Brown keys victory for Harding

Cheyenne Brown finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds, and made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 20 seconds left as Harding University edged Southwestern Oklahoma State 64-63 on Saturday in Searcy.

Jordan Elder added 13 points and Amanda Kearney scored 12 points for Harding (11-7, 8-4 Great American Conference), which won its fourth consecutive game.

Makyra Tramble paced Southwestern Oklahoma State (12-6, 7-5) with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

In other Great American Conference women’s games Saturday, Sarah Heard had 15 points and 7 rebounds, and Jayana Sanders added 13 points and 5 rebounds for Arkansas Tech University (11-5, 8-4) in a 70-51 victory over Northwestern Oklahoma State (9-9, 5-7) in Russellville. … Berniezha Tidwell had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Kayla Bradley, Mackenzie Tillman and Nina Kizzee each had 12 points for the University of Arkansas-Monticello (13-5, 8-4) in an 80-30 rout of Oklahoma Baptist (5-14, 0-12) in Monticello. … Eden Crow had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Maija Gertsone scored 17 points, and Madison Raney added 12 points and 11 rebounds for Ouachita Baptist University (4-14, 1-11) in a 78-71 loss to East Central (Okla.) (4-14, 2-10) in Arkadelphia. … Karrington Whaley scored 16 points, Hailey Estes had 15 points and 16 rebounds, and Pink Jones added 14 points for Henderson State University (13-5, 8-4) in a 77-72 victory over Southeastern Oklahoma State (13-3, 10-2) in Arkadelphia. … Diamond Morris had 14 points and Kisi Young scored 13 points for Southern Arkansas University (13-5, 7-5) in a 64-62 victory over Southern Nazarene (11-5, 8-4) in Magnolia.