The No. 15 ranked Benedictine (Kan.) College women’s basketball team took on NAIA Div. I No. 2 Oklahoma City University on Friday afternoon and earned their sixth straight win, downing the Stars 81-74.

Benedictine (10-3) started the game on a 19-4 run and never looked back as they handed Oklahoma City (4-1) their first loss of the season. The only tie of the game was at tip-off as Benedictine led from the start and pushed ahead by as many as 19 points before settling for the seven-point win.

The Ravens used a 58.3 percent effort from behind the 3-point arc in the first half to ignite their hot start while limited the Starts to just 29 percent and nine first-half field goals.

Oklahoma City cut Benedictine’s second-half lead down to three points with five minutes remaining only to see the Ravens extend their lead back to double figures, outscoring the Stars 20-16 down the stretch.

Benedictine hit 80 percent from the charity stripe, knocking in 16 of 19 in the second half. They converted 13 of 14 down the stretch to hold off the late offensive surge put on by the Stars.

Benedictine finished at 45.5 percent from the floor and 52.4 percent from beyond the arc. The 11 3-pointers matched their previous season high, which came nearly two weeks ago in a win over Avila while the 3-point percentage established a new season high.

The Ravens scoring effort was very balanced as four players finished in double figures. Justice Payne led the Ravens with 15 points, followed by Erin Murphy and Rosie Youngstrom with 14 points. Katie Barr added 12 points while Jackie Ziesel scored 9 points to lead the Ravens bench-scoring effort.

Benedictine is off until Jan. 4 when they travel to Denver, Colo., to take on Johnson & Wales University and Arizona Christian at a classic hosted by Johnson & Wales.

— BC Sports Information —