Eagles Fall to No. 18 Central Baptist on the Road
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Williams Baptist (AR) (4-18, 1-15) | 25 | 33 | 58 |
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Central Baptist (AR) (22-4, 15-1) | 57 | 45 | 102 |
CONWAY, Ark. (2/13/25) – The Williams Baptist University men's basketball team fell to No. 18 Central Baptist in an American Midwest Conference matchup by the final score of 102-58 on Thursday night.
DJ Townsend led the Eagles with 16 points on 7-for-13 shooting from the floor. Elisha Cofield led the team on the glass with seven rebounds.
As a team, WBU went 24-for-63 (38.1 percent) from the field. The Mustangs went 50.7 percent from the floor with 16 made three-pointers. The Eagles lost the rebound battle 52-29. The Eagles never led in the contest.
CBC began the game on a 13-2 run through five minutes to force a WBU timeout. The Mustangs continued to pile on to take a 57-25 lead into halftime.
The Eagles were unable to dig out of the hole in the second half as CBC extended its lead to as much as 55 with two and a half minutes to play.
The loss drops WBU to 4-18 overall and 1-15 in AMC play. The Eagles return to the floor on Saturday, Feb. 15 against Missouri Baptist in St. Louis, Mo. Tip-off against the Spartans is set for 4 p.m. from inside the Carl & Deloris Petty SRC.