MONTICELLO, Arkansas – Ashley Farrar scored a season-high 29 points - three shy of her career-high – as Henderson secured its sixth conference victory in Monticello with a 68-58 victory over UAM. Farrar saw one of her most efficient games of the season, shooting 9-of-18 from the field, 3-6 from three and 8-8 from the free-throw line.
 
The junior from Green Forest, Arkansas, has elevated her game in a big way at the free-throw line. The career 64% shooter is shooting 81.8% this season, with Saturday marking the third time she has been perfect from the line on six or more free-throws.
 
Behind Farrar, the Reddies had four players score eight or more points, with Maci Mains scoring 11 points while Gracie Raby, Karrington Whaley and Jadah Pickens each contributed eight points. Whaley also added a pair of blocks as she now has the sixth most blocks in GAC history with 155.   
 
Much like the first quarter in game one between these two teams, the first 10 minutes were neck-and-neck, with HSU holding a 19-16 first-quarter lead. Arkansas-Monticello held the lead until the 3:38 mark when a Mains three gave HSU the lead. The Blossoms would see one more lead the rest of the game.
 
The Reddies did not score their first points of the second quarter until the 7:15 mark on a driving lay-up from Mains. Despite the scoring drought, the Henderson defense was able to hold its own during that time, as the score only read 21-18 in favor of the Reddies.
 
A 4-0 run from the home team was halted by another Mains lay-up as she was responsible for all four of Henderson's points prior to the under-five second-quarter media, with HSU seeing a 23-22 lead. Two free-throws for the home team gave UAM its final lead of the game, 24-23.
 
From there, Farrar took over, scoring 11 of the Reddies' next 14 points as Henderson began separating itself at the half, 36-27. Farrar closed the first half with 17 points with more to come.
 
Both teams traded buckets out of the break until the score read 42-33 when HSU extended its lead to 14 with a 5-0 run, forcing UAM head coach Markell Cox to call the first timeout of the second half. On the other side of the pause in action, the five-run spurt turned into a 20-6 run the rest of the way as the Reddie offense was operating like a well-oiled machine, building a 62-39 lead heading into the final frame.
 
Henderson outscored the Blossoms in the third, 26-12, as Arkansas-Monticello performed damage control duties in the fourth with the game already out of hand. The Reddies left Monticello with the 68-58 victory as HSU completed the 2-0 sweep against UAM this season.
 
Henderson St. (11-4, 6-3) now will enjoy a three-game home stand, beginning Thursday, Jan. 20 against East Central at 5:30 p.m. The Reddies will follow that with Southeastern Oklahoma St. and Southern Nazarene over the next four days.