POINT, LOOKOUT, Mo. – The day after taking a tough loss to the Host College of the Ozarks Lady Bobcats at the Coke Classic in Point Lookout Missouri, the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels were back on the court, and they were ready to play from the opening tap against Grand View University.

MACU (4-2) jumped on top early, and the Lady Evangels led wire-to-wire, defeating Grand View (3-3), 96-75.

Alexis Shannon scored the first five points of the game, and the Lady Evangels were off and running, MACU opened the game on a 7-0 run, and with 3:57 to go in the opening quarter, Mykala Flores scored to put MACU on top 18-8. The lead remained in double-figures for the rest of the day, and the Lady Evangels held a halftime advantage of 45-28. Jennah Coffman scored at the 6:12 mark of the third quarter to push the lead to 20 for the first time, and MACU's advantage reached as 26 in the third quarter, when a pair of free throws from Nevada Denton pushed the Lady Evangels' lead to 76-50. MACU continued to stretch the lead, which peaked at 29 points, in the fourth frame, and the Lady Evangels cruised in with the 95-76 win.

Shannon led all scorers with 22 points, and she also tied for the MACU lead with eight rebounds. Coffman added 19 markers, and Flores and Denton each chipped in 15 in the win. As a team, MACU shot 30-for-68 (44.1%) from the floor, 9-for-23 (39.1%) from behind the arc, and 26-for-31 (83.9%) from the charity stripe. MACU also held a large edge on the glass, out-rebounding the Vikings 54-39.

MACU will return home to start Sooner Athletic Conference play on November 30. On that evening the Lady Evangels will serve as the first SAC opponent for Conference newcomer Central Christian College (0-5, 0-0 SAC) at 6 p.m.