#MustangsWin! CBC Overcomes Slow Start For Dominant Victory Over Bacone!

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director   

         Conway, Ark. – Falling behind early in their final home game of 2021, Central Baptist College women's basketball hosted the Warriors of Bacone College tonight at A.R. Reddin Fieldhouse. CBC (7-3) got down in the first four minutes of the game, but closed strong, scoring 53 second half points in an 88-43 rout of BC (1-15).

            Alexis Augustus paced the Mustangs in scoring while Bri Wells and Aminata Seck both had double doubles. CBC shot 45.1 percent from the floor for the game, including 72 percent in the fourth quarter and 31 fourth quarter points!

GAME FLOW

            Neither team scored for the first 1:20 before Bacone finally broke the deadlock. The Warriors would then make baskets on four straight possessions to lead 10-0 with 6:39 left in the first. Augustus would score the first bucket of the game for CBC at the 6:23 mark in the first quarter and from there, CBC outscored Bacone 16-5 to lead 18-15 after one.

            In the second quarter, BC scored first again to cut the lead to one before Macey Decker hit a jumper to push the lead back to three. Decker's bucket began a 12-0 run over 5:35 to give the Lady Mustangs a 32-18 lead. They would take a 35-24 lead into halftime and blow the doors off the Warriors in the second half, outscoring them 53-19 for the win.

GAME NOTES

• Augustus tied her regular season career-high, scoring 23 points for the fifth time in her career
• Wells posted a career-high with 16 points and also grabbed 10 rebounds for her second career double-double
• Seck had 10 points and 11 rebounds for her sixth double-double and fifth in the last six games
• CBC shot 45 percent from the field and went 18-20 at the free throw line, holding Bacone to 33 percent shooting and outrebounding the Warriors 54-25

UP NEXT

            CBC wraps up the 2021 calendar year on Thursday with an exhibition game at UCA in the Farris Center. Tipoff time is 1 p.m. and you can find links to coverage if you like and follow us on social media!