OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU Men's Basketball team will wrap-up the 2024 portion of its season on the road on Tuesday as the Evangels head to Springfield, Missouri for a 6 p.m. tip-off against Evangel inside the AGFinancial Arena.
 
SEASON REPORT

• Record: 8-3
• Last Game: Won at Oklahoma City – 69-58 – Dec. 14, 2024 – Oklahoma City
• Stat Leaders:
  • Points: Josiah Fulcher (192, 17.5 ppg), Juwan White (137, 12.5 ppg)
  • FG Percentage (Min. 3 FGM/G): Josiah Fulcher (53.2, 74-139), Juwan White (48.5, 48-99)
  • 3FG Percentage (Min. 1 3FGM/G): Magok Manyang (40.7, 22-54), Josiah Fulcher (39.6, 21-53)
  • FT Percentage (Min. 2 FTM/G): Josiah Fulcher (88.5, 23-26), Juwan White (84.4, 27-32)
  • Rebounds: Magok Manyang (76, 6.9 rpg), Tarrence Gaines (71, 6.5 rpg)
  • Assists: Juwan White (46, 4.2 apg), Josiah Fulcher (29, 2.6 apg)
  • Steals: Josiah Fulcher (16, 1.5 spg), Tarrence Gaines (12, 1.1 spg)
  • Blocks: Magok Manyang (12, 1.1 bpg), Tarrence Gaines (8, 0.7 bpg)
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian picked up its first road win of the season with an impressive defensive performance at Oklahoma City as the Evangels held the second-best scoring offense in the Sooner Athletic Conference to a season-low 58 points in a 69-58 contest inside Abe Lemons Arena on Saturday.
  • To make the Evangels defensive outing against the Stars even more impressive, MACU held a 68-45 lead with three minutes left before OCU went on a 13-1 run to close out the game against MACU's reserves. Before this game, the Stars had not scored less than 66 points in a game.
  • One of the bright spots for MACU in the win against the Stars was the play of its bench as junior forward Morris Williams recorded his first double-digit scoring game in just his third game of action, scoring 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including 2-for-3 from three while Quentin Woodson also netted 11 points on 3-for-4 from the field and 5-of-8 from the line.
  • As a result of back-to-back great defensive outings with the 84-62 win over Southwestern Christian on Thursday, senior forward Magok Manyang was named the SAC Defensive Player of the Week after closing out the pair of contests with a 7.5 rebounding average, blocking four shots and tallying a pair of steals.

SCOUTING REPORT
Evangel

• Record: 5-6 (2-5 KCAC)
• Last Game: Won at York – 83-74 – Dec. 14, 2024 – York, Neb.
• Series vs MACU (2012-): EU leads 2-0
• Last Game: EU won 82-75 – Dec. 14, 2023 – Gaulke Activity Center
• Series Streak: EU won 2
• Players to Watch:
  • Garrett Devault – JR – G
    • 170 Points (15.5 ppg), 65-131 FG (49.6%), 37-52 FT (71.2%), 61 Reb (5.5 rpg), 25 Assists (2.3 apg), 10 Steals (0.9 spg), 7 Blocks (0.6 bpg)
  • Josh Mason – SR – G
    • 122 Points (12.2 ppg), 43-90 FG (47.8%), 13-31 3FG (41.9%), 23-31 FT (74.2%), 39 Reb (3.9 rpg), 17 Assists (1.7 apg), 14 Steals (1.4 spg)
  • Manrique Alvarado – SR – G
    • 131 Points (11.9 ppg), 40-107 FG (37.4%), 13-49 3FG (26.5%), 38-41 FT (92.7%), 24 Reb (2.2 rpg), 59 Assists (5.4 apg)
• Team Notes:
  • Evangel snapped its three-game losing streak in a road contest at York on Saturday by coming away with an 83-74 result for the Valor's second win in Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference play.
  • While EU's been relatively solid on the offensive end, averaging 78.9 ppg on a 42.8 percent shooting percentage while putting together the second-best free throw percentage in the KCAC (78.0), the Valor have been challenged on the defensive end. Evangel is allowing the second-most points in the KCAC (79.5 ppg) while allowing the second-highest shooting percentage from the field (46.9).
  • The guard trio of Garrett Devault, Josh Mason and Manrique Alvarado have carried the bulk load of the offensive output with Devault leading the charge with a 15.5 ppg scoring average on a 49.6 percent shooting clip.
  • Mid-America Christian is seeking its first ever win against Evangel as the Valor have taken the only two previous meetings in 2012 and 2023. When the two teams met inside the Gaulke Activity Center last season, the Evangels struggled on the offensive end, shooting just 36.9 percent from the floor and 16.7 percent from three as the Valor grinded out the 82-75 win.