LUBBOCK, Texas (February 5, 2022) – Ashton Duncan (18 points) and Channing Cunyus (14 points) combined for 32 points and were major contributors of No.13 Lubbock Christian University closing the game on an 11-5 run to defeat Lone Star Conference co-leading Texas Woman's 70-62 Saturday afternoon inside Rip Griffin Center.
 
TWU had rallied with a 7-0 run to cut LCU's lead down to 57-55 in the fourth quarter. Sparking the rally was Ashley Ingram, who scored seven of her game-high 23 points in the opening three minutes of the fourth quarter. Cunyus ended the 7-0 TWU run with a layup as 6:09 remained in the quarter. For the next 2:27, the only points obtained in the game were by TWU's Keslyn King, which put TWU behind 59-57. The game remained 59-57 for the next 1:41, until Cunyus had a layup and three-pointer as part of a 7-0 LCU run for a 66-57 lead (2:27 remained). The Pioneers scored the next five points, and a Sadie Moyer three-pointer with 10 seconds left cut LCU's lead to 66-62. Duncan was fouled and scored the game's final four points inside the game's final 10 seconds.
 
LCU had led for the game's final 25:38. The first half of the game was a series of alternating lead changes. Ingram scored the game's first bucket before Duncan responded with back-to-back three-pointers for a 9-4 LCU lead. Allie Schulte, who had an and-one play to open LCU's scoring, hit a three-pointer with 5:20 left in the half for a 12-6 LCU advantage. Duncan and Schulte each had six points in the first quarter, and Grace Foster scored the final five points of the quarter for a 19-14 advantage heading into the second quarter.
 
Brielle Williams had two three-pointers in the game for TWU. They came in a span of 1:57 and served as book-ends to a 12-3 run for a 26-22 TWU lead. Six different Lady Chaps responded by providing field goals to fuel a 14-0 run, as LCU closed the half on an 18-4 run for a 40-30 halftime lead.
 
The Pioneers opened the second half on a 6-0 run and had their deficit cut to a four points twice before Laynee Burr (6 points) and Juliana Robertson (4 points) combined for 10 points in the final seven minutes of the third quarter. LCU took a 52-46 lead into the fourth quarter    
 
Both teams had hot shooting numbers. LCU was 53.1% (26/49) from the field (went 8-of-16 from long range). Duncan was 4-of-7 from long distance to lead LCU with 18 points. Cunyus (14 points) and Burr (10 points) each finished in double figures for the Lady Chaps. Robertson posted a career-high five steals to go along with a 10-rebound performance. The Chaps (20-4, 9-3) claimed their fourth consecutive win.
 
Ingram's 23 points was posted off 9-of-14 shooting from the field and helped UWA shoot 48% (24/50) from the field. King also added 15 points for the Pioneers, who are 14-6 overall and 7-2 in conference. The loss was their second on the road this season (7-2 in road play).
 
LCU improved to 6-1 in the all-time series against the Pioneers. The Lady Chaps are 3-0 in Lubbock against TWU and the two teams were meeting for a second time ever in Lubbock for a regular season tilt.
 
TURNING POINT
Leading 59-57 with 5:23 remaining, the Lady Chaps held off the Pioneers opportunity to end LCU's 100-game home win streak. LCU made their final five field goal attempts (Channing Cunyus with three of the five), while TWU was 2-of-8 from the field inside the final seven minutes of the game (1-of-4 inside the final 4:47).
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Despite the two teams having nearly the same turnover totals (TWU had 15 turnovers and LCU turned the ball over 14 times), LCU outscored TWU 22-9 in points-off-turnovers. The Lady Chaps posted a 9-2 advantage in the fourth quarter in the category, while having six turnovers to TWU's five.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Rivalry on the Range heats up Thursday, as LCU travels north to face West Texas A&M for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off in Canyon, Texas.