Women's Basketball 12/8/2011 11:18:00 PM

OCU overpowers Mid-America Christian 88-37

Stars force 31 turnovers and stay perfect on the season

Dietra Caldwell scored a game-high 16 points against Mid-America Christian.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University women's basketball ran over Mid-America Christian 88-37 Thursday at Abe Lemons Arena.
With the win the Stars, ranked first in NAIA Division I, improve to 7-0 on the season and 4-0 in Sooner Athletic Conference play.
"I'm really proud of our defense,” OCU coach Rob Edmisson said. “I thought our kids were really locked in and made it hard for them to get shots.”
Junior Lauren Gober hit a 3-point bucket to begin the game for OCU and the Stars never looked back, hitting 12 of their first 23 shots from the field to build a 34-9 lead at the 4:33 mark of the first half.
OCU took a 31 point lead to the locker room at halftime after two free throws from Philicia Kelly made the score 45-14.
The Stars shot 46 percent from behind the 3-point line and scored 21 points off of turnovers while holding Mid-America Christian to 23 percent shooting from the field in the period.
Seniors Tiffany Goldwire and Dietra Caldwell sparked a 17-6 run to open the second half and give OCU a 63-20 lead at the 13:34 mark. Goldwire fueled the run with six of the team's first nine points of the half.
Senior Taylor Booze made a layup with 1:40 to go in the game to give the Stars their biggest lead of the contest at 84-31. OCU ended the half on an 18-6 run and cruised to the 88-37 victory.
OCU scored 30 points off 31 Mid-America Christian turnovers. The Stars defense held the Lady Evangels to 29 percent shooting from the floor on the game.
The Stars shot 51 percent from the floor on the game and outscored the Lady Evangels 36-10 in the paint. The OCU bench outscored the Mid-America Christian bench 30-2.
Caldwell led the OCU attack with five assists to go along with a game-high 16 points. Gober added 15 points and six rebounds, and Kelly tacked on 14 points and six rebounds off the bench.
Junior Desiree Jeffries posted 10 points and five rebounds, Goldwire finished with nine points, six rebounds and five assists and Booze turned in eight points and five assists.
“Overall I'm pleased,” Edmisson said. “It's a hard week with finals starting, a number of our kids are starting finals at the end of this week, and you're heading into Christmas break. There are a lot of things that can distract a young person, so we have to stay focused.”
The Stars return to action against Benedictine (Kan.) at 2 p.m. Dec. 17 at Abe Lemons Arena.
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