Basketball Recap: Harding University Drops Highest Score of Season Against Forest Hills

Rams

Team Score

12/30/24 vs Forest Hills	78
12/27/24 vs The Rock	75
12/17/24 @ Hopewell	72
12/20/24 vs Crossroads Christian	70
11/29/24 vs Gaston Day	66

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Harding University). Everything went their way against the Forest Hills Yellow Jackets on Monday as the Harding University Rams made off with a 78-55 win. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Rams with their most commanding win of the season.

Kaharri Coleman continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, putting up 15 points along with five assists and four steals. He has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last four times he's played. Nate Decker was another key player, posting 11 points and seven rebounds.

Harding University smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive boards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Forest Hills only pulled down 11 offensive rebounds.

Cam Winnegan and K.J Chambers certainly did their best on Monday to avoid the loss. Winnegan went 6 of 14 on his way to 18 points, while Chambers went 5 of 8 on his way to 13 points and seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Blakeney, who posted seven points and nine rebounds.

Harding University is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.3 points per game. As for Forest Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.

Harding University will take on Chambers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Chambers is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 67.6 points per game this season. As for Forest Hills, they will challenge South Stanly at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Forest Hills also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 60.4 points per game.