SBU Loses First Time at Home
Harding 87, Southwest Baptist 61

BOLIVAR - The Bisons used a 49-26 second half score to defeat the SBU Bearcats on Saturday, 87-61.

The Bearcats were down only three points (38-35) at the half, but shot only 31 percent from the field and were 0-4 from the arc in the second period. SBU shot 20 percent from the arc all night (2-10) and only 50 percent from the charity stripe (9-18).

Leading the Bearcats tonight was D.J. Hogue with 13 points. Also scoring in double figures for SBU was David Coutchie (12) and Arthur Trousdell (10). Kendrick Jackson led the Bearcats with a game-high 12 rebounds.

Harding used 13 three-pointers to set itself apart on the evening. Leading the way for the Bison was Jason Malek with 24 points. Darren McCrillis added 20 points, Aaron Farley scored 15 points and Jay Brogdon had 12 points to round out the double-figure scorers for HU.

The Bison hit 58.2 percent from the field (32-55), 61.9 percent from the arc (13-21) and 62.5 percent from the line (10-16).

SBU will host Missouri Valley on Monday, Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m.

Boxscore - HU 87, SBU 61