North Newton, Kan. – The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels improved to 3-0 under new head coach Hannah Moeller with a dominating 80-58 victory over the Bethel (Kan.) College Threshers tonight (Nov. 3) in North Newton, Kan.

The Lady Evangels were in control throughout, leading 15-8 at the end of the first quarter and quickly expanding the edge to 18 when a three-point play by Jamie Lamb capped a 10-1 burst that made it 33-15.

MACU carried a 41-26 lead into the break and pulled out to a 60-40 lead on a three by Nevada Denton at the 2:26 mark of the third quarter.

After the Threshers scored five straight to come within 15, Sarai Rodriguez quickly pushed the lead back to 20 with five straight points of her own early in the fourth quarter.

The Lady Evangels never looked back from there, building the lead to a game-high of 25 points on three occasions, with the last coming on a bucket inside from Brittany Thompson that made the score 80-55 with 1:19 left.

Rodriguez tallied a game-high 22 points to lead the Lady Evangels in scoring for the third time this season. She hit 8-of-12 from the floor overall and nailed two of her four three-point attempts.

The Lady Evangels (3-0) got a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds from Tamiyjah Smith, while Lamb also scored in double-figures with 13 points.

Mikki Flores also put in a nice floor game that featured six points along with game-highs of nine assists and seven steals.

JDaijon Sumpter led the Threshers (1-1) with 15 points and Kylee Schunn had a team-high six boards.

The Lady Evangels also dominated the boards to the tune of out-rebounding the Threshers 47-26 overall and 21-10 on the offensive glass.

MACU will now prepare for their home opener, which will take place Monday evening (Nov. 7) at 6 p.m. against Central Christian College inside the Gaulke Activity Center.