CANYON, Texas (November 1, 2024) - Led by a 65 percent shooting performance from three-point range, the Lubbock Christian men's basketball team knocked off the Missouri Western State Griffons 88-48 at First United Bank Center Friday.

The 40-point margin of victory was LCU's largest against a Division II opponent since February 24, 2024, when they beat Western New Mexico by 54 points.
 
The Chaparrals (1-0) had three players score in double figures, led by Ty Caswell, who had 18 points off the bench. It was the 37^th double-figure performance of Caswell's LCU career and his fifth time leading the Chaps in scoring.
 
Amondo Miller Jr. tacked on 16 points and Najeeb Muhammad helped out with 15 points.
 
The Lubbock Christian offense was impressive from three-point land, pouring in 13 threes on 20 attempts. Caswell hit four treys for the Chaparrals in the contest.
 
LCU's defense was effective at taking away the basketball in Friday's game as well, forcing 16 Missouri Western State turnovers while committing nine. Those takeaways turned into 22 points on the other end of the floor. Jaylen Thompson's two steals led the way individually for the Chaparrals and he led the team with seven boards as well.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
After a tight first seven minutes that was back and forth, Caswell hit a three-pointer to spark an 11-0 Chaparral run that put them up 24-11. Lubbock Christian went on another 11-0 run with 3:48 left in the first half, culminating in a three from Caswell, to increase its lead to 45-22.
 
The Chaps kept their lead intact before going on a 10-0 run, finished off by Alex Anamekwe's jumper, to grow the lead to 59-29 with 13:21 to go in the contest. They kept expanding the margin and coasted the rest of the way for the 88-48 win.
 
Redshirt freshman Dylan Walker got his first collegiate playing time late in the game and hit a three-pointer with 2:28 for his first collegiate points. Reagan Fiedler also got his first collegiate minutes and recorded an assist and a rebound.
 
After lighting it up from deep in the opening half, LCU took care of business in the paint in the final 20 minutes, recording 24 of its 43 points in the lane.
 
 
GAME NOTES
» Most of LCU's hot-shooting from behind the arc came in the first half, when they were 8-for-9.
» Their 65% mark from behind the arc for the entire game would've been second-best among last season's games, behind only Feb. 22's 70.6% shooting from deep.
» The Chaparrals held the Griffons to only 27.8 percent shooting from the field.
» Lubbock Christian tallied 20 total assists in the game. Last season, they only had 20 or more assists twice, both against NAIA programs.
» Lubbock Christian had a 36-28 edge on the boards in the win.
» The Lubbock Christian defense forced 16 turnovers.

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