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Men's Golf by Scott Goode (2/19/18)

Today in Harding Sports, Feb. 19

Today's in Harding Sports Schedule
8 a.m. – Men's Golf at Newberry College Invitational (Kiawah Island, South Carolina – The Ocean Course)
5:30 p.m. – Women's Basketball at Arkansas Tech (Russellville, Arkansas – Tucker Coliseum)
7:30 p.m. – Men's Basketball at Arkansas Tech (Russellville, Arkansas – Tucker Coliseum)
 
Today's Harding Sports Top 10
  1. Harding men's golf opens its spring season at one of America's top golf courses—The Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
  2. Harding, ranked No. 70 among more than 200 teams in Division II golf, will have a five-man lineup of Mason Banger (ranked 71st in Division II individually), Juan Luis Sanchez, Gregor McIntosh, Cameron Murry and Cooper Dunn.
  3. The Newberry College Invitational is Harding's sixth tournament of the year. Harding had top-five finishes in four of its five fall tournaments, including a team victory at the Holiday Inn Express Classic in St. Joseph, Missouri.
  4. Harding senior Mason Banger had an outstanding fall, placing in the top five in three of the five tournaments with a pair of first-place finishes and a 71.87 stroke average. Banger had eight rounds of par or better in 15 fall rounds.
  5. Harding women's basketball travels to Russellville, Arkansas, to take on Arkansas Tech Monday. The Lady Bisons are in fourth place in the GAC standings, but are only one game ahead of Ouachita Baptist and Southeastern Oklahoma.
  6. With three games remaining, Harding cannot finish higher than fourth place, but needs one more win to clinch a spot in the GAC Tournament
  7. Harding enters the game on a five-game winning streak, the current longest in the GAC.
  8. Arkansas Tech, currently in second place in the GAC, won the first meeting between the teams 77-64 in Searcy on Jan. 15.
  9. Harding men's basketball has been eliminated from GAC Tournament contention but could still move past Oklahoma Baptist in the GAC standings.
  10. The Bisons will take on sixth-place Arkansas Tech Monday, looking for its second road win of the season.
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Players Mentioned

Mason Banger

Mason Banger

Senior
Cooper Dunn

Cooper Dunn

Sophomore
Juan Luis Sanchez

Juan Luis Sanchez

Senior

Players Mentioned

Mason Banger

Mason Banger

Senior
Cooper Dunn

Cooper Dunn

Sophomore
Juan Luis Sanchez

Juan Luis Sanchez

Senior