Shawnee, Okla. -- The No. 7-ranked Oklahoma Baptist University Lady Bison took control early and went on to an 98-53 win over the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels tonight (Feb. 19) at the Noble Complex in Shawnee, Okla.
Two threes from Charity Fowler helped the Lady Bison quickly take a 17-6 lead before the Lady Evangels whittled it down to six behind five straight points from Tierra Brown.
Raquel Dudzevich then scored seven points to fuel a 10-2 run that pushed the lead to 14 and OBU continued to pull away the rest of the half to lead 53-27 at the break.
The Lady Bison kept their foot on the gas in the second half and built the lead as high as 53 at the 2:31 mark.
Brown led the Lady Evangels (14-10, 7-8 SAC) with 12 points and Alexia Kelley scored 11 with a team-high eight rebounds. Alliyah Spatafora dished out a team-best four assists.
Fowler led all scorers with 23 points, followed by Elisabeth Daniels with 18 points. Cameerah Graves and Arielle Cooper each scored 10, with Cooper also pulling down a game-high nine boards for OBU (20-4, 12-3 SAC).
The Lady Evangels will next host Southwestern Christian University for Senior Day Saturday afternoon (Feb. 21) at 3 p.m. inside the Gaulke Activity Center. MACU and SCU are each tied for fifth place in the Sooner Athletic Conference with identical 7-8 league records.