HONOLULU, Hawaii – With leading scorer and rebounder Zach Roddenberry in foul trouble most of the game, the Harding men's basketball team turned to its bench and a pair of freshman sharpshooters to upset 10th-ranked Northwest Missouri State 68-66 on Sunday at the O'ahu Classic.

Harding improved to 7-2 with the victory and defeated a top-10 team for the fourth time in the Bisons' NCAA era. Harding's last victory over a top-10 team was a 65-63 victory over second-ranked Alabama-Huntsville early last season.

Northwest Missouri State dropped to 8-2 overall and lost both of its games at the O'ahu Classic. The Bearcats fell 59-50 to St. Edward's on Saturday. Harding and St. Edward's meet in Hawaii on Monday.

Harding freshmen Andraz Kavas and Tony Cochran both made four 3-pointers, and the Bisons connected on 13 3-pointers. Harding shot 56.5 percent from 3-point range, and made only 10-of-24 (41.7 percent) from inside the arc.

The Bisons led the game throughout but had to withstand a frantic final possession from Northwest Missouri to hang on to the victory.

Harding junior Weston Jameson made the second of two free throws with 14 seconds remaining to give the Bisons a 68-66 lead. Bearcat forward Dillon Starzl missed a potential game-tying jumper with five seconds left, but DeAngelo Hailey grabbed the offensive rebound and was fouled by Jameson.

Hailey missed both free throws, but again Northwest Missouri's Matt Wallace grabbed the rebound and attempted a 3-pointer that Harding's Hayden Johnson blocked as time expired.

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