SEARCY – Arkansas Tech connected on 15 3-pointers, including nine in the first half, and defeated Harding 86-72 Thursday in Great American Conference action before a crowd of 1,922 at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

Will Adler made six of Arkansas Tech's nine 3-pointers in the first half and pushed Arkansas Tech to a 45-38 halftime lead.

Harding trimmed the Tech lead to 47-46 on a Reggie Anthony 3-pointer from the left wing with 16:27 remaining, but the Bisons never took the lead.

Tech made its next seven shots, including four 3-pointers, over a three-minute stretch of the second half to take a...