Bethany, Okla. -- The Southwestern Christian University Lady Eagles used a late run in the second half to pull away for a 75-63 win over the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels in the regular season finale Saturday afternoon (Mar. 1) in Bethany, Okla. 

The Lady Evangels finish fifth in the Sooner Athletic Conference at 11-9, their most conference victories in school history as an NAIA program. Although unofficial, it appears the Lady Evangels will face fourth-seeded Wayland Baptist University in the SAC Tournament on Thursday (Mar. 6) at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla. 

MACU trailed throughout until Ashlee Ferguson scored five straight points to cap a 10-3 spurt to give the Lady Evangels their first lead of the game at 43-42 with 14:26 remaining. 

The two squads then exchanged the lead four times over the next 1:30 before a three by Maranda Janz gave SCU a 49-47 lead. 

After Cheyenne Been tied the score with two free throws, Vanessa Bledsoe answered with two freebies that would the Lady Eagles in front for good with 12:38 left. 

The Lady Eagles from there continued to slowly gain separation as another three by Janz pushed the lead to seven with 8:44 left. 

Following a score from Ferguson that cut the deficit to five, the Lady Eagles pulled away even more by outscoring the Lady Evangels 9-3 over the next four minutes to stretch the lead into double-figures with just 4:06 left.  

SCU then closed out the win by allowing just four points the rest of the way.  

Ferguson led all scorers with 29 points along with six rebounds.  April Williams also had six boards and Alliyah Spatafora dished out four assists. 

Kim Hayes had a team-high 19 for the Lady Eagles, while Janz and Bledsoe each scored 14, with Bledsoe also securing a game-high 13 rebounds. 

The Lady Eagles held a whopping 50-31 edge in rebounding, including a decisive 34-15 edge in defensive boards.