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Harding Men's Basketball
82
Winner Ouachita Baptist OUA 5-15,3-11 GAC
75
Harding Hard 4-15,2-11 GAC
Winner
Ouachita Baptist OUA
5-15,3-11 GAC
82
Final
75
Harding Hard
4-15,2-11 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ouachita Baptist OUA 43 39 82
Harding Hard 28 47 75

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Scott Goode (2/5/22)

Harding Comeback Falls Short in 82-75 Loss to Ouachita Baptist

SEARCY – Harding cut an 18-point deficit down to two but fell 82-75 to Ouachita Baptist Saturday in Great American Conference men's basketball play at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

Harding fell to 4-15 overall and 2-11 in conference. Ouachita won only its second road game of the season and improved to 5-15 overall and 3-11 in the GAC.

Ouachita had two 8-0 runs and a 10-0 spurt in the first half and led 43-28 at halftime. The Tigers, who entered the game last in the GAC in 3-point shooting, nailed 9 of 12 in the first half. Seven different Tigers made at least one 3-pointer. Ouachita made its last six shots of the half.

Harding shot 41% but seven turnovers led to a 9-2 points-off-turnovers advantage for Ouachita. Taylor Currie led Harding with eight first-half points.

Harding trailed by 18 at 38-20 with 18:18 left. A 9-0 Bison run with all the points coming from Steston Smitson and Taylor Currie pulled Harding within 48-39 with 14:58 remaining.

Harding made 11 of its first 15 shots in the second half. Sam Henderson hit a 3-pointer with 8:10 left to cut the Ouachita advantage to 61-58. The Tigers answered with a four-point play from Ma'Darius Hobson.

Harding went more than seven minutes without a field goal but used a 10-2 run with all 10 points coming at the free-throw line to cut the Tiger lead to 71-69 with 1:36 left.

Hobson hit a 3-pointer on Ouachita's next trip, the Tigers' season-high 13th 3-pointer, and Ouachita made eight free throws in the final minute to hold off the Bisons.

Ramiro Santiago connected on five 3-pointers and led Harding with 19 points. He was one of five Bisons with 10 or more points. Currie had 15 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Sam Henderson scored 12, Smithson had 11, and Romen Martin finished with 10.

Hobson led Ouachita with 24 points, hitting 5 of 6 3-pointers.

Harding returns to action Monday with a makeup game against Southern Nazarene in Bethany, Oklahoma.


 
Gallery: (2-5-2022) Men's Basketball vs. Ouachita Baptist

 
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