The Weevils led 64-52 with four minutes left in the game, but Harding was not about to give up. The Bisons almost cut that lead in half in less than a minute with two free-throws from Matt Hall and a three pointer from Chris Dixon. That was the beginning of an 11-4 Bison run from the 4:45 mark to the 1:45 mark in the second half to pull the game to 68-63 in favor of the Weevils.

        The Bisons pulled to within two points with nine seconds remaining with a lay-up from Steven Barnett. With little time remaining, the Bisons were forced to foul. The Weevil they chose was junior Duke Sturdivant (York, Ala.). Sturdivant missed the first shot, giving hope to the Bisons and frustrating UAM head coach Mike Newell.

        Sturdivant sank the second attempt, putting the Weevils up three at 72-69. A desperation 40-ft three-pointer from Trent Morgan hit the front of the rim and bounced out of bounds at the buzzer to give UAM the win.

        Leading the way for the Weevils was junior Deron Brown (Paris, Ky.), who finished with 19 points after shooting 5-of-15 from the field, making three three-pointers.

        Brown was aided by junior Marcus Baham (Paterson, N.J.), who finished with 15 points, followed by freshman D’Angelo Dean (Cincinnati, Ohio) with 13 points. Dean recorded his third consecutive double-double with 10 rebounds in the contest.

        Back in action for the first time in little over a week was UAM leading scorer Raymond Wright (New York, N.Y.). Wright needed a little more than a half to get the dust off, as the junior only scored two points in the first half, but made his return productive, scoring 10 more points in the second half and recording his ninth double-double of the season with his final 12 points and 12 rebounds.

        Harding’s Matt Hall led the Bisons with 20 points. Hall only needed five points in the game to go above 2,000 career points. Hall now joins only five people in the history of the GSC to have scorerd 2,000 points. Hall now sits in fifth place all-time in the GSC in scoring, behind Billy McDaniel and Nate Newell, who both played at UAM.

        With the win, UAM improves to 13-8 overall and 5-3 in GSC play, while the Bisons drop to 12-9 overall and 6-2 in GSC play.

        The Weevils have almost a full week off to prepare for their next game, which is against Ouachita Baptist on Thursday, Feb. 14 in the Steelman Fieldhouse with a 7:30 tip-off.