Women's Basketball 12/9/2014 9:37:00 PM

OCU routs Evangel 81-52

Stars limit Evangel to lowest point total by opponent this season

Janay Borum rang up a season-high 17 points Tuesday.

Box Score
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University rolled past Evangel (Mo.) 81-52 on Tuesday at Abe Lemons Arena.
Rateska Brown, a senior from Alvin, S.C., piled up 26 points for the Stars. OCU, ranked second in NAIA Division I women's basketball, ran its win streak to six in moving to 6-1.
Brown accumulated six rebounds and five 3-pointers while shooting 10-for-12 from the field for OCU. Janay Borum, a senior from Upper Marlboro, Md., produced 17 points, four assists and three steals and hit 6 of her 8 shots from the floor for the Stars.
Ouleymatou Coulibaly, a senior from Bamako, Mali, West Africa, posted her second double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Catherine Kruschke, a junior from Dublin, Calif., contributed 12 points and three steals while sinking 5 of her 6 field-goal tries for Oklahoma City.
The Stars held Evangel to 35.8 percent shooting from the field for the lowest field-goal percentage by an OCU opponent this season. OCU downed 56.4 percent of its shots from the field.
"I have to give credit to everyone who played," OCU coach Latricia Trammell said. "They contributed in a positive way running positions they haven't ran before. To have that fight and that grit to find a way to win, I was really proud of them, and that's what I told them after the game."
OCU led wire-to-wire, building its lead to 36 points late in the game. Brown's free throw gave the Stars a 77-41 advantage and capped a 10-2 run with 5:31 remaining.
Borum ignited OCU in the first period with 14 points. Borum had a 3-point play that put the Stars ahead 9-3 at the 15:02 mark of the first half.
The Stars pushed their lead into double digits using an 8-0 surge. Borum picked up another 3-point play and a jumper in the lane sandwiched around Brown's trey. OCU led 25-13 with 7:20 showing on the clock.
"We call her a little waterbug," Trammell said of Borum. "She's all over the place. She's a great spark. She has found that she likes coming off the bench and seeing the game a little bit before she comes in. She's the one that kept us going in the first half and getting us that lead we needed."
Oklahoma City takes on Lubbock Christian (Texas) at 2 p.m. Jan. 1 in Lubbock, Texas.

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Players Mentioned

#21 Ouleymatou Coulibaly: C; 6' 2"; Senior

#3 Rateska Brown: G; 5' 6"; Senior

#24 Catherine Kruschke: F; 6' 0"; Junior

#11 Janay Borum: G; 5' 2"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#21 Ouleymatou Coulibaly
: 6' 2"; Senior
: C

#3 Rateska Brown
: 5' 6"; Senior
: G

#24 Catherine Kruschke
: 6' 0"; Junior
: F

#11 Janay Borum
: 5' 2"; Senior
: G