The Harding University men’s basketball team will open up their December schedule tomorrow when they play the last of six home games to start the season.
The Bisons have had a very strong start to their season, as they won their first three games of the season by an average of 24 points per game.
“It is a good way to start the holiday season; I was really proud of just the way we executed,” said head coach Jeff Morgan following the win over Champion Baptist. “Sometimes games like this you can tend to get selfish but we did not do that and got everything out of our offense.”
The Bisons had a huge turn-out in their season opener when more than 1,000 fans filled the Rhodes Field House to kick off the season. The team is being led by it’s two leading seniors averaging double-digit points as forward Zach Roddenberry is shooting 70-percent from the field.
He leads the team in scoring and rebounding averaging a double-double with an average 21.5 points and 10 rebounds per game.
Guard Bradley Spencer has also had a great start to his season averaging 16 points per game along with being second on the team in rebounds and leading the team defensively with eleven steals.
Freshman Tony Cochran is third on the team in scoring averaging 13 points per game and leading the team in 3-point shooting as he is 12-for-22 from behind the arch this season.
Freshman Andraz Kavas, who is from Slovenia, has been a big contributor for Harding so far this season, averaging 7 points per game, including an 18-point performance against Champion Baptist.
Not only did Kavas put up 18 points, but he also pulled down 11 rebounds in his 22 minutes of work, giving him his first career double-double as a Bison.
“We started pretty good, we had some pretty hard minutes in the first half, but we stuck together and played good defense,” Kavas said following his double-double performance.
Harding will be on the road in Oklahoma for their next two games as they will travel to Ada, Okla. to face East Central University on Thursday and then to Durant, Okla. next Saturday for a showdown with Southeastern Oklahoma State before they start preparing for their trip to the Aloha State to play in the Oahu Classic in Oahu, Hawaii.
