Mears leads OBU past ATU

Laney Mears scored 17 points to lead Ouachita Baptist University to a 92-82 victory over Arkansas Tech University in a Great American Conference game on Saturday in Arkadelphia.

Aspen Thornton scored 15 points, and Makayla Miller added 14 points for the Tigers (6-7, 4-5 GAC).

Jayana Sanders led the Golden Suns (7-6, 4-5) with 19 points.

In other Great American Conference women’s games Saturday, Jacie Evans had 19 points for Harding University (10-5, 6-4) in a 95-70 victory over Southern Arkansas University (8-7, 3-6) in Magnolia . ... Ashley Farrar powered Henderson State University (11-4, 6-3) with 29 points in a 68-58 victory over the University of Arkansas at Monticello (0-16, 0-10) in Monticello.