Plainview, Texas -- The Wayland Baptist University Flying Queens pulled away down the stretch of the second half to offset a career-high 29 points from Kourtni Williams and went on to an 84-73 win over the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels in Sooner Athletic Conference action Thursday evening (Jan. 10) in Plainview, Texas.

The Lady Evangels hung close most of the way and led by five three times in the second half, with the last being on a layup from Parris Price that made it 58-53 at the 12:42 mark.

WBU then scored eight straight to take the lead for good as two free throws by Aubrey Pedigo put the Flying Queens on top and a layup from Christie Mooney gave WBU a three-point lead.

A layup from Williams made it a one-point game before the Flying Queens scored the next five as a three-point play by Angeleigh Davis extended the lead to 66-60 with 7:48 left.

The Lady Evangels again fought back to within a point when a layup from Williams and a three by Sarah Martin cut the deficit to 66-65.

But that's when the Flying Queens pulled away for good with a 9-0 run that gave WBU its largest lead to that point of 75-65 at the 3:15 mark.

The Lady Evangels got off to a quick start in the opening half and led by as many as seven when Emilie Schirmer scored to make it 15-8.

WBU came back to lead by eight but the Lady Evangels (9-4, 0-2 SAC) closed to within two at 42-40 at the break.

Williams' 29 points came on 11-of-19 shooting overall from the field and 6-of-8 at the charity stripe.  She also made her only three-point attempt and pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds.  Martin scored 16 and nailed 4-of-5 from three-point distance.  Priced chipped in with 11 points and along with Sabrina McKinney dished out a team-high five assists. 

Davis paced the Flying Queens (11-7, 3-1 SAC) with 26 points, while Mooney and Lauren Castillo each scored 13.

The Lady Evangels will remain in the Lone Star State and play at No. 1-ranked Lubbock Christian University on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 12) at 12:45 p.m.