STATE COLLEGE ROUNDUPS

MEN ARKANSAS-FORT SMITH 91, NEWMAN 91, OT Seth Youngblood led Arkansas-Fort Smith (19-5, 12-4 Heartland Conference) with 19 points while Miha Graves had 15 poitns and 14 rebounds to an overtime victory at the Stubblefield Center in Fort Smith.

ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO 70, ARKANSAS TECH 49 Brandon Wilson scored 21 points and had six rebounds as Arkansas-Monticello (16-9, 9-8 Great American Conference) won at Steelman Fieldhouse in Monticello. Tre Wells had 13 while Kenric McCants and Brandon Sims had 12. Marshawn Arnold led Arkansas Tech (16-8, 11-5) with 10 points. JOHN BROWN 75, MID-AMERICAN 74 Gyamfi Gilbert’s four-point play with two seconds left lifted John Brown (18-9, 8-9 SAC) to a one-point victory in Oklahoma City. After a steal by Kofi Joseph’s with 22 seconds left, Gilbert made a three pointer and was fouled. He made the free throw to put the Golden Eagles ahead for good.

OUACHITA BAPTIST 77, NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE 76 Micah Delph’s three pointer with two seconds left gave host Ouachita Baptist (8-15 5-12 GAC) a victory at Vining Arena. Delph and Colt Fason led the Tigers with 22 points.

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS 81, HARDING 77 Nemo Sanchez led Southern Arkansas (11-12, 7-10 GAC) with 18 points while Jeffrey Walker had 16 points Duke Reed had 15 points and seven rebounds and Chauncy Williams finished with 11 at Rhodes Field House in Searcy. Hayden Johnson led Harding (12-11, 9-8) with 24 points and five rebounds. Will Francis added 15 while Jacob Gibson and Blake McNair had 13.

SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE 79, HENDERSON STATE 74, 2 OT Southwestern Oklahoma State made eight of 11 free throws in the second overtime to win at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia. Taylor Smith led Henderson State (11-14, 7-10) with 21 points and eight rebounds.

WOMEN ARKANSAS TECH 58, ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO 43 Caroline Eubanks scored a season-high 24 points and Danielle Frachiseur added 10 points off the bench as Arkansas Tech (14-8, 10-6 GAC) won in Monticello. Arkansas-Monticello fell to 6-17 and 2-15.

HARDING 67, SOUTHERN ARKANSAS 39 Kristen Celsor scored 32 points to lead host fourth-ranked Harding (25-1, 17-1 GAC) to its first regular-season conference title. The 32 points marked the fifth time this season Celsor has scored at least 30 points in a game. She also finished with 10 rebounds, 2 blocks and 4 steals.

HENDERSON STATE 101, SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE 97, 2 OT Krystal Beachum scored 41 points and had 9 rebounds as Henderson State (13-10, 8-9 GAC) won at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia. Taylor Washington had 14 points, Vanessa Pieper had 13 points and Dullncia Kenner had 12 points and 15 rebounds.

MID-AMERICAN CHRISTIAN 60, JOHN BROWN 55 Lauren McKinney led Mid-American Christian (16-10, 10-7 Sooner Athletic Conference) with 17 points and eight rebounds in a victoryover John Brown. Ashlee Ferguson also finished with 15 points. Kortni Barenberg led John Brown (20-6, 12-5).

NEWMAN 56, ARKANSAS-FORT SMITH 53 Justyne Huber and Blandine N’Goran both scored 14 points for Arkansas-Fort Smith (7-17, 7-11 Heartland Conference) in a three-point loss at the Stubblefield Center in Fort Smith.

OUACHITA BAPTIST 83, NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE 60 Naisha James scored 18 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and had 4 assists in the Lady Tigers’ victory at Vining Arena in Arkadelphia. Erica Sharp and Breanna Harris both scored 12 points for the Tigers (7-16, 5-12 GAC).

Sports, Pages 23 on 02/21/2014

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