GREAT AMERICAN CONFERENCE ROUNDUPS

HARDING 73, NW OKLAHOMA STATE 14

ALVA, Okla. — The Harding Bisons, the No. 2 team in the NCAA Division II Super Region 3 rankings, rushed for a school-record 674 yards and 10 touchdowns and set a program record for points in a road game at Northwestern Oklahoma State’s Ranger Field.

Harding (8-1, 8-1 GAC) scored touchdowns on six of their seven their first-half possessions and added a 54-yard field goal on their seventh drive to build a 45-0 halftime lead.

The Bisons had three freshmen — Jhalen Spicer (7-146), Blake Delacruz (12-136) and Will Fitzhugh (10-116) — rush for more than 100 yards.

It was the third time Harding has had three rushers gain 100 or more yards in a game.

The Bisons led 21-0 after one quarter and outgained the Rangers 412-21 in the first 30 minutes.

Harding took the opening kickoff and drove 75 yards in 11 plays, scoring on a 10-yard by Cole Chancey (8-49, 2) with 8:44 to go in the first quarter.

The Bisons then recovered an onside kick at the Harding 48. Chancey scored four plays later on a 2-yard-run with 7:17 to go in the quarter, and the rout was on.

OUACHITA BAPTIST 43, EAST CENTRAL (OKLA.) 28

ADA, Okla. — Senior safety Hayden Lassiter’s interception return for a touchdown on the final play of the third quarter triggered a run of 27 consecutive points by Ouachita Baptist in a come-from-behind victory over East Central (Okla).

OBU (8-1, 8-1 GAC) trailed 28-17 after punter Gabe Goodman pinned ECU at its 3 with 5 seconds to play in the third quarter.

ECU quarterback Kenny Hrncir (11-23, 183 yards, 2 TDs) tried to pass out of the end zone, but it was intercepted by Lassiter at the 10 and it was taken into the end zone to cut the lead to 28-23.

OBU failed to convert a two-point conversion, and the quarter ended with OBU trailing. OBU held East Central (5-4, 5-4) on downs on its next possession and got the ball back at its 43 with 13:39 to play.

OBU drove 57 yards in 7 plays, with junior TJ Cole scoring on a 1-yard TD run with 10:09 to play.

Cole, the GAC’s leading rusher, finished with 32 rushes for 226 yards and 4 touchdowns. OBU added two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter after Cole’s 1-yard run.

OBU got the ball back after forcing another ECU punt and went 63 yards in 6 plays. Freshman Kendel Givens (17-76, 1) scored his 20th touchdown of the season on a 28yard with 6:40 to play.

Cole’s 53-yard run with 1:48 to play finished the scoring for OBU.

HENDERSON STATE 34, SOUTHERN NAZARENE 3

ARKADELPHIA — Senior quarterback Adam Morse passed for 237 yards and rushed for 66 to lead the Henderson State Reddies (8-1, 8-1 GAC) to victory over the Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm (1-8, 1-8) at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium.

Duce Sproles (13-56 rushing) scored on touchdowns runs off 11 yards and 1 yard in the first half, and Morse completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to L’Liott Curry late in the second quarter to give the Reddies a 24-3 halftime lead.

Redshirt junior linebacker Jake Chatman returned a Jarvis Davis pass 62 yards for a score with 10:07 to play in the third quarter to give the Reddies a 31-3 lead.

SE OKLAHOMA STATE 34 ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO 14

DURANT, Okla. — Daulton Hatley passed for 197 yards and two touchdowns and Trey Keatts kicked two field goals to lead the Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm over the Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils at Paul Laird Field.

SEO (7-2, 7-2 GAC) jumped out to a 17-0 lead before the Boll Weevils (4-5, 4-5) scored on a 14-yard pass from Demilon Brown to C.J. Parham (5-80, receiving, 1 TD) with 5:30 to play in the first half.

UAM’s Brown (22-33 passing, 251 yards, 1 TD; 18-38 rushing, 1 TD) made it a 31-14 game on a 2-yard run to complete an 8-play, 89-yard drive with 7:15 to play in the game.

OKLAHOMA BAPTIST 44 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS 40

MAGNOLIA — Oklahoma Baptist scored two touchdowns in the final 8:32 at Wilkins Stadium to take the lead from Southern Arkansas, and the Bison (6-3, 6-3 GAC) held on to defeat the Muleriders (3-6, 3-6).

SAU led 40-30 after Hayden Mallory hit Micah Small with a 75-yard touchdown pass with 10:49 to play.

Oklahoma Baptist came back behind senior quarterback Preston Haire (31-46 passing, 273 yards, 2 TDs; 14-114 rushing, 1 TD). Haire scored on an 8-yard run to complete a nine-play, 75-yard drive with 8:37 to play, to cut SAU’s lead to 40-37. OKBU got the ball right back after Mallory (257 passing, 1 TD) threw an interception on the Muleriders’ ensuing possession.

The Bison scored 10 plays later on a 9-yard pass from Haire to Josh Cornell with 4:07 left.

Freshman running back Jariq Scales (21138 rushing, 1 TD) went over the 1,000-yard mark for the season for the Muleriders.

ARKANSAS TECH 15, SW OKLAHOMA ST. 14

WEATHERFORD, Okla. — Junior place-kicker Jesus Zizumbo connected on a 36-yard field goal with 8 seconds left as the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys scored nine points in the final five minutes to get the victory and keep Southwestern Oklahoma State winless at Flex-Chem Field.

Arkansas Tech (3-6, 3-6 GAC) received a second chance with less than 2 minutes to go when a SWOSU interception return for an apparent touchdown was nullified by a defensive holding penalty, giving the Wonder Boys a first down at their 40.

SWOSU was penalized 14 times for 165 yards in the game.

ATU, playing with backup quarterback Caleb Canady after Jack Lindsey was injured earlier in the fourth quarter, drove to the SWOSU 19 before using its final timeout.

SWOSU (0-9, 0-9) called a timeout to try to ice Zizumbo, but he was undeterred, splitting the uprights with room to spare.

The big play on the drive was a 29-yard completion from Canady to Mason Ross to the SWOSU 21 with 22 seconds to play.

Arkansas Tech trailed 14-6 with 10:40 to play in the fourth quarter when it went on a 16-play, 97-yard drive that consumed 7:03 and ended with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Canady to Ross. The Wonder Boys went for a 2-point conversion, but it failed.