Augustus Makes History Despite Loss At Columbia

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director

            Columbia, Mo. – Looking to end a four-game losing streak, Central Baptist College women's basketball wrapped up their four-game American Midwest Conference road trip tonight inside the Southwell Complex against the Cougars of Columbia College. CBC (9-8, 2-6 AMC) trailed 50-41 at halftime, fought back to tie the game, but ultimately lost 82-72 to CC (15-4, 8-0 AMC).

            Alexis Augustus led the way with 23 points and also moved into fifth place on the all-time scoring list with 737 points, passing Rachel Eitherington, Kory Westerman and Abbi Stearns all tonight. Aminata Seck notched her fourth straight double-double and 11^th this season with 20 points and 10 rebounds. The key factors in the game were rebounding, which Columbia won 43-34 and three point shooting, where CC made 11 and CBC only knocked down one.

GAME FLOW

            Columbia made the first basket of the game 25 seconds into the contest before Seck gave CBC the lead at 3-2 on an old fashioned three-point play at the 9:08 mark in the first quarter. A pair of free throws returned the lead to the Cougars, but a Seck made jumper with 8:28 left made it 5-4 CBC. A free throw and a made layup put CC back on top 7-5 with 7:10 left in the quarter, but another Seck layup tied it at 7-7 with 6:24 in the first. Columbia then went on an 8-1 run and closed the first quarter strong to make CBC try to fight back down 31-16 after one. The Lady Mustangs would get the lead down to five in the second quarter, but that's as close as they got and they went into the locker room trailing 50-41.

            The Lady Mustangs opened the third quarter strong and chipped away at the lead with relentless offense, eventually tying the game at 59 on a layup by Caroline Citty with 2:08 left in the third. However, Columbia responded with a three-pointer 14 seconds later to put CBC back down by three and the Lady Mustangs would trail 64-61 entering the fourth. A Seck jumper with 9:30 left in the game cut the deficit to 64-63, but a dagger three by Columbia stretched the lead to four and that's as close as CBC would get the rest of the night.

UP NEXT

            CBC is finally back inside Reddin Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon when they wrap up the first half of AMC play against Harris-Stowe State. Tipoff on Saturday is slated for 1 p.m. and you can find coverage if you like and follow us on social media.