York, Neb. -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels surged to their sixth straight victory with a 73-66 win over the York College Panthers Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 26) in York, Neb. 

The six-game winning streak is the Lady Evangels' longest since joining the NAIA in the 2007-08 season. 

MACU took control in the first half and closed the period on a 14-4 spurt to take a 39-26 lead at the break. 

But the Panthers clawed their way back to make a game of it and used a 10-2 run to go ahead by one at the 4:49 mark of the second half. 

The Lady Evangels (6-1) still trailed by a point when a score by Adaugo Osuala and a three-point play from Tierra Brown gave the Lady Evangels the lead for good with 2:14 left. 

After Cory Minjarez scored to to cut the lead to one for the Panthers, Ashlee Ferguson answered with a bucket and Osuala went a perfect 4-of-4 at the free-throw line in the final seconds to put the game away.  

Ferguson led the Lady Evangels with 19 points and Rackell Goldson came off the bench to score 10.  Lauren McKinney recorded a game-high 15 rebounds for MACU. 

Minjarez tallied a game-high 22 points to pace the Panthers (4-3).  Doreen Lopez had 12 points along with a team-high eight boards, with Marisa Maher chipping in with 10 points. 

MACU held a 52-49 edge on the glass and out-scored the Panthers 18-9 in second-chance points. 

The Lady Evangels will next begin action in the Sooner Athletic Conference next Thursday evening (Dec. 5) at Texas Wesleyan University.  Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. in Fort Worth, Texas.