#MustangsWin! CBC Comes From Behind To Beat Stephens On Senior Night!

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director

            Conway, Ark. – Opening their final homestand of the season, Central Baptist College women's basketball hosted the Stars of Stephens College in an American Midwest Conference game. CBC (10-14, 5-14 AMC) came back from a five point halftime deficit to defeat Stephens (16-9, 11-8 AMC) 55-54.

            Caroline Citty and Olivia Lambrigtsen both finished in double figures with 16 and 11 points, respectively, while Lambrigtsen led the way in rebounds with nine. CBC outrebounded Stephens 40-32, hit seven more free throws and were +8 on points in the paint.

GAME FLOW

            CBC got out to a quick 4-0 lead on back-to-back layups from Citty before Stephens went on a 5-0 run to lead 5-4. A three from Citty made it 7-5 at the 6:35 mark and, following a pair of Stars free throws, CBC would go on a 4-0 run courtesy of Rhys Anderson and Lambrigtsen to take an 11-7 lead with 3:43 left in the first. Stephens would cut the lead to one with a three and Diana Rivera, who was honored before the game as the lone senior, made a jumper with 1:55 left to make it 13-10 and CBC would take a 13-12 lead into the second quarter.

            In the second quarter, Stephens opened on a 4-0 run and CBC went 2:01 without a field goal before a jump shot from Jordan Hammons made it 16-15. Following a couple more instances of getting the deficit back down to one, Kristan Hargrove made a layup with 2:39 left in the quarter to give CBC a 21-20 lead. Unfortunately, that was the final field goal of the half for the Lady Mustangs and they went to the locker room down 26-21.

            The deficit reached six early in the second half, but the Lady Mustangs never went away, retaking the lead with 5:24 left in the quarter and stretching the lead to 34-31 with 4:50 left. The run would continue and the lead reached its largest of the night, 38-31, with 3:15 left, but the Stars came back and tied the score at 41 headed to the final quarter.

            In the fourth, a jumper from Rivera made it 43-41 with 9:34 left and a free throw from Lambrigtsen made it 44-41. Stephens would tie the score again at 44 before taking the lead back at 46-44 with 6:51 to play. An Emma Bates three with 5:14 left returned the lead to CBC and then the teams traded baskets and CBC led 49-48 with 4:13 to go. The Lady Mustangs held on from there, ballooning their lead to five, 53-48, before a three with six seconds left made it 53-51. Following an offensive foul, Bates went down and made two clutch free throws to put CBC ahead by four making Stephens' three at the buzzer not matter.

UP NEXT

            The Lady Mustangs wrap up the regular season on Saturday when they welcome Harris-Stowe to A.R. Reddin Fieldhouse for Homecoming. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.