Oklahoma City,OK,--Southwestern Christian(10-7, 8-6 SAC) struggled against cross town rival Mid-America University (13-9, 6-8 SAC) 75-84. The Evangels shot 27-57 from the field averaging 47%, 15-31 from the three point line averaging 48% and shot 15-22 from the free throw line averaging 68%. MACU had four players with double digit points. The Eagles forced 16 turnovers resulting in 20 points. SCU had 2 blocks in this game with 8 steals, Jake Wynn led the Eagles with 3 steals.
The Eagles shot 28-56 from the floor averaging 50%. SCU shot 7-26 from three (26%) and from the free throw line shot 12-20 (60%).The Eagles having 30 rebounds and the Evangels having 36. The Eagles had 5 offensive rebounds and scored 6 second chance points, The bench contributed 27 points to the effort, In total the Eagles had 14 assist in the game. Southwestern scored only 26 points in the paint.
By the end of the game the Senior Derek Dantzler had 17 Points, 6 Rebounds and, 3 assist. Khristien White helped the team with 12 points and 7 rebounds. Ronald Moore also contributed with 12 points and 2 rebounds.
The Eagles will return to action on, Thursday, January 27, in Chickasha, Okla at 8:00 PM against the #11 USAO (16-4, 11-2 SAC) in another Sooner Athletic Conference matchup.