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Leah Cheney
Leah Cheney downed a key 3-pointer with two minutes to go Thursday night.
62
Mid-America Christian MACU 8-11, 5-6
70
Winner Oklahoma City OCU 13-5, 10-1
Mid-America Christian MACU
8-11, 5-6
62
Final
70
Oklahoma City OCU
13-5, 10-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Mid-America Christian MACU 19 21 14 8 62
Oklahoma City OCU 21 24 9 16 70

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OCU sinks Mid-America Christian 70-62

Fourth-quarter heroics lift Stars

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University came up with clutch fourth-quarter play in a 70-62 victory over Mid-America Christian on Thursday at Abe Lemons Arena.
OCU put together a 16-8 fourth-quarter advantage to edge Mid-America. The Stars, ranked 14th in NAIA Division I women's basketball, improved to 13-5, 10-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
Catherine Kruschke sank a pair of jumpers to propel a 7-0 Oklahoma City splurge to begin the fourth. Kruschke scored in the lane off Markeisha Johnson's setup to put the Stars up 61-54 with 5:02 left.
After Mid-America's D'Shala Culberson cut the Stars' lead to 61-59, OCU rang up seven unanswered points. Leah Cheney nailed a trey with 2:03 showing, then Daniela Wallen and Janae Haag added buckets for a 68-59 Stars advantage with 1:03 remaining.
Wallen, a junior from Caracas, Venezuela, boosted Oklahoma City with 22 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals. Johnson, a senior from Mansura, La., produced 17 points and four rebounds on 8-for-10 shooting from the floor, and Kruschke, a senior from Dublin, Calif., supplied the Stars 14 points, eight rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals.
Haag, a junior from Olpe, Kan., contributed nine points, six rebounds and two blocks, while Cheney, a junior from Ault, Colo., piled up six points, seven rebounds, five assists and three thefts for OCU.
OCU registered a season-best six blocks to help limit Mid-America Christian to 37.1 percent shooting from the field – 27.6 percent in the second half.
Oklahoma City used 59.4 percent shooting from the floor in the first half to overcome a seven-point Mid-America lead. Alliyah Spatafora dropped in a 3 to put Mid-America up 9-2 early on.
The Stars meet Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) at 3 p.m. Saturday in Waxahachie, Texas.
 
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Players Mentioned

Markeisha Johnson

#25 Markeisha Johnson

F
5' 9"
Senior
Catherine Kruschke

#24 Catherine Kruschke

F
6' 0"
Senior
Leah Cheney

#10 Leah Cheney

G
5' 6"
Junior
Janae Haag

#14 Janae Haag

G
5' 10"
Junior
Daniela Wallen

#22 Daniela Wallen

F
5' 11"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Markeisha Johnson

#25 Markeisha Johnson

5' 9"
Senior
F
Catherine Kruschke

#24 Catherine Kruschke

6' 0"
Senior
F
Leah Cheney

#10 Leah Cheney

5' 6"
Junior
G
Janae Haag

#14 Janae Haag

5' 10"
Junior
G
Daniela Wallen

#22 Daniela Wallen

5' 11"
Junior
F