GREYOUT
No.13 Lubbock Christian University and Eastern New Mexico will become familiar with each other over the next two games, as they will play a home-and-home series, which opens this week with a road non-conference contest in Portales, N.M. Thursday with a 6 p.m. (Central) tip inside Greyhound Arena. The series will continue next Thursday in Lubbock with a Lone Star Conference contest. The meeting in New Mexico will mark LCU's final regular season non-conference game. LCU is 11-1 in non-conference tilts this season.    
 
CHAP NOTES

• > Allie Schulte, who actively ranks third in NCAA Division II in career games played (147 games played in her career), leads the squad in scoring with an average of 12.3 points per game. She also leads the team is assists (80) and steals (76). Her 80 assists ranks sixth in the conference, with a pace of 3.3 per game (13th in the LSC), and her 76 steals is fourth in the nation. She has 47 steals in conference play (has her with 3.9 steals per conference game), with a career-high eight steals on Jan. 2 at Texas A&M International. The 76 steals also has her with 305 career steals, which is the second active leading mark in career steals in NCAA Division II (second highest mark in program history and 26 away from the program's all-time career mark). Feb. 3 (against Midwestern State), Schulte became the 32^nd active Division II player to reach 1,500 career points and became the first Lady Chap to hit the plateau since Tess Bruffey (2014-2018).
• > Ashton Duncan leads LCU with 64 three-pointers, averaging 2.46 per game (fourth in the conference). The 64 three-pointers ranks 14th in the nation and is second in the LSC. Duncan, who is one points shy of 1,000 career points, is second on the team averaging 10.7 points per game. She matched a program single-game record with eight three-pointers on Jan. 22 against St. Mary's (second time in her career). She has 250 three-pointers, which ranks her second in program history, and she is 24 three-point attempts from having the top mark in LCU record books.  Duncan's 250 career three-pointers ranks 12^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 six of the 13 weeks the award has been issued. Juliana Robertson and Allie Schulte have received the honor twice, with teammate Grace Foster has also receiving the award. Overall for Offensive and Defensive, LCU has claimed six LSC honors issued this season (five defensive and one offensive).
• > Laynee Burr, who has three performances of at least 17 points this season, is averaging 9.0 points per game. A member of the DII CCA Tip-Off Classic at the Trailhead All-Tournament Team selection, Burr posted a record shooting performance from the free-throw line Feb. 3 (vs. MSU), as she set the Rip Griffin Center record going 12-of-12 from the free-throw line.  Last week, Burr had a pair of double-figure offensive performances on the road, as she averaged 14.5 points per game. She opened the week 5-of-10 from the field and with 13 points at West Texas A&M and then followed with 16 points and two steals at Cameron. Along with 14.5 points, Burr also averaged 4.5 rebounds on the week. She was part of a perimeter defense that held Cameron, the nation's leading team in three-point shooting, to two three-pointers.
• > LCU opened the season making their first 14 free-throw attempts and are 78.9% (317/402) from the free-throw line, which ranks 14^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 25-of-25 on the season from the line in the fourth quarter of games, is 59-of-66 (89.4%) from the free-throw line on the season, which is 14^th nationally.
• > Grace Foster and Juliana Robertson have provided LCU strong defensive play inside the perimeter. Robertson ranks fourth in the LSC in rebounds (192) and sixth in defensive rebounds per game (5.7). Foster leads LCU in blocks (24, eighth in the LSC), with Robertson ranking second with 23 blocks (eighth in the LSC). Last week, Robertson averaged 14.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Following a performance of eight rebounds and a block at West Texas A&M, Juliana had her second double-double of the season at Cameron, as she posted a career-high 23 points along with 11 rebounds. She was 7-of-10 inside the arc and 9-of-10 from the line for her 23 points. LCU had an 18-0 advantage in paint scoring at the half in Cameron and they finished the game with a 15-0 scoring advantage in second-chance scoring, with Robertson playing a factor in both numbers. Robertson also had three blocks was +35 in plus/minus against CU.
• > LCU is eighth 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 2.35. As a team, LCU ranks 28^th nationally and leading the LSC for team assist/turnover ratio (1.09).

 
D-UP!
LCU defensively has held opponents to an average of 52.2 points a game, which ranks fifth nationally. Lady Chap opponents have been held to under 50 points in 12 of their 26 games this season.
 
ROADIES
LCU is 8-4 in road contests this season, with Allie Schulte leading the squad averaging 13.5 points per game on the road (Channing Cunyus, 9.7 is behind Schulte in scoring on the road). The Lady Chaps are averaging a point-margin of 9.9 in road contests. They are shooting 42.1% on the road, while holding the home team to 37.6% shooting from the field. LCU has an 123-63 advantage in steals on the road, with Schulte averaging 4.2 per game. Duncan has 25 three-pointers on the road this season. Juliana Robertson leads LCU averaging 7.5 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 10-0 at home this season, which has their active home win streak sitting at 101 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 80 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 27-0 in LSC home games).
 
NCAA DIVISION II'S LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
101 - 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
101 – LCU (Division II)
34 – Stephen F. Austin (Division I)
28 – Chris. Newport (Division III), BYU (Division I)
 
NCAA DIVISION LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
BY DIVISION
Division I – 99 – UConn 2006/07 – 2011/12
Division II - 101 - Lubbock Christian Jan. 1, 2015 -->
Division III – 121 – Amherst Jan. 31, 2009-Feb. 6, 2016

EYE-OPENING
The 2021-22 season marks LCU's ninth since leaving the NAIA, and heading into Thurday's action, LCU is 235-34 in that span (87.4%). 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 have since fallen and are currently No.19 in WBCA and No.13 in D2SIDA. 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 Jan. 13, 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).
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT ENMU
1 > The Greyhounds are 9-11 on the season, with an 4-2 record in non-conference play. They enter the contest 1-5 in their prior six games played.
2 > ENMU, who did not compete last season due to COVID, was preseason picked 13th in the LSC.
3 > The 'hounds were previously coached by Josh Prock, who departed Portales for West Texas A&M. Taking over is Meghan De Los Reyes, who was previously an assistant coach at Division II California State University-Chico. This is the first head-to head meeting between De Los Reyes and LCU.
4 > ENMU is fourth in the LSC in rebounding margin, with a margin advantage of 3.9 per game. Iyanna McCurdy ranks second in the conference with 4.1 offensive rebounds to assist the rebounding margin.
5 > Tahoka, Texas native Natalie Stice ranks third in the LSC in field goal attempts (306) and ranks fourth in three-point field goal attempts (139). She averages 13.6 points a game.

THE SERIES AGAINST ENMU
The 'Hounds own a 24-16 all-time advantage against the Lady Chaps, but LCU has won 12 of the last 15 meetings. ENMU's win on Jan. 16, 2020 (69-68 in overtime in Portales, N.M.) ended a six-game win streak in the series for LCU and was the previous meeting in Portales. The Lady Chaps are 8-3 all-time against ENMU under head coach Steve Gomez. LCU is 5-3 all-time in Lubbock (5-4 if an exhibition game from 1988 is included). LCU is 4-16 all-time in Portales against ENMU, with all four wins coming over the previous eight all-time overall meetings.

ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. ENMU
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. ENMU:

Ashton Duncan 2gp – 7.5 pts/g, 5/14 3-pt fg (35.7%)
Allie Schulte 3gp – 7.3 pts, 4/7 3-pt fg (57.1%)
Channing Cunyus 2gp – 4.0 pts/g, 3/5 fg

PRIOR MEETING VS. ENMU
LUBBOCK, Texas (February 8, 2020) - Emma Middleton made her first eight shot attempts, leading to a career-high 26-point performance, and it led No.9 Lubbock Christian University to a commanding 77-53 Lone Star Conference divisional win over Eastern New Mexico Saturday inside Rip Griffin Center.

Middleton had 16 points in the opening half of play, with 12 netted in the second quarter of play. She heated up as the Lady Chaps offense, as a whole, heated up. LCU and ENMU combined four field goals through nearly the entire first quarter, as LCU led 10-6 with three seconds remaining in the opening quarter. Middleton had a layup with three seconds left in the frame (LCU led 12-6 after a quarter in the books), and it started a sequence of six consecutive made field goals by the Lady Chaps. A majority of the sequence was unnoticed until two minutes into the quarter, as LCU, leading 14-12, had a Caitlyn Cunyus three-pointer to start a 15-4 run for a 29-16 lead (4:19 remained in the half). ENMU responded with back-to-back three-pointers by Rowe for an 8-0 run to cut LCU's lead to 29-24 with 2:34 left in the second quarter.

LCU closed the final 2:16 of the first half with an 8-0 run and six of the points were from Middleton to give LCU a 37-24 halftime lead. LCU was 9-of-13 (69.2%) from the field in the second quarter.

The halftime break was no interruption for Middleton, who scored eight of the next 10 LCU points, as the 10-0 LCU run to start the second half combined for an 18-0 run (carrying over from the first half) and LCU led 47-24. Adding to the run, the 18-0 run was part of a 24-1 stretch, as Maddi Chitsey and Allie Schulte each knocked down a three-pointer to push the lead to 53-25. ENMU missed seven straight field goal attempts to start the second half and could not recover from LCU's run (they were 2-of-14 over the same stretch).

LCU took a 57-33 lead into the fourth quarter. Ashton Duncan hit consecutive three-pointers for LCU to highlight an 8-0 run in the quarter. LCU's lead in the quarter was built up to a game-high 73-43 (30-point) following a layup by Cunyus with 3:36 remaining. A 10-2 ENMU run ensued before the horn sounded.

The Lady Chaps shot 53.7% (29/54) from the field and Middleton was 9-of-11 from the field and 7-of-8 from the line. Her 26 points topped a prior career-high of 16 points (also against ENMU in Portales, N.M. this season) and it is the highest single-game mark by a Lady Chap this season. It is the Lady Chaps highest individual scoring mark since Chitsey posted 28 points last season in the Elite Eight Tournament against North Georgia (Mar. 26, 2018) off 11-of-12 shooting (program single-game tying-high mark with at least 10 shot attempts).

Along with Middleton's mark, LCU also received 10 points Allie Schulte. Cunyus was a vital part of Saturday's offense, dishing out eight assists (one shy of matching a career high).

ENMU outscored LCU 13-5 in second-chance-scoring despite LCU out-rebounding ENMU 27-24. The Greyhounds were held to a 29.8% shooting mark (17/57) from the field. Natalie Stice led ENMU with 10 points and was ENMU's only player in double figures (in points). Zamorye Cox, who had 29 in the prior meeting, was held to six points.