Second Half Run Dooms Mustangs at William Woods

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director

            Fulton, Mo. – Looking for an American Midwest Conference season sweep today, Central Baptist College was on the court at Anderson Arena for a clash at William Woods. CBC (16-9, 8-5 AMC) could hold William Woods' (12-10, 6-6 AMC) late surge and dropped the contest 73-70.

            Gabe Johnson led the Mustangs with a career-high 23 points while James Moore added 13 and Brevin Brimble had 11. The game was decided at the free throw line and in the point as WWU went 26-33 at the line (opposed to 14-20 for CBC) and outscored CBC 40-26 in the paint.

GAME FLOW – SECOND HALF

            Taking a 30-29 lead into the break, CBC was immediately able to capitalize in the second half scoring the first eight points of the half to lead 38-29 with 18:21 left. The lead would balloon to 10 until the Owls started to comeback, tying the game at 47, 49 and 52 before the lead switched hands five times until 5:58 was left on the clock and WWU took the lead and held on despite Johnson making four threes over the final 2:52 to close the deficit back to an opportunity to tie and Johnson missed with two seconds left to hand CBC the loss.

NEXT UP

            CBC will regroup and welcome Lyon into A.R. Reddin Fieldhouse on Thursday night. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. and Senior Night festivities will take place prior to the game.