WESTERN NEW MEXICO (6-15, 2-11) at No.11 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (23-5, 11-4) February 24, 2022 • 5:30 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:
	WESTERN NEW MEXICO MUSTANGS (6-15, 2-11) Location: Silver City, N.M. Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Josh Pace (Syracuse, 2005) Roster | Stats | Preview
	LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN LADY CHAPS (23-5, 11-4) Location: Lubbock, Texas Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Steve Gomez (LCU, 1988) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF)

LAST HOME GAME (MAYBE)
The Lady Chaps host Western New Mexico Thursday in their final regular season home game. Any postseason home game(s) is still up for grabs entering the final stretch of the regular season. The Lady Chaps (23-5) enter Thursday fifth in the Lone Star Conference standings, with an 11-4 conference mark. There are three programs tied for first place with an 11-3 record, and Texas A&M-Commerce sits fourth with a 10-3 mark. LCU's contest Thursday is their final regular season contest.  
 
CHAP NOTES

• > Allie Schulte, who actively ranks third in NCAA Division II in career games played (148 games played in her career), leads the squad in scoring with an average of 11.9 points per game. She also leads the team is assists (81) and steals (77). Her 81 assists ranks 12th in the conference, with a pace of 3.2 per game (13th in the LSC), and her 77 steals is fourth in the nation (ranks eighth nationally in steals per game at 3.1). She has 48 steals in conference play (has her with 3.7 steals per conference game), with a career-high eight steals on Jan. 2 at Texas A&M International. The 77 steals also has her with 306 career steals, which is the second active leading mark in career steals in NCAA Division II (second highest mark in program history and 25 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 71 three-pointers, averaging 2.54 per game (fourth in the conference). The 71 three-pointers ranks 13th in the nation and leads the LSC. Duncan, who became the second active 1,000-point member on the LCU roster, is second on the team averaging 10.9 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 257 three-pointers, which ranks her second in program history, and she is 17 three-point attempts from having the top mark in LCU record books.  Duncan's 257 career three-pointers ranks 11^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 14 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 9.1 points per game. A member of the DII CCA Tip-Off Classic at the Trailhead All-Tournament Team selection, Burr ranks 10^th in the LSC with 792 minutes played on the season.
• > LCU opened the season making their first 14 free-throw attempts and are 79.1% (340/430) 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 homestand 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 10^th nationally.
• > Grace Foster and Juliana Robertson have provided LCU strong defensive play inside the perimeter. Robertson ranks fifth in the LSC in rebounds (204) and sixth in defensive rebounds per game (5.6). She joins Foster co-leading LCU in blocks with 24 (eighth in the LSC).
• > LCU is ninth 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 2.38. As a team, LCU ranks 22^nd nationally and leading the LSC for team assist/turnover ratio (1.11). They are also 25^th in turnover margin (5.04 advantage per game).

 
D-UP!
LCU defensively has held opponents to an average of 51.7 points a game, which ranks fourth nationally. Lady Chap opponents have been held to under 50 points in 14 of their 28 games this season.
 
HOMEBODIES
LCU is 11-0 in home contests this season, with Ashton Duncan leading the squad averaging 12.0 points per game inside Rip Griffin Center. Allie Schulte joins Duncan in double-figure scoring average with 10 points a game. Duncan has the season-high individual game point total for a home game this season, scoring 24 points off eight three-pointers on Jan.22 verses St. Mary's. Two of LCU's 11 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 45.4% at home this season, and shooting 37.6% from long distance at home. The Lady Chaps have excelled at the free-throw line, shooting 81.8% (153/187) from the free-throw line this season, as Schulte is 24-of-24 and Laynee Burr is 25-of-25 from the stripe at home. Defense has been a strong-point for LCU at home this season, as they have held opponents to a 37.9% shooting mark from the floor (27.8% from three-point range). Foes are also 67.8% (97/143) 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 11-0 at home this season, which has their active home win streak sitting at 102 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 81 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 28-0 in LSC home games).
 
NCAA DIVISION II'S LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
102 - 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
102 – LCU (Division II)
37 – Stephen F. Austin (Division I)
30 – BYU (Division I)
 
NCAA DIVISION LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
BY DIVISION
Division I – 99 – UConn 2006/07 – 2011/12
Division II - 102 - 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 Tuesday's action, LCU is 237-34 in that span (87.5%). 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.16 in WBCA and No.11 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).
 
OFF THE COURT SMARTS
Lubbock Christian University's Allie Schulte was selected as an Academic All-District Six (NCAA Div. II) recipient by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).  Schulte, a graduate guard from Nazareth, Texas, holds a 3.87 GPA, as she completed a degree in Humanities and is currently completing a second degree with a bachelors in Exercise Science. In order to be selected to an academic all-district team, a student-athlete must demonstrate success on the playing field and in the classroom, with academic and athletic achievements taken into consideration. The student-athlete must possess a minimum 3.30 cumulative GPA and be at least a sophomore in academic standing. The honor is the second All-District academic honor for Schulte, and it gives LCU eight Academic All-District selections in women's basketball at the NCAA Div. II level in program history. LCU has received an All-District selection in all but one season in which they have been eligible to receive recognition. Schulte will now be nominated to receive Academic All-America accolades.
 
SENORITY
LCU will celebrate Senior Night Thursday during halftime of the men's basketball contest against Western New Mexico. LCU's seniors to be recognized are Laynee Burr and Channing Cunyus. Both members, in their fourth season with the Lady Chaps, will not exercise their additional season of eligibility made available via COVID. Burr, who is approaching 600 career points (587), has appeared in 107 career contests. Cunyus, who also has over 500 career points (531), has played in 102 career games as a Lady Chap.
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT WNMU
1 > The Mustangs are 6-15 overall on the season, with a 2-11 record in LSC play. They ended a four-game losing streak Monday with a 61-51 win over Texas A&M International at home. They are in 15^th in the LSC standings, fighting to get in the top-12 for postseason play.
2 > WNMU went 1-3 last season, playing a very limited schedule due to COVID protocols placed down by the state of New Mexico. Each of their four games were played out-of-state. The limited play has them with a No.17 LSC Preseason pick for this season.
3 > Dating back to last season, WNMU has dropped nine consecutive road games (0-7 this season).
4 > The Mustangs rank 27th nationally with a pace of 4.7 blocks per game. Olivia Lee enters the week ranking eighth in the LSC with 1.1 blocks per game.
5 > WNMU ranks second in the LSC and 43^rd nationally defensively, as they have held their opponents to a 36.5% shooting mark from the field this season.

THE SERIES AGAINST WNMU
The Mustangs and Lady Chaps are set to meet for the 24^th time in an all-time series that dates back to 1980. WNMU has not defeated the Lady Chaps since 1994, which has led to LCU taking a 13-10 series advantage. LCU has won the prior nine meetings, with the latest resulting in an 66-43 LCU win Dec. 12 in Silver City, N.M. LCU is 7-2 in Lubbock against WNMU (six straight wins). The 2019-20 season's home-and-home conference schedule marked the first time the two teams had a home-and-home set scheduled in a single season since 1994, when each were members of the NAIA.
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. WNMU
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. WNMU:

Grace Foster 1gp – 11 pts., 4/6 fg, 2/2 3-pt fg
Allie Schulte 6gp – 6.8 pts/g, 16/34 (47.1%)
Laynee Burr 5gp – 6.6 pts/g, 15/25 fg (60%)

PRIOR MEETING VS. WNMU
SILVER CITY, N.M. (December 11, 2021) – No.2 Lubbock Christian University outscored Western New Mexico 33-4 in points-off-turnovers, as the Lady Chaparrals cruised past the Mustangs 67-39 Saturday inside Drag's Court in a non-conference contest between a pair of Lone Star Conference programs.
 
WNMU hit two of their first shot attempts, including a three-pointer by Alina Simon, and the Mustangs had an early 5-4 lead. It would be the Lady Chaps contest the rest of the way. LCU used a 6-0 run and a pair of 5-0 runs, including one to close the first quarter, for a 20-9 lead. The Lady Chaps were 9-of-16 from the field in the opening frame (56.3%), with Laynee Burr leading the squad with six points. Burr and teammate Allie Schulte each had two steals in the quarter, which helped LCU outscore the Mustangs 9-0 in the quarter in points-off-turnovers.
 
The trend continued in the second quarter, as WNMU never tallied consecutive field goals in the quarter. Channing Cunyus drained a pair of three-pointers during an 8-0 run in the quarter, and they closed the half on a 10-0 run with three-pointers from Shaylee Stovall and Grace Foster, who hit her bucket with five seconds left in the half for a 42-15 halftime lead.
 
LCU was 4-of-7 (57.1%) in the second quarter from long range. Cunyus, who had two of LCU's three-pointers in the quarter, led LCU in the quarter with six points.
 
At the half, LCU was 54.5% (18/33) from the field. Six Lady Chaps had at least five points tallied in the first half, but no player had more than six points. LCU committed one turnover in the half, while forcing 14 turnovers, which led to a 19-0 scoring advantage in the half in points-off-turnovers.
 
LCU opened the second half on a 10-4 run and went to all their resources. Fourteen different Lady Chaps were mixed into play during the quarter. Ashton Duncan had four points in the quarter before making way to the Lady Chaps reserves, as her four points co-led the team in the quarter with Whitney Cox, who had four points (all from the line) in the quarter. LCU produced their largest lead of the game during the quarter, as Foster knocked down a jumper for a 52-19 (33-point) lead with 3:57 remaining in the quarter.
 
Foster would lead LCU in the fourth quarter with four points, as she completed the game leading LCU with 11 points. All 15 Lady Chaps dressed produced playing time. No Lady Chap played more than 21:02 and no player played less than 5:16. Of the 15 Lady Chaps participating, no Lady Chaps member had more than one turnover, as LCU had a 23-8 advantage in turnovers forced. LCU had a season-high 15 steals, with four by Schulte.
 
LCU's 33 points-off-turnovers is a season-high and is their highest mark since scoring 34 points last season (Feb. 12, 2021) against WNMU. On the flip side, LCU has held WNMU to a combined 11 points off turnovers in the last three-meetings combined (3.7 per game).
 
WNMU (3-4) did not have anyone in double figures. They were held to 34.8% (16/46) shooting from the field and were 3-of-14 (21.4%) from three-point range.