By Glen Miller/Staff Writer The Redlands Community College women’s basketball team took advantage of 17 second-half turnovers by Mid-America Christian University Thursday night to win its first game at home in 2007 with an 86-57 decision over the Evangels. The win lifted the Cougars, ranked ninth in the latest NJCAA Division II poll, to 15-1 on the season. The 29-point victory, which included three second-half blocked shots by RCC, was the fifth for Redlands since returning from the holiday break. Redlands had its hands full with the Evangels for the first 20 minutes, leading 30-26 before three fast break layups and a put-back allowed the Cougars to take a 38-31 lead into intermission. Rudy Crenshaw was one of four players with multi baskets for RCC, ending the first half with six points. Lameka Oakes and LeNece Glossett matched that mark as nine players scored for the Cougars. Leandra Johnson led all scorers in the half with seven. Redlands opened the second half with two quick baskets from Demesha Heard and Kim Ford to move the lead into double digits. It remained a 12-point game until the Cougars went on a 14-0 run over a seven-minute period. Heard scored a pair of baskets and two free throws in the break, followed by single buckets from Liz Semien and Eva Duce. Stefanie Cook added two baskets to secure a 63-38 margin. Natasha Waugh swished a 3-pointer with 10:39 to play and added an inside basket to give the Cougars a 70-42 lead. Redlands outscored Mid-America 32-11 in the first 10 minutes of the second half. The Evangels answered with a small 5-0 run, but Redlands countered with a pair of Cook 3-pointers and a pair of fast break layups by Duce to push the margin to 31 points at 84-53. Eleven players scored for Redlands in the lopsided win, led by Crenshaw with 14 points and 13 each from Heard and Glossett. Cook led those in single digits with nine, followed by Johnson with eight, seven by Oakes and six from Semien. Ford, Chelsea Yarbrough and Natasha Normand had four points apiece and Leanna Litsch added two. Redlands has been on the road since the break, beating Rose State College in a key Division II outing 91-69. The division is made up of three teams, including North Arkansas, and the regular season champ among the trio gets a first-round bye in the postseason tourney. Heard was the mainstay for Redlands in the win over the Raiders, scoring 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field. A clutch bucket from the sophomore came at the buzzer to pull RCC to within one at 40-39. Heard got the ball with six seconds to play and went coast to coast for the layup. Hared ended the game with eight steals and two assists. Glossett chipped in 14 points, six boards and six assists, while Oakes had 12 points, five rebounds and a pair of steals. Semien added nine points and two blocked shots, while Crenshaw, Yarbrough and Ford all had eight points. Redlands opened up the 2007 portion of its schedule with an 87-58 win over the Oklahoma Angels, a group of former college players. Glossett scored a game-high 15 points, followed by Litsch with 14 and nine points each from Cook and Oakes. Yarbrough, Cook, Glossett and Oakes all connected from the 3-point line. Looking easy in the “Big Easy” Redlands traveled to New Orleans to face Delgado Community College, winning twice by scores of 90-42 and 93-55. In the latter 38-point decision, Crenshaw knocked down a team-high 17 points. The transfer from Southwestern Oklahoma State University added three assists and two steals. Heard chipped in 12 points, nine assists and five steals, while Litsch came off the bench to add 11 points. Semien had six points and eight rebounds as Redlands outscored Delgado 48-24 in the second half. Four players reached double digits in the 48-point humbling of Delgado, led by Oakes with 17 points, including a 6-of-7 effort from the free throw line. Heard tossed in 16 points along with 13 points from Cook and a dozen from Johnson. Semien led the team in rebounding with seven to go along with three assists and four blocked shots.