No.1 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (11-1, 0-0) at TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE (6-4, 0-0) December 31, 2021 • 2:00 p.m. Kingsville, Texas • Steinke Physical Education Center (4,000) 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: Mark Inserra (Play-By-Play), LCU Social Media:
	TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE JAVELINAS (6-4, 0-0) Location: Kingsville, Texas Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Michael Madrid (Eastern New Mexico, 1998) Roster | Stats | Game Notes
	LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN LADY CHAPS (11-1, 0-0) Location: Lubbock, Texas Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Steve Gomez (LCU, 1988) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF)

BREAKING INTO CONFERENCE PLAY
No.1 Lubbock Christian University comes back from the Christmas Break with their first Lone Star Conference games of the season, as they Lady Chaparrals head to the road to face Texas A&M-Kingsville Friday in Kingsville, Texas and Texas A&M International Sunday Laredo, Texas. LCU headed into the break following a 75-61 non-conference win Dec. 15 over Cameron to send them into the holidays on a seven-game win streak.
 
CHAP NOTES

• > Ashton Duncan leads LCU with 33 three-pointers, averaging 2.42 per game (fourth in the conference and ranks 69^th nationally). The 33 three-pointers ranks eighth in the nation and leads the LSC (Nicole Flennaugh of Cal State LA leads the nation with 44). Duncan, who is 30 points shy of 900 career points, leads the team averaging 12.5 points per game. She is 16 three-pointers away from her 235^th three-pointer, which will place 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 four of the six 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 12 honors the LSC has issued this season (four defensive and one offensive).
• > Allie Schulte was a guest on the DII Nation Podcast hosted by NCAA.com writer Wayne Cavadi. The insightful interview can be viewed on YouTube at on a channel/profile labeled "Wayne Cavadi and Bethany Bowman."
• > By a margin of seven points, Schulte ranks second on the squad in scoring with an average of 11.9 points per game. She also leads the team is assists (44) and steals (29). Her 44 assists ranks second in the conference, with a pace of 3.7 per game (seventh in the LSC), and her 29 steals ranks third in the conference. Schulte moved ahead of Jessica Dahlstrom (363, 1992-96) in their last game against Cameron and currently sits  fifth all-time in program history in assists with 367. She is also 14 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 8.6 points per game. A member of the DII CCA Tip-Off Classic at the Trailhead All-Tournament Team selection, Burr enters Friday's play 10^th in the conference in assists with 34 on the season.
• > LCU opened the season making their first 14 free-throw attempts and are 81.5% (154/189) from the free-throw line, which ranks eighth 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 fourth nationally.
• > Grace Foster and Juliana Robertson have provided LCU strong defense inside the perimeter. Robertson ranks sixth in the LSC in rebounds (83) and seventh in defensive rebounds per game (5.5). She has 49 rebounds in her past six games (8.2 per game average). Foster, coming off a career-high 20-point performance over Cameron, leads LCU in blocks (7), with Robertson right behind her with six blocks.
• > LCU is fourth nationally in turnovers…or lack thereof, as they average 11.3 per game. The stat has Allie Schulte leading the LSC in assist/turnover ratio at 2.59. As a team, LCU ranks 20th nationally and leading the LSC for team assist/turnover ratio (1.15).

ROADIES
LCU is 3-0 in road contests this season, with Ashton Duncan leading the squad averaging 14.3 points per game on the road. The Lady Chaps are averaging a win margin of 17.3 in road contests. They are shooting 44.5% on the road, while holding the home team to 36.4% shooting from the field. LCU has a 41-13 advantage in steals on the road, with Allie Schulte averaging 4.0 per game. Juliana Robertson leads LCU averaging 6.5 rebounds per game on the road.
 
SWEET HOME (ON) CHICAGO
LCU went 13-0 at home season, culminating with the LSC Championships and becoming the first team since 2007 to win the LSC Championship tournament on a campus venue. They are 4-0 at home this season, which has their active home win streak sitting at 95 games, which is the active and all-time leading mark in NCAA Division II women's basketball. LCU's last home loss came on Jan. 1, 2015 against Oklahoma City University. LCU, who also has a 7-0 mark in NCAA postseason play in Lubbock in the mix (not including a 3-0 mark in LSC postseason play), has also won 74 consecutive home conference games, with their last conference home loss occurring Jan. 10, 2013 (against Oklahoma City). They completed a 49-0 all-time mark in Heartland Conference home games (they are 21-0 in LSC home games).
 
NCAA DIVISION II'S LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
95 - Lubbock Christian Jan. 1, 2015 -->
87 - Neb.-Kearney Jan. 31, 1995-Nov. 24, 2001
85 - West Tex. A&M Jan. 9, 1987-Dec. 6, 1991
 
NCAA'S ACTIVE-LEADING HOME WIN STREAKS
95 – LCU (Division II)
42 – North Georgia (Division II)
39 – Hope (Division III)
 
EYE-OPENING
The 2021-22 season marks LCU's ninth since leaving the NAIA, and heading into Friday's action, LCU is 225-30 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. In the latest D2SIDA poll, LCU moved back into the No.1 spot, placing them as the current No.1 in each of the national polls recognized by NCAA.com.
 
With the Lady Chaps serving the current-No.1, 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).
 
CONFERENCE OPENERS
This season marks LCU's third season in the Lone Star Conference. Friday's game marks LCU's conference opener and the game is their 28^th conference opener (six Heartland Conference and 19 Sooner Athletic Conference openers prior to joining the LSC).  The Lady Chaps, 2-0 in LSC openers, went 11-8 all-time in SAC openers and 5-1 in HC openers, with a loss at St. Mary's (Dec. 31, 2016) marking their only loss in a Heartland Conference opener. They are 16-2 all-time in conference openers under head coach Steve Gomez. They have won 15 of their prior 16 consecutive conference openers.
 
STARS IN THE CONFERENCE
LCU is 32-3 all-time in Lone Star Conference play and they have won 22 consecutive conference games. The Lady Chaps went 13-0 in LSC play last season and their last conference loss was Jan. 30, 2020 at Texas A&M-Commerce.
 
CLOSING THE CALENDAR
The 2021 calendar year has been a good one for the Lady Chaps (pushing COVID-19 matters aside…again). In 2021, LCU has claimed their second LSC Championship title and third NCAA Division II national title, along with heading into Friday's game (final calendar game of 2021) with a record of 32-1 (96.7%). LCU had a 19-3 (86.7%) record for all games played in 2020
19-3 (86.4%), and they went 22-1 (95.7%) in 2020, 29-5 (85.3%) in 2019, 26-5 (83.9%) in 2017, 29-10 (74.4%) in 2016 and 24-4 (85.7%) in 2015. LCU is 5-2 all-time on New Year's Eve. Their last New Year's Eve game came on Dec. 31, 2018, as LCU topped Eastern New Mexico 64-48 at home. LCU is 4-2 all-time in New Year's Eve games played under head coach Steve Gomez and 2-1 all-time in conference games played on New Year's Eve.
 
SUNDAY, SUNDAY
Sunday's LCU contest in Laredo will mark LCU's second Sunday contest of the season and their third regular season game on a Sunday since leaving the NAIA in 2012-13. On Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, LCU defeated UT Tyler on the road won 69-48, and earlier this season (Nov. 7), LCU defeated No.11 Tampa 56-44 in Billings, Mont.   
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT TAMUK
1 > The Javelinas are off to a 6-4 start to the season. They opened the season 6-2 prior to dropping their last two games (Dec. 18 at St. Edward's and Dec. 20 at St. Mary's). They return home, where they are 4-0 on the season.
2 > TAMUK went 8-8 last season, finishing the season 4-2 in their final six games. They came into the season carrying the No.10 ranking in the LSC Preseason Poll.
3 > The three-point defense for the Javelinas is holding the opposition to 23.4% from the arc, which ranks 19^th nationally and second in the LSC. Overall, the Javelinas are third in the LSC in holding opponents to an average of 58.1 points a game.
4 > Jayde Tschritter has made noise on the perimeter for TAMUK, ranking third in the LSC in three-point field goals (22) and fourth in three-point field goals per game (2.2).
5 > Michael Madrid is in his third season as head coach of the Javelinas. He served as an assistant coach at LCU under Steve Gomez from 2005-2010. The meeting Friday marks the second time in a regular season game in which a former LCU assistant under Gomez has gone head-to-head coaching against Gomez.

THE SERIES AGAINST TAMUK
The two squads are meeting for the second time ever, with a 71-29 LCU win on Feb. 22, 2020 in Lubbock standing as the only previous meeting. LCU is making their first-ever trip to Kingsville.
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. TAMUK
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. TAMUK:
Allie Schulte 1gp – 10.0 pts/g, 2 steals, 2/2 3-pt fg
Laynee Burr 1gp – 9.0 pts/g, 4/8 fg
Savannah Sumrall 1gp – 8.0 pts/g, 3/3 fg (2/2 3-pt fg)

PRIOR MEETING VS. TAMUK
Feb. 22, 2020 – Lubbock, Texas: No.8 Lubbock Christian University used a 21-0 run in the opening quarter to relieve any "Senior Day" pressure, and LCU's defense held Texas A&M - Kingsville to a 17.2% shooting percentage in a 71-29 Lone Star Conference inside Rip Griffin Center.

Runs were aplenty for the Lady Chaps, who was coming off a run-filled victory Thursday against Texas A&M International. Saturday, LCU had a 21-0 run in the first quarter, a 10-0 run in the second quarter and 24-0 run, which started in the second quarter and ended in the fourth quarter. The 21-0 run followed a trio of early lead changes and it consisted of a pair of three-pointers from Allie Schulte, six points from Maddi Chitsey and seven points from Emma Middleton, who finished the first quarter with nine points. TAMUK ended the run with a Treazure Mouton layup as time expired in the quarter to cut LCU's lead at 25-9.

LCU was 58.6% from the field (17/29) in the opening half, while holding TAMUK to 18.5% (5/27) from the field in the span. Five different Lady Chaps connected from long range in the half, and they were 6-of-12 as a team from the distance. Chitsey (11 points) and Schulte (10 points) were each in double figures in the half, and a Lady Chaps 20-8 scoring advantage in the second quarter provided LCU a 45-17 halftime lead.

TAMUK went a span of nearly 17 minutes (16:58) without a field goal and missed 25 consecutive attempts. The 25-straight misses were part of a stretch in which they were 1-of-29 (3.4%) and 3-of-40 (7.5%) from the field. LCU's 24-0 run was during the Javelinas offensive silence, and it included a third quarter scoring advantage of 15-0 to take a 60-17 lead into the final quarter.

LCU's largest lead was 67-20 following a Brylee Winfrey old fashioned three-point play with six minutes remaining in regulation. Despite the sluggish shooting, TAMUK finished the game making four of their final nine shot attempts.

The Javelinas finished the game 17.2% (10-of-58) from the field. The mark was the lowest shooting mark by an LCU opponent this season and the lowest since LCU held TAMIU to 12.5% on Feb. 9, 2019 (TAMIU was held to 19 points in that game).

The Lady Chaps shot a mark 32.8% better, shooting 50% (28/56) from the field. LCU shot at least 50% for the sixth time in the last seven games. Looking in-depth, LCU had a 34-14 scoring advantage in paint-scoring, 18-4 in points-off-turnovers (despite committing two more turnovers than TAMUK), and 16-4 in second-chance scoring.

LCU played all 14 players on their roster. No player played more than 17:15 and every player played at least 7:23. Chitsey led all scorers with 15 points (off 7-of-10 shooting). Schulte was LCU's only other player to finish in double-figures (10 points).