OKLAHOMA CITY – Coming off one of its toughest wins in recent years, the MACU Women's Basketball team ran away early and never looked back against Kansas Christian on Wednesday night inside the Gaulke Activity Center as MACU pulled away with the 108-38 victory in the first ever meeting between the two programs.
 
TOP PERFORMERS

• Shy Christopher – 18 Points, 8-13 FG, 5 Reb, 2 Steals
• Syncere Harrod – 17 Points, 8-10 FG, 4 Reb, 2 Assists
• Kylee Scheer – 15 Points, 6-10 FG, 3-6 3FG, 6 Reb, 6 Assists, 6 Steals
• Hailey Tunnell – 13 Points, 6-13 FG, 9 Reb, 3 Assists

GAME SUMMARY

• First Quarter
  • Mid-America Christian (2-0) needed little time to take command of the contest as the Evangels open the contest with a 12-0 run through the first 2:22 as Harley Harbour's put-back layup capped the run before Kansas Christian scored its first bucket on a Paris Burney jumper at the 7:07 mark.
  • Taliyah Thomas wasted little time to spark a MACU 13-unanswered run with a layup and a three-pointer as Shy Christopher finished off the surge with a second-chance score off her own offensive board to make it 25-2 with 1:08 left before eventually holding a 27-4 advantage at the end of the period.
• Second Quarter
  • Both teams went blow-for-blow through the first four minutes as the Falcons scored their final bucket of the half with a Jasmine Glover triple at the 6:06 mark, setting the score to 34-13.
  • On the ensuing possession, a Mia Smith three from the left wing with 5:54 remaining allowed the Evangels to close out the half with a 22-0 streak finished off a Scheer stealing a ball at midcourt and laying it in from the left side at the buzzer to make it a 56-13 game at the break.
• Third Quarter
  • Much like Saturday's game, it was Christopher getting the scoring started for MACU in the third quarter as she scored the first three buckets pulling up on a short jumper off her offensive board to stretch the MACU advantage to 62-13 with 8:25 left.
  • In the final three minutes, the Evangels built out their advantage 77-20 on a Harrod second-chance bucket with 48 second left to cap off an eight-unanswered surge before Hayley Diveley knocked down a three just before the end of the quarter to set the score to 77-23 at the end of three.
• Fourth Quarter
  • MACU continued to dominate throughout the half, stretching out its overwhelming advantage to 70 on a Mia Smith fastbreak lay-in with just over two minutes left to set the score to 104-34.
  • The Falcons managed to put four more on the scoreboard before the Evangels wrapped up the contest with layups from Christopher and Harrod in the final minute to wrap-up the 108-38 final.

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian dominated on all facets as offensively shot 49.5 percent (48-for-97) from the field, but struggled from distance, shooting 7-of-29 (24.1 percent) from three and attempted only eight foul shots while shooting 62.5 percent (5-for-8).
• Defensively, the Evangels held Kansas Christian to a cool 26 percent (13-of-50) from the floor, just 15 percent (3-for-20) from three and shot 64.3 percent (9-of-14) from the charity stripe.
• MACU's pressure defense gave the Falcons fits as KCC committed 30 turnovers with MACU tallying 17 steals while the Evangels turned the ball over only eight times with an outstanding 4.4-1 assist-turnover ratio by dishing out 35 assists, going down as the second-most dimes in a game for MACU in the NAIA Era (2007-present).
• Mid-America Christian also thoroughly dominated the glass, outrebounding the Falcons by a 62-28 margin with a 27-6 edge on the offensive glass, resulting in a 32-9 difference in second chance points.
• Overall, the Evangels had 11 different players end up in the scoring column and five in double-figures, led by Shy Christopher with 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting with five boards and a pair of steals.
• Syncere Harrod led a MACU bench that scored 58 points in the contest, pouring in 17 points on a blistering 8-for-10 shooting while also yanking down four boards.
• Kylee Scheer was a stat-generating machine for the Evangels on Wednesday night as she likely would have flirted with a quadruple double with more minutes on the court. In just 21 minutes, Scheer closed out with 15 points on 6-of-10 from the field and 3-for-6 from three to go with six boards, a team-high six assists and tied a career-best six steals.
• Both Hailey Tunnell and Harley Harbour both flirted with double-doubles in the contest was Tunnell scored 13 points on 6-for-13 shooting with nine boards and three assists while Harbour finished with 10 points on 5-of-10 from the field with eight rebounds and a pair of thefts.
• Mid-America Christian came out the victor its first ever meeting against Kansas Christian.

UP NEXT

• The Evangels will have a short turnaround as it will prepare to host the Fourth Annual MACU Classic this weekend. Mid-America Christian will open the weekend slate on Friday with a 7 p.m. tip-off against Cottey (Mo.) following the 5 p.m. game between John Brown and Mission (Mo.).