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Womens Basketball Coaches: Meagan Henson

Head Women's Basketball Coach Meagan Henson
Meagan Henson
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Head Women's Basketball Coach

Meagan Henson will begin her second season as Women's Basketball Head Coach at Central Christian College of the Bible in 2020-21.

Henson, who played four seasons at Texas Christian University and spent the previous four years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels, was named head women's basketball coach at Central Christian College of the Bible, Director of Athletics Jack Defreitas announced on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019.

In her first season with the Saints, Henson guided the 2019-20 squad to a 12-win season. Eight of those wins came in the last 13 games, capped off by a third-place finish in the Midwest Christian College Conference Tournament.

Henson comes to Central Christian from Howard Payne University, an NCAA Division III program in Brownwood, Texas, where she spent the 2018-19 season as the top assistant coach for the Lady Jackets. Prior to Howard Payne, she spent a year each as a graduate assistant coach at NCAA Division II programs Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa, and Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.

At Angelo State, she helped the 'Belles to a 24-8 season that included a trip to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament.

Meagan Henson was announced as the head women's basketball coach at Central Christian College of the Bible on Tuesday by Director of Athletics Jack Defreitas.After her four-year career in the Mountain West and Big 12 conferences with TCU, she spent a season as a student assistant coach with the Horned Frogs. During her four seasons as a player with TCU, she was named to the Academic All-Mountain West Team as a freshman and sophomore, and Academic All-Big 12 Team as a junior (first team) and senior (second team). 

A Yukon, Okla., native, Henson played in 82 games for the Horned Frogs, wrapping up her four-year career in 2014 with 140 points, 65 assists, 43 rebounds and 26 steals while shooting over 80% from the charity stripe. She scored a career high 13 points on the road at the University of New Mexico's historic Pit arena. 

While in high school, Henson starred at Christian Heritage Academy in Del City. She committed to TCU after her freshman year of high school and was rated the fourth best senior in the state of Oklahoma. 

Henson comes from a college basketball coaching family being the niece of Lou Henson, who coached the men at the University of Illinois from 1975-96 and New Mexico State from 1997-2005. Her grandfather Ken, was the men's coach at Howard Payne from 1970-74.

Henson graduated from Texas Christian in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. She earned a Master of Education in Sport Administration from Upper Iowa in 2018.

Saints unable to put away Eagles after strong start

CCCB freshman Niya Golden-King scored nine points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Saints' 74-62 loss to Faith Baptist Bible College on Monday.
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Saints unable to put away Eagles after strong start

Moberly, Mo.

The Central Christian College of the Bible women led after one quarter of play and by as many 10 in the first half, but couldn't hold on as Faith Baptist Bible College knocked off the Saints, 74-62, in the conference opener for both teams on Monday evening in the Ferneau Center.

The Saints (1-11, 0-1 Midwest Christian College Conference) led 18-13 at the end of the first quarter, then pushed their advantage to 10 midway through the second stanza.

The Eagles (2-6, 1-0 MCCC) countered with a 17-4 run in the final 5:44 before the half to take a 34-31 lead, one they would hold the rest of the evening. The Saints trailed 55-45 at the end of the third quarter and got as close as seven before Faith Baptist pulled away to a 15-point lead late in the fourth quarter.

Faith Baptist's Lyndi Shepard led all scorers with 22 points. Michaela Crider scored 15 points and Mackenzie Hanson added 13.

Central Christian was led by Tink Harris with 19 points and seven assists. Damia Covington scored 12 points and pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds, while Ryan Stuart-Flores scored 10 points.

The Saints have nearly three weeks off before they return to action at Columbia College in exhibition play on Dec. 31.

Saints still searching for first win heading into Thanksgiving

CCCB freshman Skylar Beck scored five points on Friday during the Saints' 68-45 loss to Providence University College.
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Saints still searching for first win heading into Thanksgiving

Moberly, Mo.

The Saints couldn't shake a horrid first quarter as visiting Providence University College topped Central Christian College of the Bible, 68-45, on Friday at the Ferneau Center.

The Pilots led 20-4 at the end of the first quarter, but the Saints kept things even in the second frame to go into the break down, 34-19. A Ryan Stuart-Flores 3-pointer with 28 seconds left in the third quarter made it 44-36, but that's as close as the Saints (0-7) would get the rest of the way.

Tink Harris led the Saints with 17 points. Damia Covington scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Stuart-Flores scored 10 points and pulled down 12 rebounds.

Katelinn Thiessen led Providence with 15 points.

The Saints shot just 28 percent from the field and 17 percent (3-for-18) from behind the arc. They had 12 steals, but committed 33 turnovers.

The Pilots shot 40 percent from the field and 25 percent (3-for-12) from 3-point range. They recorded 19 steals and committed 29 turnovers.

Central Christian will have a full 10 days off for Thanksgiving break before the next game at home against Union College (Neb.) on Nov. 26.