LUBBOCK, Texas (Nov. 13, 2026) – Lubbock Christian University continues its six-game homestand this weekend by hosting the Food King Classic, the first of two classic-style basketball tournaments at the Rip Griffin Center this month. The Lady Chaparrals welcome Colorado State Pueblo Friday and Colorado Christian Saturday, with both games scheduled for 6 p.m.
 

FOOD KING CLASSIC
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
CSU Pueblo	Rip Griffin Center (Tickets)	Fri., Nov. 13	6:00 p.m.	Video	Stats

    
THEY MET AGAIN
Lubbock Christian opened its six-game homestand with a defensive showcase Monday night, limiting Western Colorado to 25% shooting and just two second-quarter points in a 58-34 victory inside Rip Griffin Center. The Lady Chaps (3-1) closed the first half on a 13-0 run, holding the Mountaineers scoreless over the final 8:22 to build a 31-14 halftime advantage. LCU improved to 22-2 in home openers under head coach Steve Gomez and has won 31 of its last 32 home games. Mattie Dollar led all scorers with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting, adding six rebounds and three steals. Maddie Moyers contributed 10 points in her season debut, while Kaelie Massenburg added a career-high eight points. LCU outrebounded Western Colorado 41-32, held a 32-14 advantage in points in the paint and converted 14 turnovers into 15 points. The defensive effort marked LCU's best field-goal percentage allowed since holding West Texas A&M to 24.1% shooting on March 6, 2025. LCU and WCU were meeting for the second time over a nine-day span.
 
CHAP-TIVATING STATS: 5 LADY CHAP FACTS
- LCU (3-1) continued its dominance inside Rip Griffin Center with Monday's 58-34 victory over Western Colorado, improving to 22-2 in home openers under head coach Steve Gomez. The Lady Chaparrals have won 31 of their last 32 home games after posting an 11-1 home record last season. LCU has five games remaining on its six-game homestand, including the Food King Classic (Nov. 13-14) and Lady Chap Classic (Nov. 20-21). The Lady Chaps enter Friday's matchup against CSU Pueblo riding a three-game winning streak, with their last three victories coming by an average of 20.7 points.
 
- LCU ranks 33rd nationally and second in the Lone Star Conference in scoring defense, allowing just 49.3 points per game. The Lady Chaps have held all four opponents below 60 points, including Western Colorado to a season-low 34 points Monday. The Mountaineers shot just 25% (11-of-44), marking LCU's lowest opponent field-goal percentage since March 6, 2025. LCU also ranks 51st nationally in field-goal percentage defense (34.0%) and 50th in three-point percentage defense (22.7%). Monday's defensive effort included holding Western Colorado to two second-quarter points, a 13-0 run to close the first half and a field-goal drought over the final 7:15 of regulation.
 
- Sophomore Mattie Dollar continues to pace LCU offensively, leading the Lone Star Conference in total points (68) and sharing the conference lead in made field goals (25). Dollar averages 17.0 points while shooting 58.1% (25-of-43) from the field and 50% (6-of-12) from three-point range. She has reached double figures in all four games after recording just two such performances during her freshman season. Dollar followed her Hoops in Hawaii All-Tournament selection with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting against Western Colorado, adding six rebounds and three steals. Her six steals rank third in the LSC, while Kennedy Chappell (13.5 PPG) and Meg Meekins (11.0) join Dollar in accounting for 65.1% of LCU's scoring.
 
- LCU ranks 47th nationally and fifth in the LSC in field-goal percentage (45.0%), despite struggling from beyond the arc during Monday's home opener. The Lady Chaps connected on just 4-of-27 three-point attempts (14.8%) against Western Colorado, their lowest percentage at home since February 2024. However, LCU shot 58.1% (18-of-31) inside the arc and dominated the paint 32-14. Junior Maddie Moyers provided a spark in her season debut, scoring 10 points with two three-pointers, finishing one point shy of matching her career high. Kaelie Massenburg added a career-high eight points, including a perfect 6-of-6 performance at the free-throw line. LCU is shooting 28.6% from three-point range through four games.
 
- Ball security has become a strength for the Lady Chaparrals, who rank 26th nationally and second in the LSC in fewest turnovers per game (11.8). LCU has committed 47 turnovers while forcing 61, producing a plus-3.5 turnover margin that ranks fifth in the conference. The Lady Chaps committed a season-low nine turnovers against Western Colorado while forcing 14 and converting those miscues into 15 points. Rebounding has also shown improvement, as LCU outrebounded Western Colorado 41-32 on Monday, including a 10-5 advantage on the offensive glass. The plus-nine rebounding margin reduced LCU's season rebounding deficit to minus-1.5 per game after the Lady Chaps were outrebounded by an average of five through their first three contests.
 
SWEET HOME (ON) CHICAGO
The Lady Chaps are 1-0 at home this season with their win over Western Colorado Monday. LCU went 11-1 at home last season and have won 31 of their last 32 (including their last eight) games on their home hardwood.
 
On Feb. 2, 2023, LCU's NCAA Division II record home win streak ended at 113 games with a loss to Angelo State. The defeat marked the Lady Chaps' first home loss since Jan. 1, 2015, against Oklahoma City University. During the streak, LCU also posted a 7-0 record in NCAA postseason play in Lubbock (excluding a 4-0 mark in LSC postseason play) and won 88 consecutive home conference games, with their last conference home loss occurring on Jan. 10, 2013, also against Oklahoma City. LCU achieved a perfect 49-0 record in Heartland Conference home games and went 11-0 against nationally ranked opponents during the streak.

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
 
WHO THEY FACE : CSUP
- Friday's contest against LCU serves as the season opener for the ThunderWolves. The ThunderWolves have opened four previous seasons against the Lady Chaparrals, with LCU winning all four encounters. Those meetings included a 68-43 LCU victory in Pueblo in 2015, a 57-52 win in Commerce, Texas, in 2017, a 77-60 victory in Pueblo in 2019 and a 72-38 triumph in Tyler, Texas, in 2024. Friday marks the fifth time in 12 seasons the ThunderWolves have opened their campaign against LCU. CSU Pueblo will conclude its participation in the Food King Classic on Saturday against Lone Star Conference member UT Tyler.
 
- CSU Pueblo enters its eighth season under head coach Tommie Johnson looking to rebound from a 13-15 campaign in 2025-26, which included a 9-11 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference record and the program's first absence from the RMAC Tournament since 2021. Despite missing the postseason, the ThunderWolves were picked seventh in the 2026-27 RMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, receiving 129 points and one third-place vote. The selection placed CSU Pueblo just four points behind sixth-place Colorado School of Mines. Johnson enters the season with a 96-97 career coaching record, needing four victories to reach 100 career wins. The ThunderWolves are seeking to replace three graduated contributors who accounted for more than half of last season's scoring.
 
- Senior forward Kate Gallery headlines CSU Pueblo's incoming class after earning Second Team All-RMAC honors at Regis last season. The 6-foot-1 Pueblo native averaged 17.7 points per game, ranking seventh in the RMAC, and earned 2026-27 Preseason All-RMAC recognition. Gallery recorded 28 points and 10 rebounds against CSU Pueblo on Jan. 17 while playing for Regis. She returns to her hometown alongside former Pueblo West High School teammate Gabby Louther, a fifth-year guard transferring from NCAA Division I UC San Diego. Additional Division I transfers include Shelomi Sanders (Alabama A&M, previously Colorado and Jackson State) and Karys Washington (Wichita State). Former Eastern New Mexico guard Jaz Salon also joins the ThunderWolves after helping the Greyhounds finish 20-11 last season.
 
- The ThunderWolves return six players with experience from last season, led by senior forward Dasani Nesbit, who started all 28 games while averaging a team-best 6.6 rebounds, 5.6 points and contributing 75 assists and 46 steals. Sophomore Jada Bobb averaged 6.5 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 47.4% from the field, and senior Laci Roffle contributed 5.7 points and 3.7 rebounds with 16 blocked shots. Senior Anila Owens provides a significant perimeter threat after connecting on 41 three-pointers last season, including a school-record-tying nine against Western New Mexico. CSU Pueblo must replace the production of Seneya Martinez, Genesis Sweetwine and Ruby Sweeney-Spitzeck, who combined for 900 of the team's 1,776 points (50.7%) last season.
 
- Defensive pressure and increased tempo are expected to define CSU Pueblo's approach under Johnson this season. The ThunderWolves allowed 62.8 points per game in 2025-26 while forcing 17.5 turnovers and averaging 10.6 steals per contest. Johnson has emphasized full-court pressure, conditioning and transition offense with a retooled roster featuring athletic guards and experienced forwards. Redshirt freshman Talia Strode and Eastern New Mexico transfer Jaz Salon are expected to play important roles in applying backcourt pressure, while Nesbit, Roffle and Bobb provide mobility in transition. CSU Pueblo averaged 63.4 points offensively last season, and the coaching staff hopes its increased pace and improved depth can generate additional scoring opportunities after losing several key offensive contributors.
 
HISTORY WITH CSUP
LCU leads the all-time series at 11-5 against CSUP (formerly known as Southern Colorado). The home team won the first five meetings, with LCU bucking that trend with a 2015-16 season-opening win in Pueblo. The two teams have met annually for the prior five seasons, with LCU posting a 5-1 record in the span (LCU has won five straight). The first two all-time meetings came down to the final buzzer. On Dec. 9, 1989 in Lubbock, Burgandy Bass hit the game winning shot at the horn for a 58-56 LCU win. Nearly a year later, on Dec. 8, 1989 in Pueblo, LCU rallied back from a 63-55 deficit with 24 points from Sherry Blackwell, but a three-pointer at the buzzer didn't fall and LCU lost 73-72. Nine of the prior 13 meetings have been in Colorado (five in Pueblo) and under Steve Gomez's watch. LCU has a 4-0 series advantage in Lubbock, with the last Hub City meeting resulting in a 76-58 win Nov. 12, 2022.
 
PRIOR MEETING WITH CSUP
Pueblo, Colo. – Nov. 16, 2025: No. 13 Lubbock Christian pulled away from CSU Pueblo for a 61-42 victory at the South Central Region Crossover in the Lady Chaps' first road game of the season. LCU (4-0) used a dominant defensive performance to extend its road winning streak to 11 games, holding the ThunderWolves to 28% shooting and without a made field goal in the third quarter. The Lady Chaps outscored CSU Pueblo 21-4 in the period, closing with a 14-0 run to build a 55-27 advantage. Martie McCoy matched a career high with 16 points, shooting 6-of-8 from the field after opening 5-of-5. Kennedy Chappell added another double-figure performance, extending her streak to four straight games. LCU shot a season-best 50% from the field and converted 23 turnovers into 21 points. The Lady Chaps also showcased their depth, with 15 players seeing action. Freshmen Mattie Dollar and Kaelie Massenburg made their collegiate debuts, while Taylor Thomas returned from injury.
 
ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS AGAINST CSUP
Kennedy Chappell: 2 GM, 16.0 PPG, 7-11 FG, 4 STL
Maddie Moyers: 2 GM, 5.5 PPG, 3-4 FG, 2-3 3PT, 4.5 RBPG
Meg Meekins: 1 GM, 9.0 PPG, 3-11 FG, 5.0 RBPG, 2 AST