The Basics

Score: (RV) Evangel 133, Crowley's Ridge 30

Location: Springfield, Mo. (AGFinancial Arena) 

Records: Evangel (1-0), Crowley's Ridge (0-1) 

Box Score 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Valor Women's Basketball opened their 2025-26 season on Thursday (Oct. 30) evening, hosting the Crowley's Ridge Pioneers. In Madi Wallace's first game as head coach, the Valor made a statement, running away with a 133-30 victory, breaking multiple school records, including the most points scored in a basketball contest at EU (formerly 111 against Southwest Baptist in 1981).

Evangel came out with heavy pressure to open the game, smothering the Pioneers, scoring 40 points to CRC's 13, to take a 40-13 lead into the second quarter. Heaven Shockley's eight points in the period helped pace the Valor attack.

The Valor defense continued to be relentless in the second quarter, holding CRC to eight points, while scoring 23 of their own. 11 Pioneer turnovers resulted in several extra possessions for EU, as the Valor led 63-21 at the halftime break.

The third quarter proved to be the biggest in terms of scoring differential, as the Evangel defense suffocated Crowley's Ridge, forcing 19 turnovers in the period and holding the Pioneers to just three points. The Evangel offense scored 44 points in the third period, as Carson Dillard scored 16 points in under four minutes of play, to help EU to a 107-24 lead.

Evangel shot 84 percent in the final period of play, missing just two shots as Ashton Bell scored 10 points in the final quarter of her first collegiate game to lead EU to a dominant 133-30 victory over the Pioneers of Crowley's Ridge.

QUOTABLE 

"I'm very proud of tonight's overall team effort," stated Head Coach Madi Wallace. "Our girls have been working very hard and we are excited to see what all this season holds. Tonight was just the beginning."

NOTABLE 

• Carson Dillard led the Valor with 25 points in Thursday's contest, in just 12 minutes of play.

• Mae Mae Gilmore and Alyssa McCarty led EU with seven rebounds each.

• Cassidy Hambelton passed off a team high seven assists.

• Ali Kamies finished her evening with eight steals, a team high.

• Ashton Bell (16 pts.), Morgan Ross (13 pts.), Heaven Shockley (12 pts.), and Ali Kamies (11 pts.) rounded out double digit scoring for EU.

• Evangel's 133 points is the fifth most scored in a single game in NAIA history.

• Evangel broke all the following school records in Thursday's contest.

  • Most Points Scored in Single Game (133, formerly 111)

  • Most Field Goals Made in Single Game (53, formerly 42)

  • Most Steals in Single Game (36, formerly 35)

  • Most Forced Turnovers in Single Game (54, formerly 44)

  • Largest Single Game Victory (103, formerly 74)

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