Oklahoma City, Okla. -- The Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels placed six players in double-figures en route to a comfortable 85-17 victory over the Dallas Christian Lady Crusaders Monday night (Nov. 14) at the Gaulke Activity Center. The Lady Evangels moved to 4-0 with the win, equaling their best start since joining the NAIA in 2007.
The 17 points allowed and the 68 point margin of victory are also school-bests since the 2007 season.
MACU was never threatened as three treys by
Erica Jones helped build a 20-2 lead just over six minutes into the contest.
MACU expanded the lead to 41-9 on a three by
Parris Price before
Chelsea Key connected on a trey as time wound down for a 44-12 lead at the break.
Nicole Wittman contributed eight points to help the Lady Evangels score the first 23 points of the second half to take a commanding 67-12 advantage at the 10:50 mark.
Overall, the Lady Evangels out-scored the Lady Crusaders by a whopping 41-5 tally in the second stanza as a layup by
Brooklyn Bell gave MACU it's final 68-point margin.
Bell scored a team-high 14 points, while Jones and Butler each recorded 13. Wittman,
Kourtni Williams and
Brittany Woodard each finished with 10, with Williams grabbing a game-high 10 rebounds.
Price dished out a game-high eight assists and Woodard led everyone with four thefts.
Jesselyn Smithflowers paced the Lady Crusaders with 10 points. Smithflowers and Alisson McGuiness each had seven boards.
The Lady Evangels' defense forced the Lady Crusaders into only a 14 percent (6-of-43) shooting clip overall, including holding them to only one field goal (1-of-24) in the second half.
MACU shot 52.2 percent (35-of-67) from the field overall and a solid 11-of-23 from three-point distance.
Next up the Lady Evangels will remain at home and host Texas College on Friday night (Nov. 18), with tip-off again at 6 p.m.
