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Six Evangels scored in double-figures while the Mid-America Christian women's basketball team scored a season-high in points as MACU ran away with a 110-52 victory over Central Christian inside the Gaulke Activity Center on Saturday.

 

TOP PERFORMERS

• Alexis Borgstadt – 18 Points, 4-9 FG, 10-12 FT, 6 Reb, 2 Steals
• Jaci Littell – 16 Points, 5-8 FG, 4-7 3FG, 2-2 FT, 6 Assists, 2 Steals
• Shy Christopher – 16 Points, 8-11 FG, 7 Reb, 2 Assists
• Hallie Reed – 15 Points, 5-10 3FG

GAME SUMMARY

• First Quarter
  • A pair of buckets from Whitney Outon and Aneli Thomsen gave Mid-America Christian (16-4, 10-4 SAC) the early four-point advantage, but Hallee Winsea three from the left wing closed it to a 4-3 game with 8:41 remaining, the closest the Tigers would cut into the MACU edge for the entire contest.
  • Thomsen's jumper from the right elbow on the ensuing possession sparked a 10-unanswered run for MACU over the next four minutes as Outon hit a pair from the line to cap the streak at 14-3 with 4:31 to go.
  • Central Christian (0-17, 0-10 SAC) knocked it back down to an eight-point game on back-to-back possessions, but Kyleigh Leverich's open left-wing three-bomb jumpstarted another 11-straight for the Evangels as two Alexis Borgstadt free throws with 1:29 left swelled the lead to 27-8.
  • The Tigers finished the period strong, scoring the final seven points as Rachel Perkins drilled a 25-foot three from the right wing with 12 seconds on the clock to close it to a 27-16 game at the end of one.
• Second Quarter
  • With 8:44 left, Jaci Littell swished a three from the top of the key off a Sydney Wycoff kick-out to ignite another 14-straight points for MACU as Littell knocked down two more triples to close out the run at 44-17 at the 5:33 mark.
  • On the ensuing possession, Kylee Jones converted a three-point play with 5:12 remaining for CCCK's first field goal of the quarter, snapping a 3:40 scoring drought.
  • While Central Christian managed to keep it to within 25 over the next three minutes, Mid-America Christian closed out the half strong by outscoring the Tigers 8-2 over the final two minutes. Hallie Reed sent MACU into the break with a 58-27 advantage after burying threes on the Evangels' final two possessions.
• Third Quarter
  • The Evangels opened the second half with an Outon fastbreak layup before Thomsen buried a three from the right corner to push the MACU edge out to 63-27 with 8:48 on the clock.
  • CCCK hung with the Evangels over the next two minutes, but back-to-back Christopher layups led up to Ashley Hopper powering a left-handed layup in through the foul to make it a 73-33 game at the 5:16 mark.
  • The Tigers slowly crawled their way back over the next five minutes as Rachel Perkins drained a long contested three from the left wing with a minute left to bring it to 81-46. However, Aisley Velasquez drew a foul with five seconds to go and knocked down a pair from the line to push the MACU edge back out to 37 heading into the final period.
• Fourth Quarter
  • Central Christian scored five of the first seven to open the fourth, but some hot free throw shooting by the Evangels along with two more Reed threes allowed the Evangels to counter with a 15-2 surge as Hopper powered in anther layup with 4:43 to go to extend the MACU advantage to 100-52.
  • A Jones free throw snapped a two-and-a-half-minute scoring drought for the Tigers, but Central Christian could not slow down the Evangels over the final four minutes as MACU closed out with a 10-3 streak capped off on Reed's fifth three-pointer of the contest, wrapping up the 110-52 final.

GAME NOTES

• Overall, Mid-America Christian shot a season-best 54.8 percent from the field, converting 40-of-73 attempts while converting 11-for-35 (31.4 percent) from three-point range and 19-of-26 (73.1 percent) from the free throw line. Meanwhile, the MACU defense held Central Christian to just 18-of-48 (37.5 percent) shooting, going 10-for-33 (30.3 percent) from distance and 10-of-15 (66.7 percent) from the charity stripe.
• For the first time this season, the Evangels placed six players in double-figure scoring and narrowly missed getting eight players in double-digits with Whitney Outon and Ainsley Velasquez finishing with nine and eight points respectively.
• Mid-America Christian dominated the rebounding and turnover battles, as the Evangels finished with a 53-21 edge on the glass. MACU forced the Tigers into 22 turnovers while the Evangels gave it away a season-low nine times.
• Alexis Borgstadt led the MACU scoring efforts, pouring in a career-high 18 points on 4-of-9 shooting while making a living at the line, knocking down 10-for-12 from the stripe. Borgstadt also pulled down six boards to go with a pair of steals.
• Jaci Littell finished with 16 points, all coming in the first half on 5-of-8 from the field, 4-for-7 from three and dished out a career-high six assists to go with a pair of thefts.
• Shy Christopher put together one of her best shooting performances of the season, tallying 16 points on 8-for-11 from the floor to go with seven rebounds.
• Another player finishing with a career-high output, Hallie Reed tallied all 15 points from behind the arc, going 5-for-10 while Ashley Hopper also scored a career-best 12 points on 6-for-8 shooting to go with seven boards.
• Aneli Thomsen rounded out MACU's double-digit scoring with 11 points on 5-for-9 from the field and also yanked down seven rebounds.
• Despite scoring just two points in the contest, Sydney Wycoff provided a stellar floor game for the Evangels, tying Littell with a game-high six assists and six boards and for the third straight game she tallied four steals.
• With the win, Mid-America Christian improved to 20-2 in the all-time series against Central Christian since 2004 while extending its streak over the Tigers to 18 games.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will continue its three-game home stand next week as the Evangels will host Wayland Baptist on Thursday, Jan. 26 for a 6 p.m. tip-off inside the Gaulke Activity Center.

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