Ada, Okla. - The NCAA Division II East Central University Lady Tigers took control early and went on to an 88-59 win over the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels in an exhibition contest for the Lady Evangels Saturday evening (Dec. 10) in Ada, Okla.

Early on Parris Price hit a three for a 3-1 lead, but the Lady Tigers scored the next 16 points over the next four minutes for a commanding 14-point lead at the 14:04 mark of the opening half.

Kourtni Williams tried to keep the Lady Evangels in it by scoring six straight to bring it down to a 19-9 deficit.

It was 21-11 when Dilan Webster nailed two straight buckets to start an 11-4 run that put the Lady Tigers back up 32-15.

The Lady Tigers then closed the half on a 9-3 run for a comfortable 48-27 lead at the break.

Brittany Woodard started the second half with a layup and then hit a jumper to make it 50-31 when Ashley Robison capped a 7-0 spurt that gave ECU its largest lead to that point of 26 points.

The closest the Lady Evangels could get from there was 20 on three occasions, with the last being 74-54 on a layup by Erica Love with 7:51 remaining.

From there, Taylor Fischer hit a three to start a 9-0 for the Lady Tigers to put the game away.

Woodard led the Lady Evangels with 11 points and Erica Jones added 10. Nicole Wittman contributed a team-high five rebounds.

Lindsay McCown had game-highs of 22 points and 12 boards, while Robison had 12 points and five rebounds. Alex Tucker chipped in with 11 points.

The Lady Tigers held a 49-32 edge on the glass and limited the Lady Evangels to only 35.1 percent (20-of-57) from the floor, while shooting a 49.3 percent (36-of-73) clip themselves.

MACU will now take the next three weeks off to observe the Christmas holiday before resuming action in the Sooner Athletic Conference at Northwestern Oklahoma State on Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. in Alva, Okla.