WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Rowan Mackenzie tallied his second straight double-double, while Russell Harrison scored his 1000th career point at an NCAA school as LCU held on for a 71-61 win over Midwestern State on Thursday, Jan. 26.

Both teams traded buckets early, with Gonzales hitting a three before Harrison drove down the lane for a slam dunk. The Mustangs (9-11, 6-8 LSC) took their first lead of the game with a three by Derrick Ogechi, putting Midwestern State on top 10-9 with 14:57 left in the first half.

After a jumper from Mackenzie, kept the Chaps (13-6, 9-4 LSC) down one, but LCU would go the next 4:11 of game time without a score. Despite the lack of offense for the Chaparrals, LCU's defense held Midwestern State to 1-for-4 from the field during that same stretch. A  Mackenzie three tied the game at 14, and a Harrison jumper gave Lubbock Christian a 16-14 advantage with 9:32 remaining in the opening stanza. 

The two foes traded buckets, with a Najeeb Muhammad jumper being answered by the Mustangs three from Luke Hamilton to tie the game at 20. Back-to-back layups from Mackenzie pushed the Chap lead to three, before a three-pointer from Muhammad gave LCU a 30-24 lead at the break.

Harrison came out of the locker room on a mission, scoring the first five points of the half for the Chaparrals. A pair of jumpers from Kurt Wegscheider and a layup by Muhammad put the Chaps on top 43-31 with 15:14 left in the contest. 

Lubbock Christian continued to stay hot from the field in the second half, with Muhammad and Harrison draining a pair of shots from long distance. Mason Gibson answered with a three of his own, but an old fashioned three-point play from Mackenzie pushed the LCU advantage to 52-36 with 10:57 remaining in the game.

Midwestern State began to crawl back, going on a 7-0 run, punctuated by a slam dunk down the lane for Marquis Davison, cutting the LCU lead back down to single digits. Muhammad ended the run with a layup, but a three from Gibson and a layup by Davison lowered the score to 54-48 with 6:14 remaining. 

Layups from Wegscheider and Muhammad put the Chaparrals back up by double digits, but the Mustangs kicked off an 8-0 run with a Jermane Carter jumper. Pierre Sanders scored six points with a shot from beyond the arc and converted an and-1 play from the free throw line to cut the deficit to 58-56 with 3:06 left in the game.

Down the stretch, it was the play makers for the Chaps stepping up big again, with a triple by Mackenzie putting LCU back up by five. Harrison nailed a triple of his own, and Lubbock Christian went back on top 66-58 with 1:17 left. A three from Gibson got the Mustangs within seven, but the Chaparrals went 3-for-4 from the line in the final 32 seconds, holding on for  the 71-61 win.

Mackenzie tallied his second straight double-double, scoring 26 points and hauling down a career-high 11 rebounds. The junior also flirted with a triple-double, finishing with six assists. On the defensive end, Mackenzie tied his career-high with two blocks and also had a pair of steals.

With 17 points against the Mustangs, Harrison has now scored 1,001 career points at NCAA schools. The grad transfer scored 704 points in two seasons at UL Monroe, and has now scored 297 points as a Chaparral. The Lubbock native is now just 54 points away from 2,000 career points. Harrison also pulled down four rebounds and shot 7-for-9 (77.7 percent) from the field.

Muhammad set a new season-high with seven rebounds. The junior scored 17 points and picked up a steal.

Carter and Davison led the Mustangs with 12 points each. Carter finished with a double-double with 11 rebounds and he also had two blocks.

The Chaparrals close out their four-game road trip with an out-of-state trek to Lawton, Okla. to face Cameron on Saturday, Jan. 28. Tip-off is set for 3 PM.