Ouachita Baptist junior and Lake Hamilton High graduate Kori Bullard earned recognition at the Great American Conference awards banquet last week.
Bullard was named Crafton Tull Elite Scholar Athlete and received honorable mention on the all-GAC women's basketball team after leading the Lady Tigers in rebounds, blocked shots and field-goal percentage. Holding a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average in biology/pre-med, she also earned the Crafton Tull award after the 2016 OBU volleyball season.
Harding women, UAM men take Great American titles
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. -- Sydnie Jones capped a career-best performance with the game-winning layup as Harding defeated Arkansas Tech 75-73 Sunday for the Great American Conference women's basketball title.
Jones banked home the game winner after rebounding teammate Peyton Padgett's missed three-point attempt. Kelsey McClure missed a running layup as time expired for Tech, the defending tournament champion.
Harding led by eight in the second half but trailed 73-69 inside the two-minute mark. A'ndrea Haney sank a driving layup and Caroline Hogue converted two free throws that tied the game.
Jones tallied 30 points, the second-best scoring output in a GAC women's title game, after scoring only 10 in the first two tourbament games. Earning MVP honors, she made 11 of 14 from the floor and added nine rebounds.
Haney and Hogue joined Jones on the eight-member all-tournament team. McClure, Anissa Pounds and Cheyenne North represented Tech, which hoped to become the first three-time GAC women's tournament champion.
Harding is bound for the NCAA Division II tournament for the third time in the last four years.
* East Central (24-7) placed four players in double figures and defeated Arkansas-Monticello 82-67 Sunday in the GAC men's tournament final.
Braxton Reeves scored 21 points, Aly Hudgins 16 and Brett Cannon and Ishmael Donzo 14 each for East Central, which outscored UAM 51-39 after trailing by six at halftime.
East Central went 18 for 26 (69.2 percent) from the field in the second half and finished 29 for 55 (52.7 percent). Reeves had five of the team's nine three-point baskets.
Cobe Goosby scored 23 points and Vicktor Amick 10 to lead UAM (23-6), which shot 44.8 percent from the field and made two of eight three-point attempts.
Sports on 03/07/2017