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Women's Basketball
52
Southeastern Okla. SE 4-7,0-5 GAC
67
Winner Harding Hard 10-1,5-0 GAC
Southeastern Okla. SE
4-7,0-5 GAC
52
Final
67
Harding Hard
10-1,5-0 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southeastern Okla. SE 13 15 12 12 52
Harding Hard 8 26 18 15 67

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Scott Goode (1/4/24)

Freshman Duo Helps Send #20 Harding Past Southeastern Oklahoma

SEARCY – A pair of freshmen—Katelyn Kabrich and Maddi Holt—had breakout games Thursday and led 20th-ranked Harding to a 67-52 victory over Southeastern Oklahoma in Great American Conference women's action at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

Kabrich, a native of Tomball, Texas, made all four of her 3-point attempts and scored a season-high 17 points, and Holt, of Bergman, Arkansas, added a season-high 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting.

Harding won its 10th straight game and improved to 10-1 overall and 5-0 in the GAC. It was Harding's 18th consecutive home victory. Southeastern dropped to 4-7 overall and 0-5 in conference.

Harding missed its last 10 shots of the first quarter and trailed 13-8 after one.

Harding's cold shooting ended as soon as the second quarter began. The Lady Bisons made five 3-pointers in the period with Kabrich connecting from the left wing to tie the game at 13-13.

Harding's last four field goals in the quarter were all 3s. Holt made the first and last of the four with Kabrich and Kendrick Bailey hitting long-range jumpers in between. Holt's last 3 gave the Lady Bisons a 34-28 lead at the break.

Harding shot 13% in the first quarter and 73% in the second.

Holt tied her season-high with 10 points in the first half.

Another Kabrich 3-pointer, followed by three more points from the freshman, ignited a 12-2 Harding run. Holt ended the run with a layup along the baseline pushed Harding's lead to 49-34 with 3:31 left in the quarter.

Harding led 52-40 after three quarters.

Southeastern cut Harding's lead to only seven in the fourth, but the Lady Bisons pulled away late with Kabrich hitting yet another 3-pointer.

TEAM NOTES
  • Harding's 10-game winning streak is the fifth in the school's NCAA era (since 1997) ... it is tied for the third-longest in active streak in Division II, trailing only Holy Family (13) and Southern Nazarene (11).
  • Harding's last winning streak of 10 games or more came in 2017, when Harding won 17 straight.
  • Harding's 18-game home winning streak is the second longest in program history, trailing only the school-record 20-game streak from Feb. 27, 2016-Dec. 2, 2017.
  • Harding's home winning streak is tied for the sixth-longest active streak in Division II.
  • Harding made a season-high 10 3-pointers ... it was the first time Harding made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game since connecting on 12 3's vs. Oklahoma Baptist on Feb. 12, 2022, a span of 49 games.
  • Harding matched its season high with 11 steals.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
  • Kabrich was 4-of-4 from 3-point range ... in Harding's previous 10 games, she was 1-of-4 from 3-point range.
  • Holt's 12-point game was her second with 10 points or more this season.
  • Kendrick Bailey made three 3-pointers, her fourth game with multiple 3-pointers this season.
  • Sage Hawley led Harding with nine rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots.
SERIES NOTES
  • Harding leads the series 21-12 overall and 10-5 in Searcy ... the Lady Bisons have won the last two and three of the last four.
NEXT UP
  • Harding's next action is Saturday at home against East Central. Tip-off is at 1 p.m.
  • Harding leads the series 21-10 and has won the last eight.
 
Gallery: (1-4-2024) 2023-24 wbball vs. Southeastern
 
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