Lady Mustangs' Season Ends In AMC Quarterfinals

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director

            Springfield, Mo. – Looking to continue an already historic season, Central Baptist College women's basketball took on the Stephens Stars tonight in the quarterfinals of the American Midwest Conference Championship at W.E. Dowell Fieldhouse. CBC saw their season end at 11-16 with a 62-52 loss to the Stars.

            Lexi Duck, the AMC Freshman of the Year, led the way in scoring with 13 points off the bench while Aliya Grotjohn and Raigan Head both scored 10 points in their final games as Lady Mustangs. The game was decided on the glass, where Stephens had a 47-36 edge and points off turnovers as Stephens turned 24 Lady Mustang turnovers into 27 points while CBC only scored 10 points off 11 Star miscues.

SEASON NOTES

• CBC finished sixth in the AMC, tied with 2020-21 for the highest finish ever
• Head finishes the season with a record 491 points and a career total of 902, putting her fifth all-time
• Head finishes her career as the leader in points per game at 17.0
• Head finishes her career with 292 made field goals, fifth all-time
• Grotjohn finishes her career 10^th  in minutes played with 1,835
• Head finishes her career as the all-time leader in minutes per game at 33.8
• Grotjohn finishes her career with 108 made threes, good for seventh all-time
• Grotjohn finishes her career as the third best three-point shooter ever, making 38.6 percent
• Head finished the season with a record 136 made free throws and a career total of 241, placing her second all-time
• Head finishes her career as the all-time leader in free throw percentage at 83.97
• Head finishes her career with 523 rebounds, placing her fourth all-time
• Head finishes her career with a rebounds per game average of 9.8, third all-time
• Riley Whittington had 68 assists this season, giving her 150 for her career, tying her for ninth all-time
• Head finishes her career with the most career 30-point games (four) and owns the single game record (39)
• Head finishes her career with the most career 10-plus made free throw games (three) and owns the single-game record (13)
• Head finishes her career with a pair of 20 rebound games, the only player to achieve that feat
• CBC finishes the season with 10 wins while leading at the half, their first double digit win season in that category since 2021-22
• CBC made 642 field goals this season, sixth most in a season all-time while finishing with the ninth best season field goal percentage of 37.7
• CBC made 206 three pointers this season, their second most ever and their second straight season making 200-plus
• CBC made 376 free throws this season, the seventh most ever and broke the single season percentage record for the third straight year, this time with a percentage of .766
• The Lady Mustangs finish with 1,095 rebounds for an average of 40.6 a game, which ranks eighth and fourth in a season
• CBC had 361 assists this season, seventh most ever and averaged 13.4 per game, good for fifth
• CBC scored their fourth most points in a season with 1,866 for an average of 69.1, also fourth

Congratulations to the Lady Mustangs on a record breaking year!