SEARCY, Ark. — In a place where Southern Nazarene has never won, and in a year where road wins have come few and far between, Southern Nazarene silenced a normally raucous Rhodes Field House in a 98-65 route at Harding Saturday afternoon.
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The Crimson Storm (11-9, 8-6 GAC) got a career-high 28 points from
Jhonathan Dunn who didn't miss on any of his five 3-point attempts. He was also 9-12 from the field and added six rebounds. SNU also got a season-high 26 points from
LB Willis who was nearly perfect from beyond the arc at 4-for-5. He was 9-for-16 from the field and nearly had double-double with nine rebounds. He also added four assists.
Noah Starkey also had 11 points, nine rebounds and three blocks.
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Southern Nazarene shot 52.2 percent from the field and hit a season-high 13 3-pointers. It was the most 3-pointers hit since Jan. 18 of last season. The Storm had 50 rebounds on the day with 18 coming off of the offensive glass and turned those boards into 26 second-chance points. That also contributed to 44 points in the paint. Harding had just six second-chance points and scored just 22 points in the paint.
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SNU held the Bisons to just 35 percent shooting on their home floor and Harding went just 7-for-30 from the beyond the arc. The Storm also turned the ball over a season-low nine times.
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Dunn had 18 of his points in the first half as he was 7-for-9 from the field and a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range. SNU lit the nets up as it shot 51.2 percent from the field and was 6-for-12 from beyond the arc. The Storm also out rebounded the Bisons 28-17 in the half. Dunn was one of three players in double figures in the first half for SNU as Willis added 16 on 6-of-11 shooting, 2-for-2 from 3-point range, and Starkey had 10 to go with seven rebounds.
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SNU started the game on a 12-0 run to start the game, but watched Harding cut it down to six on a handful of occasions. The Storm led 23-17 with 9:31 left in the first when a Dunn trey started a 19-11 run as SNU took a 42-28 lead. The Storm took its biggest lead of the half at the 1:04 mark at 48-31 before taking a 50-33 lead into halftime.
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It was more of the same in the second half as the Storm shot 53.6 percent from the field and went 7-for-10 from deep. SNU also got to the line 18 times and hit 11 in the second half.
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