Box Score BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – Kelsey McClure had a 26-point effort, Cheyenne North added 15 and Anissa Pounds add3d 11, but a second-chance layup in the closing seconds provided the winning margin for Harding as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns basketball team (22-7) dropped a 75-73 heartbreaker to the Lady Bisons (27-3) on Sunday in the finals of the Great American Conference championship tournament.

NEXT UP
Arkansas Tech awaits its NCAA tournament fate. The bracket will be announced later this evening.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Harding claimed an early advantage on the first possessions, but Arkansas Tech opened a four-point (12-8) lead four minutes into the opening quarter.
• The Golden Suns led by as many as eight (26-18) with 53 seconds remaining in the first quarter before Harding scored the final four points of the period to pull to within four (26-22).
• Tech stretched its lead to six (32-26) with 7:25 to go until halftime, but the Lady Bisons used a 6-0 run to tie the game three minutes later, and pressed ahead to take a six-point (45-39) lead of their own into the halftime break.
• The Lady Bisons claimed an eight-point advantage – their largest lead of the game – on the opening possession of the third quarter before the Golden Suns rallied back, pulling to within one (52-51) after a Cheyenne North layup with 4:44 to play.
• Harding carried a two-point (60-58) lead into the fourth quarter.
• The Lady Bisons were able to keep the game tied or hold the lead until the 2:17 mark, when Kelsey McClure broke a 69-69 tie with a pair of free throws.
• The Golden Suns pulled ahead by four (73-69) with 1:27 to play after a layup by North.
• Harding finished the game on a 6-0 run, capped by a Sydnie Jones layup with three seconds remaining that provided the two-point margin of victory.

NOTABLES

• Jones led all scorers with 30 points off the bench for Harding, grabbing an additional nine boards.
• North was Tech's leading rebounder, tying Jones with a game-high nine.
• Kylie Ladd dished out four assists to lead Arkansas Tech.
• Tech outscored Harding 42-36 in the paint, 14-12 off turnovers, 14-13 on second-chance buckets, and 10-4 on fast-break points.
• Harding outrebounded the Golden Suns 37-31, and scored 20 of their 75 points from the charity stripe, opposed to nine for Arkansas Tech, who converted on nine of ten opportunities.
• North added four blocks for Arkansas Tech.
• The Golden Suns outshot Harding 49.2 to 40.3 percent from the floor for the game.