LUBBOCK, Texas (November 21, 2016) – Bailey Haist produced 17 points in the first half off five three-pointers, and Tess Bruffey finished with a game-high 20 points, as No.11 Lubbock Christian University used a 25-6 first half run to cruise past NAIA No.22 Wayland Baptist 72-50 Monday night inside Rip Griffin Center.
 
LCU never trailed in the contest and hit their first three field goals to jumpstart the offense with a 6-0 lead. WBU cut the deficit to 11-7 with a Shawna Monreal three-pointer with 3:20 remaining in the first quarter, but the Flying Queens wouldn't see another field goal for the next 11:17. LCU would go on a 25-6 run, building their lead to 36-13. All six points for WBU during the run were from the free-throw line.
 
At the half, LCU led 38-19, with Haist nearly outscoring the entire Flying Queens in the half with her 6-of-9 shooting from the field (5-of-6 from three-point range). She had 17 points in the opening half, with all coming from the field. Meanwhile, WBU was shooting 14.3% from the field in the half (4/28), with more points from the free-throw line (10) than the field (9). LCU had a 25-11 rebounding advantage in the half, with Bruffey bringing down seven of them.
 
Shayla Monreal produced eight points in the opening 4:15 of the second half and helped WBU lead a 10-2 run, cutting LCU's lead to 40-29. It would be the closest the Flying Queens would get. LCU used three-pointers from Bruffey and Allison Szabo to go on a 10-0 run to build their lead to 55-32 with 1:12 remaining in the third quarter. Hannah Harbin knocked down a pair of free throws with 2:59 remaining in the game to place LCU's lead to 72-47, marking the game's largest lead.
 
Bruffey had 12 of her 20 points in the second half. She finished with nine rebounds, missing out on a third straight double-double. Haist finished with 19 points and her five three-pointers matched a career high for a fourth time. Her first was her 100^th of her LCU career. LCU also received 13 points from Harbin and 10 rebounds from Allison Szabo. LCU was 49% from the field (25/51) and 52.4% (11/21) from three-point range (opened the game 7-of-8 from long range). They held WBU to 20.6% shooting (13/63). The Flying Queens, led by 10-point performances by Shayla Montreal and Jade Jones, went 19-of-22 (86.4%) from the free-throw line. LCU out-rebounded WBU 50-30 in the game.
 
LCU improved to 3-2 with the win. The game was a regular season game for LCU, but the Pioneers declared the game an exhibition game.
 
TURNING POINT
LCU's 25-6 run in the first half was the turning point of the game. WBU went 0-for-12 from the field during the run.
 
STAT OF THE GAME
The Lady Chaps won by a wide margin despite turning the ball over a season high 24 times. The 24 turnovers were the most since they turned the ball over 24 times on Feb. 12, 2015 against Arkansas Fort Smith.
 
NEXT
The Lady Chaps head to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Clasico and begin play Friday at 10 a.m. (Central) facing Grand Valley State (2-1), who made an appearance in the Elite Eight Tournament.