SAN ANTONIO, Texas (February 26, 2015) – Morgan Pullins produced her 18th double-double of the sea-son (24 points, 12 rebounds) and she helped St. Mary's end No.19 Lubbock Christian University's 13-game win streak, as the Lady Chaparrals fell 67-59 Thursday evening inside Bill Greehey in Heartland Conference action.

LCU fell behind early, trailing 14-7 six minutes into the contest, but they responded with a 9-0 run for a 16-14 lead. The lead would bounce back and forth, as the game had six lead changes in the first half and the score was tied on six occasions. LCU closed the half on a dry spell, as they did not have a field goal for the final 6:55 of the half and a 28-26 lead turned into a 30-29 halftime deficit.

The Lady Chaps would eventually go a span of 8:41 without a field goal, going 0-for-10 from the field during the scoring drought. After Bailey Haist's three-pointer ended the streak, they would go another 5:35 until their next field goal. In all, LCU had one field goal during a span of 13:06. By the time the sec-ond LCU field goal in the second half was scored, the Lady Chaps found themselves trailing 41-36 with 13:49 remaining. Kyra Littlejohn played a vital role for StMU in the second half. The guard entered the second half 4-for-37 (10.8%) on the season in three-point shooting (1-for-26, 3.8% in conference games), but she ended up going 2-for-2 in the half from three-point range and had all 14 of her points in the sec-ond half. She helped the Rattlers take a 55-45 lead with 5:33 remaining. Haley Burton helped the Lady Chaps attempt a late comeback. She hit a pair of late three-pointers, including the 200th of her LCU career (third Lady Chap to ever complete the task), and twice pulled LCU within a five point deficit. Burton had a chance to put the Lady Chaps within three points, going to the line with LCU trailing 63-58 (43 seconds remained), but she had one of seven missed second half free-throws by the Lady Chaps. Her made free-throw on the trip to the line cut LCU's deficit to 63-59 and it is as close as they would get.

Both teams were plagued by turnovers (each team had 13 in the second half and 21 in the game), with the Rattlers out-scoring LCU 22-12 in points off turnovers. LCU had 21 turnovers and 20 field goals, marking the fourth time this season LCU has had more turnovers than field goals made. LCU struggled from the line, going 57.1% (12/21) from the line in the game. St. Mary's, entering the game 29% from three-point range, was 6-of-13 (46.2%) in the contest.

Pullins was 10-of-18 from the field and ended with 24 points and 12 rebounds. She also had five steals. The conference's scoring leader was joined offensively by Dezirae Elias (16 points) and Littlejohn (14 points). Burton led LCU with 17 points, and also finishing in double figures in points for LCU was Tess Bruffey (12 points) and Haley Fowler (11 points).

The loss was LCU's second ever Heartland Conference loss (both have come on the road) and they are now 35-2 all-time in Heartland Conference contests. This season, LCU is 21-6 overall and 15-2 in confer-ence with the loss. St. Mary's, battling for a berth to the Heartland Conference Tournament, improved to 15-10 overall and 9-8 in conference.

LCU will close out their season Saturday at 1 p.m. in Laredo, Texas facing Texas A&M International. A win by the Lady Chaps or a loss by Arkansas - Fort Smith (facing Rogers State) will allow the Lady Chaps to have sole possession of the conference regular season title.