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77
Winner Ark.-Monticello UAM 4-4,1-2 GAC
72
Harding Hard 4-5,0-3 GAC
Winner
Ark.-Monticello UAM
4-4,1-2 GAC
77
Final
72
Harding Hard
4-5,0-3 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ark.-Monticello UAM 40 37 77
Harding Hard 34 38 72

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Scott Goode (12/10/22)

Four Bisons Reach Double Figures; Harding Falls to Arkansas-Monticello

SEARCY, Ark. – Taylor Currie had 18 points and 12 rebounds and was one of four Harding players with 11 points or more, but the Bisons surrendered a 10-point second half lead and fell 77-72 to Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday in Great American Conference action at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

Harding fell to 4-5 overall and 0-3 in the GAC. Arkansas-Monticello snapped a six-game road skid and improved to 4-4 overall and 1-2 in conference. Harding will be back in action next Saturday at Henderson State in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, for its last game before the holiday break.

Harding scored the last four points of the first half and the first 11 points of the second half for a 15-0 run. Stetson Smithson tied the game with a layup, and J.T. Smith's reverse layup with 18:24 left gave Harding its first lead since very early in the game.

The Bisons made 10 of their first 12 shots in the second half, including all three 3-pointers, and stretched the lead to 57-47 on a Smith 3-pointer with 14:16 left.

A 10-0 Arkansas-Monticello run allowed the Weevils to retake the lead at 61-60 on a layup with 9:18 remaining. It was part of a 19-2 UAM spurt, and the Weevils pushed the lead to 70-62 with 6:17 left.

Harding went without a field goal for more than 10 minutes before Currie made a put-back layup with 2:44 remaining. The Bisons closed to 72-71 on Santiago's floating shot in the paint with 2:12 left but could only add one free throw down the stretch while Arkansas-Monticello made three free throws to seal the victory.

Harding shot 50% from the field in the first half and made three 3-pointers, but trailed 40-34 at the break. Arkansas-Monticello shot 56%, made five 3-pointers and shot 7-of-9 at the line.

Currie shot 8 of 14 from the field and recorded his fourth double-double of the season and 11th of his career.

Ramiro Santiago scored nine of his 14 points in the first half. Smith scored a season-high 13 points, and Smithson added a season-high 11 points and team-high six assists.

Arkansas-Monticello entered the game as the GAC's leader in 3-point field goal percentage at 42.8% and connected on 10 of 21 (47.6%) on Saturday.

Harding shot 50% (26-of-52), its fourth game this season to make half its shots or more.
 
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