Bethany,OK,--Southwestern Christian(11-9, 6-8 SAC)clawed back from down 16 to pull within one, but MACU hits crucial shots to pull away within the Final Minutes to put away Lady Eagles. MACU shot 21-53 from the field averaging 40%, 8-22 from the three averaging 36% and shot 15-17 from the free throw line averaging 88%. The Lady Evangels Presley Payahsape had 19 points. The Lady Eagles forced 15 turnovers resulting in 15 points off turnovers. The Lady Eagles got 5 steals on the night Thamires Andrade had 2 steals and couple of other SCU players each a had steal a piece.

Southwestern Christian shot relatively well tonight, The Lady Eagles shot 21-57 from the floor averaging 37%. SCU shot 2-12 from three (17%) and from the free throw line shot 10-16 (62%). Thamires Andrade led the Lady Eagles in points tonight with 20 pts. MACU out-rebound SCU 32-39, The Eagles had 7 offensive rebounds and scored 3 second chance points, Thamires Andrade finished the night with 10 Reb. The bench contributed 9 points to the effort,Kaitin Taylor and Lauren Masquat came off the bench and both scored 3 pts a piece. The Eagles had 9 assist in the game, Abbey Phibbs finished the night with 5. The Lady Eagles finished with 28 pts in the paint.

The Senior Thamires Andrade finished with 9-19 shooting and 2-3 from the Free Throw Line, Her Final stat line is 20 pts,10 Reb, 2 Ast, & 2 Blk. Lauren Wade also contributed to the Offensive effort with 4-7 shooting from the field, Her Final stat line was 8 pts,5 Reb,& 1 Stl.Tresha Yager finished with 7 pts, 2 Reb, 1 Ast,& 1 Stl.

The Lady Eagles will return to action on the Road, Thursday, January 27th,at 6:00 PM against the USAO Drovers(16-4,10-3 SAC) in another Sooner Athletic Conference matchup.