Today in Harding Sports, Jan. 4

Women's Basketball
5:30 p.m. vs. Southern Nazarene - Bethany, Okla.
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Harding women's basketball returns to the court for the first time since an 87-72 victory over Montana State-Billings at the Malika Sports Oahu Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 17.
The Lady Bisons are 5-7 overall and 1-3 in Great American Conference action ... Southern Nazarene is 4-5 overall and 2-3 in the GAC.
Harding leads the series 9-2 and has won the last eight meetings.
Harding is 0-3 on the road this season, and Southern Nazarene is 3-0 at home.
Harding sophomore Peyton Padgett leads the team in offensive rebounds (27), assists (31) and steals (15) ... no Harding player has ever led the team in all three categories for a season.
Southern Nazarene snapped a five-game losing streak with a 70-66 victory over Midwestern State on Dec. 30 in a game that included 62 fouls and 94 free-throw attempts.
Southern Nazarene is led by junior guard Adrienne Berry, who is 10th in the GAC in scoring at 13.8 points per game.

Men's Basketball
7:30 p.m. vs. Southern Nazarene - Bethany, Okla.
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Harding men's basketball takes on the Great American Conference leader Southern Nazarene on the road to begin 2018.
Harding is 0-9 overall and 0-4 in the GAC ... Southern Nazarene is 8-1 overall and 5-0 in the GAC ... Southern Nazarene is the only undefeated team in the conference.
The Harding-Southern Nazarene series is tied 5-5 with Southern Nazarene holding a 4-1 advantage in Bethany ... Harding last won in Bethany in 2013.
Harding senior guard Tim Wagner is second in the GAC with 3.11 3-pointers made per game ... Harding ranks 18th in Division II in 3-point field-goal percentage defense (30.4 percent).
Southern Nazarene leads the GAC in scoring defense (66.6), field-goal percentage defense (39.5) and blocked shots (5.5) ... sophomore guard Micah Speight leads the GAC in steals (2.6), 3-point field-goal percentage (46.7) and minutes (35:36) and is second in scoring (18.9).

Both games will air on KVHU 95.3-FM in Searcy with Billy Morgan and Scott Goode on commentary.

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