ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Maci Mains led the Reddies with 18 points off of the bench as Henderson State stayed perfect in 2020 with a 71-59 victory over Southern Nazarene.

Henderson (9-3, 4-2) avenged two losses to the Crimson Storm last season behind the strength of the 3-point shot. The Reddies knocked down 11-of-20 attempts from behind the arc in the win. Mains had three of those, finishing 3-of-6 from 3-point range including two during the third quarter.

Karrington Whaley was the most efficient player on the floor, finishing with 17 points and nine rebounds on 8-of-10 shooting. Whaley is now 17-from-22 the floor in her last two games.

Pink Jones was the third Reddie in double figures on Saturday, as she scored 11 of her 13 points in the second half. Jones also had five assists to become just the second player in HSU history to total 400 or more assists in a career.

HSU will play three of its next four games on the road, beginning with a matchup against Northwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 5:30 p.m.

1st Quarter
Southern Nazarene entered Saturday's matchup as the stingiest defense in the league, but it was HSU that would set the tone in the first quarter. After taking a 5-2 lead with 7:16 to play in the first frame, SNU would score just one more basket for the rest of the quarter as the Reddies ended the quarter on a lengthy 13-3 run and took a 15-8 lead into the second. 

2nd Quarter
After going 3-for-5 from 3-point range in the opening frame, the Reddies picked up right where they left off in the second quarter as Hailey Estes splashed in a 3-point field goal, giving HSU its largest lead, 18-8. Despite leading by as many as 13, the Reddies halftime lead was whittled to five after SNU went on a 10-2 run in the last five minutes of the first half.

3rd Quarter
Although she was held to just two points on 1-for-5 shooting in the first 20 minutes, Pink Jones started the third quarter with an aggressive attitude. When SNU cut HSU's lead to four, 33-29, and 35-31, Jones answered with impressive drives to the basket on both occasions, keeping the Reddies in front by two possessions. Following the initial outburst from Jones, HSU's sophomore Mains picked up the scoring slack, scoring 10 of her 18 points in the third quarter as the Reddies led 51-42 heading into the fourth and final frame. 

4th Quarter
The Crimson Storm had a strong start to the fourth and scored on the first two possessions of the quarter, but beautiful ball movement from the Reddies, finished off by Lani Snowden's second 3-point field goal of the night silenced SNU's momentum, and sparked an 8-0 run which gave HSU its largest lead, 61-47 with 5:07 to play. Henderson maintained a double-digit lead for the rest of the afternoon before prevailing comfortably, 71-59.