LUBBOCK, Texas (December 15, 2021) – No.1 Lubbock Christian University outscored Cameron 23-8 in the second quarter and received a career-high 20 points from Grace Foster to complete their final non-conference regular season game with a 75-61 win over the Aggies Wednesday night inside Rip Griffin Center. The win extended LCU's NCAA Division II record home win streak to 95 games.
Juliana Robertson tallied the game's opening points with a bucket 30 seconds into the game, but Cameron responded with an 11-0 run. Cameron launched six consecutive three-point attempts, connecting on three of them for an 11-2 lead. LCU was launching from outside as well. They put up four attempts in a three-minute span, with Audrey Robertson hit a three-pointer on LCU's fourth attempt to end Cameron's run. Trailing 13-5 with 4:19 left in the first quarter, LCU's Grace Foster scored consecutive field goals for the first four points of an 11-4 run to close the quarter. Foster finished with six points in the first quarter.
Ashton Duncan had a key three-pointer in the run, which came with 49 seconds left in the quarter and led to a 9-0 run after Foster opened the second quarter with a field goal and Laynee Burr followed with a jumper for a 20-17 lead 1:15 into the second quarter. Cameron's Logan Collyer connected on a three-pointer to end LCU's 9-0 run, but the Lady Chaps responded with an 8-0 and 11-0 run, which combined for a 19-2 run to provide LCU a 39-22 lead.
They led 39-25 at the half, with 13 points in the half from Foster. LCU was 48.4% (15/31) from the field in the first half, going 11-of-19 (57.9%) inside the arc.
LCU had a stretch in which they were 1-of-8 from the field and it involved an 0-of-4 start to the third quarter. The Lady Chaps went the opening three minutes of the quarter without a field goal, while Cameron used a 9-2 run (three points carried over from the second quarter) and cut LCU's lead to 41-31 with 8:04 left in the quarter. LCU held Cameron without a field goal for the final three minutes of the quarter and Duncan nailed a three-pointer to help LCU close the third quarter on an 8-2 run for a 58-40 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Channing Cunyus led LCU in the quarter with six points.
Juliana Robertson had the first five LCU points of the fourth quarter, which built the Lady Chaps lead to its largest at 61-40 (1:29 into the quarter). The lead was tested, as Cameron went on a 19-6 run, with nine of the points from Whitney Outon to cut LCU's lead to 69-61 with 2:51 remaining. LCU's defense kept the Aggies off the scoreboard the rest of the way, as LCU ended the game on a 6-0 run.
Foster was 8-of-13 from the field in her 20-point performance. The Lady Chaps finished the game 47.4% (27/57) from the field. Juliana Robertson (14 points and eight rebounds) and Cunyus (13 points) combined for 27 points for the Lady Chaps, who had a 34-26 scoring advantage in points-off-turnovers.
Cameron, who entered the game third in the nation with an average of 10.9 three-pointers per game, was held to seven three-pointers Wednesday (7-of-21, 33.3%). Outon led CU with 15 points. Maighan Hedge, who entered the game leading the LSC in scoring, had 11 points and Katie King finished with 13 points.
LCU is now 6-9 against Cameron all-time and they have won four consecutive meetings. The Lady Chaps improved to 11-1 overall on the season and placed Cameron with a 5-5 season record.
TURNING POINT
Ashton Duncan's three-pointer with 49 seconds remaining in the first quarter sparked a 5-0 run to close the first quarter. The trey also started a near-10-minute stretch in which LCU outscored Cameron 28-5, turning a 17-11 deficit into a 39-22 lead.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Allie Schulte registered five assists and has 367 career assists, which moved her past Jessica Dahlstrom (363 assists from 1992-96) and into fifth place all-time on LCU's career assists list.
WHAT'S NEXT
LCU now enters the Christmas Break and will return from the break with their Lone Star Conference opener Dec. 31 in Kingsville, Texas against Texas A&M-Kingsville.
