It isn’t how you start the season, but how you finish that matters and for Central Arkansas Christian, that finish is playing for a Class 3A boys basketball state title championship.
The title game is at 1:45 today at Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs in a game that will be televised live on Arkansas PBS.
To follow along at home, check in-game stats by going to aaa.statbroadcast.com and clicking on the CAC game.
The Mustangs enter the game 26-5 having beaten Dumas, 50-48, in the semifinals at Elkins last Saturday and Bergman is 33-10.
The two teams met earlier this season, on Nov. 21, and the Panthers won easily, 65-46.
That win is also a bit deceiving as CAC was playing without its football players as the Mustangs were still in the playoffs.
Football season ended at Elkins on Nov. 24 and the basketball’s full roster was on display in the next game up, Nov. 27 and they then rattled off 20 consecutive wins. The Mustangs are simply a better team with Grayson Wilson on the court. Wilson, a junior, was all-state in basketball last season and is also CAC’s quarterback. He has committed to the University of Arkansas to play football.
Sam Maddox is a reliable threat on the wing and one of the best three-point shooters in school history.
Bergman lost in last year’s state championship game while CAC is going for its first title in boys basketball. Bergman’s girls team is also playing for a state title and is the first game of the day on Thursday with the boys game to follow.
It should be a huge crowd as Bergman also travels extremely well.
North Little Rock boys and girls teams both lost in semifinals Saturday and Maumelle lost to Benton in the quarterfinals in an overtime thriller. Benton faces Pine Bluff for the 5A title on Friday.
CAC is the only North of the River team playing for a title.
State finals schedule
Thursday
Noon | Class 3A girls: Bergman vs. Salem
1:45 p.m. | Class 3A boys: Bergman vs. CAC
6 p.m. | Class 4A girls: Farmington vs. Morrilton
7:45 | Class 4A boys: Farmington vs. Little Rock Christian
Friday
Noon | 5A girls: Greenwood vs. Vilonia
1:45 p.m. | 5A boys: Pine Bluff vs. Benton
6 p.m. | 6A girls: Conway vs. Little Rock Central
7:45 p.m. | 6A boys: Bryant vs. Little Rock Central
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It isn’t how you start the season, but how you finish that matters and for Central Arkansas Christian, that finish is playing for a Class 3A boys basketball state title championship.
The title game is at 1:45 today at Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs in a game that will be televised live on Arkansas PBS.
To follow along at home, check in-game stats by going to aaa.statbroadcast.com and clicking on the CAC game.
The Mustangs enter the game 26-5 having beaten Dumas, 50-48, in the semifinals at Elkins last Saturday and Bergman is 33-10.
The two teams met earlier this season, on Nov. 21, and the Panthers won easily, 65-46.
That win is also a bit deceiving as CAC was playing without its football players as the Mustangs were still in the playoffs.
Football season ended at Elkins on Nov. 24 and the basketball’s full roster was on display in the next game up, Nov. 27 and they then rattled off 20 consecutive wins. The Mustangs are simply a better team with Grayson Wilson on the court. Wilson, a junior, was all-state in basketball last season and is also CAC’s quarterback. He has committed to the University of Arkansas to play football.
Sam Maddox is a reliable threat on the wing and one of the best three-point shooters in school history.
Bergman lost in last year’s state championship game while CAC is going for its first title in boys basketball. Bergman’s girls team is also playing for a state title and is the first game of the day on Thursday with the boys game to follow.
It should be a huge crowd as Bergman also travels extremely well.
North Little Rock boys and girls teams both lost in semifinals Saturday and Maumelle lost to Benton in the quarterfinals in an overtime thriller. Benton faces Pine Bluff for the 5A title on Friday.
CAC is the only North of the River team playing for a title.
State finals schedule
Thursday
Noon | Class 3A girls: Bergman vs. Salem
1:45 p.m. | Class 3A boys: Bergman vs. CAC
6 p.m. | Class 4A girls: Farmington vs. Morrilton
7:45 | Class 4A boys: Farmington vs. Little Rock Christian
Friday
Noon | 5A girls: Greenwood vs. Vilonia
1:45 p.m. | 5A boys: Pine Bluff vs. Benton
6 p.m. | 6A girls: Conway vs. Little Rock Central
7:45 p.m. | 6A boys: Bryant vs. Little Rock Central
Saturday
11:30 a.m. | 1A girls: Mammoth Spring vs. Norfork
1:15 p.m. | 1A boys: Nevada vs. Marked Tree
6 p.m. | 2A girls: Mt. Vernon Enola vs. Mansfield
7:45 p.m. | 2A boys: EPC vs. Marshall