The Lowdown: No. 5 Oklahoma City University @ Mid-America Christian University
Time: Thursday (Feb. 27) at 8 p.m.
Location: Gaulke Activity Center, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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The Dish on the Lady Evangels: Ashlee Ferguson's record-setting performance kept the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels hot with their fourth straight victory, a 90-75 win at St. Gregory's University last Saturday (Feb. 22). Ferguson scored 40 points, a school single-game record as an NAIA school and only one point shy of the overall school mark. The victory moves the Lady Evangels to 17-10 overall and 11-7 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
Ashlee Ferguson is leading the Lady Evangels this season with 16.0 ppg, while Lauren McKinney is scoring 10.9 ppg and leads the Lady Evangels with 8.3 rebounds per game. Cheyenne Been is also averaging double-figure scoring at 10.6 ppg. Alliyah Spatafora has dished out a team-high 69 assists on the season.
The Dish on the Stars: The No. 5-ranked Oklahoma City University Stars enter tonight's game winners of 10 of their last 11 games to move to 19-3 overall and into a first-place tie in the Sooner Athletic Conference with Oklahoma Baptist University at 16-2 in the league.
Y'vonte Neal leads the Stars with 16.3 ppg, followed by Autumn Lau at 13.8 ppg and a team-leading 8.4 rebounds a game. Kayla MacKenzie leads OCU with 98 assists on the season.
The Series: The Series: The Lady Evangels have dropped all 13 meetings with OCU since joining the NAIA. MACU gave the Stars all they wanted in the first meeting on the road this season before falling 79-69.
The Coaches:
Marcus Moeller is in his first season as the head women's basketball coach after serving as assistant coach for the past two years. He has also served as the Assistant Athletic Director at MACU for the past year. Moeller has been effective in his debut season, already leading the Lady Evangels to their most conference victories (11) since joining the NAIA in 2007.
Prior to arriving at MACU, Moeller after served three years as an assistant coach at Missouri Southern State University under the tutorship of head coach Maryann Mitts. In those three seasons, Moeller helped MSSU compile an overall combined record of 51-33 and qualify for three MIAA conference tournaments.
He assisted in all areas of the MSSU program including recruiting, scouting, practice and gameday preparations, and academic success.
Before coaching at MSSU, Moeller had a successful playing career at Ozark Christian College in Joplin where he played in all 147 games over a four-year span. Moeller, a two-year captain, averaged eight points and five assists while helping lead the Ambassadors to a 24-16 record his senior season.
Moeller earned a three-year Associate's degree in Christian Education from Ozark Christian College in 2008 and a BS in General Studies from Missouri Southern in 2010.
Latricia Trammell is in her second season as head coach of the Oklahoma City University Stars. Trammell was named SAC Coach of the Year in her first year after guiding OCU to a 28-4 overall record and a perfect 16-0 conference mark. Before arriving at OCU, Trammell was the head coach at Western State (Colo.) for five seasons.
Up Next: The Lady Evangels will wrap up the regular season Saturday afternoon (Mar. 1) at Southwestern Christian University at 3 p.m. in Bethany, Okla.
