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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ARKADELPHIA – Chasidee Owens scored a career high 21 points while shooting 73 percent from the floor to lead the Ouachita Lady Tigers to an 82-53 win over Central Baptist College. Three other Tigers finished in double figures as Ouachita evened their season record to 5-5 in their final contest of 2016.

Owens made 8-11 field goal attempts in the game, including a perfect 5-5 in the second of half. As a team, the Lady Tigers shot just under 52 percent from the floor in the second half, outscoring the Lady Mustangs 44-29 in the final two quarters.

The Lady Mustangs only lead came in the opening minute of the contest off of two made free throws. The Lady Tigers rattled off 11 straight points to take an 11-2 lead with 6:69 remaining. Kori Bullard hit back-to-back threes to start the run, followed by consecutive layups from Alivia Huell and a bucket from Katie Kapler. The Lady Tigers continued to pound the ball inside and finished out the quarter with a 17-point lead. In the opening quarter, Ouachita outscored the Lady Mustangs 10-0 in the paint.

The Lady Tigers held a double-digit lead for the entire second quarter, despite being outscored by Central Baptist, 19-16. 10 of the Lady Tigers 16 second-quarter points came in the paint. Madison Brittain and Morgan Miller each hit a three. The Lady Tigers held a 14 point advantage to end the first half of play.

Huell opened the second half with a jumper to give the Lady Tigers a 40-24 lead. A run by the Lady Mustangs cut the Ouachita lead to single digits. A three by Audrey Moran brought Central Baptist within nine, trailing 47-38. Ouachita responded with an 11-1 run, getting the Lady Tiger lead back to 20 to end the third quarter.

The Lady Tigers went to work on the glass in the final quarter. Morgan Miller pulled down two offensive rebounds that were converted into baskets. Owens found an open Miller who drained a three with just over 30 seconds remaining. Stephanie McCann also scored her first basket as a Lady Tiger on a jumper just beyond the free-throw line. The Lady Tigers outscored Central Baptist 21-12 in the final period, winning by a final of 82-53.

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CONWAY –  Central Baptist got off to a fast start in route to its first American Midwest Conference win at home over Williams Baptist College, 92-81.  The Mustangs never trailed and led by 21 at one point.

A  Jayln McBride three-pointer followed by a Marcelious Green shot from beyond the line would put CBC up 6-0 fast.  Scoring leader Fred Albright would get into the action to make it 9-2.  A Justin Harris jumper with two minutes left in the half would make it a thirteen-point lead, 36-23.  CBC would go into the half leading 40-28.

CBC would force eight turnovers in the first half while committing just one.  The Mustangs would shoot 58.6% from the field.

A two-point jumper from Green would put CBC up 21 with 14 minutes to play in the game.  Someone forgot to tell the Eagles as they begin a pressure defense that disrupted CBC. Williams was able to cut the lead to six points, 77-71 with just under five minutes to play.  Free throws in the final minute would give CBC its final margin.

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CONWAY – The CBC Lady Mustangs opened American Midwest Conference play against Williams Baptist College here on Thursday night.  It was also the first home game of the season for Central Baptist.  The Lady Eagles were forced into overtime but prevailed over CBC, 80-75.

The game saw battles back and forth as Williams Baptist led 25-20 after the first period. CBC took charge in the second period outscoring the Lady Eagles 21-15.  The Lady Mustangs would take the halftime lead 41-40 on great shooting by Karlie Senko and Aaliyah Block who had nine each.

Free throws from WBC’s Alytrius Perry would tie the game at 57 at the end of the third. There would be six ties in the fourth period but none no bigger than CBC’s Karlie Senko’s jumper as time expired to send the game into overtime, 69-69.  Perry would score the last 3 of 4 shots made by the Lady Eagles for the final margin.

“The ladies played hard and did great”, said head coach Lyle Middleton. “We have seven freshmen on our roster, everyone did great.”

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Havre, MT– After a season opening loss to NAIA #25 Carroll College, the Central Baptist Lady Mustangs found the battle uphill as they next met #16 Montana State University-Northern and Rocky Mountain College.  CBC fell to MSUN 89-46 and to RMC 86-47.

CBC met Montana State on Friday evening at the Armory Gymnasium. Emily Ridgell led the Mustangs with ten points and four assists. Aaliyah Block added nine andAudrey Moran eight in the loss.  Central Baptist shot just 37% from the field.

Rocky Mountain College was next up on Saturday night, again at Armory Gymnasium.  RMC held Central Baptist to 18 points in the first half in route to an 86-47 win.  The Lady Mustangs shot 29% from the field as Rocky Mountain shot 45.6%.

Karlie Senko and Ashlyn Allen both had 11 points to lead the Lady Mustangs.  Allen also led the squad with seven rebounds.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2017 NAIA Baseball Preseason All-America Team. The 17-member squad was chosen by the NAIA-Baseball Coaches Association (NAIA-BCA) All-America Committee.

Two-time NAIA First Team All-American Keivan Berges of Keiser (Fla.), who was also a preseason honoree last year, headlines this season’s selections. Last season, the designated hitter ranked among the top 10 nationally in home runs (21), total bases (180), RBI (80), total hits (99) and slugging percentage (.776). Berges boasts a .378 career batting average and .667 slugging percentage.

Peyton Deiters of Kansas Wesleyan and Jalin Lawson of Central Baptist (Ark.) are the other 2016 First Team All-America selections included on the list. Deiters ranked No. 4 nationally in RBI (81) a season ago, while Lawson listed among the top five in four statistical categories – home runs (23), runs scored (81), slugging percentage (.877) and total bases (178). Lawson was a key component of a Central Baptist club that made its first-ever appearance in the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round in 2016.

Five other individuals that were named to the 2016 second team at the end of last season garnered a position on the preseason unit – Andy Mocahbee of Middle Georgia State, Gregg Veneklasen of Wayland Baptist (Texas), Andrew Gross of Houston-Victoria (Texas), Brandon Guske of Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) and Ben McKendall of Bellevue (Neb.).

There are two individuals on the squad whose program participated in the 2016 Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series last season – Dillon White of Science & Arts and McKendall.

2017 NAIA Baseball Preseason All-America Team

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Siloam Springs – The Central Baptist College men’s basketball team opened the 2016-2017 season at John Brown University for their 36th Annual TP Game. In a close affair, JBU pulled it out 104-94 over the Mustangs.

CBC returned numerous from a squad that finished 14-17 and made it to the semifinals of the NCCAA Tournament. The Mustangs were led by Fred Albright (SR/Little Rock, AR) (15.16 ppg LY) and Mike Evans (SR/North Little Rock, AR) (9.39 ppg, 8.16 reb LY).

The Mustangs started off the game a little out of sorts as they committed a couple early fouls and turnovers as JBU built an early 10-3 lead.  CBC’s Marcellous Green would score, followed by a JBU miss, a Fred Albright 3-pointer and rebound, after another Eagle miss, feeding Evans for a score to bring CBC back to just a two point deficient, 10-12.  John Brown would extend the lead into the half with a couple of 3-pointers by Jake Caudle and Ricky Roberts to make it 52-38 JBU.

JBU would maintain a double digit lead thru much of the second half until Jordan Ford(FR/Dallas, Texas)’s 3-point shot would make it 69-61.  Clay Anderson (FR/Benton, AR) would make a shot to bring the Mustangs to within six, 69-63.

A Nick Jones (FR/Little Rock, AR) made three at the 3:38 mark would bring CBC to within five points at 92-87.  It would soon become a matter of free throws as the Eagles would make them down the stretch for the final 104-94 decision.

Central Baptist had 27 points off 19 forced turnovers and would score 25 points on second chance shots.

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CONWAY – Shatel Gaines has been named the Head Volleyball Coach at Central Baptist College.  Gaines, originally from Jonesboro, Ark., received a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Arkansas State University.

Gaines comes to CBC from Cape Girardeau, Mo., where she served as Volleyball Coach at Cape Girardeau High School.  She has five years of coaching experience in different capacities at the high school and Junior Olympic (J.O.) levels.

“Coach Gaines fits our mission at CBC,” CBC Athletic Director Lyle Middleton said.  “We believe she has the experience and expertise to make an impact at the college level.  I am excited for our current players and recruits.”

Gaines attended high school at Jonesboro High School where she earned all-conference honors and all state volleyball honors.  She also earned female athlete of the year her senior year of high school.

Gaines is married to Chris and they have one daughter.

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