No. 7 Harding vs. Southern Arkansas -- GAME NOTES

#7 Harding Bisons (2-0, 2-0) vs. Southern Arkansas Muleriders (1-1, 1-1)
Sept. 17, 2022 • 7 p.m. • Searcy, Ark. • First Security Stadium

Starting 11 for Harding vs. Southern Arkansas
Below are 11 Facts and Stats about this week's game. You can read the full game notes by clicking on the link.

Harding and Southern Arkansas square off for the 58th time … oddly, the visiting team has had the advantage in the series with Southern Arkansas leading 15-12-1 in games played in Searcy and Harding leading 16-12 in games played in Magnolia … HU has won five of the last six games played in Searcy and won 37-6 last season in Magnolia.
Harding moved up one spot to No. 7 in the AFCA Division II Top 25 Poll … last season Harding reached as high as No. 7 in the final two polls of the regular season.
The Bisons enter the game with an 11-game winning streak in Great American Conference matchups … it is the fourth longest current conference winning streak in Division II … Ferris State has the longest at 30 games in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Harding did not have a punt or a turnover in its 38-13 victory over Southeastern Oklahoma … it was the first time since Harding joined the NCAA in 1997 that it went without either a punt or a turnover in the same game.
Southern Arkansas and Harding both enter Saturday's game averaging more than 300 rushing yards per game … the Muleriders are third in Division II at 332.0 rushing yards per game, and Harding is fifth at 303.5 per game … Harding's defense has not allowed more than 100 rushing yards in any of its last eight games.
Harding leads NCAA Division II in passing efficiency (268.33) and has averaged 34.8 yards per pass completion.
Through the first two games, Harding has only run two plays from scrimmage that resulted in negative yardage and both plays lost 1 yard.
Harding wide receiver Kage Citty is the only GAC player with two receiving TD through the first two games … he ranks sixth in the GAC with 132 receiving yards.
Harding running back Jhalen Spicer had 101 rushing yards and 2 TD last week on only seven carries … it was his second career 100-yard rushing game and second career game with multiple TD.
Harding defensive lineman Devonte Manning has blocked a kick in both games this season … the last player to block three or more kicks in a season was Ty Powell, who blocked four (including two against Southern Arkansas) in 2012.
Harding return specialist Kendale Allen has 57 punt return yards and 56 kickoff return yards and ranks fifth in the GAC with 113 combined return yards.

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Players Mentioned

#1 Kendale Allen: DB; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#17 Kage Citty: WR; 6' 4"; Senior

#10 Jhalen Spicer: RB; 5' 8"; Sophomore

#45 Devonte Manning: DL; 6' 4"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#1 Kendale Allen
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: DB

#17 Kage Citty
: 6' 4"; Senior
: WR

#10 Jhalen Spicer
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: RB

#45 Devonte Manning
: 6' 4"; Sophomore
: DL