LUBBOCK, TEXAS (January 12, 2023) – Grace Foster completed her sixth double-double of the season (17 points, 11 rebounds) and was joined by three additional Lady Chaparrals in double figures offensively, led by a career-high 13 points from Reese Schumann, as Lubbock Christian University shot a season-high 60.4% from the field to top Eastern New Mexico 77-55 in a Lone Star Conference West Division contest Thursday night. The win extended LCU's home win streak to 112 consecutive victories inside Rip Griffin Center.
 
Foster's team-leading sixth double-double performance got started early, as she posted eight points and four rebounds in the first quarter of play. Her point totals followed Shaylee Stovall opening the game's scoring with a three-pointer, which was part of five straight points for Stovall to open a 5-0 LCU lead. With 5:15 remaining in the first quarter, Foster hit a three-pointer and followed with an old-school three-pointer to open the first six points of an 8-0 run for a 15-6 lead with 3:33 remaining. LCU went without a field goal the remainder of the quarter and held for a 19-15 lead. LCU shot 66.7% (6/9) in the quarter, but was plagued by eight turnovers for a 9-2 scoring advantage for ENMU in points-off-turnovers.
 
LCU's drought from the field would end eight seconds into the second quarter, as Audrey Robertson nailed a three-pointer to build LCU's lead to 22-15. It would be LCU's largest lead for a while, as ENMU responded with an 8-2 run to trail 24-23 halfway through the quarter. Maci Maddox drained a three-pointer to hold the LCU lead, but Lazurea Saunders responded with a three-pointer for ENMU and it ignited a 7-2 run for a 30-29 ENMU lead with 3:01 remaining. Saunders capped the run with a layup and it turned out to be the final points for ENMU in the half. LCU closed the half on a 6-0 run, highlighted by an Audrey Robertson three-pointer, for a 35-30 halftime lead. Robertson led LCU with seven points in the second quarter, as her and Foster combined for 17 points in the first half.
 
The LCU lead fluctuated between 3-7 points throughout most of the third quarter. Each time ENMU cut LCU's lead to one possession, LCU had an answer. Stovall had a layup with LCU leading 35-32 (8:19 remaining), Foster hit a three-pointer with a 39-36 lead (6:34 remaining) and a layup leading 42-40 (5:31 remaining) and Robertson opened a 10-0 run with LCU leading 44-42 with 4:18 remaining to give LCU a 54-42 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
 
The run developed into a 14-0 run following Foster's layup 49 seconds into the fourth quarter for a 58-42 lead. Schumann had seven points in the fourth quarter, with five tallied during a 7-0 run, which was part of a 12-3 run for a 74-52 lead as 3:18 remained. LCU was 10-of-13 from the field in the final frame for a 76.9% shooting percentage. LCU outscored ENMU 23-13 in the fourth quarter and 42-25 in the second half.
 
Foster led LCU with 17 points off 7-of-10 shooting and was 2-of-2 from long range. She had a +29 plus/minus. Schumann was 5-of-5 from the field and had four blocks in her career-high 13-point outing. The two were joined offensively in double-figures by Robertson (12 points) and Stovall (10 points). Maci Maddox, with a +24 plus/minus, missed out joining the quartet (finished with nine points), but she posted seven assists and three steals. LCU was plagued early by 11 turnovers in the first half, but trimmed their turnover mark to seven in the second half.
 
LCU was 60.4% from the field (29/48), going 20-of-28 (71.4%) inside the arc. Their shooting percentage from the field was their best shooting performance since a 65.1% clip on Mar. 13, 2021 (vs. Cameron).
 
ENMU (7-7, 4-5) outscored LCU 12-2 in second-chance scoring, as they had 13 offensive rebounds (LCU had one). Like LCU, the Greyhounds had four players in double figures. Deja Adrian led ENMU with 18 points, as Saunders and Bella Stone each had 13 points and Edecia Beck had 10 points. ENMU struggled from long distance, hitting their first three-pointer on their 10^th attempt and their second on their 20^th attempt. They finished 12.5% from three-point range (3/24) and shot 29.5% (18/61) overall from the field.
 
LCU improved to 4-1 in West Division play. They moved to 12-5 overall and 7-2 in the LSC. LCU has now defeated ENMU in four consecutive meetings and they have won 15 of the last 18 meetings to trim ENMU's all-time lead in the series to 24-19.
 
TURNING POINT
Leading 44-42 with 4:19 remaining in the third quarter, Audrey Robertson and Rachel Haase hit back-to-back three-pointers on consecutive possessions to ignite a 14-0 LCU run. With 1:01 left in the third quarter, LCU went a stretch of making six consecutive field goal attempts and going on a stretch of 10-of-11 from the field. LCU led 74-52 at the end of the stretch.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
ENMU dominated from the free-throw line, going 16-of-17 (94.1%). Their only miss was their 17^th attempt (their last of the game). The mark was the best shooting mark from the line by an LCU opponent (with at least 10 attempts) since Newman went 16-of-17 from the line on Feb. 15, 2018 against LCU. Deja Adrian was 9-of-9 at the line for ENMU, which was the best mark by an LCU opposing player since Jodi Johnson was 16-of-16 at the line for Ashland on Nov. 24, 2017 (second time she has done it this season, as she was 9-of-9 on Jan.1 against Angelo State). The 94.1% shooting mark for ENMU was the third-highest single-game mark in program history and their best performance at the line since making all 13 attempts (100%) at Texas Woman's on Feb. 21, 2008.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
LCU remains home Saturday and will host Western New Mexico at 1 p.m. Saturday inside Rip Griffin Center.