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Men's Basketball
75
Winner Southwestern Okla. SWO 12-13,8-11 GAC
67
Harding Hard 6-19,2-17 GAC
Winner
Southwestern Okla. SWO
12-13,8-11 GAC
75
Final
67
Harding Hard
6-19,2-17 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southwestern Okla. SWO 34 41 75
Harding Hard 36 31 67

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Scott Goode (2/16/23)

Currie Scores 29 in Loss to Southwestern Oklahoma

SEARCY – Harding junior Taylor Currie achieved a feat only reached nine times in program history.

Currie scored 29 points in Harding's 75-67 loss to Southwestern Oklahoma on Thursday in Great American Conference play at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. His point total pushed him to 605 points in 2022-23, only the ninth 600-point season ever by a Bison. Currie is the first Harding player with 600 or more points in a season since Hall of Famer Matt Hall scored 643 points during the 2007-08 season.

The loss dropped Harding to 6-19 overall and 2-17 in conference play. Southwestern Oklahoma snapped a four-game road losing streak and improved to 12-13 overall and 8-11 in the GAC.

Currie shot 9-of-14 from the field and 11-of-12 at the free throw line. It was his 17th 20-point game of the season.

Both teams shot 14-of-34 (41.2%) from the field in the first half, but the Bisons outscored the Bulldogs at the free throw line and led 36-34 at the break.

One of Harding's three first half 3-pointers came from just inside mid-court as Keyln McBride banked in a shot at the buzzer to put the Bisons ahead.

Harding trailed 54-51 with 13:13 left in the game, but Wyatt Gilbert drained a 3-pointer from the right wing. The Bisons did not make another field goal until Currie hit a short jumper in the lane with 6:18 remaining. During that time, Southwestern Oklahoma pulled out to a 69-57 lead.

Harding pulled within six on a Currie jumper with 1:50 left but got no closer. Southwestern limited Harding to only five field goals in the game's last 13 minutes.

The Bisons return to the Rhodes-Reaves Field House on Saturday to take on Northwestern Oklahoma. Tip-off is at 3 p.m.

 
Gallery: (2-16-2023) 2022-23 mbball vs. Southwestern Okla.

 
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