Harding University Athletics

Box Score

Southern Ark. SA 3-4,1-1 GAC

Harding Hard 5-3,2-0 GAC

Southern Ark. SA

3-4,1-1 GAC

Final

Dec. 03, 2023

Harding Hard

5-3,2-0 GAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Southern Ark. SA	24	27	51
Harding Hard	26	31	57

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 12/3/2023 7:15:00 PM | Scott Goode (12/3/23)

Harding Shackles Southern Arkansas to Win Second Straight GAC Game

Next Game:

at Ark.-Monticello

12/9/2023 | 3 p.m.

KVHU 95.3

Next Game

Full Schedule

Dec. 09 (Sat) / 3 p.m.

at Ark.-Monticello

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SEARCY – It was not always pretty on offense, but it was a masterpiece on defense.

Harding limited Southern Arkansas to only 19 field goals and 38% shooting and defeated the Muleriders 57-51 on Sunday in Great American Conference action at Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

Harding moved to 5-3 overall and are one of only three GAC teams with a perfect 2-0 conference record. Southern Arkansas had its 10-game winning streak over Harding come to an end and fell to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in conference.

Southern Arkansas hit a driving layup with 15:52 to take the lead 32-31. Sam Henderson answered with a 3-pointer to put the Bisons back in front. The game was tied twice after that, but Abou Gbane laid in a driving layup to start a 7-0 run that put Harding head 43-36 with 8:41 left.

Brahm Harris and Rylie Marshall hit key 3-pointers down the stretch, and J.T. Smith made two free throws to ice the game before Harris went coast-to-coast for a dunk at the buzzer for the final exclamation point.

Harding forced 17 turnovers and outscored Southern Arkansas 22-5 off those miscues.

Marshall led Harding with 17 points. Harris had 14 points and Henderson scored 10.

TEAM NOTES

Harding is 2-0 in the GAC for the first full season since 2018 ... HU was also 2-0 in the COVID-shortened season of 2020.
Harding had 14 offensive rebounds, its fourth time this season with 10 or more.
Harding had 18 assists to 12 turnovers, its fourth straight game at even or better.
Harding last won a game when scoring 57 points or fewer on Jan. 19, 2013, a 57-50 win over Arkansas-Monticello ... that game was also the last time Harding held a conference opponent to 51 points or fewer.
Harding limited Southern Arkansas to two 3-pointers, the fewest by a Harding opponent this season.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

With 17 points, Marshall scored in double figures for the sixth straight game.
Brahm Harris scored in double figures for the third straight game.
Sam Henderson scored in double figures for the fifth straight game and had a season-high seven rebounds.

SERIES NOTES

Harding snapped a 10-game skid against Southern Arkansas, winning for the first time since a 75-74 victory on Dec. 1, 2018 ... HU now leads the series in Searcy 37-28.

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