Men's Basketball

Evangels Reach 10 Wins with 103-64 Rout of Haskell Indian Nations

Lawrence, Kan. -- The Mid-America Christian University Evangels defeated the Haskell Indian Nations University Indians tonight 103-64 to improve to 10-3 on the season, the fastest the program has reached double-digit victories since joining the NAIA in 2007. 

The Evangels fell behind 9-2 early before running off the next 16 points to take a nine-point lead at the 11:38 mark of the first half. 

Consecutive threes by Bryon Miller put the Evangels on top to stay and a three-point play from Jerrick Massenburge continued the surge. 

The Evangels (10-3) continued to pull away as a three from Devonse Reed capped a 26-5 push that spanned the next seven minutes that made it 44-15. 

Following a 13-2 run by the Indians that shaved 11 points off the edge, Miller nailed another three to put the Evangels in front 49-28 at the break. 

The Evangels then steamrolled through the first six minutes of the second half, outscoring the Indians 17-4 for a commanding 66-32 edge. 

MACU cruised from that point, achieving their biggest lead of the night on a three by Terrell Savala that pushed the advantage to 42 with nine seconds remaining. 

The Evangels got double-digit scoring from five players, led by 15 points each from Reed and Massenburge. Massenburge also pulled down a team-high eight rebounds. Miller and Nick Tate each scored 11 and Devante Moore added 10 points. Malcolm Mann dished out a game-high seven assists for MACU. 

Duelle Gore led the Indians with 19 points and Wilber Everett recorded a double-double of 16 points and 12 boards. Joe Moudy also scored 16 for the Indians. 

MACU shot a solid 54.1 percent (33-of-61) overall from the floor, including a season-high 60 percent (15-of-25) from three-point distance. 

The Evangels will now resume Sooner Athletic Conference action Thursday night (Jan. 7) when they host John Brown University at 8 p.m. inside the Gaulke Activity Center. 

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