WBB CCCK Postgame - 2/10/25
Akira Ono
96
Winner Mid-America Christian MACU 20-4 (16-4)
50
Central Christian (Kan.) CCCK 3-22 (1-20)
Winner
Mid-America Christian MACU
20-4 (16-4)
96
Final
50
Central Christian (Kan.) CCCK
3-22 (1-20)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Mid-America Christian MACU 17 20 32 27 96
Central Christian (Kan.) CCCK 12 19 8 11 50

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Adam Stanek - MACU Sports Information

Moeller Wins 300th, No. 22 Women’s Basketball Runs Away with 96-50 Road Victory at Central Christian

MCPHERSON, Kan. – The No. 22 MACU Women's Basketball team faced a stiff test from Central Christian in the first half, but the Evangels came out firing on all cylinders in the second half as MACU outscored the Tigers 59-19 the rest of the way to come away with the 96-50 win inside Jerry E. Alexander Arena. The victory was a monumental one for head coach Hannah Moeller in her 13th year and her ninth at MACU as she tallied her 300th career coaching win.
 
TOP PERFORMERS GAME SUMMARY
  • First Quarter
    • Both teams struggled to get things going offensively in the early going as neither team was able to break into the scoring column until Syncere Harrod was fouled and knocked down a pair of foul shots with 7:32 to go to give Mid-America Christian (20-4, 16-4 SAC) the 2-0 lead.
    • Central Christian (3-22, 1-20 SAC) scored seven of the next 11 as a Charmayne Marshall three from the left wing gave the Tigers their first lead at 7-6 at the 5:06 mark, but MACU quickly answered back with a pair of layups from Kylee Scheer and Sydney Savage in-transition to give MACU the 10-7 edge with 4:30 left.
    • Marshall banked in another three with 3:16 to go to tie it up, but the Evangels went on a 7-0 run before the Tigers got a bucket with 25 seconds left to make it a 17-12 game after one.
  • Second Quarter
    • Central Christian scored six of the first nine through the first three-and-a-half minutes on a pair of threes to cut the MACU edge down to 20-18 before the Evangels strung together a 9-0 run capped off on Talayah Thomas' fastbreak runner gave MACU its first double-digit lead of the game at 29-18 with just under five minutes to go.
    • MACU maintained a commanding lead over the next few minutes as Shy Christopher's fastbreak runner with 2:22 left made it a 34-24 game before the Tigers swung back with a seven-unanswered streak as Chloe Clevenger's fastbreak hoop and the harm with 25 seconds left cut it to 34-31.
    • On MACU's final possession, the Evangels swung it over to Hailey Tunnell on the right wing as she buried a three with eight seconds left before Talayah Thomas got a strong defensive stop on Clevenger to prevent her from getting a shot off at the buzzer, sending the Evangels into the break with the 37-31 advantage.
  • Third Quarter
    • The Evangels quickly pushed its lead out to double-figures as MACU scored 10 of the first 12 points with Mary Nyakundi getting a fastbreak left elbow jumper to fall with 6:23 remaining to stretch the Evangels' edge to 47-33, forcing the Tigers to call a timeout.
    • The timeout did little to curb the dominant Evangels attack and rebounding efforts as Syncere Harrod scored seven points during a 9-1 surge as her lay-in on the right block with 3:03 left extended the lead to 56-34, forcing another CCCK timeout.
    • A Clevenger left corner three out of the timeout briefly stopped the MACU run, but only briefly as the Evangels closed out with a 13-2 run as a pair of Christopher foul shots with six seconds left before blocking a three-point attempt at the buzzer to hold a 69-39 advantage at the end of three.
  • Fourth Quarter
    • A Marshall steal and fastbreak layup with eight minutes left was the first bucket for either team through the first few minutes before Christopher started to take back over, getting a strong layup and a three-point fastbreak lay-in to jumpstart an 12-2 Evangels surge as Harrod's foul shot with 3:44 left stretch the lead to 82-43.
    • Another Marshall three from the left wing on the ensuing possession finally snapped the streak as the Tigers scored five of the next seven, but MACU finished the contest strong by scoring 12 of the final 15 points as Sydney Savage drained a left wing three with four seconds to go to wrap-up the 96-50 final.
GAME NOTES
  • Mid-America Christian put together its best shooting performance of the season as the Evangels shot 34-for-61 (55.7 percent) from the floor despite going only 3-of-9 (33.3 percent) from three and were extremely assertive at getting to the free throw line, finishing 25-for-31 (80.6 percent).
  • Defensively, the Evangels held Central Christian to just 20-of-62 (32.3 percent) from the field, going 7-for-31 (22.6 percent) from downtown and converted only 3-for-9 (33.3 percent) from the foul line.
  • The Evangels dominated the rebounding battle, out-boarding the Tigers 43-30 as well as the turnover battle, forcing 20 CCCK giveaways while committing only 12 of their own to hold a 30-4 differential in points off turnovers.
  • Shy Christopher led four Evangels into double-figures, scoring 23 points on a highly efficient 11-for-16 shooting to go with three boards.
  • Syncere Harrod proved to be big for MACU in the low post, tallying 19 points on 6-of-10 from the field and 7-for-10 from the free throw line to go with a team-high six rebounds as well as notched three steals.
  • Talayah Thomas and Alexis Borgstadt also finished in double-digits with 10 points apiece as Thomas knocked down 3-of-4 to go with 4-for-4 from the line and match Harrod in the rebounding category with six boards. Borgstadt was a spark off the bench as she notched her mark on 2-of-3 shooting and 6-for-6 from the stripe to go with four boards and a pair of thefts.
  • Sydney Savage was also effective off the MACU bench as she finished with nine points on 3-of-5 from the floor, including hitting a three-pointer and a pair of foul shots while tallying a team-high four assists and four steals.
  • Mary Nyakundi and Hailey Tunnell were also strong contributors with each notching eight points.
  • The victory allowed head coach Hannah Moeller to improve to 300-100 in her Evangels career in her 400th career game with those victories coming in nine seasons with MACU and four seasons at Hillsdale (Randall).
  • The win also allowed the Evangels to sweep the season series over Central Christian after picking up an 86-73 win inside the Gaulke Activity Center back on Nov. 18. The win also allowed MACU to improve to 24-2 against the Tigers since the 2003-04 season.
UP NEXT
Mid-America Christian will wrap-up its three-game road stand on Thursday as the Evangels will head down the road to Chickasha, Oklahoma for a 6 p.m. tip-off against Science & Arts inside the USAO Fieldhouse.
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