18-WHEELER ROLL-ON
No.10 Lubbock Christian University has two wins under their belt in the 2022 Lone Star Conference Championship and they head into Saturday's Semifinals to face top-seed West Texas A&M for a postseason edition of their Rivalry on the Range rivalry series. No.5-seed LCU opened play Tuesday at home with a win over No.12-seed Arkansas Fort Smith and Friday topped No.4-seed Angelo State 60-51. LCU and WT join UT Tyler and Texas A&M-Commerce as the four remaining teams in Frisco.
 
THE "IF's"
IF LCU WINS: If the Lady Chaps defeat WT, they will improve to 27-5 on the season, 9-0 all-time in LSC Championship play, and will advance to the tournament Championship Game to face either No.7-seed UT Tyler or No.3-seed Texas A&M-Commerce Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Frisco.

IF LCU LOSES: If the Lady Chaps fall to the Lady Buffs, their record will drop to 26-6, they will be eliminated from the tournament and will await an at-large bid for the NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament (eight-team tournament). The NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Selection Show will air Sunday, Mar. 6 at 9 p.m. on NCAA.com.

CHAP NOTES

• > Allie Schulte, who actively ranks third in NCAA Division II in career games played (151 games played in her career), leads the squad in scoring with an average of 11.7 points per game. She also leads the team is assists (90) and steals (84). Her 90 assists ranks 12th in the conference, with a pace of 3.2 per game (14th in the LSC), and her 84 steals is sixth in the nation (ranks 11th nationally in steals per game at 3.0). She had 51 steals in conference play (had her with 3.6 steals per conference game), with a career-high eight steals on Jan. 2 at Texas A&M International. The 84 steals also has her with 313 career steals, which is the second active leading mark in career steals in NCAA Division II (second highest mark in program history and 18 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 79 three-pointers, averaging 2.55 per game (fourth in the conference). The 79 three-pointers ranks 10th in the nation and leads the LSC (she is 12 three-pointers away from the LCU single-season record owned by Kelsey Hoppel with 90 during the 2015-16 season). She needs one three-pointer for a single-season career high, which would be the second-highest single season mark in program history.  Duncan, who became the second active 1,000-point member on the LCU roster, 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 265 three-pointers, which ranks her second in program history, and is eight away from LCU's career three-point record.  Duncan's 265 career three-pointers ranks ninth 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 times this season. Juliana Robertson and Allie Schulte have received the honor twice, with teammate Grace Foster also receiving the award. Overall for Offensive and Defensive, LCU has claimed six LSC honors issued this season (five defensive and one offensive).
• > LCU opened the season making their first 14 free-throw attempts and are 78.8% (383/486) 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 27-of-27 on the season from the line in the fourth quarter of games, is 62-of-70 (88.6%) from the free-throw line on the season.
• > Grace Foster and Juliana Robertson have provided LCU strong defensive play inside the perimeter. Robertson ranks fourth in the LSC in rebounds (234) and sixth in defensive rebounds per game (5.7). She joins Foster co-leading LCU in blocks with 25 (10th in the LSC).
• > LCU is seventh nationally in turnovers…or lack thereof, as they average 12.0 per game. The stat has Allie Schulte second in the LSC in assist/turnover ratio at 2.37. As a team, LCU ranks 18^th nationally and leading the LSC for team assist/turnover ratio (1.15). They are also 19^th in turnover margin (5.32 advantage per game).

 
D-UP!
LCU defensively has held opponents to an average of 52.1 points a game, which ranks fourth nationally. Lady Chap opponents have been held to under 50 points in 15 of their 31 games this season.
 
TOURNEY TALK
With wins last season in the 2021 LSC Championship, over St. Mary's, Cameron and Texas A&M-Commerce, inside Rip Griffin Center, LCU became the sixth program to claim multiple tournament titles in the LSC. The 2021 LSC Championships tournament title punched LCU's fifth ticket to a NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament. The Lady Chaps improved to 6-0 all-time in LSC Championship tournament games. They defeated TAMUC for a second consecutive season in the title game last season, as the Lady Chaps also topped the Lions for the 2020 tournament title in Frisco, Texas.
 
This season, LCU's win Tuesday in the First Round over Arkansas Fort Smith and Quarterfinals win Friday over Angelo State, improved LCU's all-time LSC tournament mark to 8-0.  LCU shot 55.1% from the field Tuesday for their second-highest shooting mark in a LSC Championship contest. Allie Schulte led LCU Tuesday with 17 points. She averages 12.1 points a game in eight all-time LSC Championship games played, which leads the Lady Chaps. Friday, Juliana Robertson had 20 points, matching a program LSC Championship high, and added 12 rebounds to complete LCU's third double-double in a LSC Championship contest. She leads LCU this LSC Championship with 14.5 points per game and 10.5 rebounds per game. Laynee Burr also added 17 points Friday.
 
LCU's ALL-TIME LSC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
 
2019-2020
Caitlyn Cunyus (MVP)
Allie Schulte
Maddi Chitsey
 
2020-2021
Emma Middleton (MVP)
Channing Cunyus
Allie Schulte
 
SPEAKING OF HONORS
The Lone Star Conference recognized six Lady Chaparrals with conference honors for this season:
 
Allie Schulte – First Team All-LSC, LSC All-Academic Team
Ashton Duncan – Second Team All-LSC, LSC All-Academic Team
Channing Cunyus – Third Team All-LSC
Laynee Burr – Honorable Mention All-LSC
Juliana Robertson – Honorable Mention All-LSC, All Defensive Team
Grace Foster – All-Freshman Team
 
NEUTRALITY
LCU is 4-1 this season on a neutral floor. Allie Schulte leads LCU on a neutral court, averaging 11.2 points a game. Laynee Burr (10.6 points) and Ashton Duncan (10.0 points) are also averaging double figures in neutral site contests. LCU is holding opponents to a 36.4% shooting percentage in the category. Schulte is averaging 4.8 assists per game in four neutral site games.
 
SWEET HOME (ON) CHICAGO
LCU went 13-0 at home last 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 13-0 at home this season, which has their active home win streak sitting at 104 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
104 - 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
104 – LCU (Division II)
38 – 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 - 103 - 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 240-34 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 have since fallen and are currently No.14 in WBCA and No.10 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 is nominated for Academic All-America accolades.
 
SENORITY
LCU celebrated Senior Night Feb. 24 during halftime of the men's basketball contest against Western New Mexico by recognizing 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 surpassed 600 career points (620), has appeared in 110 career contests. Cunyus, who also has over 500 career points (548), has played in 105 career games as a Lady Chap.
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT WT
1 > The Lady Buffs claimed the LSC regular season title, finishing a half-game ahead of Texas Woman's and Texas A&M-Commerce with a conference mark of 13-3. WT is 21-10 overall and have won three consecutive games.
2 > Excluding a 92-37 exhibition loss at No.7 Baylor, WT has played five nationally ranked programs and they are 3-3 in those contests. The opening three were part of the Tipoff Classic, with their three victories coming at home (defeated No.16 Southwestern Oklahoma State, No.2 Texas A&M-Commerce and No.11 LCU).
3 > This season is the first season for Josh Prock to serve as the head coach of WT. He previously coached at Eastern New Mexico, where he led ENMU to three NCAA postseason appearances.
4 > WT leads the nation in rebounding, with a total of 1,376 rebounds, with an average of 44.4 per game (ninth nationally).  They have two players averaging over 8.0 rebounds per game, as Karley Motschenbacher (8.0… sixth in the LSC) and Alivia Lewis (8.3… fifth in the LSC) lead the way for the Lady Buffs on the boards.
5 > The Lady Buffs lead the LSC and are seventh in blocks per game with 146, ranking 21^st with a pace 4.7 per contest.

THE SERIES AGAINST WT
LCU and WT are separated by 110 miles, but the two teams have only met 10 prior times (this season marks the third season they will face each other multiple times). LCU has a 7-3 series advantage. The first ever meeting was on Nov. 16, 2001, with WT defeating LCU 90-53 in Canyon, Texas (LCU's 2001-02 season opener). Last season, LCU swept the two-game home-and-home conference series, with a 68-42 win in Lubbock (Feb. 25) and a 48-45 win in Canyon (Feb. 27). The two teams played twice earlier this season in a non-conference contest in Lubbock (Dec. 7, 2021, LCU won 60-49) and in a conference tilt in Canyon (Feb. 10, WT won 55-48). Of their 10 prior meetings, three have been in postseason play and all won by LCU.
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. WT
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. WT:

Allie Schulte 7gp – 12.9 pts/g, 16 steals
Ashton Duncan 7gp – 10.0 pts/g, 18/42 3-pt fg (42.9%)
Grace Foster 2gp – 8.5 pts, 3/5 3-pt fg

PRIOR MEETING VS. WT
CANYON, Texas (February 10, 2022) – Lubbock Christian University was without their leading scorer, Allie Schulte, Thursday night and No.10 Lubbock Christian University had their worst shooting performance since the 2011-12 season, falling 55-48 in a Lone Star Conference contest at West Texas A&M.
 
The Lady Chaps have not had to make a starting lineup change all season, but that changed Thursday without the services of Schulte. Filling her spot in the starting lineup was Shaylee Stovall, who made her first start in her LCU career.
 
Both teams started off with struggling offenses. LCU opened the game 3-of-18 and WT was 2-of-11 to open things up. LCU had more points from the line than from the field in the first quarter, and their 7-of-7 shooting from the line provided the Lady Chaps an 11-8 lead heading into the second quarter.
 
Laynee Burr had six points to lead LCU in the second quarter, and her opening bucket of the quarter gave LCU a 13-8 lead 15 seconds into the quarter. Teams traded leads after WT went on a 6-0 run, only to have Ashton Duncan hit her 249th career three-pointer, which not only put her into sole possession of second place in LCU's career three-point shooting marks, but it gave LCU a 19-18 lead. Burr followed with a field goal to extend LCU's lead to  21-18 with 1:42 left in the half. WT used a 5-0 run to take a 23-22 lead into the half.
 
LCU was 6-of-25 from the field in the first half (24.0%). It was not much better at the other end, as WT was sitting with 29.2% (7-of-24) shooting from the field at the break.
 
The Lady Buffs carried their run from the final 1:27 of the first half into the second half, building a 5-1 run into an 11-1 run after Zamorye Roberts hit a pair of three-pointers three minutes apart for a 29-22 lead. LCU went a span of 5:46 without a field goal, with 4:02 of the span opening the second half. Burr made a layup to end the WT run and it started  a 4-0 run. Grace Foster, who scored all of her 12 points in the second half, had five points in the third quarter, including a three-pointer with four seconds left in the quarter to cut WT's lead to 34-31.
 
Foster's three-pointer led to a 7-0 LCU run, which helped LCU take a 35-34 lead a minute into the fourth quarter. LCU built the lead to 39-36 off a Duncan layup with 7:14 remaining, but the lead would not last. There were six lead changes in the quarter. Burr made a pair of free-throws with 4:07 left for a 45-43 lead, but it would be LCU's final lead. WT's Madison Kast scored six straight points for a 49-45 lead with 2:07 left. Foster brought LCU within a point (49-48) with a three-pointer with 1:08 left, but Kast added a three-pointer and sealed the win for WT.
 
The three-pointer by Foster with 1:08 remaining was LCU's one made field goal in the game's final 6:29, as they missed five of their final six shot attempts and finished the game 28.3% (13/46) from the field (21.4%, 3-of-14 from long range). It was their worst shooting night from the field since shooting 20.9% against Metropolitan State of Denver on Nov. 5, 2011.
 
Burr finished with 13 points to lead LCU. Foster joined her as the only Lady Chaps to finish in double figures.
 
Zamorye Roberts led WT with 19 points. Kast, who had 11 points in the fourth quarter, finished with 13 points. WT finished 34% (17/50) from the field.