OKLAHOMA CITY - The Mid-America Christian University women's basketball team made history on Thurday night. In their 12th season in the NAIA, the Evangels had never beaten a top-10 opponent. That streak came to an end on Thursday night.

MACU (13-4, 7-4 SAC) controlled the game from opening tip to final horn, taking out the NAIA #5 WBU Flying Queens (17-3, 11-1 SAC) 85-66.

MACU opened the game on a 7-0 run in the first 1:31 of the game, but WBU slowly clawed their way level, tying the game at 9-9 on a bucket with 4:24 to play in the first quarter. MACU, though, took the game back over the final moments of the period, putting together a 15-5 run to take a 24-14 lead on their way to a 24-16 lead after 10 minutes. MACU continued to stymie the Flying Queens in the second frame, and the Evangels led by as many as 14 points in the first half before eventually taking a 42-32 lead into the half.

WBU opened the second half on a 6-0 run, but they got no closer. Late in the third quarter, MACU put together an 8-0 run to turn a 5-point lead into a 13-point edge, and the lead remained at 10 heading into the fourth frame. In the final period, Nevada Denton and Alexis Shannon combined for the first six points in the period, and MACU quickly pushed their lead to 71-55. The lead continued to slowly grow in the final moments, as Wayland was unable to slow the MACU attack, and the Evangels took the commanding victory, 85-66.

Shaylan Coleman returned after missing the Evangels' game at Central Christian on Saturday with a huge game for MACU. The senior from Dallas, Texas led all scorers with 21 points, and she added five rebounds and a pair of assists. Shannon added 18 points and eight rebounds, Denton scored 17, and Jessica Fairley scored 13 while pulling down seven boards. Darby Price narrowly missed a double-double in the game as well, scoring eight points and grabbing a team-leading nine rebounds.

MACU made 31 of 62 (50%) shots in the game, and 4 of 11 (36.4%) from long range. At the charity stripe, MACU was 19-for-26 (73.1%). MACU held the Flying Queens to 25-for-75 (33.3%) shooting and 4-for-32 (12.5%) from long distance, and the Evangels dominated the game in the paint (50-22) and off the bench (46-18). MACU also won the rebounding battle 48-37.

MACU will try for their fourth win in a row on Saturday when they host the Oklahoma Panhandle State University Aggies (9-9, 5-7 SAC). The game is scheduled to tip-off at 2 p.m.