RMAC/LONE STAR CONFERENCE TIP-OFF CLASSIC
LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (1-1) at COLORADO CHRISTIAN (0-0)
Nov. 10, 2023 • 4:00 PM (CT)
Lakewood, Colo. • CCU Events Center (1,500)
 

D2CCA TIPOFF CLASSIC
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
Colorado Christian	Lakewood, Colo.	Fri. Nov. 10	4 p.m.	Video	Stats

GAME NOTES (PDF)

LOOKING FOR A ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH
Lubbock Christian University hits the road for the first time this season, as they head to Lakewood, Colo. For the RMAC / Lone Star Conference Tip-Off Classic inside CCU Events Center on the campus of Colorado Christian. LCU opens their Colorado stay Friday against host Colorado Christian (4 p.m. CT) before wrapping up the weekend Saturday (2 p.m. CT) against Colorado State Pueblo for their first neutral site contest of the season.
 
ALL-TOURNEY TEAM NODS
Grace Foster led LCU in scoring on the week with a pace of 22.0 points per game, which also led all players at the D2CCA TioOff Classic LCU hosted last weekend. Following a 16-point season-debut against Union, she carried LCU to a victory over Adams State with a 28-point performance for her 15th career performance of at least 20 points. In the contest against ASU, the Childress, Texas native was 13-of-13 from the free-throw line to set the Rip Griffin Center record for best free-throw shooting percentage in a single game. Foster's 13 made free-throws were the most in a game since Nicole Hampton had 15 on Jan. 14, 2016 (third-most since 2008) and the 13 free-throws made also set a Rip Griffin Center record (most free-throws made in single game). Foster's 13-of-13 mark was one off Hampton's 14-of-14 school-record performance on Jan. 14, 2016 (at Newman). The performance at the line for the junior forward marked her fifth game in which she was perfect from the line with six-or-more consecutive shots made. She also averaged 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in LCU's two contests.
 
SEASON NOTES AND TRENDS
> Against Union, Grace Foster missed three free-throws for just the second time in her LCU career. She redeemed herself Sunday against Adams State by going 13-of-13 from the free-throw line. Foster's 13 made free-throws were the most in a game since Nicole Hampton had 15 on Jan. 14, 2016 (third-most since 2008) and set a Rip Griffin Center record. Foster's 13-of-13 mark was one off Hampton's 14-of-14 school-record performance on Jan. 14, 2016 (at Newman), but it did mark a new Rip Griffin Center record previously held by Laynee Burr, who was 12-of-12 on Feb. 4, 2022 (against Midwestern State). The performance at the line for Foster marked her fifth game in which she was perfect from the line with six-or-more consecutive shots made. The 13-of-13 from the line has Foster 15-of-18 on the season (.833), which is second on the squad (of qualifiers) behind Shaylee Stovall, who is 11-of-12 (91.7%).

>The Lady Chaps have two players in the top 10 in LSC scoring so far through the opening weekend of play. Foster is averaging 22.0 points per game, which has her second in the LSC behind Texas Woman's Ashley Ingram (22.3). Maci Maddox is ranking sixth in the LSC with 15.0 points per game. The two, who are tops in the LSC in minutes played per game (Maddox 39.5, foster 39.0) also rank in the top-10 in LSC shooting accuracy, as Maddox is third in the LSC (.636) and Foster is seventh (.500), and in assists, with Maddox ranking fifth (4.0 per game) and Foster sixth (3.5 per game). Maddox is fifth in the LSC with an assist/turnover ratio of 1.3.

>Foster is averaging 7.5 rebounds per game (sixth in the LSC), but leads the LSC averaging 7.0 defensive rebounds per game. She led the LSC last season with a pace of 7.5 defensive rebounds per game.

>Martie McCoy and Foster are co-leading LCU with 1.0 blocks per game and the mark has them tied for fifth in the LSC.
 
> LCU finish 22-of-23 (95.7%) from the free-throw line Sunday against ASU. The mark was the seventh-best since 2008 and the best since Lander was 30-of-31 on November 19. 2021.
 
> LCU was out-shot from the field Sunday, as Adams State had a 43.1% to 41.7% shooting advantage over LCU. The Lady Chaps went 1-8 last season when their opponents had a higher shooting percentage from the field in a game.

NEW FACE
LCU has four new additions on the roster this season (all are freshmen) and the only one that has made their LCU debut, through the opening weekend, has been Kennedy Chappell. In two games, Chappell is averaging 5.0 points per game and has earned her way to the charity stripe, where she is 6-of-7 on the season.

NATIONALLY KNOWN (OR UNKNOWN)
Despite returning five starters from a regional-finalist squad, which also shared a divisional title, LCU has not garnered the attention of voters. This season, LCU is receiving Top-25 votes in the WBCA Preseason Poll, but it is their first time they are not in the Top-25 for a WBCA preseason poll since the start of the 2017-18 season (second time not in a WBCA Preseason Poll since becoming eligible for the poll in 2015-16… WBCA did not conduct a preseason poll in 2020-21 due to COVID). Also, since joining NCAA Division II (2015-16 was their first postseason eligible season), the Lady Chaps have appeared in every D2SIDA Preseason Poll until this season, as they are also receiving votes in the D2SIDA Top-25 Preseason Poll.

SO ARE SOME OTHERS
LCU fell to No.17 Union (Tenn.) Friday, placing them with a 0-1 record this season against nationally ranked programs. LCU went 6-0 against nationally ranked programs in 2020-21, 3-2 in 2021-22 (opened 3-0) and 2-5 last season against Top-25 competition.

PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
LCU plays both a road game (against CCU) and a neutral site game (vs. CSUP) this weekend in Lakewood. Last season, LCU went 8-4 in true road games and 4-5 in neutral site games. It was LCU first season since 2014-15 in which they had a losing record in neutral site contests.

SWEET HOME (ON) CHICAGO
The Lady Chaps, who went 12-2 at home last season, are 1-1 this season at home. On Feb. 2, 2023, the NCAA Division II record home win streak came to a close, as LCU fell to Angelo State, which ended the record win streak at 113. The loss was LCU's first at home since Jan. 1, 2015 against Oklahoma City University. LCU, who also had a 7-0 mark in NCAA postseason play in Lubbock in the mix (not including a 4-0 mark in LSC postseason play), had also won 88 consecutive home conference games (their last conference home loss occurred Jan. 10, 2013 against Oklahoma City). They completed a 49-0 all-time mark in Heartland Conference home games (they are 35-1 in LSC home games). LCU also went 11-0 during their 113-game home win streak against nationally ranked programs.

NCAA DIVISION II'S LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
113 - Lubbock Christian Jan. 1, 2015 - Feb. 2, 2023
87 - Neb. Kearney Jan. 31, 1995-Nov. 24, 2001
85 - West Tex. A&M Jan. 9, 1987-Dec. 6, 1991

EYE-OPENING
The 2023-24 season marks LCU's 11th since leaving the NAIA and LCU is 267-47 record (85.0%) in that span. In NCAA postseason play, the Lady Chaps are 24-3 all-time (88.9%).

FIVE THINGS ABOUT CCU
1 > The Cougars are coming off a 10-18 record from last season, and they finished 11^th in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with a 6-16 conference mark.
2 > CCU opens their season against LCU for a third consecutive season and for the second time at home. LCU is 2-0 in those prior two encounters.
3 > The Cougs are picked to finish 10^th in the RMAC, as they took the 10-spot in the RMAC Preseason Poll.
4 > Returning for the Cougars this season is Maggie Phipps and Senior Regan LoConte, who combined for 81 three-pointers last season.
5 > Head coach Diane Thompson begins her third season as the head coach of the Cougars. She made her Cougar coaching debut against LCU (start of 2021-22 season).

THE SERIES AGAINST CCU
LCU and Colorado Christian have met three prior times (LCU leads the series 2-1), meeting the prior two CCU season openers (LCU won both) to mark the first meeting between the two squads since an invitational hosted by Colorado Christian on Dec. 3-4, 1993. The Dec. 4, 1993 meeting marked the first meeting, with Colorado Christian winning 72-55. LCU is 1-1 all-time in Lakewood against CCU after claiming a 60-46 win on Nov. 12, 2021 inside CCU Events Center.
 
ACTIVE LADY CHAP LEADERS VS. CCU
Here is a look at LCU's top three active leaders career vs. CCU:
 
Grace Foster 2 gp, 8.0 ppg, 8/8 ft, 6.0 reb p/g
Audrey Robertson 2gp, 7.5 ppg, 2.5 steals p/g
Maci Maddox 2 gp, 7.0 ppg, 2/2 3fg, 2.5 a p/g

PRIOR MEETING VS. CCU
LUBBOCK, Texas (November 11, 2022) - No.13 Lubbock Christian University received a career-high 14 points from Maci Maddox and the Lady Chaparrals overcame a hot start by Colorado Christian to defeat the Cougars 85-64 in LCU's home opener and their opening game of the Carpet Tech Classic inside Rip Griffin Center.

Colorado Christian opened the game on a 7-0 run, with five of the points from Regan Laconte, as LCU made one of the first five field goal attempts in their opening three minutes of the game. CCU's Laconte and Maggie Hutka each had a pair of field goals during a stretch in which the Cougars made six consecutive field goals and took a 14-5 lead midway through the opening quarter. LCU found an offensive spark with a three-pointer by Rachel Haase, which ignited a 8-0 run (included a pair of Haase three-pointers) and was part of a 12-2 LCU run. Rachel Schumann had the last four points of the run and it gave LCU a 17-16 lead with 3:49 in the quarter. Hutka (7 points) and Laconte (5 points) combined for 12 points in the quarter for CCU, and LCU's Haase and Schumann (six points each) combined for 12 points for LCU in the quarter, as each team's pair helped send the game to the second quarter tied 20-20.

LCU started to pull away in the second quarter and they did it from the free-throw line. LCU had a 13-0 run in which the first five points were from the free-throw line. Four of the free-throws were from Audrey Robertson, who also added a layup in the run, as LCU led 35-22 nearly three-minutes into the frame. LCU went 13-of-14 from the free-throw line in the quarter, with Grace Foster hitting four during a 6-0 LCU run to go up 41-26 with 3:55 left in the half. Robertson (5-of-5) and Foster (4-of-4) combined to go 9-of-9 from the stripe and helped LCU take a 47-33 into the halftime break.

The Lady Chaps had a 13-1 scoring advantage in the first half in scoring from the free-throw line. They also had a 10-5 scoring advantage in second-chance points despite CCU having a 12-5 advantage in offensive rebounds. Robertson led all scorers in the first half with 11 points, and Foster led all players in the half with 10 rebounds.

CCU came out of the second half carried by Mykaela Moore, who had nine points in the quarter and all nine were during a three-minute stretch early in the third quarter. It went unnoticed, as LCU made five of six shot attempts from the field, which was capped by a Haase three-pointer to take a 60-41 lead with 6:21 remaining. LCU received six points in the third quarter from Maddox and Taylor Thomas, with Thomas' scored in succession to help LCU close the quarter on an 8-2 run for a 73-51 lead.

Whitney Cox scored the final two points of the third quarter and opened the fourth quarter with the first four points to help LCU have its largest lead at 77-51 (26-point advantage). The game went downhill from there, as LCU, shooting 53.2% (25/47) before the stretch, closed the game 1-of-12 from the field. CCU had the same woes in the quarter, as they missed eight consecutive field goal attempts. LCU went the final 6:16 of the game without a field goal and their last five points were from the free-throw line (four by Deja Johnson).

LCU finished the game 44.1% (26/59) from the field. They forced the Cougars into 23 turnovers, leading to a 28-13 scoring advantage in points off turnovers. LCU was led by Maddox, who was 2-of-2 from three-point range and 6-of-11 from the field for her career-high 14 points. Robertson (12 points), who had a +35 plus/minus, and Haase (career-high 10 points) also finished in double figures for LCU. Foster led LCU with 11 rebounds.

CCU was led by Moore, who had 11 points, and they received 11 rebounds from Agnes Paul. The Cougars out-rebounded LCU (first time LCU has been out-rebounded this season) 44-37, with a 17-8 advantage in offensive rebounds (only outscored LCU 14-10 in second-chance points).