PLAINVIEW, Texas – When playing in one of the toughest gymnasiums in the Sooner Athletic Conference, it is important to get off to a fast start. Unfortunately for the Mid-America Christian University men's basketball team, they were unable to do that at #20 Wayland Baptist University on Saturday.

MACU (5-3, 0-2 SAC) endured a 6:35 scoring drought in the early stages of the first half, and the Pioneers (7-2, 2-0) never looked back, taking the 70-50 win.

MACU's Charles Beauregard, Jr. scored the first points of the game just 1:26 into the game, but the Evangels went ice cold for the next several minutes. MACU missed their next nine shots and had four turnovers as Wayland put together a 22-0 run to take control of the game. MACU tried to get back into the game, as they put together a 10-0 run to cut the deficit to 24-14 with 9:09 remaining, but Wayland was able to stymie the momentum and preserve the double-digit lead. The Pioneers were unable to add much to their lead in the final moments of the first half, and late in the period, MACU pulled to within six at 31-25 with a 7-0 run, but WBU scored the final four points of the half, and at intermission, the Pioneers led 35-25.

WBU opened the second half on a 14-2 run to take a 22-point lead, 49-27, And the Wayland lead eventually swelled to 25 points before MACU closed the gap late, and the Pioneers took the 70-50 win.

Justin Bogle led the Evangels with 13 points, and he was the only MACU player to score in double figures in the game. Beauregard, Jr. led the Evangels with five rebounds, and Bogle notched four blocked shots. In the game, MACU made 16-of-52 (30.8%) shots in the game, and only 5-of-25 (20%) from long distance. At the foul line, MACU was 13-for-19 (68.4%).

MACU will return home on Wednesday, December 5, when they take on the Ecclesia Royals (0-10) at 7 p.m.