WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The No. 20-ranked SWOSU Women's Basketball team was crowned Great American Conference Regular Season Champions on Thursday following a 73-60 win over Harding – the second-best team in the conference.

The Bulldogs entered the game three games ahead of the Lady Bisons in the conference standings but had previously lost to Harding at their place back on January 22.

Tonight, the two went stride for stride in the first quarter, with four lead changes and three ties. It was very entertaining, high-level basketball, but SWOSU trailed 18-17 at the end of the first.

Harding hit some shots in the second quarter and scored five second chance points. SWOSU did carry some momentum into the locker room though, as right before halftime Karly Gore grabbed an offensive rebound and made a jump shot right as the buzzer sounded. That put the Lady Dawgs within four, at 35-31 headed into the locker room.

SWOSU came out with a fire lit underneath them out of halftime and opened the third quarter on a 7-2 run to take a 38-37 lead.

They continued to extend their lead with a scoring run, capped off by a Makyra Tramble 3-pointer, that erupted the crowd and gave SWOSU a 52-44 advantage.

A Karly Gore three pointer put SWOSU head by double-digits early in the fourth. SWOSU continued to play hard and outscored the Lady Bisons 21-14 to end the game with some well-deserved cushion.

Karly Gore recorded a double-double, her first one of the season. She scored 15 points and recorded 11 rebounds to achieve this. Bethany Franks scored 17 points and Tramble added 15 points. SWOSU was efficient from the paint, scoring 26 points. The Lady Bulldogs took care of business from the foul line, as they only missed two free throws and finished 13-of-15 from the foul line.

The GAC Champion Lady Bulldogs improve to 23-4 and 17-2 in league play. They'll will play their next game, 1 p.m. at home against Arkansas Tech to close out their home schedule. Bethany Franks and Lauren Ramey will be honored prior to the game on Senior Day.