Weatherford, Okla. -- The Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels only trailed by one at the half, but a huge second half run lifted the Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs to a 68-50 win at the Weatherford Chamber Basketball Classic Friday evening (Nov. 19) in Weatherford, Okla. The game was an exhibition for the Lady Evangels.
The Lady Evangels (2-2) trailed 21-14 when Nicole Wittman hit three field goals to key an 11-2 run that put MACU on top 25-23 with 4:37 left in the first half.
Points were hard to come by for the remainder of the opening half but a three by Lauran Winham snapped a 25-25 tie before a layup by Brittany Johnson cut the Bulldog lead to one at 28-27 going into the locker room.
Both teams exhanged a pair of baskets to begin the second half when Natasha Brown fueled a 14-2 explosion by hitting back-to-back threes and scoring 12 points during that stretch that gave the Bulldogs their biggest lead of the game at 44-31 with 12:45 left in the game.
A free throw by Hardimon and a jumper from Tranecia Smith cut the lead to 44-34, but the Bulldogs then put the game away with a 15-6 spurt over the next seven minutes that made it 59-40 with 5:48 remaining.
Wittman led the Lady Evangels with a game-high 14 points and also pulled down a team-best five rebounds.
Brittany Woodard also reached double-figures with 11 points.
Brown and Sumiya Darden each scored 12 to pace the Bulldogs (2-0).
The Lady Evangels will wrap up play at the Classic with a matchup against Texas A&M Commerce tomorrow (Nov. 20) at 1 p.m.
