DURANT, Okla. – Taylor Currie scored a career-high 33 points and had 10 rebounds, and Sam Henderson hit a clutch 3-pointer late in the game as Harding defeated Southeastern Oklahoma 83-79 on Saturday at Bloomer Sullivan Arena.

The victory was Harding's first in conference play and lifted the Bisons to 5-7 overall and 1-5 in the GAC. It was Harding's first win against Southeastern in Durant since 2016 and dropped the Savage Storm to 6-5 overall and 3-3 in conference.

Harding trailed 58-49 with 16 minutes left in the game, but went on a 16-0 run over the next four minutes. The Bisons made all seven shot attempts during the stretch which Stetson Smithson punctuated with a long 3-pointer with 11:41 remaining that put Harding ahead 63-58.

Harding maintained a lead the rest of the way, but Southeastern cut the lead to 80-79 with 2:19 left. Henderson drilled a 3-pointer from the corner with 1:50 remaining for the final points of the game.

Currie shot 16 of 25 from the field for his second 30-point game of the season. It was his fifth double-double of the season and 12th of his career.

Henderson scored 15 points, Keyln McBride added 13 points, and Smithson added 11 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for his fifth career double-double.

Harding shot 50% from the field and scored 48 points in the paint.

Currie scored 16 points on 8-of-14 shooting in the first half, and the Bisons trailed only 48-42. Harding shot 49% from the field in the first 20 minutes. Taking advantage of the Southeastern full-court press, Harding made eight layups and scored 24 points in the paint.

Southeastern averaged more than 10 3-pointers per game, but shot only 4 of 13 from long range in the first half. The Savage Storm committed nine first-half turnovers.

Harding returns to Searcy next week, taking on Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday and Southern Nazarene on Saturday at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.