LUBBOCK, Texas (January 9, 2016) – A 15-0 run in the second quarter and 23 points in the opening half by Kelsey Hoppel allowed No.2/5 Lubbock Christian University to pull away from Oklahoma Christian 100-61 Saturday afternoon in a Heartland Conference tilt inside Rip Griffin Center.
 
LCU, who opened Thursday's win over Newman with a 21-0 run, opened Saturday's contest with a 13-0 run. Hoppel was responsible for 11 of the team's first 13 points in the opening 3:22 of play. LCU led 25-13 at the close of the first quarter and OC rallied with an 8-2 run to cut the Lady Chaps lead to 27-21. OC's Addy Clift produced 19 points in the first half and 12 came in the second quarter.  She produced a layup with 6:56 remaining in the half to move OC within 30-26. She later hit one of five first-half three-pointers with 4:38 to cut LCU's lead down to 36-31, but that is when LCU responded. LCU went on a 15-0 run in a span of 1:46 to take a 51-31 lead with 2:24 left in the half. Hoppel had seven points during the run and Nicole Hampton had six points in the stretch.  Sarah Parker knocked down one of seven three-pointers in the half for OC to end the run. LCU led 59-38 at the half.
 
The Lady Chaps opened the second half with a 12-0 run and a trio of the field goals in the second half surge came from Bruffey, who scored six points in a span of 56 seconds. LCU led 85-50 at the conclusion of the third quarter. A majority of reserves filled the hardwood in the final quarter. Olivia Robertson netted three of LCU's four field goals in the final quarter.
 
LCU shot 61.5% (16/26) from the field in the second half and held OC to a 26.5% (9/34) shooting mark in the second half.  Overall, LCU was 58.5% (38/65) from the field and OC was 32.3% (21/65). OC went from 7-of-14 (50%) from three-point range in the first half to a 0-of-11 long distance shooting woe in the second half (they missed their last 12 three-point attempts).
 
Hoppel was 11-of-14 (78.6%) from the field and tallied 25 points in 22 minutes of play. Hampton tallied 16 points and Bruffey scored 14 points to join Hoppel in double figures. Hoppel (11/14) and Hampton (6/7) combined to go 17-of-21 (81%) from the field. For the fourth time this season, LCU had at least 25 assists, as they recorded 25 assists highlighted by seven from Hampton and a career-high six assists from Hannah Harbin. LCU out-scored OC 50-22 in paint scoring and 28-18 in points off turnovers.
 
OC was led by a 21-point performance from Clift and 13 points from Parker. Clift scored 19 of her points in the first half (held to two free-throws in the second half) and Parker scored 12 of her 13 points in the opening half (held to a free-throw in the second half).
 
The season-high 100 points marks the 14th time LCU has reached at least 100 points in a game under Steve Gomez's coaching tenure and it is the 23rd time overall in program history. The win marked the ninth consecutive win by LCU in the all-time series against Oklahoma Christian and the Lady Chaps have now won 16 of the last 19 meetings.
 
LCU improved to 13-0 overall on the season and they are 5-0 in the Heartland Conference. Oklahoma Christian fell to 3-2 in conference and 6-9 overall. LCU, who has played five of their last seven games at home, heads to Rogers State Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. tip in Claremore, Okla.    
 
TURNING POINT
The game's turning point came in the second quarter with LCU's 15-0 run to turn a 36-31 lead into a 51-31 lead. LCU went 4-for-4 from the field during the run as part of sequence in which they made seven straight field goals. For a stretch of 10:17 (from 4:10 remaining in the second quarter to 3:53 remaining in the third quarter, LCU was 16-of-18 from the field (88.9%). The score went from 36-31 to 78-44 during that stretch (42-13 scoring advantage).
 
STAT OF THE GAME
Antoinette Iroko came into the game with a 31.3% shooting mark from the free-throw line, with only five makes on 16 attempts. Saturday, Iroko was an impressive 6-of-6 from the free-throw line and improved her percentage on the season to 50%.  Iroko is one of only two Lady Chaps this season to be perfect from the line with at least six attempts (Hampton was 7-of-7 at St. Mary's on Dec. 15). She had a career-high six points in the game, with all six points coming from the charity stripe.