TEXAS WOMAN'S (14-5, 7-1) at No.13 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (19-4, 8-3) February5, 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: Zach Sparkman (Play-By-Play), Jason Speegle (Analyst) LCU Social Media:
	TEXAS WOMAN'S (14-6, 7-1) Location: Denton, Texas Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Beth Jillson (Hardin-Simmons, 2002) Roster | Stats | Preview
	LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN LADY CHAPS (19-4, 8-3) Location: Lubbock, Texas Conference: Lone Star Head Coach: Steve Gomez (LCU, 1988) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF)

AND THEN THERE WAS ONE-HUNDRED
No.13 Lubbock Christian University reached their 100^th consecutive home victory Thursday, with their 75-64 win over Midwestern State, and now move on past the record milestone to host Texas Woman's at 2 p.m. Saturday inside Rip Griffin Center. LCU enters the contest seventh in the LSC standings with an 8-3 conference record. They are two games behind Texas Woman's, who is co-leading the LSC with a 7-1 conference record.   
 
CHAP NOTES

• > Allie Schulte, who actively leads NCAA Division II in career games played (146 games played in her career), leads the squad in scoring with an average of 12.7 points per game. She also leads the team is assists (80) and steals (76). Her 80 assists ranks fifth in the conference, with a pace of 3.5 per game (11th in the LSC), and her 76 steals is second in the nation (Ashley Steffeck has 82 to lead the nation). She has 47 steals in conference play (has her with 4.3 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). Thursday, Schulte became the 32^nd active Division II player to reach 1,500 career points and becomes the first Lady Chap to hit the plateau since Tess Bruffey (2014-2018).
• > Ashton Duncan leads LCU with 58 three-pointers, averaging 2.5 per game (fourth in the conference). The 58 three-pointers ranks eighth in the nation and leads the LSC (Morgan McMillen of Walsh leads the nation with 71). Duncan, who is 34 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 8 three-pointers on Jan. 22 against St. Mary's (second time in her career). She needs seven three-points to reach 249 three-pointers, which would move her past Jordan Hampton (248 from 2005-09) and into second in program history.  Duncan's 244 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 four of the 10 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 LSC honors issued this season (four defensive and one offensive).
• > Laynee Burr, who has three performances of at least 17 points this season, is averaging 8.8 points per game. A member of the DII CCA Tip-Off Classic at the Trailhead All-Tournament Team selection, Burr enters Saturday's play 15^th in the conference in assists with 51 on the season. She is coming off a record shooting performance from the line, as she set the Rip Griffin Center record going 12-of-12 from the free-throw line.
• > Channing Cunyus is averaging 8.6 points a contest this season. She recorded the third Lady Chap double-double of the season Jan. 22 at Angelo State, which was the first of her career. She posted a career-high 10 rebounds and added 10 points to complete the double-double. Three different Lady Chaps have a double-double this season, as Cunyus joined Juliana Robertson and Grace Foster. Cunyus followed the performance Saturday in Odessa, Texas with six three-pointers and a career-high 24 points.
• > LCU opened the season making their first 14 free-throw attempts and are 78.3% (264/337) from the free-throw line, which ranks 17^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 58-of-65 (89.2%) 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 (163) and sixth in defensive rebounds per game (5.5). Foster leads LCU in blocks (22, seventh in the LSC), with Robertson ranking second with 17 blocks (10th in the LSC).
• > LCU is sixth nationally in turnovers…or lack thereof, as they average 11.9 per game. The stat has Allie Schulte second in the LSC in assist/turnover ratio at 2.35. As a team, LCU ranks 15^th nationally and leading the LSC for team assist/turnover ratio (1.2).

 
D-UP!
LCU defensively has held opponents to an average of 51.8 points a game, which ranks fifth nationally. Lady Chap opponents have been held to under 50 points in 11 of their 23 games this season.
 
HOMEBODIES
LCU is 9-0 in home contests this season, with Allie Schulte leading the squad averaging 11.2 points per game inside Rip Griffin Center. Ashton Duncan joins Schulte in double-figure scoring average with 11.0 points a game. She 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 eight 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 44.9% at home this season, and shooting 36.3% from long distance at home. The Lady Chaps have excelled at the free-throw line, shooting 82.2% (129/157) from the free-throw line this season, as Schulte is 23-of-23 and Laynee Burr 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 37.5% shooting mark from the floor (27.9% from three-point range). Foes are also 67.0% (75/112) 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 9-0 at home this season, which has their active home win streak sitting at 100 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 79 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
100 - 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
100 – LCU (Division II)
46 – North Georgia (Division II)
34 – Stephen F. Austin (Division I)
 
NCAA DIVISION LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
BY DIVISION
Division I – 99 – UConn 2006/07 – 2011/12
Division II - 100 - 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 Saturday's action, LCU is 233-33 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. They worked back up to No.2 (D2SIDA) and No.4 (WBCA), but fell to No.10 after falling at A&M-Commerce. They are currently No.15 in WBCA and No.13 in D2SIDA, as they fell out of the top-10 for the first time (in both polls). 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).
 
STARS IN THE CONFERENCE
LCU is 40-6 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 8-3 in conference play this season, with Allie Schulte averaging 13.3 points per game. She is also averaging 4.3 steals per conference contest. LCU is averaging 11.6 steals per conference game and have forced opponents into an average of 19.2 turnovers per game.
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT TWU
1 > The Pioneers enter Saturday 14-5 on the season. They have an 7-1 record in LSC action after a 63-57 win over Eastern New Mexico Thursday.
2 > TWU, preseason slated at No.11 in the LSC Preseason Poll, has Ashley Ingram leading the Pioneers in LSC contests. She is averaging 16.0 points an LSC game (13.3 overall on the season). Sadie Moyer leads the team overall on the season, averaging 14.1 points a game.   
3 > Texas Woman's is 6-1 in road play this season, which includes wins in their last two road games.
4 > The Pioneers rank third in the LSC and break the top-50 nationally in scoring defense, averaging an allowance of 58.3 points a game.
5 > Sadie Moyer leads the LSC and is 34^th nationally with 36.2 minutes played per game. She ranks 22^nd nationally and second in the LSC from the free-throw line, shooting 87.7% from the line.

THE SERIES AGAINST TWU
LCU has won the prior three meetings over TWU and has a 5-1 series advantage. Five of the meetings have come since the 2010-2011 season. The two teams had never met in Lubbock until their LCU's first-ever NCAA postseason contest (resulted in a 95-75 victory by LCU on Mar. 10, 2016). LCU is 2-0 in Lubbock against TWU, with the prior meeting (Dec. 5, 2019 LCU win 80-61) standing as the only regular season meeting in Lubbock between the two programs.
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. TWU
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. TWU:

Allie Schulte 1gp – 21.0 pts/g, 3/5 3-pt fg (60.0%), 4 steals
Ashton Duncan 1gp – 11.0 pts/g, 3/6 3-pt fg (50.0%)
Two tied with 6.0 pts/g

PRIOR MEETING VS. TWU
LUBBOCK, Texas (December 5, 2019) - Allie Schulte notched a career-high 21 points on the offensive end and Maddi Chitsey posted a career-high six blocks on the defensive end, as Lubbock Christian University improved to 8-0 overall and 2-0 in Lone Star Conference play with an 80-61 victory over Texas Woman's. The win occurred on a night the Lady Chaparrals improved their national active-leading home win streak to 68 games and they received their championship rings from their 2019 NCAA Division II women's basketball national title.

In a battle of two of the top three defensive-minded teams in the Lone Star Conference, it was offense leading the pace in the opening half of play. TWU made four of their opening five shot attempts and used a 5-0 run to take a 7-2 lead three minutes into the contest.  The Pioneers maintained the lead until LCU closed the quarter's final minute on an 8-0 run for an 18-14 LCU lead. Chitsey started the charge connecting on a three-pointer, and it was one of three three-pointers hit by LCU in the eventual 11-0 run. Ashton Duncan and Allie Schulte hit the other three-pointers during the run and it helped jumpstart an LCU offense that was 10-of-16 from the field (62.5%) in the second quarter (7-of-10 inside the arc). Schulte had 12 points in the opening half and helped LCU take a 43-32 lead into the half. The Lady Chaps were 60% (18/30) from the field in the half, going 13-of-18 (72.2%) inside the arc.

The Pioneers had the hot hand offensively in the third quarter. Ma'K'La Woods, who had eight points in the third quarter, opened the second half with a pair of field goals and the Pioneers made their first four field goal attempts. They shot 56.3% (9-of-16) in the quarter (all attempts were inside the arc) and used a 6-0 and 5-0 run to turn a 54-40 LCU lead into a 59-53 advantage with 53 seconds left in the third quarter.

Each team had one field goal nearly five minutes into the fourth quarter, as TWU's hot shooting did not carry into the fourth quarter. The Pioneers were 1-of-12 from the field over the final 7:19 of the game. LCU took advantage of the TWU's lack of offense in the quarter, hitting five field goals over a seven-shot stretch and going on a 7-0 run to build the lead to 76-59 with 2:17 remaining. Schulte finished with seven points in the fourth quarter to help preserve the victory.

LCU shot 49.1% from the field in the game (28/57). Along with Schulte's 21 points, LCU also received 14 points from Chitsey and 11 points from Duncan, who was 3-of-6 from long range. LCU, entering the game shooting 82% from the free-throw line, went 15-of-18 from the line (83.3%).

Chitsey posted a career-high six blocks and helped lead LCU to a season-high nine blocks in the contest. The block totals were the highest by the Lady Chaps since they had 10 at Oklahoma Christian on Jan. 26, 2019, and the highest total at home since they blocked nine Cameron shots on Dec. 16, 2017.

TWU, who was sitting at 45.5% (20/44) shooting from the field through three quarters, finished the night 37.9% (22/58) from the field, which is the highest mark the Lady Chaps have allowed this season. The Pioneers, just 2-of-8 (25%) from long range, were led in scoring by Ma'K'La Woods, who finished with 16 points. Brielle Woods contributed 15 points and London Archer posted 10 points. TWU out-rebounded LCU 30-24, which played a role in the Pioneers producing a 20-10 scoring advantage in second-chance points.