WINONA LAKE, IND. –  The Central Baptist Mustangs’ title hopes were dashed Wednesday afternoon in a thrilling double-overtime game in the opening round of the NCCAA Men’s Division I National Championship.  CBC was edged by the host Grace College, 80-86.

The Lancers and Mustangs ended the half tied at 33.  With seven minutes left in the half CBC found itself down 15-24.  The Mustangs got to work starting with a back to back baskets by Andy Ettiene (JR/Jersery City, NJ) and Teshawn Sims(SR/Conway, AR). Central Baptist went on a 10-2 run to take the lead 33-31 before Grace’s Erik Bowen hit two free throws to tie it up.

The Lancers opened up a 14-point lead in the second half on a three-pointer by Jaret Sons.  That’s when the Mustangs got to work.  Teshawn Sims scored followed by a DJ Reed (SR/England, AR) basket as CBC battled back to within 60-64.  Fred Albright (SR/Little Rock, AR)’s three-pointer and a basket by Mike Evans (SR/North Little Rock, AR) gave CBC the lead 65-64. A Lancer free throw with seconds left tied it up in regulation at 65.

The teams battle in a first overtime and CBC evened it up at 72 on a Fred Albright free-throw.   The second overtime was a back and forth affair.  The Lancers held an 84-78 lead and then CBC’s Jalyn McBride scored to get within four points before free throws created the final score.

Teshawn Sims would lead the Mustangs with 16 points.  Mike Evans added 13 points and 12 rebounds while Marcelious Green (JR/Houston, TX) scored 11 points.

UP NEXT: The Mustangs play Thursday at 9:15 a.m. in a consolation bracket game against the Hiwassee College (Tenn.) Tigers.

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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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