SAU men win on the road

Devante Brooks scored a game-high 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the floor Thursday as Southern Arkansas University had four players with 10 or more points in an 80-62 victory over Harding University in the Great American Conference opener for both teams at Rhodes-Reaves Field House in Searcy.

Aaron Lucas had 18 points for the Muleriders, who shot 43.2% from the floor, scored 48 points in the lane and 22 points off turnovers. Blake Rogers scored 14 points and Jalen Brooks chipped in with 13.

Taylor Currie led Harding with 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the floor. Stetson Smithson poured in 18 points for the Bisons and Sam Henderson added 16 on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor.

In other Great American Conference games Thursday, Henderson State

University got 32 points off the bench while scoring 26 points in the lane and 21 points off turnovers to beat the University of Arkansas at Monticello 54-50 at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia. Alvin Miles had 13 points to lead the Reddies, who shot 34.5% from the floor. Ryan Boyce added 10 points for HSU (4-2, 1-0). Kyle Moore scored a game-high 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the floor in 29 minutes in the loss for UAM (4-3, 0-1). … Arkansas Tech University outscored Ouachita Baptist

University 50-32 in the second half, turning a 22-22 halftime tie into a 72-54 victory at Tucker Coliseum in Russellville. Nike Gosnell led the way for the Wonder Boys (3-3, 1-0), scoring 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor. Kendarious Smith scored a game-high 17 points in the loss for Ouachita Baptist (1-5, 0-1).