Cedar Hill, Texas -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels started strong and never looked back in a 78-50 dominating victory over the Northwood University Knights Thursday evening (Feb. 15) in Cedar Hill, Texas.

The win gives the Lady Evangels eight conference victories, equaling their most since becoming an NAIA school in 2007.

The Lady Evangels (14-10, 8-7 SAC) scored the first 10 points of the game and expanded the edge to 15 when consecutive threes by April Williams and a bucket from Tierra Brown made it 18-3 at the 10:09 mark of the opening half.

Following an 8-2 spurt by the Knights that was fueled by five points from Virginia Wright, the Lady Evangels scored the next seven as a three by Maclayn Massey extended the lead to 27-11.

NU then scored the final six points of the half to come within 27-17 at the break.

After Lakeisha Blanson scored the first basket of the second half for the Knights, the Lady Evangels took off as threes by Ashlee Ferguson, Cheyenne Been and Rackell Goldson along with a three-point play from Alliyah Spatafora sparked a 16-2 burst that ballooned the lead to 43-21 with 13:59 remaining.

The Knights tried to hang around with a 12-5 run that trimmed the lead to 15, but the Lady Evangels quickly bettered that with a 12-2 spurt that expanded the advantage to the biggest at that point of 60-35 at the 6:51 mark.

Spatafora led the Lady Evangels with a career-high 15 points along with six rebounds.  Been and Lauren McKinney each scored 10, with McKinney recording a game-high eight rebounds and Been securing seven boards.

Blanson was the lone Knight in double-figures with 11 points.

The Lady Evangels limited the Knights to only 30.8 percent (16-of-52) shooting overall and 18.8 percent (3-of-16) from three-point distance. 

MACU also out-rebounded NU 49-40 overall and 13-9 on the offensive glass.

Next up the Lady Evangels will host Southwestern Assemblies of God University Saturday afternoon (Feb. 15) at 3 p.m. inside the Gaulke Activity Center.