Jan. 24, 2009

1.24.09 - Oklahoma City, Okla.- The Mid-America Christian University men's basketball team fell to Sooner Athletic Conference opponent Oklahoma Baptist University 82-46 on Saturday evening at the Gaulke Activity Center.

The loss drops the Evangels to 2-16 overall and 1-10 in the SAC. The Bison are currently ranked number two in the country with an overall record of 17-2 and they are 10-1 in the SAC.

MACU had 28 turnovers to the Bison's 13 in the game. The Evangels struggled on the boards being out-rebounded 41-24.

The Evangels battled with OBU for the first ten minutes of the game but the Bison took a 10 point lead with 9:55 to play and did not trail for the remainder of the game.

Little went wrong for the Bison in the first half taking 17 point lead into the locker room at the break (39-22).

The Evangels were unable to chip away at OBU's lead in the second half. The Bison went on a 13-0 run (56-31) with 11:22 remaining in the game. The Evangels were unable to come back loosing by a final score of 82-46.

Brandon Williams led the Evangels in scoring with eight points and on the boards with six. He also had one steal.

The Bison were led by Nate Brumfield with 20 points and nine rebounds. Emmanuel Wilson had 16 points, eight boards and four steals.

The Evangels will take on Southern Nazarene University on Thursday, January 29th at 8 p.m. at the Gaulke Activity Center.