Dallas, Texas -- The Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels cruised to a 78-42 victory over the Dallas Christian Crusaders in their non-conference finale Saturday morning (Dec. 18) in Dallas, Texas.
The win is the Lady Evangels fourth win in their last five tries and moves their overall record to 6-4 heading into the Christmas holiday.
The score was tied at 15 when the Lady Evangels took command with a 19-3 run over the next nine minutes.
Brittany Johnson scored consecutive buckets to begin the spurt and Magen Roth scored nine of the next 15 points for a 34-18 lead with 1:28 left in the opening half.
MACU went on to a 36-20 lead at the break.
Nicole Wittman helped the Lady Evangels continue to pull away by keying an 18-5 charge by scoring eight points in the first eight minutes of the second half.
A steal and a layup by Marcy Robinson put the Lady Evangels up by 30 with 7:01 left and then a pair of free throws from Egidija Busaite gave them their largest lead of the game at 74-39 with 1:24 remaining.
Wittman led the Lady Evangels with a game-high 19 points along with eight rebounds. Wittman and Robinson also recorded five steals apiece.
Roth scored 15 and Robinson added 10. Brittany Prandy saw her first action of the season and knocked down a pair of threes.
Titan Chuma, the NCCAA's leading rebounder, led the Crusaders with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
The Lady Evangels forced 39 turnovers and tallied 21 steals in limiting the Crusaders (1-17) to only a 27.3 percent (9-of-33) shooting clip.
MACU will next be in action at home against John Brown on New Years Day, Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. in the Gaulke Activity Center.
