ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - Henderson kept in stride with No. 20 Southern Nazarene all evening, yet the Crimson Storm came away with the late 58-54 victory from the Duke Wells Center. The Reddies exceeded SNU in several statistical categories, including shooting 41.2 percent (21-51) from the field while holding the Crimson Storm to 40.8 percent (20-49) and out-rebounding them, 39-27. 

Alvin Miles tied his season-high with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting, keeping HSU in the game all night long, while also dishing out six assists. Franck Kamgain added 13 followed by Malik Riddle with 11, eight of which came in the first half, and three blocks. Ryan Boyce matched Riddle with three rejections of his own. 

Henderson, by virtue of Riddle and the three-ball, starting fast in front of the home crowd, knocking down three triples within the first three and half minutes of the game, including two from the senior guard. With the fast start yielding an 11-2 lead at the 16:49 mark, HSU began to cool off as the nation's No. 20 team began to climb back with its own use of the three-point shot.

With HSU on top 13-7 after the first media timeout, two of SNU's next five field-goals came from behind the arc. Paired with Henderson making one field-goal over the next five minutes, the Crimson Storm seized its first lead of the game since scoring the contest's opening two points halfway through the opening half, 17-15.

From there, the teams evened out as the game saw two ties and two lead changes over the next minute and a half before SNU maintained a 3-5 point lead the remainder of the opening frame. Both sides went several minutes without scoring around the final first-half media horn before a layup from Kamgain with 58 seconds left brought the game to within one at the break, 30-29. 

Southern Nazarene opened the second half on a 6-2 run to establish a five-point lead at 36-31, which gave the Crimson Storm just enough cushion to keep HSU at bay for majority of the second half. The margin never got within three nor did it ever exceed seven as Henderson remained right on the GAC leader's hip. When it looked like the Crimson Storm were about to run away with things after securing its first double-digit lead of the game at the 6:32 mark, 53-42, free-throw shooting got the Reddies back into it.

Four of Henderson's next six points came from the charity stripe as the physical play of head coach Jimmy Elgas' group began to have an impact. A jumper from Miles moments later capitalized a eight-run spurt that put the Reddies right back in the thick of the action, 53-50, with just under three minutes remaining in regulation. After both teams exchanged jumpers, a two-for-two trip to the line for SNU met by a Tomislav Miholjcic put-back layup kept it a one-possession game with 24 seconds left.

After a timeout from Henderson's bench, Southern Nazarene big man Nick Davis missed the front end of a one-and-one, opening the door for HSU to send the game to overtime. A good look for Riddle from beyond the perimeter on the right wing hit off the rim as SNU was able to corral the rebound and ice the game with a single free-throw on the other end, 58-54.

Henderson St. (8-12, 5-9) will remain in Arkadelphia for the season's second meeting with Oklahoma Baptist Sunday, Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. from the Duke Wells Center. In the first go-around with the Bison, HSU left Shawnee, Oklahoma with the 75-72 victory.