SEARCY, Ark. – Will Adler scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Mason Cline added 18 points, and R.J. Glasper added 18 points, as the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (4-11, 2-7 Great American Conference) used a hot shooting offensive performance to roll past Harding (5-10, 3-6 GAC) 86-72 on Thursday night at Rhodes-Reaves Field House.
 
NEXT UP
Arkansas Tech returns to the court this Saturday, January 19 as the Wonder Boys travel to Arkadelphia, Ark. to face off against Henderson State. A 3 p.m. tip-off is scheduled.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Arkansas Tech opened the game on an 8-0 run, highlighted by a thunderous dunk from Ramses Sandifer.
• Harding put together a 7-4 run to put the score at 12-9 with just over 15 minutes to play in the first half.
• Tech took a 22-17 lead after Alex Brown hit a fade away jumper to give him ten points in the opening nine minutes.
• The Bisons went on a 10-2 run and knotted the game up at 27-27 with 7:58 left to play in the first half.
• Will Adler hit back-to-back 3-pointers to help Tech push its lead back to six points (33-27). However, four unanswered points by HU cut the deficit to two (33-31).
• Tech stretched its lead to 36-31, but HU responded with a 6-3 run to narrow the deficit to 39-37 with 1:29 remaining in the first half.
• The Wonder Boys answered with their second 8-0 run of the game, as back-to-back 3-pointers from Adler gave Tech a 45-37 lead with 37 seconds left in the half.
• Tech took a 45-38 lead into the locker room. The Wonder Boys outshot HU 50 percent to 48 percent in the opening period.
• Harding opened the second half on an 8-2 run to cut the Tech lead to 47-46.
• Sandifer stretched the Wonder Boy lead back to six points (52-46) after slamming home an alley-oop from R.J. Glasper and hitting an open 3-pointer.
• Tech pressed ahead making seven of its next eight shots and using a 13-2 run to take a 14-point (65-51) lead with 12:26 to play.
• Harding used a 7-2 run to trim the advantage back to single digits (67-58), however a 3-point play by Glasper pushed the lead back to double-digits (70-58).  
• The Bisons defense was able to force Tech to miss seven of its next eight shots, allowing five straight points by JV Long for Harding to put the score at 70-63 at the 8:12 minute mark.
• A Mason Cline 3-pointer, his sixth of the game, gave Tech an 83-68 lead with 3:48 remaining in regulation.
• Harding was able to cut the lead to 14 points after Long hit a layup, but that's as close as they would get as Tech held on for the win.

NOTABLES

• The Wonder Boys outshot HU 47.7 to 42.9 percent for the contest, and held a 22-11 advantage in points off of turnovers.
• Tech forced 15 HU turnovers while committing only two. 
• Harding won the battle inside, out rebounding Tech 43-34 and also holding a 38-24 advantage in points in the paint.
• Tech tied their season-high in assists with 21, led by Freddy Lee with eight and followed by Glasper (4) and Adler (4).
• Tech went 15-for-32 from behind the 3-point line, led by Adler (6-for-13) and Cline (6-for-9).
• Adler's 20 points was a team-high, Cline added a season-high 18, Glasper chipped in 18, and both Brown and Sandifer added ten apiece.