FEEDING FRENZY
Carrying the target of the No.2 team in the nation, Lubbock Christian University has a pair of host teams attempting to fill their respective venues for a pair of Lone Star Conference contests. The No.2 Chaparrals are on the road this with stops at No.6 Texas A&M-Commerce Thursday, where they are enticing fans with free pizza, and at UT Tyler Saturday, where they are offering fans free tacos. LCU enters the week 13-2 on the season and they are tied for fifth place in the LSC with a 2-1 conference mark.  
 
CHAP NOTES

• > Ashton Duncan leads LCU with 37 three-pointers, averaging 2.47 per game (third in the conference). The 37 three-pointers ranks 16^th in the nation and leads the LSC (Megan Voit of Mary leads the nation with 51). Duncan, who is 11 points shy of 900 career points, is second on the team averaging 11.3 points per game. She is 12 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 eight 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 14 honors the LSC has issued this season (four defensive and one offensive).
• > By a margin of 16 points, Schulte leads the squad in scoring with an average of 12.3 points per game. She also leads the team is assists (52) and steals (48). Her 52 assists ranks third in the conference, with a pace of 3.5 per game (10th in the LSC), and her 48 steals leads the nation. She has 19 steals over her last three games (has her with 6.3 steals per conference game), with a career-high eight steals in LCU's prior road game (at Texas A&M International). 
• > Laynee Burr, who has two performances of at least 18 points this season, is averaging 8.3 points per game. A member of the DII CCA Tip-Off Classic at the Trailhead All-Tournament Team selection, Burr enters Thursday's play tied for 16^th in the conference in assists with 38 on the season.
• > LCU opened the season making their first 14 free-throw attempts and are 79.3% (184/232) from the free-throw line, which ranks 12^th 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 47-of-53 (88.7%) from the free-throw line on the season, which is 20^th nationally.
• > Grace Foster and Juliana Robertson have provided LCU strong defensive play inside the perimeter. Robertson ranks fifth in the LSC in rebounds (99) and 11^th in defensive rebounds per game (5.2). Foster, who enters the week on the heels of a game-high 14 points against Arkansas Fort Smith last Thursday, leads LCU in blocks (9), with Robertson ranking second with seven blocks.
• > LCU is 10^th nationally in turnovers…or lack thereof, as they average 12.2 per game. The stat has Allie Schulte second in the LSC in assist/turnover ratio at 2.17. As a team, LCU ranks 38th nationally and leading the LSC for team assist/turnover ratio (1.06).

 
D-UP!
LCU defensively has held opponents to an average of 50.9 points a game, which ranks eighth nationally. Lady Chap opponents have been held to under 50 points in eight of their 15 games this season.
 
ROADIES
LCU is 5-1 in road contests this season, with Allie Schulte leading the squad averaging 13.0 points per game on the road. The Lady Chaps are averaging a point-margin of 11.0 in road contests. They are shooting 41.3% on the road, while holding the home team to 38.7% shooting from the field. LCU has a 77-30 advantage in steals on the road, with Allie Schulte averaging 5.2 per game. Ashton Duncan has 17 three-pointers on the road this season and is averaging 12.7 points per game in road play. Juliana Robertson leads LCU averaging 6.3 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 5-0 at home this season, which has their active home win streak sitting at 96 games (it 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 75 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 23-0 in LSC home games).
 
NCAA DIVISION II'S LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
96 - 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
96 – LCU (Division II)
44 – North Georgia (Division II)
40 – Hope (Division III)
 
EYE-OPENING
The 2021-22 season marks LCU's ninth since leaving the NAIA, and heading into Thursday's action, LCU is 227-31 in that span (88.0%). 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. Their return to No.1 status lasted through two WBCA and one D2SIDA poll before their loss at Texas A&M-Kingsville resulted in them showing up at No.6 (WBCA) and No.7 (D2SIDA) in the following week's polls. This week, LCU moved up to No.2 (D2SIDA) and No.4 (WBCA). Overall this season, LCU has been No.1 in three WBCA polls and two D2SIDA polls.
 
On Dec.14, both LCU women's and men's basketball programs were each No.1 in their respective polls, marking the first time in LCU history in which LCU's men's and women's basketball programs were 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). Thursday's game at No.6 A&M-Commerce will be LCU's fourth game this season against a ranked opponent and their first in a true road game.
 
STARS IN THE CONFERENCE
LCU is 34-4 all-time in Lone Star Conference play and they had a 22-game win streak snapped Dec. 31 in their loss at Texas A&M-Kingsville. The Lady Chaps went 13-0 in LSC play last season and their previous conference loss (prior to their loss at TAMUK) was Jan. 30, 2020 at Texas A&M-Commerce. LCU is 2-1 in conference play this season, with Allie Schulte averaging 14.0 points per game. She is also averaging 6.3 steals per conference contest. LCU is averaging 15.7 steals per conference game and have forced opponents into an average of 23.7 turnovers per game.
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT TAMUC
1 > The Lions enter the week 11-1 on the season. They have an 0-1 mark in LSC play, dropping their conference opener 82-72 at West Texas A&M.
2 > TAMUC, who entered the season No.2 in the LSC Preseason Poll, has Dyani Robinson leading the Lions in LSC play, averaging 20.0 points a game in conference competition. Kernal DesiRay had 12 points and 11 rebounds in the LSC opener.  
3 > A&M-Commerce is 5-0 this season at home and have won seven consecutive home games carrying over from last season.  
4 > The Lions rank third nationally in rebounding, averaging 46.6 per game. DesiRay Kernal leads the team averaging 8.2 rebounds per game, which is fourth in the LSC.
5 > Kernal gets to the line for the Lions, ranking third in the LSC with 66 free-throw attempts on the season. TAMUC has averaged 31 free-throw attempts in each of their prior two games. In comparison, LCU has only attempted more than 22 free-throw attempts once this season.

THE SERIES AGAINST TAMUC
LCU edges the Lions with a 4-3 record in the all-time series. The Lions ended a sequence of two straight LCU wins with a 59-54 win over LCU on Jan. 30, 2020 in Commerce, Texas, which was the previous game played in Commerce (LCU is 1-2 all-time in Commerce). LCU revenged the loss in the LSC Championships title game 57-44 Mar. 8, 2020 in Frisco, Texas. The win was the first of two straight wins over the Lions for LCU, as the Lady Chaps followed with a win at home in the 2021 LSC Championships title game. The first-ever meeting was on Jan. 29, 1982 when TAMUC was known as East Texas State, who defeated Lubbock Christian 73-66 in a neutral site contest in Stephenville, Texas.
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. TAMUC
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. TAMUC:

Allie Schulte 6gp – 13.2 pts/g, 12/19 3-pt fg (63.2%), 3.2 stl/g, 4.2 ast/g
Ashton Duncan 5gp – 4.8 pts/g, 8/23 3-pt fg (34.8%)
Channing Cunyus 4gp – 4.0 pts/g, 6/14 fg (42.9%)

PRIOR MEETING VS. TAMUC
LUBBOCK, Texas (March 6, 2021) - No.1 Lubbock Christian University, in their second year in the Lone Star Conference, won their second straight LSC Championship tournament title with a 78-57 victory over No.10 Texas A&M-Commerce (No.2-seed) to claim the automatic berth to their fifth NCAA Division II South Central Regional tournament. LCU became the sixth program to claim multiple tournament titles in the LSC.
 
Saturday's win inside Rip Griffin Center was paced by Emma Middleton, who posted 20 points en route to Tournament MVP honors. She was able to get the Lady Chaps off to a good start, with eight points in the opening quarter. A quarter in which LCU set the tone of the game, as LCU opened the contest on an 8-0 run (six of the points from Middleton). TAMUC missed their first eight shot attempts and were held to two field goals in the opening quarter, as LCU led 17-7 through the opening 10 minutes.
 
LCU's early execution was with points in the paint, but that progressed to outside shooting with LCU hitting a trio of three-pointers during a 15-2 run, with a pair from Ashton Duncan to give LCU a 36-15 lead. The Lady Chaps shot 56% (14/25) from the field in the opening half and held TAMUC to 25% (8/32) shooting, leading to a 36-19 lead.
 
TAMUC opened the second half 1-of-12 from the field, and LCU took advantage of the missed shots with an 18-5 scoring margin over the opening 6:41 of the second half. The Lions out-scored LCU 9-5 over the final 1:41 of the quarter to cut LCU's lead to 61-35 heading into the fourth quarter.
 
The 9-5 run turned into a 13-5 run for the Lions. Middleton tallied LCU's first points 2:21 into the quarter and it jump-started a 9-0 LCU run. A free-throw by Whitney Cox put LCU up 70-39 before the Lions closed the game on an 18-8 run, with Ravae Payne scoring seven of her team-leading 14 points during the surge.
 
LCU had a 42-24 scoring advantage in paint scoring. Along with Middleton's 20 points Juliana Robertson had 10 points and Allie Schulte netted 14 points off 6-of-6 shooting. Her shooting success led LCU to shoot 52.7% (29/55). Schulte also had seven assists and four steals. Her seven assists helped her surpass 300 career assists.
 
TAMUC was held to 27.5% shooting in the contest (19/69). They out-rebounded 44-37, with 25 offensive rebounds, but had a narrow 11-7 scoring advantage in second-chance scoring. The loss placed them at 13-3 on the season.