margin (+9.7) … HU also leads the GAC and ranks 16th nationally in free-throw attempts (436) … Sydney Layrock needs four points to become only the seventh Harding player with 1,400 career points.
East Central ranks 12th nationally in both free-throw percentage (79.9) and 3-point field goals per game (8.9) and commits the fewest turnovers per game of any GAC team (13.5) … ECU junior guard Lakin Preisner is the NCAA Division II leader in free-throw percentage (39 of 40, 97.5 percent).

Men's Basketball
7:30 p.m. vs. East Central – Searcy, Ark. (Rhodes-Reaves Field House)
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Harding will take on a team looking to remain in the hunt for the GAC title Thursday when it hosts East Central, a team that opened conference play 7-2 but has lost its last two games and is now in fourth place in the conference standings.
Harding is 1-15 overall and 1-10 in the GAC, tied for 11th place … East Central is 9-6 overall and 7-4 in the GAC.
East Central leads the all-time series 14-11 and has won three straight … Harding holds a 7-4 lead in Searcy.
Harding is 1-4 at home with a 77-73 victory over Ouachita Baptist on Jan. 13 … East Central is 2-4 on the road and has lost its last two.
Harding averaged 66.8 points in its first 12 games, but has averaged 78.5 points in its last four games … Tim Wagner ranks 24th nationally with 3.13 3-pointers per game.
East Central has Division II's 24th-ranked scoring offense (86.9 points per game), thanks in part to 11.0 3-pointers per game, second-most of any GAC team.

Both games will air on KVHU 95.3-FM in Searcy with Billy Morgan and Scott Goode on commentary and will stream live on the Harding Sports Network.

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Players Mentioned

#21 Sydney Layrock: F; 5' 11"; Senior

#3 Falan Miller: G; 5' 10"; Senior

#1 Tim Wagner: G; 6' 3"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#21 Sydney Layrock
: 5' 11"; Senior
: F

#3 Falan Miller
: 5' 10"; Senior
: G

#1 Tim Wagner
: 6' 3"; Senior
: G

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Today in Harding Sports, Jan. 25

Players Mentioned

#21 Sydney Layrock

#3 Falan Miller

#1 Tim Wagner

Players Mentioned

#21 Sydney Layrock

#3 Falan Miller

#1 Tim Wagner