UCA @ Henderson Running Diary

7:20 p.m. - Tough one for the Sugar Bears tonight, it's been a while since the Sugar Bears have dropped three straight in the GSC. I'm gonna try to keep up with this mess a little better tonight. I'm a bit under the weather, so we'll see how that goes.

7:39 p.m. - It's weird that we're 7:30 from tip-time here and it's only 7:39... I'm used to the men's games starting after 8, but I don't hate this. The quicker we can get this game going, the quicker we can return to Conway. It's not like Arkadelphia is Magnolia or anything, but it's not exactly close to Conway and there's class in the morning.

7:43 p.m. - Henderson fans are not the smartest group I've been around.

7:47 p.m. - Harding's women are beating SAU with :21 left, this is good for the Sugar Bears.

7:48 p.m. - Joey Cortez has one strong supporter in the Henderson crowd.

7:50 p.m. - Harding won the game, that means SAU and UCA are still tied in the GSC race. And the Reddies control the tip.

7:55 p.m. - Bears digging themselves a whole early, the Reddies lead 7-9 with 17:27 to go in the half.

7:56 p.m. - The Bears just attempted their first field goal of the half, it didn't go in, but Darryl Jones just hit one. 7-2, Henderson.

7:57 p.m. - These are the two lowest scoring teams and the two best defenses in the GSC West. It should be a freakin' barn burner.

8 p.m. - Bears back in this one, trailing 9-6 with 14:36 left to go. But the Reddies are shooting 60 percent from the field so far.

8:09 p.m. - The Bears tied it at 11 with 11:39 to go, but HSU has hit the last four points and lead 15-11 with 9:18 in the half. Both teams are 5-of-13 from the field.

8:17 p.m. - UCA on a 7-0 run and lead 18-15 with 4:27 left in the half.

8:20 p.m. - ALEXI KORALEV!!!! The big Russian center has the Bears' last four points and is halfway to his career high of 8. The Bears lead 22-18.

8:23 p.m. - Koralev has 5 now after hitting a free throw. Bears lead 23-18. And here's an intersting stat, UCA is 5-1 when Koralev scores. The one loss was at North Alabama.

8:27 p.m. - UCA outscored the Reddies 13-6 to end the half and lead the game 24-20 at halftime.

8:30 p.m. - Neither team is just filling it up after one half. UCA is shooting 10-of-27 for 37 percent, Henderson is 7-of-20 for 35 percent. The Bears are 1-of-4 from 3-point range, Henderson is 1-of-3. Both teams are making half of their free throws. Stephin Booth leads the Bears with 7, Henderson is led by Donald Austin with 7.

8:50 p.m. - Game tied at 29 with 16:31 left in the game. HSU is on a 6-0 run.

8:52 p.m. - UCA took the lead with a Jones jumper, 31-29. 15:23 to go here.

8:58 p.m. - Delta State knocked off UAM tonight 63-60. The Statesmen are still unbeaten in the GSC. UCA is hanging on to a 34-33 lead in this one.

8:59 p.m. - Cortez just drove to the bucket for a layup and foul. Ryan Johnson is down for the Reddies... so Cortez's free throws will have to wait. They're twerking on Johnson's knee and he is now up and walking to the bench under his own power.

9:04 p.m. - The Reddies have retaken the lead 37-36 with 10:30 left. LeMar Phillps answers with a 3 and the Bears take the lead back 39-37. Koralev back in to crush his career scoring mark.

9:08 p.m. - Koralev scores again, one more point to tie his career high. Bears lead 41-37.

9:15 p.m. - Jones just recorded the Bears' 12th steal and got it out to Fred Campbell for a layup and the Bears lead 45-40. And a Henderson cheerleader is trying to mimic the acrobatics of the UCA cheerleaders, and failing miserably. But it's funny none-the-less and the crowd seems to like it.

9:20 p.m. - The Bears lead it 47-42 here with 3:48 left to go.

9:31 p.m. - Cortez just hit a couple free throws to put the Bears up 53-45 with 40 ticks left. Now Booth is going to the line for a pair and the fans are piling right out of The Duke. It looks like this one is over. Booth hits both, the Bears lead by 10.

9:35 p.m. - Bears win 57-45, a freakin' blowout in the GSC west.


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