SAU men outlast Arkansas Tech

Gregory Hammond scored a team-high 21 points and tied for the team lead with 8 rebounds Saturday to lead Southern Arkansas University (19-9, 15-7 Great American Conference) to an 85-83 victory in double overtime over Arkansas Tech University (14-14, 12-10) at Tucker Coliseum in Russellville.

The Muleriders led 39-29 at halftime, but were outscored 42-32 in the second half to force overtime. SAU’s Kris Wyche hit a three-pointer with three seconds left to tie the game at 71-71 in regulation. The Wonder Boys led by six points in the first overtime session, but a three-pointer from Jerry Carraway with four seconds left tied the game at 78-78 to force a second overtime, which SAU led the whole way.

Carraway finished with 18 points off the bench for Southern Arkansas, while Carel Ray added 13 and Wyche chipped in with 12. Taelon Peter scored a game-high 33 points in the loss for Arkansas Tech and D’Rell Roberts contributed 18.

In other Great American Conference men’s games Saturday, Isaac Jackson scored 15 points, while Cole Anderson and Josh Denton added 11 each to lead Ouachita Baptist University (11-15, 9-13) to a 75-61 victory over the University of Arkansas at Monticello (11-17, 7-15) at Vining Arena in Arkadelphia. Ma’Darius Hobson led the Boll Weevils with 19 points and Reggie Martin chipped in with 17. … Malik Riddle and Zyon Patterson scored 18 points each as five Henderson State University (14-14, 11-11) players scored 10 or more points in a 99-75 victory over Harding University (8-20, 4-18) at Rhodes-Reaves Field House in Searcy. Taylor Currie had a game-high 23 points in the loss for the Bisons and Kevin McBride chipped in with 10.