Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Henderson State men win in rout
Henderson State University (12-13, 9-10 Great American Conference shot 53.8% from the floor Thursday, including 57.9% in the second half, to beat Southeastern Oklahoma State 106
72 at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia.
The Reddies outrebounded the Savage Storm 54-37 and outscored them 42-30 in the lane. Henderson State also shot 45.8% from the three-point line and turned
10 Southeastern turnovers into 13 points. The Reddies scored 24 fast break points and got 56 points off the bench.
Franck Kamgain led HSU with 19 points, while Ziyon Patterson added 17 off the bench and KJ Stewart poured in 16. Aaron Jacob scored 18 points off the bench to lead Southeastern.
In other men’s Great American Conference games Thursday, LaQuan Butler scored a game-high 29 points for Ouachita Baptist University (10-13, 8-11) and Ma’Darius Hobson added 12 in a 72-64 loss to East Central (Okla.) (15-10, 10-9) at Vining Arena in Arkadelphia. … Taylor Currie scored 29 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the floor while hitting 11 of 12 free throws for Harding University (6-19, 2-17) in a 75-67 loss to Southwestern Oklahoma State (12-13, 8-11) at Rhodes-Reaves Field House in Searcy. … Taelon Peter scored a game-high 29 points to lead four Arkansas
Tech University (13-12, 11-8) players with 10 or more points in an 88-79 victory over Northwestern Oklahoma State (11-12, 7-12) at Tucker Coliseum in Russellville. Isaac Jackson scored 22 points to lead all scorers and Cole Anderson poured in 21 for the University of Arkansas at Monticello (11-14, 7-12) in an 82-64 victory over
Oklahoma Baptist (12-13, 9-10) at Steelman Fieldhouse in Monticello. … Gregory Hammond led Southern Arkansas University (17-8, 13-6) with 17 points, LaTreavin Black had 12 and Carel Ray added 10 in a 66-57 loss to Southern Nazarene (22-3, 18-1) at the W.T. Watson Athletic Center in Magnolia.