Box Score SEARCY, Ark. — No. 8 Harding forced 19 Southern Nazarene turnovers while shooting 58.2 percent from the field and 62.5 percent from the 3-point line as the Lady Bisons knocked off the Storm 94-57.
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The Bisons (19-1, 11-1 GAC) wasted no time jumping out to a 36-21 lead with only 6:23 left in the first half. Harding extended that lead to 24 after Montana Lewis made a layup to give the Lady Bisons a 51-27 lead going into the break. Harding made 16-of-26 shots in the first half shooting 61.5 percent. Harding was able to get to the free throw line 21 times in the first half making 16 of its 21 attempts. The Crimson Storm (8-9, 5-6 GAC) only shot 27.8 percent from the field in the first half and 30.8 percent from behind the arc.
Callee Cox led all scorers at the break with 12 points.
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Harding kept its foot on the pedal in the second half and never let the Storm get within single digits.
Callee Cox led the way for the Storm with 23 points while shooting 5-for-12 from downtown and pulled in eight rebounds.
Kristin Milster pitched in 14 points points while
Abby Boyd scored five. Katelyn Gorman and
Ashley Gorman scored four points a peace and
Caitlin Moore tallied two.
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Harding scored 42 points in the paint and scored 23 points off of the Storm's turnovers. SNU got to the line 15 times shooting 10-of-15 from the charity stripe. The Bisons scored 43 points off the bench while the Storm only got seven.
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SNU was without its leading rebounder
Aminata Fall. The Storm were also missing
Ashleigh Hutchings,
Olivia Chapman, and
Ashley Almond.
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The Storm will travel to Arkansas Tech for a Great American Conference game Saturday at 2 p.m.