FARMERS BRANCH, Texas – The Dallas Christian College women's basketball team captured its second straight home victory, as it tallied the highest scoring output of the season with an 85-62 final over Texas Christian College on Wednesday evening.

Mckayla Washington led all players with a personal-high 19 points, as she went 8-for-17 from the floor and had two three-pointers. Leia Twine also notched a career scoring night with 18 points as she hit 4-of-8 on the floor and was a perfect 8-for-8 at the free throw line.

Standing out for DCC on the boards were a trio of players matching with team-highs at 11. Forming this unit were Keiarra Rivers, Shabaria Walter, and Taylor Brokenberry – who delivered her best outing from the bench on the season to go with eight points. Walter led the offensive rebounding category with six and the team had 20 of them.

The Crusaders got off to a slow start by falling behind 5-1 through four minutes to open the contest. DCC got things tied up at eight on a Washington three-pointer and then Daizja Jolly drilled a triple of her own at 3:37 to give the home squad its first lead. Texas Christian would finish the quarter up 16-15. However, the Crusaders prevailed in scoring the remaining three quarters, which included a 51-35 second half difference.

Brokenberry knotted things at 19 in the second quarter and then got it done on the next play defensively with a steal. Walter buried a trey to put the Crusaders up for good and was part of a huge 13-0 run. Jolly, who finished with eight points, would cap the surge on a jump shot with 4:52 before the halftime break. The Wolfpack got within six, but a three-pointer by Twine sent the score back to nine with under a minute to go. The halftime score favored DCC 34-27.

As mentioned already, the Crusaders were able to break out the offense in the last 20 minutes. The start of the third had things competitive, as the first three minutes had Texas Christian scrapping at a three-point deficit (38-35), but Washington pushed things out with a three-pointer. The freshman out of Humble, Texas, came up with another huge answer after the score got nipped to 43-41. DCC raced out to a double-digit advantage as Brokenberry got a steal with two and a half minutes left and completed the fast break. Cyrstal Eureste followed with a theft of her own and Rivers benefited from her assist to make it 54-41. Brokenberry added a jumper and Washington scored the final basket on a layup with under 10 seconds to wrap up a 15-1 scoring swing.

The Crusaders largest lead of the game was 27 in the fourth quarter. DCC did damage on points from the 22 turnovers Texas Christian committed. The team also had a 24-6 edge on fastbreak points, and the Crusaders bench contributed 37 points.

Dallas Christian remains home for a four-game home stand, as NCCAA regional opponents Baptist Bible College and Kansas Christian College are slated for Friday and Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and 12:30 p.m.

There was a makeup date selected for the Southwestern Adventist University game. Monday, February 1 at 5 p.m. was the suggested rescheduled date. The matchup between these teams was originally selected as the makeup from November. This will be a conference countable game and the DCC men's basketball team will play afterwards against Southwestern Adventist University in its Tuesday postponement.