OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 69-60 victory over the Lyon College Scots (Ark.) tonight (Nov. 3) inside the Gaulke Activity Center. 

Both MACU and Lyon received votes in the Preseason NAIA Top 25 poll and the Scots advanced to the NAIA National Tournament this past season.  

The Lady Evangels led most of the way as a three by Alliyah Spatafora made it 9-6 at the 14:39 mark of the first half and MACU never trailed from that point. 

MACU built the lead as high as 12 in the first half before settling for a 33-26 lead at the break. 

Ashlee Ferguson came out firing in the second half with five quick points to go along with a three by Felicia Foster that stretched the lead to 41-28 in the first four minutes of the stanza. 

After the Scots (1-1) came within nine, a trey from Maclayn Massey and a bucket by Lakota Thompson pushed the edge to the biggest of the game to that point at 49-34 with 13:02 left. 

The Lady Evangels remained in control and slowly continued to pull away, expanding the lead to as many as 18 on two occasions, with the last being 65-47 on two free throws from Thompson with 5:30 left. 

The lead never dwindled below double-digits until the final 18 seconds when two freebies by Carina Jackson created the final margin of victory. 

Massey led the Lady Evangels with a team-high 13 points and Thompson added 12.  Foster scored nine and dished out a game-high seven assists. 

Taylor Gaedtke scored 14 to lead the Scots and Jackson scored 12.  Jamie Jackson produced a game-high 12 rebounds for the Scots. 

The Scots shot 43.1 percent (25-of-58) overall, but the Lady Evangels limited them to only 1-of-13 from the perimeter. 

MACU was out-rebounded 43-35 overall but forced 29 turnovers on the night. 

The Lady Evangels will next play a pair of games at the Hudiburg Tip-Off Classic at Hillsdale College in Moore, Okla. this weekend, beginning on Friday afternoon (Nov. 7) against Central Christian College (Kan.) at 2 p.m. MACU will then face Ecclesia College (Ark.) Saturday (Nov. 8) at noon.