Winona Lake, Ind. -- Senior Brittany Johnson scored a game-high 22 points to spark the No. 7 seed Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels to a 72-58 victory over the No. 6 seed Trinity International Lady Trojans in a consolation round of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Friday afternoon  (Mar. 18) in Winona Lake, Indiana. 

The Lady Evangels (15-17) used an 11-2 run midway through the first half to grab a 30-27 lead and went on to a 38-33 lead at the break.

Trinity cut the lead to three with 18 minutes left on a bucket by Melanie Duplessis, but April Hale hit a three to start a 9-0 spurt for a 49-37 lead.  Johnson scored four points and Nicole Wittman also scored during the run. 

After Brittany Simon halted the run with a three for the Lady Trojans (18-16), Chelsea Key came on and scored five points as the Lady Evangels scored six straight for a 55-40 cushion with 11:16 remaining. 

From there, the Lady Evangels kept the lead in double-figures the rest of the way. 

Johnson's 22 points came on a solid 10-of-13 shooting from the field.  She also tied for the team-lead with six rebounds.  Wittman scored 18 and Hale added 11.  Melissa Aguilar and Marcy Robinson each dished out a team-high four assists. 

Simon led the Lady Trojans with 20 points and Duplessis chipped in with 12. 

The Lady Evangels held the Lady Trojans to only 33.3 percent (21-of-63) from the field for the game and forced 28 turnovers. 

MACU shot 42 percent (29-of-69) from the floor. 

The Lady Evangels will now play tournament host Grace College tomorrow afternoon  (Mar. 19) at noon (CST) in the fifth-place game.