OKLAHOMA CITY -- The No. 4-ranked Oklahoma Baptist pulled away early in the first half and went on to a 90-63 win over the Mid-America Christian Evangels in Sooner Athletic Conference action Saturday evening (Feb. 4) at the Gaulke Activity Center. 

The Bison scored the first seven points and quickly built the lead to double-digits on a layup by Deangelo McIntosh at the 12:38 mark of the opening half. 

It was 23-10 when Emmanuel Wilson sparked a 19-2 spurt with seven points for a 30-point cushion of 42-12.

OBU went on to a 43-16 lead at the break. 

The Evangels (9-11, 4-11 SAC) trailed by 29 but made a push as Charlie Shorter keyed a 17-9 spurt with seven points to make it 60-39 with 11:33 remaining.

But from there the Bison closed the deal with a 20-1 run that ballooned the lead to 80-41 with 6:17 left.

Shorter led the Evangels with 17 points, while George Haynes scored 14 along with a team-high nine rebounds.  Camilo Valencia dished out a team-best nine assists.

Wilson scored a game-high 18 points for the Bison and Derick Echols added 15.  Heath McKay scored 14 and McIntosh chipped in with 12 points and a game-high 13 boards.

The Bison got off to the hot start with a stingy defensive effort that limited the Evangels to only an 18.5 percent (5-of-27) shooting clip in the first half. 

The Evangels were out-rebounded by a narrow 40-38 margin overall but held an 18-7 edge on the offensive glass. 

MACU will next play a make-up game at St. Gregory's on Monday night (Feb. 6) at 7 p.m. in Shawnee, Okla.   The game was originally scheduled for last Thursday night (Feb. 2), but was rescheduled due to the SGU Men's Basketball team bus accident last Saturday afternoon (Jan. 28).