Kamba, Howard lead Central Arkansas over Abilene Christian

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ABILENE, Texas (AP) _ Mathieu Kamba and Jordan Howard scored 28 each _ a career

best for Kamba _ and Central Arkansas beat Abilene Christian 81-76 Thursday

night.



The Bears (3-13, 2-1 Southland) never trailed after halftime and had their

largest lead at 55-43 with 13:47 left. The Wildcats (6-8, 0-3) had a 10-point

deficit at 54 seconds and cut it down to 79-76 on Jaylen Franklin’s 3-pointer

with 10 seconds left. The Bears’ Jeff Lowery made a pair of free throws to ice

it.



Tanner Schmit added eight points and 10 rebounds for the Bears, who won their

second in three games after a nine-game losing streak.



Jalone Friday led the Wildcats with 17 points and 10 boards. Isaiah Tripp

added 16 points, Franklin scored 12 and Jaren Lewis had 11.



Central Arkansas had 19 turnovers, but Abilene Christian made 7 of 20 from the

foul line and got outrebounded 44-26.


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