OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU Women's Basketball team travels to Point Lookout, Mo. to play in the COFO Lady Cat Classic, as the Evangels face Stephens on Friday evening tipping off at 5 p.m. Followed by one of the NAIA's featured Games of the Week against LSU Shreveport on Saturday afternoon for a 1 p.m. tipoff.

SEASON REPORT

• Record: 3-1
• Last Game: Won vs Mission (Mo.) – 85-63 – Nov. 8, 2025 – Gaulke Activity Center
• Stat Leaders:
  • Points: Talayah Thomas (67, 16.8 ppg), Sincere Roberts (48, 12.0 ppg), Caitlynn Jordan (44, 11.0 ppg)
  • FG Percentage (%, M-A, Min 3 FGM): Monique Carter (56.3, 18-32), Taliah Lee (48.1, 13-27), Aniya Smith (46.7, 7-15)
  • 3FG Percentage (%, M-A, Min 2 3FGM): Berlin Bartlett (66.7, 2-3), Aniya Smith (50.0, 2-4), Sincere Roberts (47.1, 8-17)
  • FT Percentage (%, M-A, Min 2 FTM): Berlin Bartlett (100.0, 2-2), Mia Smith (83.3, 5-6), Sincere Roberts (80.0, 4-5)
  • Rebounds: Caitlynn Jordan (27, 6.8 rpg), Taliah Lee (22, 5.5 rpg)
  • Assists: Monique Carter (16, 4 apg), Taliah Lee (11, 2.75 apg)
  • Steals: Monique Carter (10, 2.5 spg), Talayah Thomas (10, 2.5 spg)
  • Blocks: Taliah Lee (3, 0.75 bpg), Caitlynn Jordan (3, 0.75 bpg)
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian have won three consecutive games inside the Gaulke Activity Center after suffering a loss in its season-opener. The Evangels finished 2-0 at the MACU Classic, including dominant wins over Cottey and Mission.
  • Senior guard Talayah Thomas leads the Evangels in scoring with 67 total points, averaging 16.8 points per game. Thomas is coming off a career-high 29 points in the win against Mission last weekend.
  • The Evangels have dominated the glass this season recording 163 total rebounds, and 63 on the offensive side. MACU grabbed a season-high 24 offensive rebounds against Mission, including nine from Caitlynn Jordan and seven from Taliah Lee.

SCOUTING REPORT
Stephens (Mo.)

• Record: 1-4
• Last Game: Loss at No. 3 Campbellsville (Ky.) – 92-63 – Nov. 8, 2025 – Campbellsville, Kentucky
• Series vs MACU: N/A
• Last Game vs MACU: N/A
• Series Streak: N/A
• Players to Watch
  • LaiJanique Perry-Ellis – SR – G
    • 90 Points (18.0 ppg), 33-61 FG (54.1 %), 8-13 3FG (61.5 %), 16-21 FT (76.2 %), 20 Reb (4.0 rpg), 24 Assists (4.8 apg), 7 Steals (1.4 spg), 5 GP, 5 GS, 133 MIN
  • Taylor Teeple – JR – F
    • 27 Points (5.4 ppg), 12-38 FG (31.6 %), 1-8 3FG (12.5 %), 2-2 FT (100.0 %), 16 Reb (3.2 rpg), 5 GP, 5 GS, 104 MIN
• Team Notes:
  • Stephens enters the COFO Lady Cat Classic with a 1-4 record but has played stout competition thus far this season. The Stars faced three top 13 teams in the NAIA preseason poll, while getting their lone win at home in a 21-point beating against William Woods.
  • Senior Guard LaiJanique Perry-Ellis is the focal point for the Stars team, as she leads the team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. Perry-Ellis' 90 points this season averages her to 18 points per game. She scored 20 points in her last two games against No. 2 Bethel (Tenn.) and No. 3 Campbellsville (Ky.). In the Stars win against William Woods, Perry-Ellis scored a season-high 28 points, finishing 5-5 from 3 pt, and recorded seven assists and six rebounds.
  • Turnovers have been the issue for the Stars this season, they turned the ball over at least 21 times in each of their four losses this season.
  • This is the first meeting all-time between MACU and Stephens.  

SCOUTING REPORT
(RV) LSU Shreveport (La.)

• Record: 3-1
• Last Game: Loss at No. 13 Loyola (La.) – 71-51 – Nov. 8, 2025 – New Orleans, La.
• Series vs MACU: MACU Leads 3-0
• Last Game vs MACU: MACU won 62-59 – Nov. 4, 2022 – Gaulke Activity Center
• Series Streak: MACU W3
• Players to Watch
  • Selma Markisic – GR - G
    • 20.3 ppg, 6.0-16.2 FG (36.9 %), 3.2-9.2 (35.1 %), 5.0-6.8 (74.1 %), 3.5 rpg, 2.5 apg, 2.5 spg, 4 GP, 4 GS, 33.0 mpg
  • Paula Gonzalez Herrero – SR - G
    • 13.5 ppg, 5.5-16.0 FG (34.4 %), 2.0-7.0 (28.6 %), 8.5 rpg, 4 spg, 1 bpg, 2 GP, 2 GS, 29.5 mpg  
• Team Notes
  • LSU Shreveport was voted in the NAIA Preseason poll at No. 22 but have since fallen out of the top 25. The Pilots opened the season with three blowout wins but suffered their first loss on the road against No. 13 Loyola, 71-51.
  • LSUS are led offensively by graduate senior Selma Markisic who averages over 20 points per game including a season-high 27 points against Wiley (Texas) where she made four triples.
  • The Pilots average 74 points per game, shooting just over 40% as a team. However, they have dominated the glass averaging 16 offensive rebounds a game, and 18.5 team assists per game.
  • The Evangels and Pilots will meet for the fourth time this weekend with MACU holding a 3-0 all-time record against LSUS. All three meetings have finished by single-digit margins, with the Evangels winning the previous meeting at home 62-59 on Nov. 4, 2022.