ST. MARY'S (1-13, 0-3) at No.10 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (15-3, 4-2) January 22, 2022 • 2 p.m. Lubbock, Texas • Rip Griffin Center (1,950) TICKETS: Click Here (Online Advanced Purchase Only for Non-Chap Pass Season Pass Holders) 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: Chris Due (Play-By-Play), Jason Speegle (Analyst) LCU Social Media:
	ST. MARY'S RATTLERS (1-13, 0-3) Location: San Antonio, Texas Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Jason Martens (Bethel, 2000) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF)
	LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN LADY CHAPS (15-3, 4-2) Location: Lubbock, Texas Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Steve Gomez (LCU, 1988) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF)

SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL
No.10 Lubbock Christian University wraps up the week's worth of Lone Star Conference play Saturday hosting St. Mary's inside Rip Griffin Center. LCU enters the contest tied for fifth in the LSC, with a trio of programs unbeaten in LSC play ahead of them.  
 
CHAP NOTES

• > Allie Schulte, who actively ranks for playing in the second-most games in NCAA Division II (141 games played in her career), leads the squad in scoring with an average of 11.8 points per game. She also leads the team is assists (59) and steals (56). Her 59 assists ranks fourth in the conference, with a pace of 3.3 per game (13th in the LSC), and her 56 steals leads the nation. She has 27 steals in conference play (has her with 4.5 steals per conference game), with a career-high eight steals on Jan. 2 at Texas A&M International. The 56 steals also has her with 285 career steals, which is the second active leading mark in career steals in NCAA Division II (second highest mark in program history). 
• > Ashton Duncan leads LCU with 44 three-pointers, averaging 2.44 per game (fourth in the conference). The 44 three-pointers ranks 12^th in the nation and leads the LSC (Morgan McMillen of Walsh leads the nation with 58). Duncan, who surpassed 900 career points Saturday at UT Tyler, is second on the team averaging 10.7 points per game. She is five 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. Duncan's 230 career three-pointers ranks 15^th actively in NCAA Division II for career three-pointers.
• > 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 16 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 8.3 points per game. A member of the DII CCA Tip-Off Classic at the Trailhead All-Tournament Team selection, Burr enters Saturday's play 14^th in the conference in assists with 45 on the season.
• > LCU opened the season making their first 14 free-throw attempts and are 78.2% (208/266) from the free-throw line, which ranks 19^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, who is 23-of-23 on the season from the line in the fourth quarter of games, is 50-of-56 (89.3%) from the free-throw line on the season, which is 16^th nationally.
• > Grace Foster and Juliana Robertson have provided LCU strong defensive play inside the perimeter. Robertson ranks fourth in the LSC in rebounds (131) and third in defensive rebounds per game (5.9). Robertson is coming off Thursday's game against St. Edward's in which she had matched career highs in blocks (4) and steals (4). She posted a career-high 18-rebound performance Saturday in Tyler. Robertson's 18 rebounds were the most by a Lady Chaps member since Kellyn Schneider posted 18 rebounds on the exact date in 2015 against Rogers State. The rebound performance shared by Robertson and Schneider are the highest rebound marks by a Lady Chap since Candace Clenney had 19 against Science & Arts of Oklahoma on Feb. 23, 2006. Her rebounding efforts not only led to LCU's highest rebound margin of the season (14, with a team advantage of 39-25), but the Lady Chaps defense held UT Tyler, the nation's eighth-best shooting team, to a season-low 28.0% shooting effort. On the week, last week, Robertson averaged a double-double with 12.0 rebounds and 10.0 points per game. Foster, who had her first collegiate double-double (20 points and 11 rebounds) and career-high six blocks last Thursday at Texas A&M-Commerce, leads LCU in blocks (17, sixth in the LSC), with Robertson ranking second with 15 blocks (eighth in the LSC). Foster has been LCU's leading scorer in four of their last eight games and is averaging 8.4 points a game in conference play (tied for second on the team with Channing Cunyus).
• > LCU is ninth nationally in turnovers…or lack thereof, as they average 12.3 per game. The stat has Allie Schulte second in the LSC in assist/turnover ratio at 2.11. As a team, LCU ranks 32^nd nationally and leading the LSC for team assist/turnover ratio (1.06).

D-UP!
LCU defensively has held opponents to an average of 50.6 points a game, which ranks third nationally. Lady Chap opponents have been held to under 50 points in 10 of their 18 games this season.
 
HOMEBODIES
LCU, one of three LSC teams to play less than six home games, is 6-0 in home contests this season, with Allie Schulte leading the squad averaging 10.8 points per game inside Rip Griffin Center. Grace Foster joins Schulte in double-figure scoring average with 10.2 points a game. Two of LCU's six 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 45.7% at home this season, and shooting 36.9% from long distance at home. The Lady Chaps have excelled at the free-throw line, shooting 84.4% (92/109) from the free-throw line this season, as Allie Schulte is 19-of-19 from the stripe at home. Defense has been a strong-point for LCU at home this season, as they have held opponents to a 36.5% shooting mark from the floor (22.1% from three-point range). Foes are also 64.7% (44/68) from the free-throw line.
 
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 6-0 at home this season, which has their active home win streak sitting at 97 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 76 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
97 - 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
97 – LCU (Division II)
45 – North Georgia (Division II)
42 – 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 229-32 in that span (87.7%). 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. They worked back up to No.2 (D2SIDA) and No.4 (WBCA), but fell to No.10 this week (both polls) after falling last week at TAMUC. Overall this season, LCU has been No.1 in three WBCA polls and two D2SIDA polls (They have been in the Top-10 all season).
 
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 36-5 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 3-2 in conference play this season, with Allie Schulte averaging 11.7 points per game. She is also averaging 4.5 steals per conference contest. LCU is averaging 12.0 steals per conference game and have forced opponents into an average of 19.0 turnovers per game. Grace Foster is averaging 10.8 points the past three LSC contests.
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT StMU
1 > The Rattlers enter the weekend 1-13 on the season. They have an 0-3 record in LSC action and come to Lubbock following a 77-61 loss Thursday at Eastern New Mexico.
2 > StMU, preseason slated at No.7 in the LSC Preseason Poll, has Sydney Hardeman leading the Rattlers in LSC contests. She is averaging 17.5 points an LSC game. Hannah Wilson is averaging 15.0 points and 12.0 rebounds a game in LSC play.   
3 > StMU is one of five LSC teams seeking their first road win of the season (0-6).
4 > StMU has played the 12^th toughest schedule in NCAA Division II. The Rattlers opponents are 119-77 this season for 60.7% win percentage (in relation, LCU has played 28^th toughest schedule of 301 programs).
5 > Hannah Wilson has over 1,000 career points (1,150 points) and over 1,000 career rebounds (1036) for the Rattlers. The rebounding mark of 1,037 rebounds is the seventh-best in NCAA. She has 39 career double-doubles. Thursday she notched her second 19-rebound performance over the past four games.

THE SERIES AGAINST StMU
LCU leads the all-times series 19-3 over StMU. The Lady Chaps are 16-2 against the Rattlers since the 2013-14 season and are 10-0 inside Rip Griffin Center. LCU has won 11 straight meetings following their prior meeting (76-52 win in Lubbock on Mar. 2, 2020, as part of the LSC Championships).
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. StMU
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. StMU:

Allie Schulte 8gp – 10.4 pts/g, 9/14 3-pt fg (64.3%)
Ashton Duncan 8gp – 8.6 pts/g, 19/41 3-pt fg (46.3%)
Channing Cunyus 5gp – 6.4 pts/g, 6/12 3-pt fg (50.0%)

PRIOR MEETING VS. StMU
LUBBOCK, Texas (March 2, 2021) - Hannah Wilson had 27 points and 14 rebounds in a double-double performance for No.8-seeded St. Mary's, but the Rattlers needed more, as top-seeded No.1 Lubbock Christian University shot 86.7% from the field in the fourth quarter to cruise out of the quarterfinals of the Lone Star Conference Championships with a 76-52 win inside Rip Griffin Center.
 
LCU's offense did not start off as hot as it ended. They opened the game 3-of-13 from the field and did not have consecutive made field goals until two minutes into the second quarter. Wilson had six points and six rebounds in the opening quarter and StMU twice had a three-point lead, but then the Rattlers did not score a field goal over the final 4:32 of the quarter, which was part of a 5:10 sequence without a bucket for the Rattlers. LCU took advantage of the StMU dry spell, going on a 9-1 run to end the half, which rolled into a 17-3 scoring run for LCU for a 23-12 LCU lead. Channing Cunyus, who had a career night from outside, with a pair of three-pointers in the span. StMU responded with an 11-4 run to cut LCU's lead to 27-23 with 3:44 left in the half, but LCU countered with a 7-0 run for a 34-23 lead. LCU was out-shot 40% to 34.3% from the field in the half, but had a 34-25 lead at the break, with 13 points in the half from Allie Schulte. Wilson had already completed her double-double in the first half for StMU, with 14 points and 10 boards in the half.
 
LCU held StMU to three field goals in the third quarter. LCU had a 12-4 run to stretch their lead to 46-31 with 3:37 left in the quarter. Cunyus had a pair of three-pointers in the quarter, and joined Robertson (four points), as the two combined for 10 points in the quarter. The second trey from Cunyus gave LCU a 49-35 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
 
The Lady Chaps exploded for 27 points in the fourth quarter. Nine different Lady Chaps had at least one point in the quarter, as LCU was 13-of-15 from the field in the quarter (no three-point attempts were taken). LCU had a stretch in which they made nine consecutive field goal attempts. The Lady Chaps enjoyed a 13-4 and 12-5 run in the quarter.
 
Lubbock Christian ended up shooting 65.5% (19/29) from the field in the second half, with Cunyus scoring eight of her career-high 14 points in the half. The Lady Chaps outscored StMU 42-27 in the half.
 
Schulte led LCU with 18 points in the contest, going 6-of-9 from the field. She was joined in double figures by Emma Middleton (15) and Cunyus (14). Middleton also added 10 rebounds. LCU had a 24-6 scoring advantage in the points-off-turnovers after garnering an 18-13 advantage in turnovers. The Lady Chaps shot 48.4% (31/64) from the field and held StMU to 37.0% from the field. Take Wilson (10-of-18) out of the equation and the Rattlers were a combined 10-of-36 (27.8%) from the field. Mya Culiver also added 10 points for the Rattlers, who had their record drop to 6-9.