Mustangs' Record Breaking Season Comes To End In NAIA Quarterfinals

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director

            Kansas City, Mo. – Looking to continue their run at the NAIA Men's Basketball Championship this afternoon, Central Baptist College, the #14 seed in the Cramer Quadrant, took on the #1 seed and #5 team in the nation, the Lions of Freed-Hardeman, in an AMC rivalry renewed on the national stage. CBC (28-7) raced out early, but couldn't stop a hot shooting FHU (30-4) falling 85-74 to end their season.

            Deshawn Corprew, in his final game in a Mustang uniform, had 12 points, joined in double figures by Sage Borbon with 11 and Tonje Durham, who also played his final game in a Mustang uniform, had 11 as well. Two areas dominated this game, which were FHU gaining 12 points from three (11 makes to seven) and making seven more free throws in 11 more attempts.

GAME FLOW

            The Mustangs started quickly, scoring the first five points of the game, and led 10-3 with just over four minutes played. FHU went on an 8-0 to take the lead at 11-10 before a three by Jonas Carlisle put CBC back in front 13-11. The teams would trade baskets on the next five possessions until FHU put the Mustangs behind 19-17 with 10:27 to play. The deficit eventually reached 11 and CBC would not get closer than six the rest of the half, taking a 46-30 deficit into halftime, their largest deficit at the half this season.

            CBC couldn't capitalize on opportunities in the second half, falling behind by 26 at one point before getting the deficit to 11 by the end of the game.

MUSTANG NOTES

• 28 wins bests the previous single-season record by five (2016-17)
• Coach Kohnke now has 64 wins at CBC, putting him into second place on the all-time wins list as a four-year program
• Carlise, Devin Foster and Kyle Harding all tied the single-season record for games played with 35
• Sage Borbon and Carlisle tied for a new record in minutes played with 1,036 and their were joined by Devin Foster, who played exactly 1,000 minutes, as the second, third and fourth members of the 1,000 minute club (Percell Washington – 1,003 2018-19)
• Borbon scored 495 points this season, the eighth most in a single season all-time
• Borbon made 127 free throws this season, fourth most in a season all-time and only eight shy of the NAIA era record (since 2010)
• Foster shot .816 from the free throw line this season, only the fifth player ever to shoot over 80 percent from the line in a season (min. 2 made free throws per game)
• Carlisle had 163 defensive rebounds this season, the eighth most in a season all-time
• Borbon handed out 110 assists this season, tied with Rod Briggs for the seventh most
• Foster ranked fourth in a single-season in blocked shots with 57
• As a team, CBC finished with 1,014 made field goals, second most in a season (1,020 by the 2016-17 team)
• CBC set program single season records in three-pointers made (316), defensive rebounds (976), total rebounds (1,373), and blocked shots (169)
• CBC made 489 free throws, fifth most in a season ever
• The Mustangs had 397 offensive rebounds, fifth most in a season ever
• CBC had 39.2 rebounds per game, seventh in a season
• The Mustangs had 438 assists, sixth most
• CBC made 273 steals, seventh most in a season
• The Mustangs scored 2,833 points, second most ever in a season

Congrats to the Mustangs on their historic season!