FRISCO, Texas (March 9, 2025) – No. 2-seeded and eighth-ranked Lubbock Christian University battled top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Texas Woman's in a back-and-forth Lone Star Conference Championship showdown Sunday, featuring 14 lead changes and an overtime finish. In the end, the Pioneers secured the tournament title with a 73-66 victory inside Comerica Center.
 
With the win, Texas Woman's earned an automatic NCAA Tournament berth, along with the No. 1 seed and hosting rights for the NCAA South Central Regional. LCU, the region's top at-large qualifier, received the No. 2 seed. The Lady Chaps will face Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) in the opening round Friday in Denton, Texas, with specific details to be announced later.

The Lady Chaps (29-4) had two players score in double figures, led by Maci Maddox, who had 26 points, five assists and two steals. Grace Foster tacked on a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds and Audrey Robertson added seven points, six rebounds and four assists. Foster also posted a trio of blocks, as LCU finished with six in the contest.
 
TWU (31-1) received 28 points from Ashley Ingram and 21 from Scout Huffman. The Pioneers had a 21-4 scoring advantage in points-off-turnovers, forcing LCU into 16 turnovers (compared to nine).
 
How It Happened
After falling behind 13-10, Lubbock Christian went on a 6-0 run with 3:30 left in the first quarter, culminating in a bucket from Audrey Spurgin, to take a 16-13 lead. The Lady Chaps received 11 combined points from Foster (6) and Maddox (5) in the opening frame and entered the quarter break with a 16-15 advantage.
 
Maddox paced LCU with seven points in the second quarter, as the Lady Chaps built their lead to off a Spurgin field goal with 1:20 left in the half. The Pioneers were able to respond with a pair of field goals in the final 55 seconds to send the score into halftime with LCU lead with a 34-33 edge. Maddox (12) and Foster (10) had combined for 22 points at the midway point.
 
The third quarter had the same pace, as LCU had a lead built to five, but once the dust settled and the horn sounded to end the quarter, LCU led 49-48. Maddox (5) and Foster (4) were again in the lead pack of scoring for LCU, as they combined for nine points in the period.
 
The turning point came with 22 seconds left and LCU leading 63-61 in regulation, as a questionable five-second violation on an LCU inbounds gave the ball to TWU, who capitalized with the tying bucket to force overtime.
 
It was all Pioneers in the overtime session, as the Pioneers opened the extra session with a 7-0 run. The Lady Chaps were 1-of-6 from the field in overtime.
 
Game Notes
» Grace Foster notched a double-double for the Lady Chaps with 19 points and 10 rebounds. It was LCU's sixth double-double performance in the LSC Championships and Foster's third (second this season). She is the only Lady Chaps player with multiple double-double performances during the LSC Championships.

» Maci Maddox, Grace Foster, and Audrey Spurgin combined to account for 80 percent of the Lady Chaps points.
» Foster finished with 151 career points in eight career games played in the LSC Championships, which leads LCU all-time and she averaged 16.8 points a game per tournament game.
 
» Foster set the Lady Chaps single-tournament scoring record for seasons appearing in the LSC Championships, as she produced 68 points (22.7 points per game) in this season's event. She also averaged 9.0 rebounds, which matches Juliana Robertson's 9.0 rebounds per game in the 2022 event. Foster was also 93.8% (15-of-16) from the free-throw line.

» Maci Maddox led the Lady Chaps with a career-high 26 points. Her prior career-high mark in scoring was 22 points (Feb. 1, 2025 vs. Eastern N.M.).

» The foul count in the game was 21-9 against LCU, which led to a 22-7 advantage in free-throws attempted (TWU out-scored LCU 16-6 from the line). In their two meetings this season, TWU has a 47-22 advantage in free-throw attempts.
 
» The overtime game marked LCU's first overtime result of the season. LCU went into four overtimes last season (3-1), with the lone loss occurring in Frisco (three-OT game against Texas A&M Int'l).
 
» Maddox completed the game sitting with 439 career assists, which has her tied for third in program history with Haley Burton (439, 2010-2015). She also surpassed 200 career steals in the game and has 201.
 
» Foster (22.7 PTS, 9.0 REB) and Maddox (19.3 PTS, 7/10 3FG) claimed LSC All-Tournament Team honors.
 
» The Lady Chaps fell to 6-3 in neutral site contests this season.
 
» LCU dropped to 11-4 all-time in the LSC Championships and they are 0-2 all-time in the event against TWU. Overall, LCU moved to 7-6 all-time against TWU, who has won five of the last six meetings (third consecutive win).
 
Next Up
LCU qualified as the No.2-seed in the South Central Regional in Denton, Texas, where they open play Friday against Colo. Colorado Springs (UCCS).