There’s no telling how many games the Missouri S&T men’s basketball team will win this season.
But if they play as hard as they played in Monday’s season-opener, the Miners figure to win their fair share...and will be pretty fun to watch.
In the opener for both teams the Miners pushed highly-touted Harding to the limit before falling 75-70 in non-conference action at the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.
No one on the Miner bench really knew what to expect in the opener, mixing in six newcomers and dealing with a slew of preseason injuries in Jim Glash’s first year as head coach.
What Glash got was 40 minutes of high-energy.
Harding is coming off an 18-win season and last week split a pair of exhibition games against NCAA Division I mid-major teams, including a win over Arkansas-Little Rock.
The game was close throughout, with neither team leading by more than seven points. The lead changed hands 10 times and there were nine ties.
The Miners return to action over the weekend at Pittsburg, Kan. in the Pittsburg State Classic. On Friday S&T plays Missouri Southern at 5 p.m. and on Saturday the Miners take on host Pittsburg State at 7 p.m.
