LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (18-5, 12-1) at ROGERS STATE (8-14, 6-8)
Saturday, February 14 - 1:00 PM                                                          
Expo Center (Claremore, Okla.)
Radio: KJTV AM950/100.7FM                                                              
All-Time Series: LCU leads 11-5

The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals close out their easternmost conference road trip Sat-urday afternoon, taking a 10-game win streak to Claremore, Okla. to face Rogers State University inside Expo Center.

LCU improved to 18-5 overall and 12-1 Thursday with a 60-57 Heartland Conference win at University of Arkansas Fort Smith. The win not only extended LCU's season-long win streak to 10 games, but it keeps them alone in first place. UAFS, with an 11-3 record in conference, sits behind LCU and LCU has five games remaining. Their "magic number" to secure sole possession of first place in the conference is four.

LCU received 20 points from Haley Burton Thursday and a double-double from Kellyn Schneider, who had 11 points and 16 rebounds. The Lady Chaps won despite 24 turnovers, which was their highest turn-over total in a win since committing 25 in a win over St. Gregory's on Feb.4, 2010.

The Lady Chaps have a shooting percentage (47%) which ranks in the top five in NCAA Div. II and a de-fense that holds opponents to a 32.6% shooting mark, which ranks second amongst NCAA Div. II pro-grams. LCU has forced their opponents to shoot under 30% in three consecutive games.

ABOUT RSU
The Hillcats opened the conference season winless through their first three games, but have gone 6-5 since and enter Saturday's game winning three of the last four games and are 6-8 in conference (8-14 overall). They defeated Oklahoma Panhandle State 77-53 Thursday night. First-year head coach Bobby Cope's squad enters the game 5-7 at home on the season. They are led in scoring by Mikaila Newton, who is the only Hillcat averaging double figures with 13.0 points a game. She is the reigning Heartland Conference Player of the Week.      

THE SERIES AGAINST RSU
LCU has an 11-5 advantage in the all-time series after a 81-63 win in Lubbock on Jan. 15. LCU swept the season series last season and has won seven of the last eight meetings, including the last four. The last trip to Claremore (Dec. 7, 2013) resulted in an 84-65 LCU win.

THE LAST MEETING AGAINST RSU
Jan. 15, 2015 (Lubbock, Texas) - LCU: 81 / RSU 63
Haley Burton's 17 points led a foursome of Lady Chaparrals in double figures, which included an 18-rebound and 10-point double-double from Kellyn Schneider, and Lubbock Christian University cruised to an 81-63 Heartland Conference victory over Rogers State University Thursday night inside Rip Griffin Center.

Burton, who entered the game 4-of-24 from three-point range over the prior four games, opened the game 3-of-3 from long range to help LCU jump out early. Her first two were part of a 10-0 run to bounce back from a 10-7 deficit, and her third capped a 15-2 run for a 29-11 lead with 7:42 remaining in the first half. The three three-pointers helped move her into fourth place on LCU's all-time three-point field goal list with 184. She needs four more to move into third place on the all-time list (move past Angie Taylor, who had 187 from 1996-2000).

The senior from Shallowater, Texas scored 13 of her 17 points in the opening half. Her final first half field goal gave LCU a 39-18 lead before LCU settled for a 39-23 halftime lead. LCU held RSU to a 23.3% (7/30) shooting percentage in the first half and to a 15.4% (2/13) mark from the perimeter.

Inside players Schneider and Tess Bruffey provided the offensive firepower for LCU in the second half. Bruffey (5/7) and Schneider (4/5) combined for 21 points and a 9-of-12 (75%) shooting mark in the half. LCU led as much as 24 and never led by less than 16 points in the second half.

The Lady Chaps finished the game shooting 51.7% (30/58) for their third game to shoot over 50% this season. The mark was aided by a 57.1% (16/28) shooting percentage in the second half. Along with Bur-ton's 17 points, LCU received 16 points from Allison Szabo, 15 points from Bruffey and 10 points from Schneider. The double-double from Schneider was her third and the career-high 18 rebounds was the most by a Lady Chap since Candace Clenney produced 19 on Feb. 23, 2006 against Science & Arts of Oklahoma.

LCU was able to out-rebound RSU 45-24 for their sixth consecutive game out-rebounding the opposition. The Lady Chaps out-scored RSU 14-2 in second chance scoring.

RSU received 14 points from Mikaila Newton and a career high 10 points from Madison Dearmin in the loss. They did out-score LCU 16-9 in points off turnovers, and turned the ball over only six times. LCU, who has been plagued with 17 turnovers or more in the last six consecutive games prior, turned the ball over 11 times in the game.