MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Anissa Pounds scored a game-high 18 points, while Cheyenne North added 12 points, 10 boards, seven assists, five blocks, and three steals as the No. 13 Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (10-1, 6-1 Great American Conference) rolled to a 66-49 win over Southern Arkansas (3-8, 1-6 GAC) on Saturday at the W.T. Watson Athletic Center.
 
NEXT UP
The Golden Suns will head to Searcy, Ark. for a showdown with Harding. Tip-off from Rhodes-Reaves Field House is set for 5:30 p.m.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams traded leads over the opening five minutes of the game, with the Golden Suns using a steal and fast-break layup by Calli White to take a 7-4 lead with 4:56 to play in the opening quarter.
• SAU reclaimed the lead for the first time since the 5:56 mark of the opening quarter at the 51 second mark on a layup by Kimberly Crown.
• Calli White banked home a half-court 3-pointer at the buzzer to end the first quarter to give the Golden Suns a two-point (14-12) lead.
• Anissa Pounds buried a 3-pointer at the 8:55 mark of the second quarter to give the Golden Suns a 19-14 lead and force a Southern Arkansas timeout.
• A White 3-pointer on the subsequent possession pushed Tech's run to 8-0 and lead to 22-14.
• Tech claimed a nine-point lead, a 29-20 advantage with 2:06 remaining in the half – Tech's largest lead to that point.
• The Golden Suns carried a ten-point (31-21) lead into the half.
• Tech pushed its lead out to as many as 14 points (35-21) in the opening minutes of the third quarter.
• Arkansas Tech outscored Southern Arkansas 18-9 in the third quarter to take a 49-30 lead.

NOTABLES

• SAU made just one of its first eight shots from the floor.
• After entering the game averaging 12.2 turnovers per game, the Golden Suns committed nine in the opening quarter.
• The Golden Suns outshot SAU 41.7 to 33.3 percent from the floor in the opening quarter and 46.2 to 25.0 percent in the second quarter.
• Tech turned in its best offensive performance in the third quarter, shooting 57.1 percent from the floor.
• The Golden Suns held a 48.0 to 30.4 percent shooting advantage for the game.
• Tech held a 34-20 advantage in points in the paint, an 18-12 advantage in points off turnovers, an 8-3 advantage in second-chance points, a 6-2 advantage in fast-break points, and a 13-12 advantage in bench points.
• Tech outrebounded SAU 35-31.
• Tech had 16 assists to SAU's five.