WESTERN COLORADO (1-3) at No.16 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (3-2)
November 27, 2022 • 3 PM
Lubbock, Texas • Rip Griffin Center (1,950)
 

EXHIBITION GAME
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
Western Colorado	Lubbock, Texas	Sun., Nov. 27	3:00 p.m.	Video	Stats
Game Notes (PDF)

FOR REAL
After a 74-65 win in exhibition play Saturday over Oklahoma City, No.16 Lubbock Christian returns to regular season play Sunday hosting Western Colorado. The contest is LCU's final game before jumping into Lone Star Conference play Thursday hosting Oklahoma Christian. LCU enters Sunday riding a three-game win streak.
 
FIRST ROAD GAME IN THE BOOK
LCU's first road game is in the books for the 2022-23 campaign, as LCU rallied for a 73-67 win over Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford, Okla. SWOSU opened 8-of-13 from three-point range and hit nine three-pointers in the opening half to help the Bulldogs to an 11-point lead, but the hot outside shooting would fizzle. The Bulldogs missed their final 10 three-point attempts, while LCU rallied behind 22 points and a career-high 16 rebounds from Grace Foster to help the Lady Chaps dampen the Bulldogs home opener. Whitney Cox also posted a career-high game with 14 points.
 
WILL AND GRACE
After a season-opening weekend, which included a 36-point performance against Missouri Western State, Grace Foster had a pair of solid performances in LCU's 2-0 mark at the Carpet Tech Classic. Foster led LCU, the only team that went 2-0 at the event, with 16.5 points and 10.5 rebounds a game. Against Colorado Christian, she produced 10 rebounds and she followed with 11 rebounds and 25 points against CSU Pueblo. The 25-point outing was the highest single-game scoring performance by a LSC individual over the week. Her average of 10.5 rebounds (8.5 defensive rebounds per game) led all LSC performers on the week, and she led all players going 14-of-14 from the free-throw line. She opened this week with a 22-point, 16-rebound double-double against Southwestern Oklahoma State.

SEASON NOTES AND TRENDS
> Grace Foster missed her fifth free-throw attempt during Monday's game at SWOSU, which marked her first miss from the line this season. She had made 24 consecutive free-throw attempts to start the season and 40 consecutive free-throws dating back to last season. That is the most consecutive made free-throws since Nicole Hampton made 36 consecutive free-throws during the 2015-16 season. Hampton holds the program record of 62 consecutive free-throws made, which was also a NAIA Division I record. There are 20 players in NCAA Division II (qualifiers) with a 100% free-throw shooting percentage and Foster is 21^st nationally with a 96% (24/25) free-throw shooting percentage.
> Foster, with three double-doubles on the season, is averaging 21.4 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. The sophomore ranks 16^th nationally in scoring (second in the LSC) and is 23^rd in rebounds per game (leads the LSC). Defensively, Foster is 12^th nationally in defensive rebounds per game (8.4).
> Maci Maddox has double-figure point production in three of the four games this season and enters Sunday's game averaging 10.6 points per contest. She has a conference-leading 25 assists (15^th nationally) and 5.0 assists per game (32^th nationally). Defensively, Maddox ranks third in the LSC in steals per game (2.8) and is fourth in steals (14, 28^th nationally).
> The Lady Chaps are averaging 41.4 rebounds per game through their opening contests, posting a high of 46 against Missouri Southern State (Nov. 5). LCU has not averaged over 40 rebounds in a season since averaging 40.3 during the 2015-16 season. Grace Foster (10.8), Whitney Cox (5.4) and Audrey Robertson (5.4) are all averaging 5.0-or-more rebounds per game. LCU is second in the LSC in defensive rebounds per game (31.0, 24^th nationally) and fifth in overall rebounds per game (41.4).
> LCU has a 102-58 scoring advantage from the line this season against their opposition. They have at least 20 points scored from the line in three of their four prior games. On the campaign, LCU is shooting 77.3% (102/132) from the line, which is second in the LSC and ranks 42^nd nationally. The Lady Chaps rank ninth nationally and is second in the LSC in free-throws made per game (20.4). Grace Foster is 24-of-25 (96.0%) from the line this season to lead LCU from the line. Audrey Robertson (23-of-27, 85.2%, 11^th in the LSC) and Shaylee Stovall (19-of-24, 79.2%, 15^th in LSC) and are each shooting over 79.0% from the line (of those reaching minimum requirements). LCU's opponents are shooting 77.3% from the line, which ranks second in the LSC.
> The Lady Chaps are averaging 78.8 points per contest (averaged 65.9 per game last season), which ranks second in the LSC (36^th nationally), and they have a trio of players averaging double figures in points. Grace Foster (21.4), Audrey Robertson (11.8) and Maci Maddox (10.6) lead the average scoring pace for the Lady Chaps.
> Defensively, Lubbock Christian leads the LSC in blocks per game (4.6, 23^rd nationally) and is second in steals per game (78.8, 36^th nationally). Reese Schumann leads LCU in blocks (10), ranking second in the LSC, and Grace Foster ranks 11^th in the LSC with five blocks. Schumann's average of 2.0 blocks per game ranks second in the LSC.

NATIONALLY KNOWN
D2SIDA (Division II Sports Information Directors Association) and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) each had LCU in their Top-25 preseason national polls. Currently, D2SIDA has Lubbock Christian ranked No.16 and LCU is unranked in the WBCA poll.

SO ARE SOME OTHERS
LCU faced a nationally ranked program in their season opener (Nov.5), falling to No.6 Southern Missouri State. LCU went 6-0 against nationally ranked programs in 2020-21 and 3-2 in 2021-22 against the nations ranked foes (opened 3-0). LCU's season opener marked the first time since the 2017-18 season opener in Commerce, Texas in which LCU opened against a national ranked opponent (LCU topped No.5 CSU-Pueblo 57-52). Three of LCU's five games this season have been against nationally ranked teams or teams receiving votes.

SWEET HOME (ON) CHICAGO
LCU, who went 13-0 at home last season, is 2-0 at home this season, which has their active home win streak sitting at 106 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 4-0 mark in LSC postseason play), has also won 82 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 29-0 in LSC home games).
 
NCAA DIVISION II'S LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
106 - 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
106 – LCU (Division II)
31 – Christopher Newport (Division III)
29 – Jackson State (Division I)
 
NCAA DIVISION LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS BY DIVISION
Division I – 99 – UConn 2006/07 – 2011/12
Division II - 106 - Lubbock Christian Jan. 1, 2015 -->
Division III – 121 – Amherst Jan. 31, 2009-Feb. 6, 2016
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT WCU
1 > The Mountaineers enter Sunday's contest 1-3 on the season. They are coming off an 11-16 season and a 9-12 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference record.
2 > Western Colorado was preseason picked to finish 12th in the 15-team RMAC preseason poll. 
3 > WCU is coached by Adam Jacobson, who is in his first season at the helm of the Mountaineers.
4 > Western Colorado has never played a game in Lubbock, but they almost did. The Mountaineers were in the field of the 2020 South Central Regional, which was to be hosted by LCU. They were scheduled to play West Texas A&M, but COVID led to the tournament cancelation.
5 > Friday, the Mountaineers faced Eastern New Mexico and fell 51-37. Emmery Wagstaff led WCU with 22 points. She leads the Mountaineers averaging 16.0 points per game.

THE SERIES AGAINST WCU
LCU has a 2-0 all-time mark against Western Colorado. The two teams have never met in Lubbock. The series began in 1993 (Nov. 27, 1993) in Portales, N.M. at the Zia Classic, where LCU won 71-47. The previous meeting resulted in an 83-66 LCU win on Nov. 22, 2003 in Gunnison, Colo. during Steve Gomez's first season with the Lady Chaps.
 
PREVIOUS MEETING VS. WCU
GUNNISON, Colo. (November 22, 2003) - Tabitha Qubty-Sellers had 16 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double, and teammate Valerie Wootan scored 15 points, as the two helped LCU to an 83-66 road win.