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7
Okla. Baptist OKBU 2-2 , 2-2
56
Winner Harding HU 3-1 , 3-1
Okla. Baptist OKBU
2-2 , 2-2
7
Final
56
Harding HU
3-1 , 3-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
OKBU Okla. Baptist 7 0 0 0 7
HU Harding 14 21 7 14 56

Game Recap: Football | | by Scott Goode (9/22/18)

No. 19 Harding Runs Past Oklahoma Baptist 56-7

SEARCY, Ark. – Harding had three players rush for 100 yards or more for only the second time in program history and defeated Oklahoma Baptist 56-7 Saturday in Great American Conference play at a rain-soaked First Security Stadium.

Harding, ranked 19th in NCAA Division II, improved to 3-1 overall and in the GAC and remained one game behind conference leaders Ouachita Baptist and Southern Arkansas. It was Harding's fourth consecutive victory over Oklahoma Baptist, who dropped to 2-2 overall and in GAC games.

Both teams scored on their opening drives, with Harding scoring on quarterback Preston Paden's 11-yard run. Oklahoma Baptist answered with a 10-play, 76-yard drive that ended with a Jacques Henderson 8-yard TD run.

Oklahoma Baptist never scored again. Harding tacked on seven unanswered TDs, six of them on the ground and another on a 51-yard TD pass from Paden to Taylor Bissell midway through the second quarter.

Harding rushed for a season-high 457 yards and seven TD. Slot back Tristan Tucker posted his third 100-yard rushing game of the season, carrying six times for 119 yards and a 48-yard TD run.

Fullback Cole Chancey rushed for 118 yards on 11 carries and had TD runs of 5 and 25 yards. Paden rushed for exactly 100 yards on 13 carries and two TDs, his first career 100-yard game.

Harding led 35-7 at halftime.

Harding plays on the road next Saturday at Arkansas-Monticello, who lost 21-7 to Southeastern Oklahoma today in Monticello.

FACTS AND FIGURES
  • Harding scored 56 points, topping the 50-point mark for the first time since a 56-46 victory over Arkansas-Monticello last season.
  • Harding had 457 rushing yards, 19th-most in program history.
  • The last time Harding had three players rush for 100 yards or more came on Oct. 22, 2011, against Southwestern Oklahoma. The three players were Jeremy Holt (113), Kelvin Martin (110) and Kale Gelles (104).
  • Harding has now rushed for seven or more TD 17 times, all since 2011.
  • Harding has rushed for 18 TD this season and has not allowed a rushing TD.
  • Harding had 508 total yards, a season high, with 358 coming in the first half.
  • Tristan Tucker's 119 rushing yards were a career high. He leads Harding with 391 rushing yards this season.
  • With his 118 rushing yards, Cole Chancey moved to 17th in career rushing with 1,637 yards. His two rushing TDs gave him 17 for his career, tying him for 10th in program history.
  • With Preston Paden's 100-yard rushing effort, Harding quarterbacks have rushed for 100 yards or more 20 times. The last time a Harding quarterback rushed for 100 yards or more was last season when Terrence Dingle rushed for 121 against Southern Nazarene.
  • Sam Blankenship led Harding with eight tackles, including one of Harding's two sacks. T.J. Winslow had the other sack.
  • Daylon Markham had a 51-yard fumble return, and V'Onte Williams had his fourth career interception.
  • Oklahoma Baptist's Cagney Robertson entered the game as the GAC leader in receptions (25) and was second in receiving yards (287). Harding limited Robertson to two receptions for 9 yards.






 

by Jeff Montgomery

Posted by Harding Sports on Saturday, September 22, 2018
 
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