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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Southern Nazarene finds itself in a familiar place after its second straight sweep that put it into the Great American Conference Championships Final for the second time in three years. The Crimson Storm (19-10) won their seven straight match with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-20) win over Ouachita (23-7). It was the second straight night that SNU returned the favor on a team from Arkadelphia that beat them 3-1 earlier in the year, and also in back-to-back matches. Courtney Bowie and McKayla Benner tagged the Tigers for 27 of S...
SEARCY, Ark. – Harding held SWOSU without a field goal for better than 10 minutes in the second half, using a 19-0 run to pull away for a 77-50 victory on Saturday evening at Rhodes-Reaves Field House in Searcy. After trailing 36-28 at the break, the Bulldogs outscored Harding 13-8 during the first couple minutes of the second half, getting within three at 44-41 with 16:55 to play on a lay-in by Reshardd Harris. Over the next 10 minutes, however, SWOSU was held scoreless while Harding went on a 19-0 run to extend their lead to 63-41 with 6...
SEARCY, Ark. – SWOSU Women's Basketball fell to Harding 76-72 on the road Saturday evening to split their first Arkansas road trip of the season after previously defeating Arkansas Tech back on Thursday. The Lady Bulldogs shot 26 percent from the field in the half on 8-31 shooting including 2-11 (18%) from three-point range. SWOSU was able to get to the foul line more than Harding, which allowed them to stay in the game in the early going, knocking down nine of their 10 foul shots in the two quarters. The Lady Dawgs turned the ball over nine t...
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – SWOSU Volleyball won the first set over Southeastern 25-23, but the upstart Savage Storm rallied to win the next three sets to defeat the Bulldogs 3-1 on Friday night and advance in the Great American Conference Tournament. The loss ends the Bulldogs season at 14-17, eliminates SWOSU from the GAC Tournament and snaps a four-match winning streak by the Dawgs at Bank of the Ozarks Arena in Hot Springs. SWOSU hit .278 with 13 kills in the opening set, getting seven from Carly Zak, and won the set 25-23 following an attack e...
OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 19, 2016) – Addy Clift's clutch shot and Sarah Parker's perfect free-throw shooting proved to be the difference for Oklahoma Christian on Saturday afternoon against Cameron. Parker went 12-of-12 from the line to help stake OC to a double-digit lead, and Clift swished a corner 3-pointer with 1:17 left to break a tie and the Lady Eagles held on for an 87-83 win in the Eagles' Nest. Parker, a senior from Piedmont, recorded her second career double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds, leading four Lady Eagles in double figures...
OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 19, 2016) – Before this season, Keilan Horton hadn't played a competitive basketball game in two years, since his junior-college days at Santa Monica (Calif.). But with every game for Oklahoma Christian, he's shaking off the rust more and more and producing. The senior guard led five Eagles in double figures with 15 points as OC cruised to its first win of the young campaign, routing Barclay (Kan.) 101-65 on Saturday afternoon in the Eagles' Nest. OC (1-2) gave new coach Cory Cole his first official win while never t...
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Rogers State men's basketball sizzled in Saturday's Homecoming victory over Bacone, 106-79, at the Claremore Expo behind a record setting night by senior guard Travis Hester. The Crozet, Va. native and his Hillcat teammates fried Bacone with hot shooting from behind the arc knocking down 60.7 percent from 3-point range as they made 17, one shy of tying the school record as a team set earlier this calendar year versus Oklahoma Panhandle State on January 16, 2016. Hester set a school record for individual 3-point makes in a s...
CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Rogers State women's basketball team used a balanced scoring attack and sizzling second half to top Bacone College, 69-36, on Saturday afternoon at the Claremore Expo Center in the 10th-annual homecoming game After a tightly contested opening period, RSU used a 14-0 run to gain an 11-point advantage early in the second quarter. Nikola Nedoroscikova scored five points during the run to help give the Hillcats a 23-12 lead. RSU held the Warriors to five points and 11 percent shooting in the second quarter to take a 27-17 l...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Wonder Boys basketball claimed their second Great American Conference win of the season on Saturday, defeating Northwestern Oklahoma State, 85-69. Branden Williams led Arkansas Tech with 19 points, followed by Bennie Lufile with 16. HOW IT HAPPENED Arkansas Tech (2-0, 2-0 GAC) took the first lead of the contest on a layup by Lufile 16 seconds into the first half. Northwestern (1-3, 0-2 GAC) claimed its first and only lead on a free-throw with 16:53 until halftime, but the Rangers only held the lead for just over two m...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns earned their first conference victory of the season on Saturday, defeating Northwestern Oklahoma State, 81-35. Tech dominated inside throughout the contest, outscoring NWOSU 46-4 in the paint. HOW IT HAPPENED Arkansas Tech (2-1, 1-1 GAC) outscored the Rangers 22-2 in the first period, holding NWOSU to a 9.1 percent field-goal percentage. Tech also forced seven turnovers in the period. Northwestern (0-4, 0-2 GAC) posted 16 points in the second quarter, but the Golden Suns increased their lead t...
MONTICELLO — The University of Arkansas at Monticello men's basketball team defeated East Central University in Great American Conference action Saturday afternoon by a final score of 104-99. The Weevils (3-0, 2-0 GAC) recorded 31 total assists as a team in the match-up against East Central (0-4, 0-2 GAC), just six shy of breaking the Arkansas-Monticello school record of 36 set back in 1991. The Tigers held a slim lead throughout the opening half as UAM found itself down as many as nine points on two occasions. East Central pushed the lead o...
MONTICELLO — The University of Arkansas at Monticello women's basketball team secured its first Great American Conference victory of the season Saturday afternoon with a win over the Tigers of East Central University by a final score of 64-57. The Blossoms (3-1, 1-1 GAC) controlled much of the momentum over East Central (1-3, 0-2 GAC) during the opening quarter in the contest, as UAM held a lead of 19-16. The Tigers came back in the second quarter however, and took a small lead early on until UAM went on an 8-2 run to end the opening half a...
SEARCY – Senior quarterback Park Parishrushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns and passed for 173 yards and another touchdown to lead No. 5 Harding to a 48-31 victory over No. 20 Central Missouri in the first round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs on Saturday at First Security Stadium. The victory was Harding's first in three NCAA playoff games and gave the Bisons a 12-0 record. Harding also reached the playoffs in 2012 and 2014. Harding, the No. 3 seed in Super Region 3, advances to play No. 2 seed Sioux Falls next Saturday in South Dakota. C...
SEARCY – Harding held Southwestern Oklahoma without a field goal for a 12-minute stretch of the second half, and the Bisons defeated the Bulldogs 77-50 Saturday in Great American Conference action at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. Harding (3-1, 2-0) won its third straight overall and its eighth consecutive at home over Southwestern. The Bulldogs (0-4, 0-2) remained winless this season. Harding led 44-41 with 16:55 left in the game after Southwestern's Rashardd Harris' layup. The Bulldogs missed their next 14 field goal attempts and had six t...
SEARCY – Harding sophomore Caroline Hogue scored 25 points and added 18 rebounds to lead the Lady Bisons to a 76-72 victory over Southwestern Oklahoma on Saturday in Great American Conference play at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. Harding remained undefeated at 4-0 with the victory and moved to 2-0 in conference. Southwestern, who defeated Arkansas Tech on Thursday in Russellville, dropped to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in conference. Hogue connected on 9-of-20 from the field and made 6-of-7 from the free-throw line. Her 18 rebounds were the most since...
Henderson State shot a blistering 66 percent from the field in the second-half as the Reddies beat Oklahoma Baptist 80-71 in Great American Conference men's basketball action at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia, Ark. Five Reddies scored in double-figures led by Ben Marello's first career double-double as the sophomore from Port Orange, Fla. had 17 points and 10 rebounds which were both career bests. After being held scoreless in the first-half due to foul trouble, Kevin Kozan scored 16 points in the second half including knocking down...
Pink Jones scored a career-high 23 points as Henderson State downed Oklahoma Baptist 89-73 in Great American Conference women's basketball action, Saturday at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia. Jones was 8-of-14 from the field and 7-of-8 from the foul line to lead the Reddies. Torrie Thompson also turned in a career-high performance with 18 points including four 3-point field goals while Hailey Estes had her second consecutive double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. It was a slow start for the Reddies as Oklahoma Baptist built a 14-6...
The Henderson State women's basketball team will attempt to begin Great American Conference play 2-0 as the Reddies play host to Oklahoma Baptist, Saturday at the Duke Wells Center with the opening tip set for 1 p.m. The Reddies lead the GAC in scoring averaging 80.7 points per game. Henderson's offense is fourth in field goal percentage at 41 percent shooting and ranks second in free throw shooting percentage making 79 percent (56-of-71) from the charity stripe. Henderson is coming off an impressive 88-69 win over Southern Nazarene in a game...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita Tigers' women's basketball team defeated Southern Nazarene by a final score of 72-66 to improve to 2-0 in the Great American Conference. The Lady Tigers were led by sophomore guard Alivia Huellwho had 15 points and 4 rebounds. Senior post Katie Kapler had 14 points while Bria Caldwellcontributed with 12 points. Ouachita started the game slowly, trailing 17-10 with just under five minutes remaining in the first quarter. However, the Lady Tigers went on a 17-2 run over the course of the next eight minutes to take...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - Despite shooting 23 percent in the second half, the Ouachita Tigers' men's basketball team missed an opportunity to tie the game at the buzzer, falling to Southern Nazarene by a final of 61-58. It was the first loss of the season for the Tigers who stand at 2-1 and 1-1 in conference play. Jontavis Willis led the Tigers with 15 points, shooting 6-9 from the floor and 3-5 from beyond the arc. Jordan Corbitt got the Tigers on the scoreboard in the first half, hitting a three to put Ouachita up 3-2 in the opening minutes....
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Southern Arkansas men's basketball team turned in a stifling defensive effort against Southeastern Oklahoma as SAU allowed the Savage Storm to shot just 26% overall from the floor and 10% from beyond the arc. The payoff for the stout defense was a 67-49 win for the Muleriders on Saturday inside the W.T. Watson Center. RECORDS Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm (1-3, 0-2 GAC) Southern Arkansas Muleriders (3-1, 2-0 GAC) HOW IT HAPPENED The Muleriders opened the game up on a 7-0 run over the first 2:14 of the game, but S...
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southeastern Oklahoma (3-1, 2-0 GAC) used a big third quarter, outscoring the Lady Muleriders 25-10, as the Savage Storm manufactured a seventeen-point lead entering the fourth quarter to top Southern Arkansas (1-2, 1-1 GAC) 77-61 in a Great American Conference affair on Saturday afternoon inside the W.T. Watson Center. HOW IT HAPPENED Southern Arkansas jumped out to a quick 11-3 lead as the Lady Muleriders relied inside with forwards Kimberly Crown and Demi Read recording eight of SAU's first 11 points, while junior guard C...
Oklahoma State has made an impressive recovery to again go into Bedlam with a chance to win the Big 12 title. And Cowboys coach Mike Gundy still insists that their record is even better than what officially is 9-2 with a seven-game winning streak since losing their conference opener. "You don't get to 10 wins very often, and double digits is a pretty special place to be," Gundy said after their 31-6 victory at TCU. This is the fourth time in six seasons since the Big 12 went to 10 teams without divisions, and second year in a row, that...
