• St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 5 — The American Midwest Conference (AMC) announced their first athletes of the week for baseball and softball, and three CBC Mustangs were selected. Josh Albat won Pitcher of the Week in baseball, while Hannah Work earned Pitcher of the Week and Lauren Anderson earned Hitter of the Week in softball. Albat started the season off in big fashion, throwing four innings of one hit baseball against Champion Christian in the season-opener. He earned the win, also striking out a career-high six while allowing two unearned runs. Work threw four hitless innings in the season-opener against Dillard, striking out four and earning her first win of the season in a 26-0 run rule victory. Anderson went 2-5 on the weekend with a home run, four RBIs, a walk and a hit by pitch. She posted a .571 on base percentage and slugged 1.000 to help CBC start the year 2-0.
Men’s Basketball
• Conway, Feb. 1 — Looking to continue their historic run in AMC play, CBC hosted the Cougars of Columbia College (CC) inside a packed and loud A.R. Reddin Fieldhouse. CBC (18-4, 8-0 AMC) led by 15 at half and had to come back with clutch free throws in overtime to beat CC (16-5, 6-2 AMC) 77-76. Deshawn Corprew led five Mustangs in double figures scoring and he was joined by Sage Borbon, Devin Foster, Jonas Carlisle and Kyle Harding in that department. Three-point shooting was the key as the Mustangs were able to nail 12 threes in the contest, their third highest total this season.
Women’s Basketball
• Conway, Feb. 1 — Opening the second half of AMC play at home, CBC hosted the Cougars of Columbia College inside A.R. Reddin Fieldhouse. CBC (3-12, 2-8 AMC) led after one quarter, but were outscored 21-6 in the second and fell to CC (18-3, 10-1 AMC) 68-49. Caroline Citty led the way with 13 points for CBC, seven of which came on eight attempts at the free throw line, where she passed Aaliyah Block to move into fourth place on the all-time list of free throws made with 178. Lydia York was the other Lady Mustang in double figures, with 11 off the bench. CBC did force 15 Cougar turnovers while committing only 11, and turned those 15 turnovers into 16 points.
Baseball
• Bryant, Feb. 2 — CBC was on the field for the first time this season on Friday at Bishop Field in Bryant for a doubleheader against the Champion Christian Tigers. CBC split the doubleheader, taking game one 10-2 before dropping game two 1-0. Jacori Hicks came off the bench and went 2-3 with a home run and five RBIs in the game, and Josh Albat threw a gem on the mound, earning the win with four innings of one hit baseball, striking out six and allowing just two unearned runs. Julio Escobar got the save in game one, pitching the final three innings and allowing just three walks while striking out three. In the second game, CBC only mustered a pair of extra base hits, both off the bat of Ryan Dauphinee. Gram Middleton was good in his four innings, allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out four. Jaxon Kirkhuff allowed the only run in two innings of relief on just three hits with three Ks for the unfortunate loss.
Softball
• LeCompte, La., Feb. 2 — CBC started the season 2-0 after beating Dillard 26-0 and Arlington Baptist (ABC) 8-4 at the Louisiana Christian University Play Day. CBC pounded out 16 hits and three home runs (off the bats of Kinley Johnson, Lauren Anderson and Abi West) against Dillard, including scoring 15 in the first and 10 in the fourth, scoring the third largest shutout win in program history. Hannah Work and Olivia Pickard combined on the two-hit shutout, with Work throwing four innings of hitless ball while striking out four, and Pickard relieving her in the fifth, allowing the only hits of the game. In the game against ABC, CBC got runs in the third, fifth, sixth and seventh innings and got doubles on the day from Madeline Bruce, Ysabella Esquivel and West. Alex Jeter went the distance for the win, striking out five around 10 hits and four runs with three walks.
