Women's Basketball | 10/31/2026 6:54:00 PM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Cloud County Community College women's basketball team fell 82-72 to Motlow State Community College on Friday, October 30 in the opener of the 2026 Motlow State Tip-Off Classic in Tullahoma, Tennessee. The following day, the T-Birds suffered a 73-51 loss to Columbia State Community College on the final day of the tournament to sit at 0-2 to open the 2026-2027 season.

Cloud County opened the game against the Motlow State Bucks with an 11-7 advantage following a three-pointer by sophomore forward Zanasia Marshall with just under six minutes remaining in the first quarter. Motlow State responded with back-to-back baskets to take a 12-11 lead at the first media timeout. The T-Birds were limited to just three field-goal makes in the first ten minutes of play and trailed 24-15 at the end of the first period.

Cloud County opened the second quarter on a 9-5 run to trim the deficit to 29-24, but Motlow State used timely shooting and took advantage of Cloud County's turnovers to stretch their lead to 37-28 at halftime.

Sophomore guard Auburn Aton connected on 3-of-3 from behind the arc in the third quarter and added a fourth made triple early in the fourth period, but Motlow State continued to find answers and held the T-Birds off the rest of the way.

Freshman guard Ceanna Mckines paced Cloud County with 26 points on 11-of-20 shooting from the field, while adding seven rebounds, three steals and an assist. Aton turned in 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting, including 4-of-6 from behind the arc. Sophomore forward Paige Smith added 13 points and eight rebounds, while Marshall had seven points, four rebounds, four steals and three assists.

Cloud County shot 25-of-56 (44.6 percent) from the floor and 17-of-23 (73.9 percent) from the free-throw line, but turned the ball over 33 times.

On Saturday, October 31, Cloud County fell behind by double-digits in the first quarter and struggled to keep pace with the Columbia State Chargers in a 22-point neutral-site loss. The T-Birds turned the ball over 28 times and were held to 19-of-67 (28.4 percent) shooting from the field, including 2-of-14 (14.3 percent) from three-point range. Cloud County also made just 11-of-22 (50.0 percent) shots from the foul line.

Sophomore guard Breanna Reeves led the team in scoring with 11 points. Reeves also had three rebounds and two steals.

Freshman forward Ella Oehmke joined her in double-figures with 10 points while adding five rebounds and two assists.

Smith finished with nine points, three rebounds and three blocked shots.

Aton collected seven points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Mckines added six points, four rebounds and two steals, while redshirt freshman forward Jazlene Ruiz had six points, a team-high nine rebounds and a team-best four assists.

Cloud County will host its home opener on Tuesday, November 3 when the T-Birds take on Bethany College JV at 6 pm in Arley Bryant Gymnasium.