LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (7-3, 0-0 Heartland)
at CAMERON (2-6, 0-2 Lone Star)
Saturday, December 8 – 2:00 PM                                             
Aggie Gym (Lawton, Okla.)
Radio: KJTV 100.7 FM "The Score"
All-Time Series: CU leads 8-2
 
THE HUNT CONTINUES
Lubbock Christian University remains seeking their first road win of the season Saturday, as they head to Lawton, Okla. to face Cameron University. The Lady Chaps are 0-2 in road play this season and are coming off a 77-75 loss at Southwestern Oklahoma State Monday. LCU has fallen to 2-3 over their last five games. Saturday's game is the second game of four straight games away from home.  
 
MONDAY'S MEMORY
Southwestern Oklahoma State was able to keep their 20-game home win streak inside Pioneer Cellular Events Center alive, as they forced No.15/18 Lubbock Christian University into 27 turnovers and overcame a 12-point fourth quarter deficit with a 10-2 run to end the game for a 77-75 win over the Lady Chaps Monday despite a 25-point performance for Olivia Robertson.

The Lady Chaps 50% (26/52) shooting performance topped SWOSU's 37.3% (25/67) shooting night. The Lady Bulldogs were 8-of-30 (26.7%) from three-point range. Hayden Priddy was 5-of-10, placing the rest of the Bulldogs 3-of-20 (15%) from long range. With 36 points coming off turnovers, it accounted of 46.8% of their total scoring. SWOSU, improving to 6-1 on the season, received 25 points from Hailey Tucker, who was 0-of-9 from three-point range. They also received 23 from Priddy and 10 points from Tyra Aska.

LCU, 85% (17-of-20) from the free-throw line, received their third consecutive performance of at least 20 points from Olivia Robertson. She was 9-of-18 from the field and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line, as she matched a career high with her 25-point output. Maddi Chitsey (14 points) and Kailin Davis (11 points) also contributed offensively for the Lady Chaps.

ON THE ROAD
The Lady Chaps are 0-2 in true road games this season. Olivia Robertson leads LCU in away contests with average of 24.0 points per game. Maddi Chitsey also averages double figures in points away from home (13.0). LCU has been plagued by turnovers on the road.  They have committed 53 turnovers and have been outscored 69-16 in points-off-turnovers in their combined two games.
 
NO FOUL PLAY
The Lady Chaps rank 33rd in the nation in fouls per game, with an average of 15.5 fouls per game. Fouls have led LCU to averaging 13.4 points a game from the free-throw line (opponents are averaging 11.2 points per game from the line). The Lady Chaps have shot over 80% from the free-throw line in six games this season and rank 39^th nationally with a mark of 75.3% on the season. Olivia Robertson leads the team (of qualified attempts), shooting 85% (34/40) from the line to rank third in the conference.
 
GOT ROB'ED
senior Olivia Robertson picked up the Heartland Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week award after leading the Lady Chaps to a 1-0 week during games played between Nov. 26 - Dec. 2. Robertson led the Lady Chaps to a win over Our Lady of the Lake on Saturday with a double-double effort of 20 points and 13 rebounds. The senior shot 50 percent (7-of-14) from the floor and added three assists and three steals in the win. Her 13 rebounds marked a career high and assisted her in obtaining her second double-double of the season. The senior from Kerrville, Texas is averaging 15.8 points per game this season for LCU following another career-high matching 25 points Monday night at Southwestern Oklahoma State. This marked Robertson's first career player of the week award.
 
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, and Saturday marked the first game this season in which all three sets of sisters played in the same game.
 
LENDING A HELPING HAND
LCU has four players with at least an average of 2.0 assists per game.  Allie Schulte leads the team with 39 assists (3.9 per game), with Olivia Robertson (23, 2.3), Bobbi Chitsey (2.0) and Caitlyn Cunyus (2.0) also providing into the ball distribution. LCU averages 15.5 assists (leads the Heartland Conference) on 24.4 field goals per game.  LCU has a conference leading 155 assists, ranking 10th nationally in the category.
 
BOARD GAMES
The Lady Chaps rank eighth in the Heartland Conference in rebounds per game (32.6), but rank second in the Heartland Conference in rebounding margin with a mark of 4.9. Olivia Robertson leads LCU with 60 rebounds (6.0 per game).
 
DOWNTOWN
LCU has nailed 34 three-pointers over their prior four games (8.5 per game). The Lady Chaps rank fifth nationally with 85 three-pointers on the season and is fifth with a shooting mark of 42.5% from long range. Allie Schulte is fourth nationally, hitting three-pointers at a pace of 56.4% on the season (22/39), with 22 three-pointers ranking 33^rd nationally.
 
RANKING THINGS
This week, LCU dropped out of both the D2SIDA and WBCA national top-25 rankings. LCU is unranked for the first time since the final rankings of the 2016-17 season.
 
FIVE FACTS ABOUT CU
- Cameron is 2-6 after an 85-65 loss at Eastern New Mexico Saturday. The loss extended their losing streak to four games.
- The Aggies went 13-16 last season, with an 11-9 record in the Lone Star Conference. Their season came to an end with an opening round overtime loss to Texas A&M Commerce in the Lone Star Conference Tournament.
- CU is preseason picked to finish sixth in the LSC this season. They are currently 0-2 in conference play after losses to West Texas A&M and Eastern N.M.    
- The Aggies thrive on three-point shooting. They ranks second nationally with 10.9 three-pointers per game. They have 87 three-pointers (fourth nationally) on 243 attempts (sixth nationally). The three-pointers are made at a 35.8% success rate, which is 46^th nationally. Cameron has three players averaging at least 2.5 three-pointers per game, led by Natalie Halbleib, who ranks 37^th nationally with a LSC leading 2.9 three-pointers per game. She has hit 23 three-pointers, which ranks 22^nd nationally. Teammates Ava Battese and Maighan Hedge have each hit 20 three-pointers.  
- The Aggies average 29 defensive rebounds per game, ranking 52nd nationally. They posted 36 defensive rebounds in their loss to ENMU.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST CU
The head-to-head series between LCU and Cameron dates back to 1985 and Cameron holds an 8-2 all-time series advantage. The two programs met last season (LCU won 67-54 on Dec. 16, 2017 in Lubbock), which marked their first encounter since a meeting in Lubbock on Dec. 5, 2000, which Cameron won 74-63. LCU is 0-5 all-time against Cameron away from home and the prior meeting in Lawton, Okla. was Dec. 1, 2000 (Cameron won 80-50).
 
RECAPPING THE PRIOR MEETING VS CU
Lubbock, Texas (Dec. 16, 2017) – LCU 67, CU 54
Lubbock Christian University's Tess Bruffey came close to a triple-double, leading a quintuplet of Lady Chaparrals in double figures, with 16 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks, and the performance was able to outshine Cameron's double-double from Jamie Bonnarens (20 points and 14 rebounds) to lead No.4 LCU to a 67-54 win inside Rip Griffin Center. The matchup was the first meeting between the two squads in 17 years.
 
Both teams opened the game cold from the field. After the game opened the first 2:25 scoreless, the two teams combined to go 3-for-16 from the field (18.8%) in the opening 5:13, as LCU was 2-of-7 (28.6%) and Cameron was 1-of-9 (11.1%) in the span. Despite the lack of offense, LCU was able to use three-pointers from Olivia Robertson and Bobbi Chitsey to take a 12-9 lead into the second quarter. LCU's offense did not struggle the rest of the game, and they opened the second quarter going 4-of-4 from the field (part of a 7-of-9 shooting stretch, which began with three minutes remaining in the first quarter). Caitlyn Cunyus' layup one minute into the second quarter provided LCU their largest lead of the half at 16-9. Cameron was able to bounce back with an 8-0 run and they took a 22-20 lead in the game with four minutes left in the half. Robertson sparked a 5-0 run with a three-pointer and LCU regained the lead and led 27-25 heading into the half.
 
Cameron had a 6-0 scoring advantage in second chance scoring in the half after seven offensive rebounds. LCU was 53.8% (7/13) from the field in the second quarter, but was outscored 16-15 in the quarter by the Aggies. All seven of the game's lead changes took place in the opening half.
 
Bruffey opened the second half with a three-pointer 24 seconds into the half and it ignited a 10-4 run capped by Bruffey's second three of the half with 5:57 left in the half to give LCU a 37-29 lead.  A 7-2 run followed, fueled by a pair of baskets by Bobbi Chitsey, and LCU's lead was extended to 44-31 with 2:42 remaining in the quarter. Bruffey, Cunyus and Chitsey each had six points in the quarter and combined for all eight field goals on the team's 8-of-14 (57.1%) shooting mark in the quarter.
 
The Lady Chaps maintained their lead much of the fourth quarter. They had a 57-43 lead cut to 57-48 on a 5-0 Cameron run, but LCU offset it with a 5-0 run to take a 62-48 lead with 2:43 left.  Robertson led LCU in the quarter with six points.
 
Cameron produced 15 offensive rebounds in the contest, leading to a 14-2 advantage in second chance points. They also had a 13-9 scoring advantage in points off turnovers. The 15 offensive rebounds led to a 39-35 rebound advantage over LCU, who was out-rebounded for a second time this season (LCU is 2-0 when being out-rebounded).
 
LCU was 50.9% (27/53) from the field, shooting 56.4% (22/39) after the first quarter.  They were 7-of-12 (58.3%) from the field in the fourth quarter. Bruffey was two blocks away from her second career triple-double and she had eight of LCU's nine blocks. Joining her in double figures in points was Cunyus (13 points), Robertson (12 points), Maddi Chitsey (11 points) and Bobbi Chitsey (11 points). Bonnarens led the Aggies with 20 points and 14 rebounds. Teammate Parfitt McNair also provided 10 points for Cameron.
 
The meeting was the first since Dec. 5, 2000, and the win by LCU was their second all-time win over the Aggies (tenth all-time meeting). LCU's prior win in the all-time series was Jan. 10, 1994 in Lubbock.