No. 15 (NAIA) OUR LADY OF THE LAKE (5-1, 0-0)
vs. No.15/18 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (6-2, 0-0)
Saturday, December 1 - 1 PM                                             
Rip Griffin Center (Lubbock, Texas)
Radio: Online Only
All-Time Series: LCU leads 1-0
 
HOME, BUT NOT FOR LONG
Lubbock Christian University has one home game over an eight-game stretch, which is Saturday with LCU hosting Our Lady of the Lake for their second consecutive game against a ranked opponent. The Lady Chaps have dropped two of their last three games and look to avoid consecutive losses for the first time since Dec. 10, 2016. The contest against OLLU will serve as a countable regular season game for LCU, but an exhibition game for OLLU.
 
SATURDAY SUMMARY
LCU and No.1 Central Missouri combined for 21 three-pointers and despite a career-high 25-point performance from LCU's Olivia Robertson, UCM's 11 three-pointers were enough to carry them for a 67-62 win Saturday at the St. Mary's Thanksgiving Classic inside Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio, Texas.

Each team had more three-pointers than two-point field goals, as the combined 21 three-pointers made up for 53.8% of the team's combined 39 field goals. It was LCU's first game since Jan. 21, 2017 in which each team had at least 10 three-pointers. Eight different players (five UCM players) connected from long range, with Paige Redmond leading all players with a 5-of-8 success mark for UCM.

UCM, improving to 5-1, received 23 points from Megan Skaggs off 7-of-12 shooting (3-of-5 from three-point range). She also added six rebounds, five assists and four steals. They also received 17 points from Redmond, 11 from Morgan Fleming and 10 points from Kimberly Crown. The Jennies, who defeated LCU in the Elite Eight NCAA Division II Tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D. last March, improved to 2-0 all-time against the Lady Chaps.

LCU, shooting a season-low 36.7% (18/49), had Allie Schulte join Robertson in double figures with 15 points. She was 4-of-7 from long distance, and had five rebounds, four steals and four assists.
 
HOMELAND SECURITY
LCU completed their home schedule going 16-0 last season season. They are the eighth team in NCAA Division II women's basketball history to win 55 consecutive home games with their win over Southern Nazarene Friday (it actively leads NCAA Div. II). If LCU extends the streak to 56, they would become the seventh team in NCAA Division II history to hit the plateau. The record is 87 consecutive home victories by Nebraska-Kearney, who completed the task from Jan. 31, 1995 - Nov. 24, 2001. LCU's last home loss came on Jan. 1, 2015 against Oklahoma City University. LCU has also won 49 consecutive home conference games, with their last conference home loss occurring Jan. 10, 2013 (against Oklahoma City). They are 43-0 all-time in Heartland Conference home games.
 
NO FOUL PLAY
The Lady Chaps rank 21st in the nation in fouls per game, with an average of 14.6 fouls per game. Fouls have led LCU to averaging 12.9 points a game from the free-throw line (opponents are averaging 10.8 points per game from the line).
 
SISTER CHRISTIAN
On Nov.10, CSU-Pueblo marked the first time in LCU program history in which a pair of sisters tallied double figures, as LCU received double-digit point production from Olivia Robertson, Juliana Robertson, Bobbi Chitsey and Maddi Chitsey. LCU has three sisters on the squad, but they have not had a game yet in which all three sisters touched the floor.
 
LENDING A HELPING HAND
LCU has three players with at least an average of 2.0 assists per game.  Allie Schulte leads the team with 30 assists (3.8 per game), with Olivia Robertson (18, 2.3) and Caitlyn Cunyus (2.0) also providing into the ball distribution. LCU averages 14.9 assists (ranks second in the Heartland Conference) on 24.0 field goals per game.  LCU has a conference leading 119 assists, ranking 28th nationally in the category.
 
BOARD GAMES
The Lady Chaps rank eighth in the Heartland Conference in rebounds per game (31.4), but rank second Heartland Conferene in rebounding margin with a mark of 4.4. Olivia Robertson leads LCU with 42 rebounds.
 
DOWNTOWN
LCU had their fourth game with at least 10 three-pointers Saturday. The Lady Chaps rank fifth nationally with 68 three-pointers on the season and is third with a shooting mark of 44.2% from long range.
 
RANKING THINGS
With a pair of losses during the Thanksgiving Week, LCU fell in the D2SIDA and WBCA national rankings. The Lady Chaps dropped from No.3 to No. 15 in D2SIDA and No.10 to No.18 in the WBCA poll.
 
FIVE FACTS ABOUT OLLU
- Our Lady of the Lake is 5-1 after a 94-66 win over Dillard Saturday. They have won their last two games. They are counting their meeting against LCU as an exhibition game.
- The Saints went 23-10 last season, with an 16-2 mark in Red River (RRAC) play. They qualified for the NAIA National Tournament (Billings, Mont.), where they fell to Loyola University in the opening round.
- OLLU is preseason picked tied-for-first in the RRAC, alongside LSU-Shreveport.    
- The Saints lead the NAIA averaging 94.5 points per game. Kasey Saldana leads their offense with an average of 17.7 points per game. Saldana also ranks third in the NAIA with a 95.2% (20/21) free-throw percentage, helping OLLU rank third nationally in the category (77.7% as a team).
- Jamia Miller ranks third nationally in the NAIA with an outside shooting mark of 61.9% (13/21) on the season. She is 9-of-10 in the prior two combined contests.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST OLLU
The Lady Chaps and Saints have two prior meetings, with only one counting as a countable contest for LCU. The Lady Chaps only regular season meeting resulted in a 97-67 LCU win on Nov. 13, 2009 inside Rip Griffin Center. That meeting was during OLLU's inaugural season in the NAIA. The two squads met again on Nov. 10, 2014, which was a 100-80 win in an exhibition contest in Lubbock. OLLU was ranked No.11 (NAIA) in the exhibition meeting.
 
RECAPPING THE PRIOR MEETING VS OLLU
Lubbock, Texas (Nov. 13, 2009) – LCU 97, OLLU 67
The No.19 Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals shot a program single-game record 62.7% from the field (37-of-59) and had at least five different players in double-figures in points for a third consecutive game, as LCU rolled to a 97-67 victory over Our Lady of the Lake University at Rip Griffin Center.

The Lady Chaps only missed 11 two-point field goal attempts in the game, as they were 30-of-43 (69.8%) inside the perimeter. The inside presence helped the Lady Chaps out-score the Saints 52-28 in the paint. LCU also out-scored the Saints 22-4 in fast break points.

Lubbock Christian never trailed in the game. They opened the game on a 9-0 run and built their largest first half lead to 49-36 right before taking a 49-38 lead into the half. The offense did not slow down in the second half, as the Lady Chaps shot the ball 66.7% (16-of-24) from the field in the second half.

Shamika Singleton and Ashley Coggins led the Lady Chaps offense with 16 points each. Singleton was 7-of-12 from the field for her 16 points, while Coggins was 6-of-10 with a game-high eight rebounds and five assists. Severyn Smith did not miss a triple-double by much, as she had 15 points with eight assists and six rebounds. LCUís Whitney Wehmeyer was solid in the game from the field, going 5-of-6 for 15 points. LCU's Brittany Hampton provided 12 points, six rebounds and seven assists. Our Lady of the Lake received a team-high 15 points from Stacey Darnley in the loss.

The prior LCU single-game record for team shooting was a mark of 61.9% (39-of-63) against Claremont College from 1/2/98.