GAME NOTES: Harding Plays Tech in its Fifth GAC Women's Basketball Championship Game

Harding Women's Basketball Notes – 2018 GAC Tournament
No. 4 Harding Lady Bisons (18-14) vs. No. 2 Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (25-3)

Coaches
- Harding: Tim Kirby – 259-125 (13th season)
- Arkansas Tech: Dave Wilbers – 265-64 (11th season)
Series
- Harding has won 10 of the last 14 meetings, including all three meetings in Bartlesville
- Arkansas Tech won both meetings this season, 77-64 in Searcy and 56-54 in Russellville
- At the GAC Tournament: Harding defeated Tech 81-48 in the 2014 semifinals, 68-50 in the 2015 championship game, and 75-73 in last season's championship game
Last Outing
- Kelli Lampo scored 21 points and tied a Harding GAC record with 18 rebounds in Harding's 78-63 victory over No. 1 seed Southwestern Oklahoma … Harding outrebounded Southwestern 51-34 … Harding outscored Southwestern 45-27 in the second half … limited Southwestern to only two 3-pointers.
- Arkansas Tech defeated Henderson State 78-67, taking the lead in a 24-11 fourth quarter … Cheyenne North led Arkansas Tech with 35 points and 11 rebounds … Tech shot 47 percent, including 62 percent in the fourth quarter.
Last meeting
- Arkansas Tech defeated Harding 56-54 on Feb. 19 in Russellville
- Harding shot a season-low 27.8 percent … Lampo led Harding with 16 points, and Amanda Kearney added 13
- Kylie Ladd led Tech with 20 points …Tech shot only 32 percent
HU GAC Tournament History
- Harding is 13-4 in seven GAC Tournament appearances and has won eight of its last nine GAC Tournament games … Harding has now been to the championship game in five of the seven GAC Tournaments
- Harding won the GAC Tournament in 2015 and 2017 and was runner up in 2012 and 2014
ATU GAC Tournament History
- Tech is also 13-4 in seven GAC Tournament appearances … won the tournament in 2013 and 2016
HU Key Team Stats
- Harding leads NCAA Division II with a school-record 778 free throws attempted … ranks sixth in Division II with 526 free throws made (school record is 529 in 1993-94) … Harding leads the GAC and ranks fifth nationally with a +10.9 rebound margin … Harding averages 20.3 fouls per game, highest in GAC … HU is last in GAC in turnover margin (-3.9)
- Peyton Padgett ranks 14th in the GAC with 3.2 assists per game … Kellie Lampo is second in free throw attempts (197) and fourth in free throws made (126)
ATU Key Team Stats
- Arkansas Tech leads the GAC in field-goal percentage defense (36.3), offensive rebounds per game (15), rebounds per game (45.07), scoring defense (64.5), scoring margin (+13.2), steals per game (10.4), turnovers forced (18.89) and turnover margin (+3.41) … 10th in the GAC in 3-pointers made (155)
- Cheyenne North is third in the GAC with 8.6 rebounds per game and 10th in assists (3.5) … Kylie Ladd leads the GAC in steals (2.93)
All-GAC honorees
- Harding – Kellie Lampo (Freshman of the Year, Second Team); Sydney Layrock (honorable mention)
- Arkansas Tech – Cheyenne North (First Team); Jayana Sanders (Second Team); Kylie Ladd (honorable mention); Lyrik Williams (honorable mention)
Officials
- Eric Baker, Jake Coody, Ernie Murry, Blanca Burns

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Players Mentioned

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

#13 Peyton Padgett: G; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#24 Amanda Kearney: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#10 Kellie Lampo: F; 6' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

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

#13 Peyton Padgett
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: G

#24 Amanda Kearney
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#10 Kellie Lampo
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: F