BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene picked up in 2018 right where it left off in 2017 by extending it's winning streak to five straight with an 89-67 win over Harding Thursday night.
 
The Crimson Storm (9-1, 6-0 GAC) are off to their best start under Adam Bohac. Five players scored in double figures for the Storm as four of the five starters scored at least 10. Micah Speight led the way for SNU with 16 points, eight assists, four rebounds and three steals. He went 6-for-8 from the field. Quaylon Newton, Jhonathan Dunn and Noah Starkey all had 12 points as Dunn had nine rebounds and Starkey had eight. Coleman Edwards also had 11 points off of the bench.
 
Nearly all 12 players that played scored as 11 got into the books. For the second time this year, SNU shot at least 60 percent from the field. The Storm went 36-for-60 from the floor and hit seven 3-pointers on the night. SNU also went 10-for-12 from the line.
 
The Storm bench nearly doubled up the Bisons' (0-10, 0-5 GAC) as SNU had 32 points from its reserves compared to 18 from Harding. Southern Nazarene also outscored Harding 38-24 in the point. SNU had 35 rebounds while the Bisons had just 22.
 
SNU didn't trail the entire game, but didn't start to put distance with Harding until midway through the first half. That's when Coleman Edwards hit a 3-pointer to start a 23-9 run as the Storm took its biggest lead of the half at 42-27 with 1:01 left. SNU took a 42-30 lead at the break and Harding got it down to a 10-point deficit twice in the second half, but that was as close as the Bisons came the rest of the way.