Women's Basketball Dropped by No. 19-ranked MACU

OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 20, 2023) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) women's basketball team fell to No. 19-ranked Mid-America Christian University (MACU) 89-48 on Monday. The Saints drop to 1-2 overall while the Evangels improve to 6-0.

Head Coach Tanya Ray said, "They had scored 100 or more points in four of their first five games prior to tonight. We talked about needing to give ourselves second and third opportunities to score and that's hard to do when we turned it over as much as we did. We gave up 15 offensive rebounds and when you play the No. 19-ranked team on the road you can't make those type of mistakes."

History

The Saints were 1-0 against the Evangels prior to the game.

Basics

The Saints struggled against a potent MACU offense on Monday night. The Evangels posted 42 points in the first half behind 50 percent shooting in the second quarter. Deja Williams grabbed four rebounds for the Saints, but the squad committed 12 turnovers before halftime.

OLLU shot better in the second half, but the deficit was too large to overcome. Both teams produced 23 points off the bench and the Saints shot 40 percent from three-point range. The Evangels capitalized on 21 second chance points and had 46 points in the paint. Tiffany Lopez led the Saints with 12 points and Kalista Niu followed with nine.

Offensive/defensive standouts

Lopez led the Saints with 12 points. Lopez and Williams tallied a team-high five rebounds apiece. Williams also led the Saints with three assists.

Kylee Scheer led MACU with 30 points. Scheer also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. Mia Smith led the team with seven assists.

Inside the box

OLLU combined for 19-of-48 shooting for 39.6 percent, 4-of-10 from three-point range for 40 percent and 6-of-9 from the free-throw line for 66.7 percent. MACU shot 34-of-69 for 49.3 percent, 10-of-23 three pointers for 43.5 percent and 11-of-11 from the free-throw line for 100 percent.

The Saints grabbed 25 rebounds while MACU collected 42. The Saints forced 15 turnovers and committed 29.

Up next

The Saints finish play in Oklahoma City against Southwestern Christian University tomorrow at 6 p.m.