Siloam Springs, Ark. -- The John Brown Golden Eagles broke the game open in the first half and went on to an 81-61 win over the Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels Saturday afternoon (Feb. 12) in Siloam Springs, Ark.
JBU out-scored the Lady Evangels 16-2 over the next four minutes capped by consecutive threes by Kortni Kendrick to lead 18-6 at the 12:13 mark of the opening half.
The Lady Evangels (10-13, 6-11 SAC) got to within nine on two occasions, with the last being on a basket by Robinson that made it 22-13.
From there, the Golden Eagles seized command with a 12-2 run to push the lead to 19 with 4:23 left in the first half.
A four-point play by
Melissa Aguilar cut the lead to 34-19 and the Lady Evangels trailed 38-24 at the half.
April Hale started the second half with a layup that brought MACU to within 12, but that's as close as the Lady Evangels could get as the Golden Eagles ran off a 10-3 run to extend the lead to 48-29 with 16:45 left.
After Hale hit a pair of free throws to make it 54-40, the Golden Eagles (18-6, 12-4 SAC) put the game away with a 17-7 run to make it a 24-point game with 4:51 remaining.
Nicole Wittman scored 12 points to lead the Lady Evangels and Robinson added 10. Aguilar chipped in with nine points along with a team-high six rebounds and five assists.
Anna Parrish paced the Golden Eagles with game-highs of 17 points and six assists. Chelsea Garrison added 14 points and a game-high 10 boards. Katie Mangels tallied 12 points and Emily Ortiz added 10.
The Golden Eagles enjoyed a huge advantage on the glass, outrebounding the Lady Evangels 37-20 overall.
MACU did force 20 turnovers, while committing only 11.
The Lady Evangels will next host Rogers State on Monday evening (Feb. 14) in a makeup of the game orginally scheduled for last Thursday (Feb. 10), but was postponed due to the winter storm. Tip-off is still set for 6 p.m. at the Gaulke Activity Center.
