Oklahoma City, Okla. - Nathan Pratt scored 17 points to lead six Evangels in double-figures Mid-America Christian routed the St. Gregory's Cavaliers in Sooner Athletic Conference action Thursday night (Jan. 20) at the Gaulke Activity Center. 

After Fayzon Richey hit a three for the first bucket of the game for the Cavaliers, Brandon Williams scored five straight points to lead an 8-0 spurt.

The Evangels then extended the lead to 20-6 with a 10-0 run started by four straight points from John Shodipo at the 14:19 mark of the opening half.

Field-goals from Camilo Valencia and a three by Pratt ballooned the lead to 23, before another three from Pratt gave the Evangels their largest lead of the half at 40-14 with 7:05 left. 

Richey and Dylan Lemley then combined for nine points to spark an 11-2 Cavalier run that cut the lead to 15 at the 2:49 mark.

The Evangels went on to a 47-30 lead at the break. 

MACU (10-7, 6-5 SAC) kept their distance from the Cavaliers in the second half, again extending the lead as high as 23 points on three occasions, with the last being on a pair of free throws from Shodipo that made it 87-64 with 4:37 remaining. 

Pratt's 17 points came on 7-of-11 overall from the field and 3-of-6 from three-point range. Bradley Cosby finished with 15 points and Shodipo tallied 13. Williams and Cameron Langster each scored 11, while George Haynes chipped in with 10. 

Shodipo and Haynes each led the Evangels with seven rebounds and Donell Lewis dished out a team-high seven assists. 

Richey led all scorers with 24 points and Brandon Jackson finished with 17 along with a game-high nine assists. Lemley added 12 and Louis Marshall recorded a game-high nine boards for the Cavaliers (5-9, 2-8 SAC). 

The Evangels' defense limited the Cavaliers to only 36.4 percent (24-of-66) shooting for the game, including a 30.6 percent (11-of-36) shooting clip in the first half.