LUBBOCK, Texas (January 29, 2015) – Lubbock Christian thrust back into the top spot in the Heartland Conference with a convincing 84-59 victory over Oklahoma Panhandle State Thursday night at the Rip Griffin Center, aided by Ridrell Holman's season-high 17 points and career-high nine rebounds.

The win again put LCU (11-7, 8-3 Heartland) in a three-way tie for first place in the league. St. Mary's picked up a win over Oklahoma Christian and St. Edward's fell to Rogers State, placing the trio of teams all at 8-3. Texas-Permian Basin, Rogers State and Arkansas-Fort Smith all sit just a game behind at 7-4, guaranteeing a competitive second half to the conference schedule.

Holman played well in his first starting role since December 3, coming one board short of a career double-double, while A.J. Luckey's career-high nine assists, coupled with 16 points, were one shy of his first double-double. Marcos Schuster compiled 13 points and Isaac Cardona added a dozen, helping the Chaps achieve their largest margin of victory on the season at 25.

The first half was much more closely contested than the final outcome, with OPSU (3-16, 1-10) taking a 9-8 lead on a layup by John Lazenby five minutes into game. Matt Alford countered 10 seconds later to put the Chaps back on top for a lead that would remain throughout the remainder of the evening.

Beau Durham and Holman teamed up at the 5:46 mark of the first half with the Chaps clinging to a 23-21 advantage. Holman drained two three pointers within a 25-second span, while Durham scored off of his own miss, hit a pair of free throws and scored successively in the paint to compile his entire eight points on the evening to put LCU up 37-28 a minute before the half.

LCU scored its first points of the second half on a free throw by Marcus Arrington to give the Chaps a 40-30 edge and a lead that would not again drop to single digits. The Aggies closed to within 57-44 on a Lazenby three-pointer, but Holman responded with a layup and Schuster netted a three to extend the lead to 18 with 8:26 to play. Scout Teal made two free throws and Jacob Dawson hit a jumper to put LCU up by 28, the largest margin of the game with under a minute to play.

For OPSU, Antonio Manns, Jr., scored a team-high 16 points, with 12 of those coming in the second half, and Lazenby finished with 14.

The Chaps travel to Dallas Baptist for a 2 p.m. tipoff on Saturday.