LUBBOCK, Texas (December 3, 2015) – Lubbock Christian University and Midwestern State University combined for 85 points off the bench and Whitney Taylor supplied MSU with 17 points off the bench, but LCU used a 28-8 scoring advantage in the first quarter and 12 points off the bench from Allison Szabo to claim a 92-71 win Thursday night at Rip Griffin Center for LCU's first win over MSU since 1990.
 
LCU opened the game on a 14-3 run and had 16 points off their bench in the opening quarter.  The Mustangs committed six turnovers in the opening quarter leading to a 14-3 advantage in points off turnovers. Szabo had eight of her 12 points in the quarter. LCU's defense held MSU to three field goals (3/13) in the quarter, with only one tallied inside the perimeter.
 
The Mustangs rebounded in the second quarter with a 22-point quarter, which is the second highest quarter total by a Lady Chaps opponent this season. Whitney Taylor, who had 11 points in the first half, scored eight of her points in the quarter.
 
MSU was 5-of-8 (62.5%) from long range in the opening half, but were 6-of-21 (28.6%) inside the arc. LCU led 53-30 at the half and shot 60.6% (20/33) in the half.
 
LCU was unable to maintain their hot shooting in the second half.  LCU opened the second half 1-of-10 inside the arc. They were also 5-of-10 from the line during the quarter, but had key outside shooting. They opened 4-for-4 from three-point range, with Bailey Haist connecting on a trio. Jacquar Westbrooks and Whitney Paul combined for 13 points in the quarter for MSU and they were able to cut the LCU lead to 16 (57-41), but they would get no closer.
 
The Lady Chaps played all 15 players and 12 produced offensively. They received 45 points from their bench and 47 from their starters. No starter played more than 26 minutes for LCU. MSU produced 40 of their 71 points from their bench. The Mustangs used 14 players and received points from 10 different players. Kelsey Hoppel led LCU with 13 points. She was joined in double figures by Nicole Hampton (12 points), Szabo (12 points) and Haley Fowler (11 points). Westbrooks led all scorers with 18 points and MSU also received 17 points from Taylor and 10 points from Anni Scholl.
 
LCU shot 52.5% (32/61) from the field and 58.8% (10/17) from long range. MSU, like LCU, also shot better from three-point range than inside the arc, going 8-of-12 (66.7%) from downtown. Scholl and Taylor were each 3-for-4, while LCUs success came from Haist (3-for-3), Hoppel (3-for-5) and Blair Taylor (2-for-2). LCU produced nine blocks in the game, with Tess Bruffey blocking five.  Hampton was two rebounds and two assists shy of a triple-double. LCU out-scored MSU 26-13 in points off turnovers and 18-4 in fast break points.
 
Lubbock Christian improved to 7-0 and ended a streak of 11 consecutive losses in the all-time history with MSU. The Mustangs (1-7), who were making their first trip to Lubbock since 1994, suffered their first loss to LCU since Jan. 17, 1990.  It was the 28th meeting all-time and the first for Lubbock Christian (their sixth win in the all-time series) resulting in a win of over 11 points.
 
The Lady Chaps remain home next Thursday hosting Oklahoma City University at 6 p.m. inside Rip Griffin Center.

TURNING POINT
Haley Fowler and Kelsey Hoppel had the opening 10 points of the game (five each) before 16 of their next 18 points in the half were produced by bench players. It aided LCU's 28-point opening quarter of play.

STAT OF THE GAME
Hoppel produced three three-pointers, which provides her with 205 three-pointers on her LCU career and moved her past Haley Burton and into third place on LCU's all-time three-point list. Also moving up the charts was Hampton, who recorded eight rebounds and now has 846 career rebounds to rank second all-time on LCU's career list (she moved past Darla Lynch).