CONWAY – Playing their fourth game in seven days, Central Baptist College men’s basketball hosted the Royals of Ecclesia College tonight at Reddin Fieldhouse. CBC (4-2) trailed only once and led by as many as 35, cruising to a 101-68 win over EC (1-5).

Jordan Parker (SR/Lafayette, La.) had a historic night from beyond the arc while Tedrick Wolfe (SR/DeWitt, Ark.) and Zach Hudson (SR/Jackson, Miss.) also were in double figures scoring. Hudson led the way in rebounds while DeAndre Barton(SR/Hephzibah, Ga.) had eight assists.

Parker had a career-high 29 points on a program-record tying nine threes.

Wolfe had a career-high as well, finishing with 27 points on 11-16 from the floor.

Hudson finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Barton had eight assists.

Deondre Phillips had 24 points to lead EC.

CBC is done with games until Dec. 11, when they head to Jonesboro for an exhibition against Arkansas State. Tipoff from First National Bank Arena is slated for 7 p.m.

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SPRINGDALE, Ark. – Looking to even their record for the season, Central Baptist College men’s basketball headed to the Jones Center tonight for a matchup with the Royals of Ecclesia College. CBC (2-2) shot over 55 percent for the game and cruised to a 92-43 win over EC (1-4).

The Mustangs finished 55.7 percent from the field for the game and made 35 percent of their threes, holding Ecclesia to 24.6 percent overall and 22 percent from three. Kelvin Robinson (SR/Little Rock, Ark.) led four players in double figures with 18 while barely missing his first career double-double with nine rebounds. TaJuan Johnson (SR/Chicago, Ill.) added 16, Zach Hudson (SR/Jackson, Miss.) had 13 and Jordan Parker (SR/Lafayette, La.) chipped in with 12 for CBC. The Mustangs never trailed, leading by 50 at one point in the second half.

Next up for CBC is a trip to Crowley’s Ridge on Monday night. Tip-off from the Carter Activities Center is set for 6 p.m.

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WALNUT RIDGE –  Shackeel Butters recorded a double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Williams Baptist University men’s basketball team to an 89-68 victory. The win came in front of a capacity crowd in WBU’s annual homecoming game.

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RUSSELLVILLE – Nine Arkansas Tech basketball players reached double figures in points, led by a 25-point performance by Ashley Breathitt and a 23-point performance by Jacie Higgins as the Golden Suns (1-2) topped Ecclesia College (0-8) 149-44 on Wednesday night at Tucker Coliseum.

The 105-point margin of victory was the largest in school history.

NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech returns to action on Tuesday, Nov. 20, facing Hendrix in a 5:30 p.m. matchup at Tucker Coliseum.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Golden Suns led wire-to-wire after scoring the game’s first five points.
• Tech grabbed a double-digit lead at the 5:36 mark of the opening quarter and led by 29 (42-13) at the end of the quarter.
• The Golden Suns outscored Ecclesia 29-17 in the second quarter and led by 41 (71-30) at the half.
• Tech outscored Ecclesia 37-4 in the third quarter, holding the Royals to 1-of-14 from the floor in the quarter to grab a 74-point lead (108-34) going into the fourth quarter.
• The Golden Suns’ lead reached triple digits with 2:01 to play on a Ryann Goodsell layup, and Tech increased its lead to as many as 107 (149-42) in the final minutes before Ecclesia scored the game’s final points with six seconds to play.

NOTABLES

• Tech’s 149 points sets a new school record, eclipsing the 128 points scored against Crowley’s Ridge on November 10, 2013. The Suns won that game by 89 points, which stood as the school record until tonight.
• Tech set new program single-game records in field goal attempts with 89 (previous record 88), field goals with 64 (previous record 50), and assists with 41 (previous record 37).
• Breathitt and Higgins eclipsed the 20-point mark, while Jayana Sanders (19 points), Alicia Mardis (18), Ryann Goodsell (13), Hannah Villines (12), Kiara Moses (12), Leighton Taylor (11) and Lyrik Williams (10) all reached double figures.
• Goodsell led Tech with eight rebounds, while Taylor dished out a game-high nine assists.
• Breathitt had eight steals to lead the Golden Suns.
• Tech outscored Ecclesia 64-2 off turnovers, 24-6 on second-chance points, 65-7 on bench points, 71-0 on fast break points and 102-16 on points in the paint.

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