Dallas, Texas -- After a nip and tuck first half, the NCAA II Dallas Baptist University Patriots broke out in a big way and went on to a 90-75 win over the Mid-America Christian University Evangels in an exhibition battle Saturday night (Nov. 23) in Dallas, Texas. 

With the game tied 46-46 at the half, the Patriots scored the first six points out of the locker room and extended the run to 20-3 as consecutive threes by Cory Carden and Jason Gentry made it 66-49.

The Evangels briefly made a charge with a 9-3 spurt that cut the deficit to 13, but the Patriots answered back with an 11-4 run to take a commanding 85-65 lead with 5:05 left. 

MACU twice led by as four in the early going of the first half that featured nine lead changes and 10 ties, with the last coming on a layup by Josh Minner that created the 46-46 gridlock at the break.  

It was a tale of two halves shooting for the Evangels, as they shot a blistering 65.5 percent (19-of-29) in the opening half but fell off to a frigid 21.2 percent clip (7-of-33) in the second. 

DBU was also solid in the opening half, going 55.6 percent (15-of-27) from the floor, but contrary to the Evangels, the Patriots only cooled slightly to 50 percent (12-of-24) in the second.  

Angelo Lewis led the Evangels (3-1) with 21 points and seven rebounds, while Minner also reached double-figures with 13. Semar Farris had a team-high four assists. 

Remy Ndiaye paced five Patriots (2-3) in double-digit scoring with a double-double of 26 points and 13 boards. 

The Evangels will wrap up their exhibition slate Monday night (Nov. 25) with a matchup at NCAA II and former Sooner Athletic Conference rival Rogers State University at 7 p.m. in Claremore, Okla.