LUBBOCK, Texas (December 20, 2014) – Haley Burton had 20 points and nine assists and teammate Kellyn Schneider had 12 rebounds and produced seven of Lubbock Christian University's 11 blocks to help the Lady Chaparrals defeat St. Mary's University 70-62 Saturday afternoon in Heartland Conference play at Rip Griffin Center. The win places LCU with a 2-0 Heartland Conference record and ended the Rat-tlers five-game win streak.

St. Mary's opened the game with the upper hand, going on an 8-0 run for a 15-10 lead eight minutes into the game. LCU responded with Bailey Haist connecting for a three-pointer to end the run and cutting the Rattlers lead to 15-13. Less than a minute later, Haley Fowler had a lay-up to jumpstart an 18-2 LCU run. The Rattlers went 7:17 without a field goals and LCU led 31-19 at the run's close with four minutes left in the half. LCU led 40-28 at the half.

Neither team had much of a run in an even paced second half. StMU was able to cut the deficit to 53-46 with 9:38 left, but Haley Burton knocked down a three-pointer for LCU to cap a 5-0 run and build the lead to 58-46 with 7:49 to go. LCU never let the lead slip under an eight-point margin the rest of the way.

Morgan Pullins had a solid performance for StMU with 26 points and 15 rebounds to complete the dou-ble-double in the loss. She had 22 of the Rattlers 64 field goal attempts. Kiara Etheridge also produced a double-double in the loss with 14 points and 10 rebounds. St. Mary's used a short bench, with only three subs used. They did not have any points off their bench.

Burton led LCU with 20 points and was near a double-double with nine assists. Bailey Haist (12) and Alli-son Szabo (11) each had double-figures in points. LCU had 11 blocks in the game, with Schneider lead-ing the way with seven. The 11 blocks marks the sixth time this season the Lady Chaps have had at least 10 blocks in a games.

LCU improved to 8-3 overall with the loss and 2-0 in conference play. The win marked LCU's 25th consec-utive conference win. StMU fell to 8-3 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

Lubbock Christian closed out the 2014 calendar year 24-3 (88.9%...went 26-5 during the 2013 calendar year). They will return to conference play Jan. 3, 2015 at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Before then, they will host former Sooner Athletic Conference rival Oklahoma City University in non-conference play Jan. 1, 2015 for their next game. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. inside Rip Griffin Center.