Skip To Main Content

Harding University Athletics

2023 Basketball vs. Lincoln.jpg
78
Winner Lincoln (MO) Linc 1-0,0-0 Mid-America Intercollegiate
70
Harding Hard 0-1,0-0 GAC
Winner
Lincoln (MO) Linc
1-0,0-0 Mid-America Intercollegiate
78
Final
70
Harding Hard
0-1,0-0 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lincoln (MO) Linc 41 37 78
Harding Hard 40 30 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Scott Goode (11/10/23)

McBride Shines with 20 Points, but Harding Falls to Lincoln (MO) in Season Opener

FORT SMITH, Ark. – In a game with 13 lead changes, Harding men's basketball fell 78-70 to Lincoln (MO) on Friday in both teams' season opener at the GAC-MIAA Challenge at Northside High School. It was the first game for Harding first-year head coach Weston Jameson.

Harding (0-1) used a 9-0 run to extend its lead to 35-23 with 6:40 left in the first half. Lincoln immediately answered with a 12-0 spurt of its own. Harding trailed 41-40 at halftime. Lincoln (1-0) opened the second half with a 3-pointer and held a single-digit lead throughout.

Harding (14-28, 50%) and Lincoln (30-55, 54.5%) both had strong shooting efforts. Lincoln connected on 11 3-pointers to Harding's eight.

Keyln McBride led Harding with 20 points, connecting on 3-of-4 3-pointers. Rylie Marshall came off the bench to score 15 points, Samuel Henderson had 13 points and newcomer Brahm Harris added 12.

TEAM NOTES
  • Harding won its opener last season 79-66 over Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras.
  • Harding shot 50% from the field, 44.4% from 3-point range and 82.4% from the free-throw line … the Bisons had four 50-40-80 games last season.
  • The teams both had 21 rebounds … Harding had one game last season with fewer rebounds (19 vs. Southern Nazarene, 2/9/23).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
  • McBride's 20-point effort was his second career game with 20 or more points.
  • Brahm Harris, a fifth-year senior transfer from Arkansas-Pine Bluff, scored 12 points in his Harding debut … Sam Smith, a senior transfer from Delta State, also debuted for Harding and scored two points.
  • Rylie Marshall's 15 points were a career high, topping his previous high of 14 last season vs. Champion Christian … Marshall was 3 of 7 from 3-point range.
  • Stetson Smithson, Harding's leading returning scorer, had seven points and led the team with eight rebounds.
SERIES NOTES
  • This was the first meeting between Harding and Lincoln (MO).
UP NEXT
  • Harding takes on its second straight MIAA foe Saturday when it meets Central Missouri on Saturday at 4 p.m. Live coverage links are at HardingSports.com.
Print Friendly Version