26 Jan 2022 Mustangs struggle at Columbia

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Columbia, Mo. – Looking to stop their current American Midwest Conference slide, Central Baptist College was inside the Southwell Complex on Jan. 20 for a meeting with the Cougars of Columbia College. CBC (8-11, 4-3 AMC) led only at 2-0 and struggled all night, falling to Columbia (11-10, 5-2 AMC) 101-65.

Braylon Steen led four Mustangs in double figures with a season-high 15 points. Jordan Parker also chipped in with 14, James Moore had 13 and Brevin Brimble finished with 10. CBC got out played, allowing Columbia to shoot 58 percent from the field and make 16 threes while getting outrebounded 38-24.

CBC women’s team

Augustus makes history despite loss at Columbia

Columbia, Mo. – Looking to end a four-game losing streak, Central Baptist College women’s basketball wrapped up their four-game American Midwest Conference road trip on Jan. 20 inside the Southwell Complex against the Cougars of Columbia College. CBC (9-8, 2-6 AMC) trailed 50-41 at halftime, fought back to tie the game, but ultimately lost 82-72 to CC (15-4, 8-0 AMC).

Alexis Augustus led the way with 23 points and also moved into fifth place on the all-time scoring list tonight with 737 points, passing Rachel Eitherington, Kory Westerman and Abbi Stearns. Aminata Seck notched her fourth straight double-double and 11th this season with 20 points and 10 rebounds. The key factors in the game were rebounding, which Columbia won 43-34 and three point shooting, where CC made 11 and CBC only knocked down one.

Game Flow

Columbia made the first basket of the game 25 seconds into the contest before Seck gave CBC the lead at 3-2 on an old fashioned three-point play at the 9:08 mark in the first quarter. A pair of free throws returned the lead to the Cougars, but a Seck made jumper with 8:28 left made it 5-4 CBC. A free throw and a made layup put CC back on top 7-5 with 7:10 left in the quarter, but another Seck layup tied it at 7-7 with 6:24 in the first. Columbia then went on an 8-1 run and closed the first quarter strong to make CBC try to fight back down 31-16 after one. The Lady Mustangs would get the lead down to five in the second quarter, but that’s as close as they got and they went into the locker room trailing 50-41.