CONWAY – Playing their first regular season game since Nov. 20, 2020, Central Baptist College women’s basketball took the floor today at A.R. Reddin Fieldhouse to host the Spartans of Missouri Baptist University in their American Midwest Conference. CBC (5-1, 0-1) trailed by three in regulation, tied the game at the buzzer and ended up losing in triple overtime to MBU (7-4, 3-2 AMC) 87-81.

Holly Allen (SR/Cabot, Ark.) led the way with 20 points and three other Mustangs joined her in double figures. Grace Coates (SR/Two Rivers, Ark.) had 19 in her season debut, Alexis Augustus (SR/Baton Rouge, La.) had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds and Izzy Arnold (FR/Cabot, Ark.) also had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds while Chrishey Wilkes (JR/St. Louis, Mo.) grabbed a season-best 11 rebounds on her own. Neither team led by more than seven points in a game that featured 11 ties and 13 lead changes.

CBC led at the end of the first, second and third quarters by one point each time. The Lady Mustangs would extend their lead to three, 47-44 with 7:19 left in third, before the Spartans immediately tied the game on the ensuing possession. From there, MBU raced out to a 61-54 lead with 1:46 left in the game and attempted to salt it away, but CBC kept fighting, getting the lead to three points with five seconds left and allowing Coates to tie the game to send it to overtime knotted at 64.

In the first overtime, CBC led on three different occasions, including 71-69 with 20 seconds to play. A foul by Augustus with four seconds left led MBU to the free throw line, where they tied it and Augustus missed a jumper at the buzzer to send the contest to overtime number two.

MBU grabbed the lead in the second overtime, 75-71, but CBC fought back, getting a bucket from Coates with 1:29 left and a pair of Allen free throws with 41 seconds left to tie it 75. CBC would again have a chance to win it, but Allen missed a jumper to send it to a third OT.

CBC grabbed a 78-77 lead in the third overtime before the Spartans tied it with a free throw and took the lead with a layup. An Augustus jumper with 1:37 left in the contest tied the game at 80 but MBU was able to get a layup on the other and CBC couldn’t get a basket, falling by six.

The Lady Mustangs are back on the floor on Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. when they welcome the Owls of William Woods to Reddin Fieldhouse.

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MOORE, Okla. – Playing on the road for the second time this season, Central Baptist College women’s basketball took on the Saints of Randall University this afternoon at the Randall Activities Center. CBC (3-0) used a dominant third quarter, where they outscored the Saints (1-3) 18-0 to cruise to a 74-36 win.

Holly Allen (SR/Cabot, Ark.) led the way in both points and rebounds, scoring 19 points and grabbing eight boards while Izzy Arnold (FR/Cabot, Ark.) led with four assists. Allen also had two assists to tie Britney Nealy’s program record of 212 for her career. The Lady Mustangs shot 40 percent from the field and 46 percent in the second half, holding Randall to 21 percent for the game and just 13 percent (4-30) in the second half while dominating on the glass 47-31.

Randall made two free throws to take the lead before any time ran off the clock. Alexis Augustus (SR/Baton Rouge, La.) tied the game at the free throw line eight seconds in. Allen would can a three with 8:59 left in the first to make it 5-2 before the Saints responded with a three of their own to tie the score at 5-5. A layup by Macey Decker (SO/Mountain View, Ark.) with 8:12 left in the first quarter gave CBC a 7-5 lead and they would never trail or be tied again, racing out to a 36-26 lead at halftime.

In the pivotal third quarter, CBC held Randall without a field or made free throw, increasing their lead to 54-26 after three. Randall went over 11 minutes without a second half field goal, as a suffocating Lady Mustang defense was able to force 23 turnovers.

Next up for CBC is a home game on Tuesday night against Bacone. Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m.

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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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