Harding Falls Late to Tech on Senior Night – Harding University Athletics

Harding’s Jacie Evans made a layup with 4:02 left to tie the game at 73-73. Tech senior Hannah Villines made two 3-pointers as part of a 10-run to give the Golden Suns an 83-73 lead with 2:23 left.

Harding answered the run with a 6-0 spurt of its own to get within 83-79 with 1:04 left. Tech made eight free throws in the final minute to hold off Harding’s last push.

Harding’s seniors led the scoring attack. Cooper scored 21 points and had eight rebounds. Caples scored 19 points, and Lampo had 15 points and a team-high nine rebounds.

Tech had six players with 10 or more points, led by Villines with 19.

Harding had an 11-1 run in the first quarter and led 22-13 when Caples hit a jumper in the lane at the buzzer. The Lady Bisons scored five points off six Tech turnovers and made 5 of 7 from the free-throw line.

Tech pulled even with Harding at 30-30 on an Ashlei Lopez 3-pointer with 3:11 left. The Lady Bisons answered with a 12-2 run before Tech’s Jayana Sanders hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cut Harding’s lead to 42-35.

Tech shot 46% in the first half, but the Lady Bisons outscored the Golden Suns 11-3 at the free-throw line.

Cooper had 13 points and seven rebounds in the half. Lopez had 12 for Tech.

Tech took the lead twice in the third quarter, but Caples scored the last four points of the quarter, including a layup at the buzzer to give the Lady Bisons a 62-59 lead entering the fourth.