LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (13-6, 8-3) at NO.7 TEXAS WOMAN'S (16-1, 11-0)
January 21, 2023 • 2 PM
Denton, Texas • Kitty Magee Arena (2,700)
 

LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASKETBALL
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
Texas Woman's	Denton, Texas	Sat. Jan. 21	2 p.m.	Video	Stats

LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK IN "LITTLE D"
Lubbock Christian University aims to end a two-game road losing skid Saturday, but in front of them is No.7 Texas Woman's, who is riding a 14-game win streak and coming off a 62-52 Thursday win over No. 17 West Texas A&M. TWU sits atop the East Division and holds the top spot in the Lone Star Conference standings (11-0), while LCU is tied for fourth (with WT) with an 8-3 conference record. Saturday's tilt is the second game of a four-game road trip for LCU, who returns to West Division play Thursday at Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Texas.    
 
RARE AIR
A rare occurrence took place Thursday night in Lone Star Conference play inside Patriot Center, as Lubbock Christian University closed the game's final 6:26 scoreless while UT Tyler ended on a 20-0 run to hand the Lady Chaparrals a 69-57 loss.

It marks the second consecutive road game LCU has let a second half lead of at least nine points slip away, but LCU's loss Thursday marked something LCU fans have not seen since Jan. 1, 2015 against Oklahoma City (no not their last home loss). Thursday, LCU let a 16-point second half lead slip away, marking their largest lead resulting in a loss since they allowed OCU to march back from an 18-point deficit.
 
LCU finished the game with more three-point field goals (season high 11) than two-point field goals (9). Ironically, the last time LCU had more "threes" than "twos" was January 15, 2022 in Tyler against UTT (12 of 20 field goals were three-pointers). Thursday, they launched a season-high 30 attempts. Maci Maddox had a team-high and career-high four three-pointers, including a 40-foot conversion to beat the halftime horn. Shaylee Stovall and Rachel Haase each hit a trio of three-pointers.

Maddox led LCU with 14 points and was one of three Lady Chaps with at least 10 points in the game. Stovall finished with 13 points and Haase added 11 points off 4-of-9 shooting from the field and added a career-high four assists (Haase played 22 minutes). Grace Foster led LCU with 10 rebounds.

LCU was plagued by 25 turnovers (and fouls but more on that later), which led to UTT outscoring LCU 29-16 in points-off-turnovers (six of LCU's turnovers were travel calls). The 25 turnovers were also rare, as the mark was the most for the Lady Chaps since 29 turnovers on March 27, 2019 (against Drury in Columbus, Ohio).
 
LCU entered the contest with a 21.3 - 16.1 average advantage in free-throw attempts per game. Thursday, UTT had a 26-6 advantage in free-throw attempts and it led to the Patriots out-scoring LCU 20-6 from the line (LCU made all six of their free-throw attempts). The mark is the highest advantage from the line by an LCU opponent since Angelo State outscored LCU 25-9 from the line on Mar. 11, 2016. Martina Machalova (6-of-10) and Louisa Havender (10-of-10) combined to draw 14 fouls (8 by Machalova), leading to five and-one opportunities. LCU had two free-throw attempts in the second half, compared to 21 by UTT.
 
10 BLOCKS LATER
Lubbock Christian University women's basketball claimed their first weekly conference defensive honor of the season, as the Lone Star Conference named Lady Chaparrals forward Reese Schuman their Defensive Player of the Week.

It was a solid week for Schumann, who helped LCU with home wins over Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico with 10 blocks and an average of 11.5 points per game. Schumann opened the week going 5-of-5 from the field and finishing with a career-high 13 points and four blocks against ENMU. She followed (against WNMU) with a career-high six blocks and had eight rebounds and 10 points. She posted five of her six blocks in the opening quarter, which was more than the number of made field goals (4) WNMU had in the quarter. With 13 points and 10 points in the two games, it marked the first time in Schumann's career she has posted back-to-back double-digit performances. Schumann averaged a +22 plus/minus on the week (averaging 24.2 minutes per game) and also moved up to 18th nationally in blocks on the season with 30.

The honor is the first weekly honor in Schumann's career and the second LSC weekly honor by a Lady Chaps member this season (first defensive honor). Grace Foster claimed Offensive Player of the Week honors January 3. The Lady Chaps claimed five conference weekly defensive honors last season.

SEASON NOTES AND TRENDS
> Grace Foster is sprinkled throughout the statistical leaderboard in the LSC, as she leads the LSC in double-doubles (with seven to tie for 28^th nationally) and leads in rebounds (181, which is 11^th nationally) and in rebounds per game (9.5, which is 32^nd nationally). On the offensive side, Foster leads the LSC in three-point shooting percentage (43.1%) and is second in the LSC in free-throw percentage (91.0%, 11^th nationally) and seventh in the LSC in scoring (14.8 points per game).
> LCU is among the LSC leaders in three-point shooting with a 33.6% shooting percentage from the perimeter this season, which has them second in the LSC. Opposing teams are shooting 25.6% from three-point range, which defensively places LCU second in the LSC in perimeter defense. Opponents have launched 340 three-point attempts, compared to 339 by LCU.  
> Maci Maddox has double-figure point production in 11 of the prior 18 games and enters Saturday's game averaging 10.5 points per contest. She leads the LSC with 92 assists (12^th nationally) and is third with 4.8 assists per game (26^th nationally). Defensively, Maddox ranks sixth in the LSC in steals (40) and is ninth in the LSC in steals per game (2.1).
> Audrey Robertson was solid at the Holiday Hoops Classic, averaging 17.0 points per game. She matched a career high with 15 points against No.13 Georgia Southwestern State and followed with a career-high 19 points in a victory over No.5 Montana State Billings. Since Dec. 16, which is when the Holiday Hoops Classic got underway, Robertson has averaged 13.4 points a game over a nine-game span (leads LCU in the span). Robertson, who is 45-of-84 (53.6%) from the field over the prior 10 games, has double-figures in points in seven of the last nine games (heading into Saturday).
>The Lady Chaps are averaging 38.5 rebounds per game, posting a high of 48 against Cameron (Dec. 30). LCU has not averaged over 40 rebounds in a season since averaging 40.3 during the 2015-16 season. Grace Foster (9.5), Audrey Robertson (5.4) and Reese Schumann (5.2) are each averaging 5.0-or-more rebounds per game. LCU is second in the LSC in defensive rebounds per game (30.1, 16^th nationally) and ninth in overall rebounds per game (38.5).
> LCU has a 299-229 scoring advantage from the line this season against their opposition. They have at least 20 points scored from the line seven times this season. On the campaign, LCU is shooting 76.9% (299/389) from the line, which leads the LSC and ranks 27^th nationally. The Lady Chaps rank 14th nationally and fourth in the LSC in free-throws made per game (15.7). Grace Foster is 71-of-78 (91.0%) from the line this season to lead LCU. Audrey Robertson (63-of-77, 81.8%, sixth in the LSC) and Shaylee Stovall (41-of-52, 78.8%, eighth in LSC) are each shooting at least 75.0% from the line (of those reaching minimum requirements).
>The Lady Chaps are averaging 70.3 points per contest (averaged 65.9 per game last season), which ranks second in the LSC (59^th nationally), and they have a trio of players averaging double figures in points. Grace Foster (14.8), Audrey Robertson (11.7) and Maci Maddox (10.5) lead the average scoring pace for the Lady Chaps.
>Defensively, Lubbock Christian is fifth in the LSC in blocks per game (3.6). Reese Schumann leads LCU in blocks (30), ranking second in the LSC (21^st nationally), and Grace Foster ranks 11th in the LSC with 18 blocks. Schumann's average of 1.6 blocks per game ranks second in the LSC.
>LCU's has dominated third quarters this season, as they have a 344-265 scoring advantage in the third quarter this season (average scoring advantage of 18.1 - 13.9). The 18.1 points per third quarter scoring mark leads as their highest single-quarter scoring average of the four quarters this season, and their 13.9 points allowed per third quarter ranks as their second-best defensive quarter of the four quarters this season (allow 13.6 points per quarter in first quarter).

ROAD ROCKIN'
The Lady Chaps are 3-3 in true road games this season. LCU, averaging 62.8 points per game on the road, are led with double-double averages of 14.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game from Grace Foster. She is joined in double figures in scoring by Audrey Robertson, who averages 11.2 points per game on the road. LCU is averaging 5.8 more turnovers per game on the road (compared to the home team), as they average 18.7 turnovers per game on the road. Haase (11/24, 45.8%) and Foster (11/24, 45.8%) are each shooting over 40% from three-point range on the road this season, but the remainder of the team is a combined 18-of-74 (24.3%). Despite the unbalance, LCU (32.8%) is outshooting their opponents (27.5%) on the road from outside.

CONFERENCE CALL
Lubbock Christian is 8-3 in Lone Star Conference play and sits in a share of fourth place in the LSC (conference standings). A trio of Lady Chaps pace the scoring attack in conference play, as Grace Foster (14.3, which is ninth in the LSC), Audrey Robertson (10.8) and Maci Maddox (10.4) are averaging double figures in scoring in conference contests. Foster is also averaging 9.5 rebounds per game in conference (second in LSC). LCU is averaging 70.1 points per game (third in the LSC) in conference (shooting 43.9% from the field) and they have a LSC-best 14.2-point scoring margin (defense leads the LSC holding opponents to 55.9 points per game). Maddox averages 5.4 assists per game (leads the LSC), which helps LCU lead the LSC with a pace of 14.4 per conference game. Their assist/turnover ratio of 0.88 ranks second in the LSC.
 
RANKING THINGS
LCU is 1-2 against nationally ranked programs this season, coming off a Dec. 17 win over No.15 MSU Billings in their prior game against a ranked opponent. They fell in their season opener (Nov.5) to No.6 Southern Missouri State and to No.13 Georgia Southwestern State (Dec. 16), as all three games this season against nationally ranked foes have come in neutral site contests. LCU went 6-0 against nationally ranked programs in 2020-21 and 3-2 in 2021-22 against the nations ranked foes (opened 3-0). The Lady Chaps have played three nationally ranked programs and six programs either nationally ranked or receiving top-25 votes.
 
SWEET HOME (ON) CHICAGO
LCU, who went 13-0 at home last season, is 9-0 at home this season, which has their active home win streak sitting at 113 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 88 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 35-0 in LSC home games).
 
NCAA DIVISION II'S LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
113 - 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
113 – LCU (Division II)
35 – Christopher Newport (Division III)
35 – South Carolina (Division I)
 
NCAA DIVISION LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS BY DIVISION
Division I – 99 – UConn 2006/07 – 2011/12
Division II - 113 - Lubbock Christian Jan. 1, 2015 -->
Division III – 121 – Amherst Jan. 31, 2009-Feb. 6, 2016 
 
FIVE THINGS ABOUT TWU
1 > The Pioneers enter Saturday 16-1 on the season. They have an 11-0 record in LSC action and opened the week Thursday defeating No.20 West Texas A&M 63-52. TWU entered the week with a low strength of schedule ranking. Their prior opponents have a .426 win percentage (275^th of 299 programs), but their remaining schedule ranks 36^th nationally, as future opponents have a win percentage of .600.
2 > TWU, preseason slated at No.3 in the LSC Preseason Poll, has Sadie Moyer leading the Pioneers in LSC contests. She is averaging 16.6 points an LSC game (15.0 overall on the season). Ashley Ingram leads the team overall on the season, averaging 15.6 points a game.   
3 > Texas Woman's is 6-1 at home this season, which includes wins in their last six home games.
4 > The Pioneers are the most discipline team in the LSC this season, as they average 14.7 fouls per game. They have a 392-225 advantage in free-throw attempts on the season.
5 > Ashley Ingram has 98 free-throws made on the season, which is second nationally and leads the LSC. She averages 6.1 points per game from the line.

THE SERIES AGAINST TWU
LCU has won the prior four meetings over TWU and has a 6-1 series advantage. Six of the meetings have come since the 2010-2011 season. The previous three meetings have been played in Lubbock and the two teams have not met at Kitty Magee Arena since a 58-53 LCU win on Dec. 3, 2014. LCU is 2-1 all-time in Denton against TWU. The lone TWU win in the series came on Nov.1, 2010 in Denton.
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. TWU
LCU's active career leaders against TWU:
Grace Foster 1gp, 9 points, 4/6 fg
Audrey Robertson 1gp, 4 points, 2 steals
Shaylee Stovall 1gp, 3 points, 1/1 3-fg 

PRIOR MEETING VS. TWU
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 17 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.