ALVA, Okla. – Junior Taylor Currie had 32 points and 12 rebounds, but Harding went eight minutes of the second half without a field goal and fell 80-64 to Northwestern Oklahoma on Thursday in Great American Conference action at Percefull Fieldhouse.

It was the fourth game this season with more than 30 points for Currie, the GAC's scoring leader. It was his ninth double-double.

The loss dropped Harding to 5-13 overall and 1-11 in the GAC. Northwestern Oklahoma won its third straight home game and fourth consecutive in the series and improved to 8-8 overall and 4-8 in conference.

Harding led 39-37 with 17:04 left. Northwestern reeled off the next six points before Currie hit a layup at the 15:39 mark. The Bisons' next field goal was a Sam Henderson layup eight minutes later.  

Northwestern Oklahoma scored 12 straight points as part of a 21-3 run and pulled away.

Currie shot 13-of-19 from the field and made 6-of-7 free throws. Stetson Smithson added 10 for the Bisons.

Northwestern Oklahoma shot 65% from the field in the second half and shot 57% for the game, its second in the last three games over 50%. Harding shot 41%, but hit only 5-of-27 from 3-point range.

Harding led for much of the first half, but 3-pointers on three straight Northwestern Oklahoma possessions put the Rangers in the lead, and the Bisons trailed 32-30 at halftime.

Currie had half of Harding's points in the rebounds in the half, scoring 15 and grabbing seven of the Bisons' 14 rebounds.

Eighteen of Northwestern's 32 points came in the paint, and the Rangers shot 48% in the half.

Harding continues its road trip Saturday at Southwestern Oklahoma. Tipoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.