CAMERON (5-4, 0-0) at No.1 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (10-1, 0-0) December 15, 2021 • 5:30 p.m. Lubbock, Texas • Rip Griffin Center (1,950) TICKETS: Click Here LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast WATCH ONLINE: LSC Digital Network (Online or via OTT apps including Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV and Roku devices by searching "LSC Digital Network.") Talent: Jason Speegle (Play-By-Play), LCU Social Media:
	CAMERON AGGIES (5-4) Location: Lawton, Okla. Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Emma Andrews (Fresno State, 2011) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF)
	LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN LADY CHAPS (10-1) Location: Lubbock, Texas Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Steve Gomez (LCU, 1988) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF)

HURRY UP FOR THE BREAK
Originally scheduled to hit the Christmas Break following Thursday's game with Cameron, No.1 Lubbock Christian University will hit the break a day earlier, as the Lady Chaps and Aggies agreed to move the contest to Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. inside Rip Griffin Center. Cameron was originally scheduled to play in Portales, N.M. Tuesday and in Lubbock Thursday, but their Tuesday game was postponed to January and LCU obliged to move the game up so Cameron could return home to Lawton, Okla. sooner. The game is LCU's final regular season non-conference game. Following the game, LCU will not be in action until their Lone Star Conference opener
 
CHAP NOTES

• > Ashton Duncan leads LCU with 31 three-pointers, averaging 2.80 per game (leads the conference and ranks 26^th nationally). The 31 three-pointers ranks fourth in the nation and leads the LSC (Megan Voit of Mary leads the nation with 34). Duncan, who has scored at least 10 points in eight of LCU's 11 games this season, leads the team averaging 12.8 points per game. She is 18 three-pointers away from her 235^th three-pointer, which would have her third in program history and passing Sierra Lovorn (Wilcox), who had 234 three-pointers from 2005-2009.
• > The Lady Chaps have claimed the Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week honor in each week they have played and the award was issued (four of the five weeks the award has been issued). Allie Schulte has received the honor twice, with teammates Grace Foster and Juliana Robertson also receiving the award. Overall for Offensive and Defensive, LCU has claimed five of the 10 honors the LSC has issued this season (four defensive and one offensive).
• > Juliana Robertson (as mentioned above) was the latest Lady Chap to claim the Defensive Player of the Week honor, as she received the honor Monday following LCU's home win over West Texas A&M and road win at Western New Mexico. Against WT, she topped her career-high mark in rebounds for a second consecutive game with 15 rebounds. The 15 boards were the most by a Lady Chap since Allison Szabo grabbed 16 rebounds in 2017. Robertson also posted two blocks and two steals in the game. The senior helped LCU force their opponents into 37 turnovers on the week as the Lady Chaps swiped 21 steals and were +20 in turnover margin (37-17).
• > Allie Schulte, by three points, ranks second on the squad in scoring with an average of 12.6 points per game. She also leads the team is assists (39) and steals (26). Her 39 assists ranks third in the conference, with a pace of 3.5 per game (ninth in the LSC), and her 26 steals ranks second in the conference. Schulte is two assists away from 364 career assists, which would place her ahead of Jessica Dahlstrom (363, 1992-96) and move her into fifth all-time in program history. She is also 18 steals away from moving past Sherry Brown (271, 1979-83) into second all-time in program history.
• > Laynee Burr, who has two performances of at least 18 points this season, is averaging 9.0 points per game. A member of the DII CCA Tip-Off Classic at the Trailhead All-Tournament Team selection, Burr enters Wednesday's play 10^th in the conference in assists with 29 on the season.
• > LCU opened the season making their first 14 free-throw attempts and are 82.4% (140/170) from the free-throw line, which ranks seventh nationally. From their game against Tampa (Nov. 7) to their game at Colorado Christian (Nov.12), in which they made 13 consecutive free-throws to start the game, LCU made a sequence of 17 consecutive free-throws. They topped that mark in their opening home stand of the season, making 43 consecutive free-throws (They made 28 straight free-throws in their game against Lander as part of the sequence). Schulte is 38-of-40 (95.0%) from the free-throw line on the season, which is ninth nationally.
• > Grace Foster and Juliana Robertson have provided LCU strong defense inside the perimeter. Robertson ranks fourth in the LSC in rebounds (75) and ninth in defensive rebounds per game (5.3). She has 41 rebounds in her past five games (8.2 per game average). Foster, coming off 11 points at Western New Mexico, leads LCU in blocks (7), with Robertson right behind her with six blocks.
• > LCU is third nationally in turnovers…or lack thereof, as they average 11.3 per game. The stat has Allie Schulte ranking second in the LSC in assist/turnover ratio at 2.44. As a team, LCU ranks 28th nationally and second in the LSC for team assist/turnover ratio (1.11).

HOMEBODIES
LCU is 3-0 in home contests this season, with Allie Schulte leading the squad averaging 12.7 points per game inside Rip Griffin Center. Two of LCU's three home contests (and wins) have come against nationally ranked programs, as they defeated No.1 Lander and No.20 Daemen (Elite Eight qualifiers from last season) in their first two home games of the season. LCU is shooting 41.4% at home this season, and shooting 32.1% from long distance at home. The free-throw line is a different story, as LCU is 90.2% (55/61) from the free-throw line this season, as Schulte is 18-of-18 from the stripe at home. Defense has been a strong-point for LCU at home this season, as they have held opponents to a 35.4% shooting mark from the floor (20.8% from three-point range). Foes are also 61.5% (32/52) from the free-throw line.
 
EYE-OPENING
The 2021-22 season marks LCU's ninth since leaving the NAIA, and heading into Wednesday's action, LCU is 224-30 in that span (88.2%). In NCAA postseason play, the Lady Chaps are 20-1 all-time.

NATIONALLY KNOWN
The Lady Chaps claimed the No.1 spot in the WBCA's National Top-25 Preseason Poll for the first time in program history this year, and also for the first time they were the favorites in both the WBCA and D2SIDA preseason polls. LCU fell to CSU Pueblo in Lakewood, Colo., which ended their 39-game win streak and knocked them out of the No.1 spot. For three consecutive polls, LCU was not in the No.1 spot, but they worked their way back to the top spot in the WBCA poll Tuesday. They are No.4 in this week's D2SIDA poll (moved up from the No.6 spot).
 
With them serving the No.1 spot currently in the WBCA poll, and with LCU's men's program currently No.1 in the NABC Top-25 Poll, it marks the first time in LCU history in which LCU's men's and women's basketball programs are each ranked No.1 at the same time.
 
SO ARE SOME OTHERS
On Nov. 20, LCU defeated No.20 Daemen, marking their third game of the season against a nationally ranked program. LCU went 6-0 against nationally ranked programs last season and 4-2 in 2019-20 against the nations ranked foes. This season, LCU is 3-0 against ranked opponents, as they have also defeated No.11 Tampa (Nov. 7 in Billings, Mont.) and No.1 Lander (Nov. 19 in Lubbock).
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT CU
1 > The Aggies are off to a 5-4 start to the season. They opened the season 4-0 prior to dropping four consecutive games. They ended the losing streak with an 85-60 win over Western New Mexico Dec. 2. The Aggies tallied 34 points in the third quarter of the win.
2 > CU went 11-8 last season and qualified for the NCAA South Central Region Tournament in Canyon, Texas, where their season ended with a 96-66 loss to LCU. The trip to the NCAA postseason marked their third NCAA postseason appearance in program history.
3 > The contest Wednesday is Cameron's second road game of the season. They lost Nov.20 at No.4 Fort Hays State 85-79. Following Wednesday's game, the Aggies will have played top-five programs in each of their road games.
4 > The Aggies rank second nationally in three-point field goals made per game with a rate of 10.9 per contest. They hit 16 against Newman (on 29 attempts) on Nov. 19. Their fewest made in a game this season is seven. All-Region guard Maighan Hedge leads CU with 23 three-pointers and averages 2.6 per game on the season.
5 > Hedge leads the LSC and is fourth nationally in scoring, averaging 22.9 points per game. She had a season-high 30 points on Nov. 27 against Oklahoma Baptist.

THE SERIES AGAINST CU
The Lady Chaps went 2-0 last season against Cameron, with both wins in the postseason, as LCU eliminated CU from the LSC Championship and the NCAA regional tournament. The head-to-head series between LCU and Cameron dates back to 1985 and Cameron holds a 9-5 all-time series advantage. The two programs completed a home-and-home two-year series in 2017-18 and 2018-19, with Cameron topping LCU 66-62 in Lawton on Dec. 8, 2018. Since joining the LSC, LCU is 3-0 against Cameron, with LCU claiming an 89-74 win in Lawton on Dec. 19, 2019 for the only LSC regular season conference meeting between the two programs.
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. CU
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. CU:

Ashton Duncan 4gp – 13.0 pts/g, 14/31 3-pt fg, 2.5 a/g
Allie Schulte 5gp – 11.0 pts/g, 3.2 a/g, 6/11 3-pt fg
Channing Cunyus 3gp – 9.7 pts/g, 10/16 fg

PRIOR MEETING VS. CU
Mar. 13, 2021 – Canyon, Texas: Top-seeded Lubbock Christian University shot a whopping 81% (17/21) from the field in the second half, and it was a half that followed Ashton Duncan making five of her six three-pointers, as a 65.1% field goal shooting performance and 22 points from Duncan carried LCU to a 96-66 semifinals victory over No.5-seed Cameron at the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball South Central Regional inside First Bank United Center.
 
Duncan, who became the first Lady Chap to make six three-pointers in a NCAA postseason game, made five three-pointers in the first half, with four drained in the first quarter of play. The Lady Chaps opened the game 1-of-6 from the field (shot over 70% the rest of the way) and the sequence led-up to Duncan's first three-pointer, which capped a 5-0 run and gave LCU their first lead of the game. She would connect on three more three-pointers over the final 3:20 of the quarter to give LCU a 20-8 lead.
 
Her hot-hand continued in the second quarter, with five points in the first 5:53 of the second quarter to highlight an 11-0 LCU run for a 31-10 LCU lead. The Lady Chaps held Cameron to seven field goals in the first half and took a 41-19 lead into the half, behind a 19-point performance in the half by Duncan.
 
LCU caught fire in the second half, shooting 84.6% (11-of-13) in the third quarter. Schulte posted 13 points in the quarter and Emma Middleton (was 5-of-5 from the field in the half) provided 11 points, as LCU outscored Cameron 32-21 in the frame. They made 11 consecutive field goal attempts, connecting on their last eight attempts of the third quarter for a 73-40 lead to start the final frame.
 
Not one starter for the Lady Chaps played more than 1:45 in the fourth quarter, as LCU provided their bench some postseason play. The two teams combined for 43 points from their bench in the fourth quarter. LCU had a career-high outing from Brylee Winfrey, who posted five points and led LCU in scoring for the quarter. LCU's largest lead of the game occurred 2:32 into the fourth quarter, on an inside bucket from Audrey Robertson put LCU up 80-42.
 
Every Lady Chaps member active played at least 4:26 in the contest, leading to a slew of balanced production. LCU posted their program single-game for a NCAA postseason game with 15 steals, and they produced by 10 different Lady Chaps members. LCU also had 10 different Lady Chaps produce an assist (Juliana Robertson and Allie Schulte co-led LCU with four each).
 
The Lady Chaps also received scoring from 13 of the 14 players which played in the game. Duncan (22 points) and Schulte (21 points) combined for 43 points, and Middleton added 15 points to garner double figures. Schulte was 6-of-9 from the field and 8-for-8 at the free-throw line, which was a season high by a Lady Chaps member this season. She also marked the first Lady Chaps member in a NCAA postseason game to go perfect at the free-throw line with more than seven attempts.
 
LCU's 65.1% shooting from the field is a season-best mark and their best shooting performance since shooting 69.2% against Eastern New Mexico on Nov. 29, 2014. The Lady Chaps also made 31 free-throw attempts, which was also a season high and LCU's most since making 34 free-throws against ENMU on Dec. 30, 2017.
A year ago, Lubbock Christian University was preparing to host the 2020 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball South Ce