OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City University Stars struck late in the second half to snap a scoreless tie and went on to a 1-0 win over the Mid-America Christian University Evangels in the Evangels' Sooner Athletic Conference opener Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 2) at MACU Soccer Field. 

The Stars' goal was scored by Adam Black as Black found the net from 20 yards out on the left side in the 73rd minute of action.

The shot count reflected how close of a match it was, as the Stars narrowly out-shot the Evangels 19-17 overall and 9-7 on-goal. 

MACU (6-3, 0-1 SAC) was led by Raphael Bonelle's four shots, while Black tallied a match-high six shots for OCU (6-2-3, 1-1 SAC). 

Tyler McIntosh made eight saves in the net for the Evangels and OCU's Jalen Howard stopped all seven shots-on-goal he faced.

The Evangels will look to stop their three-game skid at Rogers State University on Friday night (Oct. 5) at 8 p.m. in Claremore, Okla.