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Harding University Athletics

Women's Basketball
64
Arkansas Tech ATU 13-9,11-7 GAC
68
Winner Harding Hard 19-6,15-3 GAC
Arkansas Tech ATU
13-9,11-7 GAC
64
Final
68
Harding Hard
19-6,15-3 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT 1 F
Arkansas Tech ATU 14 14 13 14 9 64
Harding Hard 12 15 10 18 13 68

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Scott Goode (2/13/23)

Harding Wins Eighth Straight at Home; Downs Tech in OT

SEARCY – The end of regulation ended pretty poorly for Harding's women, but overtime went pretty well.

Harding made 6-of-8 shots in overtime and led throughout the extra five minutes and defeated Arkansas Tech 68-64 on Thursday in Great American Conference women's action at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

The win was Harding's eighth straight at home and boosted the Lady Bisons to 19-6 overall and 15-3 in conference. Harding remained two games back of GAC leader Southern Nazarene with four games remaining.

Tech lost for only the fourth time on the road and fell to 13-9 overall and 11-7 in GAC action.

Harding led 55-46 with 2:26 left in regulation, but Tech scored the final nine points, including a 3-pointer with 7.7 seconds left to send the game into overtime.

Jacie Evans hit a driving layup to start the extra period, and Harding held off Tech. Rory Geer hit two shots in the paint in overtime, and Sage Hawley made three shots, including the last two of the extra period to help keep the Lady Bisons in the lead.

Geer led Harding with 18 points, shooting 8-of-10 from the free throw line. Hawley had 15 points and 14 rebounds for her GAC-leading 15th double-double of the season. Harley Harbour scored nine of her season-high 13 points in the first half, and Evans added nine points and 16 rebounds.

Harding shot only 3-of-14 in the first quarter but made five free throws and trailed only 14-12 after one.

Tech opened the second quarter with a bucket, but Harding's Harbour answered with her third 3-pointer of the season and backed that up with a layup. Kendrick Bailey's layup among the trees on the inside pushed Harding's spurt to seven straight points. Harbour made it nine consecutive points with a driving layup down the right side that extended Harding's lead to 21-16 with 6:11 left in the half.

The Lady Bisons then went more than four minutes without a field goal and fell behind 24-21 with 3:24 left in the half. Geer ended the Tech run with a running bank shot in the lane, and Aubrey Isbell hit a reverse layup with 24 seconds left. The Lady Bisons trailed 28-27 at halftime.

Harding shot 29% in the first half, hit two 3-pointers and shot 7-of-8 at the free throw line.

The Lady Bisons hit only three field goals in the third quarter. One was Evans's layup with 1:20 left in the quarter that pulled Harding within 41-37.

Tech led 45-43 with 7:16 left when Harding scored 10 straight points and built a nine-point lead with 2:36 left in regulation.

Harding plays its second of three straight home games Thursday against Southwestern Oklahoma. Tip-off at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House is at 5:30 p.m.


 
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