Harding women bounce back

Harding University (15-5, 11-2 Great American Conference) defeated SW

Oklahoma State 69-47 on Saturday, winning for only the third time in 14 games at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center in Weatherford, Okla.

Harding scored 14 of its 19 first quarter points in the lane and led by nine at the end of the quarter. The Bisons then went 9 of 14 from the floor in the second quarter, using an 11-0 run to take a 43-18 halftime lead. The Bisons limited the Bulldogs to 22.6% shooting from the floor and held an opponent under 50 points for the third time this season.

Sage Hawley and Tate Wells scored 15 points eaach to lead Harding, while Rory Geer had 12 and Jacie Evans added 10.

In other Great American Conference women’s games Saturday, Ashley Farrar scored scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Abbie Jiles chipped in with 11 points for Henderson State University (11-8, 8-5) in a 61-52 victory over SE Oklahoma State (4-14, 2-11) in Durant, Okla. … Kaley Shipman led Arkansas Tech University (11-6, 9-4) with 19 points in a 63-56 victory over NW Oklahoma State (8-9, 4-9) in Alva, Okla. … Bailey Harris scored 13 points and was the only player for the University of

Arkansas at Monticello (7-12, 4-9) with 10 or more points in a 67-58 loss to Oklahoma

Baptist (13-6, 9-4) in Shawnee, Okla. … Makayla Miller scored 11 points and Heidi Robinson added 10 for Ouachita Baptist University (8-9, 5-8) in a 72-61 loss to East Central (Okla.) (7-10, 4-9) in Ada, Okla. … Southern Arkansas University (8-11, 4-9) had four players with 10 ore more points, led by Jessica Jones with 18, in a 75-74 loss to Southern Nazarene (15-4, 12-1) in Bethany, Okla.