BOUNCE BACK TIME AGAIN
No.2 Lubbock Christian University is 0-2 in the first game of a weekend road conference set this season after falling Dec. 31, 2021 at Texas A&M-Kingsville and Thursday night at Texas A&M-Commerce (66-62). LCU bounced back following the TAMUK loss with a win at Texas A&M International and they will look to do the same Saturday at UT Tyler to complete the weekend road trip to East Texas. The tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. inside Patriot Center in Tyler, Texas.  
 
CHAP NOTES

• > Allie 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 (51). Her 52 assists ranks third in the conference, with a pace of 3.3 per game (12th in the LSC), and her 51 steals leads the nation. She has 22 steals in conference play (has her with 5.5 steals per conference game), with a career-high eight steals on Jan. 2 at Texas A&M International. 
• > Ashton Duncan leads LCU with 37 three-pointers, averaging 2.3 per game (fourth 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).
• > 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 Thursday's play tied for 14^th in the conference in assists with 40 on the season.
• > LCU opened the season making their first 14 free-throw attempts and are 78.0% (192/246) 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 48-of-54 (88.9%) 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 (105) and 11^th in defensive rebounds per game (5.3). Foster, who enters Saturday on the heels of her first collegiate double-double (20 points and 11 rebounds) and career-high six blocks, leads LCU in blocks (15, 10^th in the LSC), with Robertson ranking second with nine blocks. Foster has been LCU's leading scorer in four of their last six games and is averaging 10.0 points a game in conference play.
• > LCU is 10^th nationally in turnovers…or lack thereof, as they average 12.1 per game. The stat has Allie Schulte second in the LSC in assist/turnover ratio at 2.0. As a team, LCU ranks 38th nationally and leading the LSC for team assist/turnover ratio (1.05).

D-UP!
LCU defensively has held opponents to an average of 51.8 points a game, which ranks eighth nationally. Lady Chap opponents have been held to under 50 points in eight of their 16 games this season.
 
ROADIES
LCU is 5-2 in road contests this season, with Allie Schulte leading the squad averaging 12.9 points per game on the road. The Lady Chaps are averaging a point-margin of 8.9 in road contests. They are shooting 41.6% on the road, while holding the home team to 38.0% shooting from the field. LCU has a 86-37 advantage in steals on the road, with Allie Schulte averaging 4.9 per game. Ashton Duncan has 17 three-pointers on the road this season and is averaging 10.9 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 Saturday's action, LCU is 227-32 in that span (87.6%). 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
Thursday, LCU fell at No.6 Texas A&M-Commerce, which was their first loss of the season against a Top-25 nationally ranked opponent (it has been their only road game against a nationally ranked opponent this season). 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 3-1 against ranked opponents, as they have defeated No.11 Tampa (Nov. 7 in Billings, Mont.), No.1 Lander (Nov. 19 in Lubbock) and No.20 Daemen (Nov. 20 in Lubbock).
 
STARS IN THE CONFERENCE
LCU is 34-5 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 they are 2-2 in conference play this season, with Allie Schulte averaging 13.5 points per game. She is also averaging 5.5 steals per conference contest. LCU is averaging 14.0 steals per conference game and have forced opponents into an average of 21.3 turnovers per game. Grace Foster is averaging 17.0 points the past two LSC contests.
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT UTT
1 > The Patriots enter Saturday 9-3 on the season. They have an 2-1 record in LSC action, opening the week with a 67-53 home win over Eastern New Mexico behind 18 points (off six three-pointers) from Lovisa Hevinder.
2 > UTT, preseason slated at No.16 in the LSC Preseason Poll, has Hevinder leading the team in LSC play. She is averaging 18.7 points and 5.3 rebounds in a trio of LSC games. Hevinder is 18-of-28 (64.3%) from three-point range in the prior three games, overcoming a 9-of-32 shooting stretch (28.1%) through the opening nine games of the season.   
3 > UT Tyler has won five straight games at home and they are 6-1 inside Patriot Center this season.
4 > The Pats rank ninth nationally (second in the LSC) in field goal shooting (46.8%), while also leading the LSC and ranking 34^th nationally in field goal defense (holding opponents to a 34.5% shooting mark). Liah Davis is 20^th nationally in field goal percentage, shooting 58.7% from the field this season.
5 > Kelsey Crouse is averaging 3.9 assists per game (seventh in the conference) and is fourth in the LSC in assist/turnover ratio (1.50).

THE SERIES AGAINST UTT
LCU leads the all-times series 3-0 over UTT. The Patriots are in their third season of transitioning from Division III to Division II and in their first season of postseason eligibility. Each game of the all-time series has been played in Tyler, Texas, which is where Saturday's game is scheduled. The two teams played twice last season, with LCU notching 73-26 and 69-48 wins on Jan. 2 and Jan.3, 2021.
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. UTT
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. UTT:

Allie Schulte 3gp – 15.3 pts/g, 8/14 3-pt fg (57.1%), 3.7 ast/g
Ashton Duncan 3gp – 11.0 pts/g, 10/24 3-pt fg (41.7%), 2.7 ast/g
Savannah Sumrall 2gp – 3.3 pts/g, 4/9 3-pt fg (44.4%), 3.5 reb/g

PRIOR MEETING VS. UTT
TYLER, Texas (January 3, 2021) - Allie Schulte set a career high in three-pointers, with a 6-of-7 long-range shooting performance, and No.3 Lubbock Christian University used 17 steals to outscore UT Tyler 29-10 in points-off-turnovers and surged past the Patriots 69-48, which completed a Lone Star Conference regular season series sweep inside Patriot Center.

Schulte had the hot-hand early, as she hit three three-pointers in the opening three minutes of the game. LCU opened Saturday's game with an 11-0 run and duplicated the task Sunday, with Schulte's trio of treys part of the run. Emma Middleton stole the spotlight for a 60-second scoring outburst, scoring six points and putting LCU up 17-2 midway through the first quarter. Madelyn Turner and Channing Cunyus each added a three-pointer and LCU completed the opening frame with five three-pointers for a 27-8 lead. Schulte opened LCU's second quarter scoring with her fourth three-pointer of the game, but the bucket would not foreshadow to an offensive quarter for the Lady Chaps. UTT went on an 8-3 run and cut LCU's lead to 35-16. LCU was held to three field goals in the quarter. The first two were Schulte three-pointers (she had five three-pointers in the first half) and made 3:39 apart. LCU led 35-18 at the half.

The Lady Chaps scored 36 points from long range off 12 three-pointers in the game (they had 26 points from the field inside the arc). Along with the five three-pointers in the opening quarter, the Lady Chaps found success in the third quarter, started by Ashton Duncan connecting 1:14 into the half. Schulte hit her career-high three-pointer midway in the third quarter and Juliana Robertson dialed in from long range two minutes later, as LCU had three three-pointers in the quarter. The outside success led to LCU leading 56-31 through three quarters.

Eight bench players occupied time in the fourth quarter, and Middleton was the only starting member to receive minutes in the quarter. Audrey Robertson hit a three-pointer two minutes into the final frame for a 62-33 LCU lead and their largest lead of the game.

UTT, shooting under 18% from the field Saturday, improved their shooting Sunday, shooting 38% (19/50) from the field. They shot 46.2% in the third and fourth quarter, going on a 7-0 and 5-0 run late in the game to outscore LCU 15-9 in the game's final 7:33 of play.

Schulte was LCU's lone double-figure point producer. She was 7-of-9 from the field and 6-of-7 from "three-point land." She also led LCU with five rebounds. Juliana Robertson did not surpass double figures in any offensive categories, but had a balanced productive game. She was 4-of-6 from the field, with nine points, and also had three steals, three assists, two blocks and forced three fouls against the Pats.

LCU outscored the Patriots 29-10 in points-off-turnovers, with a majority of the points in response to a season-high 17 steals. Ten (10) different Lady Chaps had a steal, with Maci Maddox claiming a game-high four steals. The 17 steals for LCU was their highest total since 17 on January 10, 2019, and it places LCU with at least 10 steals in three consecutive games for the first time since February of 2019.

Shala Robinson led UTT in scoring with 10 points. LCU improved to 3-0 all-time against UT Tyler, with all three wins posted inside Patriot Center. The game marked LCU's first regular season Sunday-game since transitioning to NCAA Division II.