OKLAHOMA CITY (Dec. 4, 2018) – Despite the departure of many quality basketball programs from the NAIA into NCAA Division II in recent years, there still are plenty of good squads in the NAIA, a fact the Oklahoma Christian Lady Eagles were reminded of in painful fashion on Tuesday.

Mid-America Christian is one of them, and the Evangels – former Sooner Athletic Conference rivals of OC – used a 41-point, 11-rebound explosion from Alexis Shannon to spring an 84-78 upset of the Division II Lady Eagles in the Eagles' Nest.

MACU might have counted the game – its first against OC since March 2014 – a...