MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Tierra Tucker scored a season-high 22 points and Rosa Bryant recorded her 12^th double-double of the season, but Harding outscored the Lady Muleriders 32-12 in the fourth quarter to overcome a 13-point deficit as they picked up an 83-74 road win over Southern Arkansas on Monday evening inside the W.T. Watson Center.
 
The Lady Muleriders (11-4, 7-4 GAC) led by 16 with 2:21 left in the third quarter and took an 11-point advantage, 62-51, into the final quarter of action, before the Lady Bisons (10-5, 8-3 GAC) used a 15-6 run to pull within a basket at 68-66 with 5:59 remaining in the fourth quarter. Five quick points by Tucker cushioned the lead for SAU, but three inside buckets and a free throw from Harding tied the game at 73 with 2:49 left.
 
A Lady Bisons three-pointer from Falan Miller just north of the one-minute to play mark gave Harding a 76-74 lead, before they used a 7-0 run in the final 35 seconds to slip by Southern Arkansas.
 
Tucker's scoring night came on 8-of-14 shooting and she picked up six rebounds and a pair of steals. Bryant's delivery of her 12^th double-double came heavy as she dropped 17 points, while collecting 16 rebounds and adding three assists and two steals. It was her 13^th game this season with 15 or more points and her eighth game of the year with a dozen or more rebounds.
 
Shana Holmes added 15 points and a game-high six assists, while Caroline Ficher rounded out double-figure scoring for SAU with ten.
 
SAU trailed by nine with just under four minutes to play in the opening quarter and used a 13-2 run to close the frame and take a 22-18 lead in the second quarter, where they again outscored Harding 22-18 on their way to an eight-point halftime lead.
 
Southern Arkansas outscored the Lady Bisons in the paint, 46-30, and in fast break points, 14-2. But Harding saw their bench outscore SAU's bench 19-6, while the Lady Bisons collected 17 second-chance points to SAU's seven.
 
The Lady Muleriders rest in a three-way tie for third-place in the league standings and will continue play at home as they welcome in East Central on Thursday, January 28, for a Great American Conference affair slated for 5:30 p.m.; beginning the second-half of the conference schedule. SAU topped East Central 63-59 in the GAC opener on November 19.
 
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