Basketball Recap: Harding Raiders vs. Struthers Wildcats
A well-balanced attack led Harding over Struthers in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Harding Raiders blew the Struthers Wildcats out of the water with a 63-27 final score. With the Raiders ahead 32-12 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Leading Harding to victory were Nadia McQueen and Trinity Taylor. McQueen dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds, while Taylor went 7 for 16 en route to 17 points plus eight steals and six rebounds. The dominant performance also gave McQueen a new career-high in field goal percentage (75%). Another player making a difference was Akeelha Barnes, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine rebounds.
The victory made it two in a row for Harding and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Struthers, they are on a five-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2.
Harding has already played their next game, a 59-35 win against Ursuline on the 2nd. As for Struthers, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 51-19 loss against West Branch on the 2nd.
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