Oklahoma City, Okla. -- Magen Roth had a monster game of 15 points and 12 rebounds to help head coach Roman Owen achieve his first career victory in a 76-48 rout of the McPherson College (Kan.) Bulldogs Saturday night (Nov. 6) at the Gaulke Activity Center.
With the score knotted at 18-18, April Hale helped the Lady Evangels (1-1) take control by scoring seven of her nine points in the game to lead a 14-1 spurt over a seven minute span down the stretch of the first half.
MACU went on to lead 32-21 at the break.
The Lady Evangels kept the pressure on as Tranecia Smith and Brittany Woodard each nailed treys to spark a 12-4 run during the opening four minutes of the second half that stretched the lead to 44-25.
The lead grew to as many as 20 on five different occasions before a bucket by Roth gave the Lady Evangels their biggest lead to that point at 56-34 with 10:09 remaining.
A field goal by Nicole Wittman with 3:13 left expanded the lead to 69-43 and a free-throw by Melissa Aguilar with 27 seconds left made it a 28-point bulge.
Wittman had game-highs of 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Lady Evangels.
Roth's 15 points came on 6-of-8 shooting from the field. Michelle Hardimon had a team-best four assists for MACU.
Kristen Ozbun produced a team-high 13 points, while Elice Frey had 12 points and a team-best seven rebounds to pace the Bulldogs (1-3).
The Lady Evangels used a stifling defensive effort to limit the Bulldogs into only 23.2 percent (13-of-56) from the floor. Meanwhile, the Lady Evangels shot 42.6 percent (26-of-61) from the field.
MACU also out-rebounded the Bulldogs 41-21 overall.
The Lady Evangels will remain at home and host Tabor College next Saturday night (Nov. 13) at 6 p.m.
