Oklahoma City, Okla. -- Egidija Busaite tallied a game-high 19 points to lead the Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels to a 79-62 victory over the Tabor College Lady Jays Saturday night (Nov. 13) at the Gaulke Activity Center.
The Lady Evangels have now won two straight to improve to 2-1 on the season, with the Lady Jays dropping to 1-2. The Lady Jays' victory this season came against NCAA Division III No. 11-ranked Concordia University.
MACU jumped on the Lady Jays early with five quick points out of the gate and then led 10-4 on a three by Tranecia Smith less than three minutes into the game.
A bucket by Bernista Frost stretched the lead to double-figures at 23-12 with 9:40 left in the opening half.
The lead was nine when Busaite scored five straight to give the Lady Evangels their largest lead of the half at 32-18 at the 5:35 mark.
MACU went on to a 39-28 lead at the break.
Consecutive field goals from Tynan Honn and Katlyn Mary helped pull the Lady Jays back to within single-digits at 41-32 when the Lady Evangels ripped off a 15-8 run that was capped by a trey from Busaite that made it a 16-point lead with 11:14 remaining.
The Lady Jays got as close as 10 with 5:43 left, but the Lady Evangels put it away by outscoring Tabor 12-0 over the next 3:13 for a 76-54 cushion.
Another three by Busaite gave the Lady Evangels their biggest lead of the night at 79-56 at the 2:05 mark.
Busaite's 19 points came on a solid 6-of-7 overall from the field and 3-of-4 from three-point distance.
Smith scored 12 and April Hale chipped in with 10. Michelle Hardimon dished out a team-high five assists.
The Lady Evangels as a team shot 49.1 percent (27-of-55) from the field, while holding the Lady Jays to 36.4 percent (16-off-44) overall and only 30.0 percent (6-of-20) in the second half.
MACU will next hit the road for a non-conference matchup at Texas College on Monday night (Nov. 15) at 5:30 p.m. in Marshall, Texas.
