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Men's Basketball
82
Winner Southern Ark. SA 12-4,8-2 GAC
75
Harding Hard 5-11,1-9 GAC
Winner
Southern Ark. SA
12-4,8-2 GAC
82
Final
75
Harding Hard
5-11,1-9 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern Ark. SA 32 50 82
Harding Hard 45 30 75

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Scott Goode (1/21/23)

Southern Arkansas Second-Half Spurt Sinks Harding Men's Basketball

SEARCY – Junior Taylor Currie scored 27 points and added 12 rebounds, but Southern Arkansas scored 13 straight points midway through the second half and defeated Harding 82-75 on Thursday in Great American Conference men's basketball action at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

Harding fell to 5-11 overall and 1-9 in the GAC. Southern Arkansas won for the ninth time in its last 10 games and improved to 12-4 overall and 8-2 in conference.

Harding had a 13-2 run and a pair of 7-0 runs in the first half and took a 45-32 lead into halftime. Currie hit a layup at the end of the second 7-0 run to give Harding a 41-23 advantage, its largest in a GAC game this season.

Harding made five 3-pointers in the first half and held Southern Arkansas to 2-of-13 from 3-point range.

Stetson Smithson made a layup and Harding held a 49-32 lead with 18:49 left in the game. Southern Arkansas went on an 8-1 run to cut the Bisons' lead to 50-40 with 14:23 remaining.

After a Rylie Marshall layup, Southern Arkansas went on a 13-0 spurt, hitting three 3-pointers in a span of 58 seconds to take a 53-52 lead.

Harding briefly retook the lead on two Smithson free throws with 10:04 left, but a three-point play from Southern Arkansas put the Muleriders in the lead for good. After another SAU free throw, the Muleriders led by four or more for the rest of the game.

It was Currie's 10th game with 20 points or more and his eighth double-double of the season.

Keyln McBride made three of Harding's six 3-pointers and scored 15 points. He also led the team with five assists. Marshall added 11 points.

Harding plays the third of five games in nine days (four on the road) on Monday when it takes on Arkansas Tech in Russellville.
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