MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Playing a team for the first time in 10 years, Central Baptist College women’s basketball was on the road tonight at the Muskogee Convention Center taking on Bacone. CBC (2-0) trailed at halftime, but used a 26-point third quarter to beat the Warriors (1-2) 76-66.

Holly Allen (SR/Cabot, Ark.) led the way with 17 points and became the third playing in program history to surpass the 1,000-point mark for her career (1,005) joining Britney Nealy and Casey Williams in that category. Alexis Augustus (SR/Baton Rouge, La.) and Izzy Arnold (FR/Cabot, Ark.) both had 12 apiece and Arnold notched her first career double-double by handing out 12 assists, the third most in program history and just the fourth time a player has recorded 10-or-more assists in a game. Chrishey Wilkes (JR/St. Louis, Mo.) led the Mustangs in rebounding, grabbing 11 on the night.

CBC also won the battle shooting, scoring at a 45 percent clip from the field while holding Bacone to 35 percent. The Mustangs also won the rebounding battle 47-42 and assisted on 23 of 33 field goals while forcing 26 turnovers.

Bacone started the game on fire, racing out to an 11-0 lead in the first 3:47 of the contest. A layup by Alaina Ellis (SO/Enola, Ark.) gave the Mustangs their first field goal at the 5:25 mark in the first quarter and from there, CBC closed the quarter on a 17-6 run to lead 19-17 after one. The two teams traded the lead five times in the second quarter before the Warriors took the lead 26-25 and led for the rest of the half, taking a 36-33 lead to the break.

Brogan Jones (SO/Little Rock, Ark.) cut the deficit to 36-35 early in the third quarter and the Mustangs took the lead for good, 39-38, with 6:45 left in the third on a layup by Bri Wells. Bacone would cut the lead to one three different times in the quarter, but CBC led by 10 (59-49) after three. Allen’s 1,000th career point came on a three-pointer with 2:57 left in the third to make it 51-47 Mustangs. CBC put it on cruise control in the final quarter, never allowing the lead to drop below six before sealing the win.

Next up for the Mustangs is a JV game at Baptist Bible College in Springfield on Tuesday. The next varsity game will be on Saturday, Nov. 14, in Moore, Okla., at Randall University.

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ARKADELPHIA – Harding women’s basketball got off to a great start and controlled the offensive boards to defeat Ouachita Baptist, 69-60, Saturday in Great American Conference action at Vining Arena.

The win was Harding’s eighth straight and are part of a two-way tie for first place in the GAC standings. Harding is 15-7 overall and 12-4 in conference, tied with Southeastern Oklahoma. Arkansas Tech and Southern Nazarene were both part of a four-way tie for first but lost Saturday to fall a game behind.

Ouachita lost its 10th straight and dropped to 4-18 overall and 1-15 in conference.

Harding led 22-11 after one quarter, closing the period on a 9-0 run. The Lady Bisons held the Tigers without a point for the last 6:13 of the quarter.

Harding extended its lead to as many as 17 points in the third quarter, and the Lady Bisons held a double-digit lead throughout much of the game.

Harding had 15 offensive rebounds and outscored Ouachita 23-6 on second-chance points.

Cheyenne Brown made 7 of 13 shots and led Harding in scoring with 15 points. She has scored in double figures in all eight games of Harding’s winning streak. Kennedy Cooper scored 11 points before fouling out, and Carissa Caples added 10. Peyton Padgett had a team-high nine rebounds, and Jordan Elder had six assists.

Ouachita Baptist, who only has seven active players, shot 50% from the field. Eden Crow led the Tigers with 20 points.

Harding hosts Arkansas Tech Thursday at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

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MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Plagued by a season-high 30 turnovers, the John Brown University women’s basketball team battled through the difficult Warrior press and finished the contest on a late rally to take a 67-64 come-from-behind victory on Tuesday night (Feb. 13) inside the Palmer Gymnasium.

For the second consecutive season, junior Baily Cameron went off for a game-high 30 points, hitting 13-of-17 from the floor, no three shots more important than with the game on the line, as the Golden Eagle leading scorer hit three-straight shots in the paint in the final two minutes.

Cameron pulled John Brown (16-9, 9-6 Sooner Athletic) within one with a post move off a feed from sophomore Sara Williams with 1:51 left in the contest, before taking matters into her own hands on the next possession by hitting a spinning left-handed layup to put the visitors on top, 65-64. With the pressure mounting, Bacone coughed up the ensuing possession at the free throw line and senior Kimmy Deines grabbed the steal, raced down the court and fed an open Cameron on the right post with a bounce-pass to complete the game-clinching 8-0 rally.

After taking a 64-59 lead with 3:58 remaining, the Bacone (13-12, 5-11) offense stalled and finished the contest 0-of-10 from the field while committing a pair of turnovers, allowing JBU to capture its third win in four games.

A full-court press for most of the contest forced the Golden Eagles into a season-high 30 turnovers, but the visitors shot 53.3 percent from the field (24-of-45) and connected on 10-of-24 triple attempts, including a 7-of-8 long-range eruption in the third quarter, converted a 38-34 halftime deficit into a 55-55 tie heading into the final quarter.

Marred all night long by erratic shooting, the Warriors hit just 4-of-17 in the final stanza (23.5 percent) and allowed the Golden Eagles to take a 13-7 rebounding advantage, which JBU needed as the visitors, when presented with chances to ice the game late, converted just 2-of-8 free throws in the last 10 minutes of play.

The Warriors, a top-three rebounding team in the conference, entered the game averaging over 41 boards a game, were limited to just 30 as JBU earned a 36-30 advantage on the boards.

Bacone hit just 27-of-74 from the field (36.5 percent) and 7-of-23 from long range (30.4 percent). Cierra Miles registered 17 points and four assists while Imani Guillory added 10 points in the loss. Jakierra Drummer chipped in with nine points and a team-best 10 boards.

Cameron finished the contest with 11 boards, marking her fifth double-double of the season, and a pair of blocks. Senior Kimmy Deines came up with a big 10 points and a game-best six dimes while Schammel and senior Rosa Orpo each contributed nine points in the win.

JBU continues on in its three-game week by hosting Southwestern A.G. (Texas) on Thursday at 6 p.m. The Golden Eagles are now just a half game behind Mid-America Christian (Okla.) for fourth place, and the final spot for hosting duties in the Sooner Athletic tournament quarterfinals on Feb. 27.

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MUSKOGEE, Okla. – The Central Baptist College wrestling team returned to the mat tonight as they matched up in a tri-dual hosted by Bacone College. CBC would end up defeating Kansas Wesleyan 24-18, before losing to the host school, Bacone, 51-3.

“Our guys are getting better each competition,” said head coach Ken Prophete. “Consistent growth is key and we are learning from our issues.”

Deqaylon Gray was the only wrestler to win both matches, pinning his Kansas Wesleyan opponent and beating his Bacone opponent in a 5-3 decision. Zach Kearney was the only other Mustang to receive a non-forfeit victory on the evening, pinning his opponent from Kansas Wesleyan.

CBC returns to the mat this weekend when they travel to Dallas, Texas, for the Richland Southwest Scuffle, hosted by Richland College. The Nov. 18 match gets underway at 9 a.m.

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