SEARCY – One of the highest free-throw capturing groups in NCAA Division II made them depend Saturday.
Ranked second within the Great American Conference and twenty fifth nationally at 77% from the road, Harding made 20-of-22 free throws in its 79-74 victory over Northwestern Oklahoma on Saturday on the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.
The win moved Harding to 7-19 for the season and 3-17 in convention. It was the Bisons’ second house win in its final three video games. Northwestern Oklahoma misplaced its seventh straight on the highway and fell to 11-13 general and 7-13 within the GAC.
Taylor Currie led Harding with 19 factors and 9 rebounds. He now has 624 factors for the season, the seventh-highest complete ever by a Bison and probably the most since Matt Hall scored 643 factors in 2007-08. He additionally pushed his profession complete to 1,115 factors, twenty eighth all-time.
Currie was one in all 5 Bisons to attain in double figures. Sam Henderson shot 5-of-7 and made three 3-pointers to attain 15 factors. J.T. Smith made all 5 of his shot makes an attempt to attain 12 factors. Ramiro Santiago made three 3-pointers and had 11 factors, and Stetson Smith was 4-of-4 on the foul line and scored 10 factors.
Harding was 9-of-11 on the free throw line within the first half and made all 11 of its free throws within the second half, together with six within the sport’s ultimate 24 seconds to carry off Northwestern.
The Bisons will play their ultimate highway sport of the season Thursday in opposition to Arkansas-Monticello, with their season finale coming subsequent Saturday at house in opposition to Henderson State.
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