ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Henderson State's multitude of weapons and scorching hot shooting proved to be too much for rival Ouachita Baptist, as the Reddies raced past the Tigers 88-66 to notch their sixth-straight win.

The victory is the fifth-consecutive GAC win for HSU which is the program's longest conference winning streak since the 2006-07 season.

Both teams got off to terrific starts in front of Henderson's biggest home crowd of the season on Thursday evening. The Reddies (12-3, 7-2) hit seven of the their first 13 shots from the floor, including 3-of-5 shooting from three, while Ouachita hit on eight of its first 11 to knot things up 18-18 through the game's first eight minutes.

With the game tied, Henderson put together its first run, and used a three-point play from Quawn Marshall, along with back-to-back 3-pointers from Rel Johnson and Chris Owens, to power a 12-5 spurt and surge HSU in front 30-23.

OBU trimmed the deficit down to 30-27, but the Reddies had an even bigger spurt up their sleeves and closed the last six minutes with a 14-2 run to seize their largest advantage, 44-29, at halftime. Henderson shot 57.1% in the period and was a sizzling 8-for-14 from 3-point range.

The Reddies increased their advantage at the start of the second half when they stretched the lead out to 52-34 at the 16:04 mark. Facing its largest deficit of the night, Ouachita put together a big 17-5 run over the next six minutes and trimmed the score down to 57-51 with 10 minutes remaining.

Suddenly in a tight contest for the first time since the opening half, Henderson responded with a knock-out blow and strung together a momentum-stealing 23-6 stretch of play which was highlighted by three crowd-energizing alley-oops in quick succession from Mike Fofana, Raekwon Rogers and Johnson. The huge run slammed the door on any comeback attempt for the Tigers as the Reddies cruised to the final horn and their fifth-straight conference win.

Five players finished in double figures once again for HSU. Chris Parker led the way with 17 points and reached the 1000-point milestone for his career with 15 in the first half. Anthony Lupardus had an efficient 12, Johnson chipped in 11, and both Rogers and Marshall added 10. The Reddies shot a blistering 58.9% from the floor for the night and were 15-for-18 (83.3%) from inside the 3-point line in the second half.

Henderson returns to action on Saturday at 3 p.m. when it travels to Russellville, Arkansas to face Arkansas Tech for the second time this year.