Jan. 5, 2009

1.5.09 - Oklahoma City, OK- The Mid-America Christian University (MACU) women's basketball team fell to Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) opponent Wayland Baptist University (WBU) 74-59 on Monday night at the Gaulke Activity Center.

The loss drop's the Lady Evangels to 5-8 overall with a record of 0-5 in conference play. With the win the Lady Flying Queens are 8-5 overall and 2-3 in conference.

The Flying Queens controlled the game right from the start leading by as many as 23 (15-38) in the first half. With ten minutes to play in the first half WBU went on a 14-2 run (15-38). With four minutes left in the first half Lady Evangels started to chip away at the Flying Queens lead making the score 43-26 going into the locker room at half time.

The second half looked much like the first with WBU coming out strong and immediately extending their lead. With 17 minutes to play WBU had their largest lead of the night (55-28). MACU was unable to stop the Flying Queens offense. The Lady Evangels were able to cut the lead to 15 but they were unable to catch WBU.

Tiphani Eaves led the Lady Evangels with 14 points and four rebounds.Danein Wells had 11 points and nine rebounds on the night.

MACU shot 33 percent from the field, 31 percent from behind the arc and 63 percent from the free throw line.

The Lady Evangels will travel to Alva, Oklahoma on Thursday, December 8th to take on conference opponent Northwestern Oklahoma State University.