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80
Winner Ark.-Fort Smith UAFS 3-2,0-0 Lone Star
61
Harding Hard 2-3,0-0 GAC
Winner
Ark.-Fort Smith UAFS
3-2,0-0 Lone Star
80
Final
61
Harding Hard
2-3,0-0 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ark.-Fort Smith UAFS 41 39 80
Harding Hard 35 26 61

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Scott Goode (11/27/21)

Smithson Posts Third Double-Double, Bisons Fall to UAFS 80-61

SEARCY – Sophomore Stetson Smithson recorded his third double-double of the season but Harding fell 80-61 to Arkansas-Fort Smith Saturday in a nonconference matchup at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

The loss dropped Harding to 2-3 on the season. The Bisons begin Great American Conference play Thursday at home against Southern Arkansas.

Smithson, a native of Bald Knob, Arkansas, had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Ramiro Santiago was Harding's leading scorer with 16 points. He connected on four 3-pointers.

Harding trailed on 41-35 at halftime, but UAFS opened the second half with a 15-2 run and led 56-37. The Bisons trimmed the Lions advantage to 65-51 with an 8-2 run that included two buckets from Josh Perkins.

Matthew Wilson, who had 30 points and seven assists, scored the game's next eight points, and UAFS (3-2) pulled away. 

Harding got off to a quick start and led by as many as seven at 12-5 on a Santiago 3-pointer. Later in the half, Arkansas-Fort Smith countered with a 13-2 run and led 30-22 with 6:30 left before halftime.

The Lions pushed their lead to 40-30 on David Ekezie's layup at the 3:03 mark, but UAFS did not have a field goal the rest of the half. A Taylor Currie layup off a turnover with 53 seconds remaining cut the Lions lead to 41-35 at halftime.

Harding shot 39% for the game and made nine 3-pointers. Wilson had seven of the Lions' 11 3-pointers. UAFS shot 50% from the field.

 
Gallery: (11-27-2021) Men's Basketball vs. Arkansas-Fort Smith

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