MEN's BASKETBALL GAME NOTES February 9, 2017 LCU '16-17
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Members of the NCAA Div.II’s Heartland Conference Lubbock Christian Sports Information • Chris Due / Zack Chavez 806-720-7283 • 806-720-7278 • www.lcuchaps.com LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (14-8, 8-4) at ROGERS STATE (16-7, 9-4) Thursday, February 9 - 7:30 PM Claremore Expo Center (Claremore, Okla.) MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Live Scoring: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/rsu/ Online Video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/rsu/ February 9, 2017 Online Audio: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/rsu/ Radio: AM950/100.7FM All-Time Series: RSU Leads Series 14-6 LCU CHAPARRALS HISTORY BETWEEN THE SQUADS then went on a 15-6 run to take an 11-point Location .............................................. Lubbock, Texas Lubbock Christian has squared off with Rog- lead, their largest of the game, with just over Founded ..................................................... 1957 ers State University a total of 20 times. The two minutes to play in the opening period. The Enrollment ................................................ 2,000 squads first met in the 2007-08 season, when Chaps scored seven unanswered points to cut Affiliation .......................................... NCAA Div. II both teams were still NAIA members. Since St. Mary’s lead to six-points, 36-30, at halftime. Conference .......................................... Heartland then, the Hillcats have taken a 14-6 series ad- Nickname ������������������������������ Chaparrals “Chaps” vantage over the Chaps. In their most recent LCU shot 46.2% (12-of-26) from the field and Athletic Director ���������������������������������� Paul Hise meeting, RSU won the matchup 58-49 (Jan. a disappointing 0-for-7 from behind the three- Sports Information ����������������������������� Chris Due Head Coach ������������������������������������ Todd Duncan 5) snapping a 17-game Lubbock Christian point line in the first half. Holman, who has been Career Record (year) ........................97-63 / 6th Heartland Conference home winning streak. nothing short of spectacular from downtown as of late, was ice cold in the first half. Holman shot 2016-17 CHAPS SCHEDULE A LOOK BACK AT THEIR LAST GAME 20% (1-of-5) from the field and 0-for-4 from LUBBOCK, Texas (February 4, 2017) – Ty- long-range. Brennen Fowler led the Chap attack Date Site Opponent Result 11/1 H Wayland Baptist^ ...................W 75-59 ler Rogers and Ridrell Holman combined for in the half with 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting. 11/11 H Regis .....................................L 78-80 34 points (17 points each) to lead Lubbock 11/12 H Colorado School of the Mines ...L 74-78 Christian University through 14 lead changes The Rattlers almost mirrored the Lubbock Chris- 11/14 H Randall ..................................W 91-63 and to a 75-68 victory over St. Mary’s Uni- tian’s shot attempts in the period with 48% (12- 11/17 H West Texas A&M .....................W 95-86 11/19 H Sul Ross State .......................W 90-74 versity Saturday afternoon inside Rip Griffin of-25) from the floor. However, unlike the Chap- 11/21 H Our Lady of the Lake ..............W 93-67 Center for a second straight Heartland Con- arrals, they were able to score from long-range. 11/25 N Northwood (MI) ....................W 76-75OT ference win. St Mary’s converted seven three-pointers on 11 11/26 N Washburn ..............................L 63-65 attempts for a 63.6% average from beyond the 12/10 A Cameron ...............................L 76-79 12/13 A Eastern New Mexico ................W 73-67 Lubbock Christian raced out to an 8-6 lead arc. Will Ferguson led the Rattlers with 11 points 12/17 A Dallas Baptist* .......................W 65-58 over the Rattlers on a layup by Brennen at the break. 12/31 A St. Mary’s* ............................L 55-70 Fowler just six-minutes into the contest. The 1/2 A Texas A&M International* .......L 64-67 Chaps traded the lead with St. Mary’s four Yanni Wetzell split a pair of free throws to open 1/5 H Arkansas-Fort Smith* .............W 84-64 1/7 H Rogers State* ........................L 49-58 times before a jumper by Ed Seay put the Rat- up the second half giving the Rattlers a 37- 1/12 A Oklahoma Panhandle State* ...W 86-70 tlers up 19-18 with 9:35 left in the half. StMU 30 lead. The Chaps then scored eight straight 1/19 A St. Edward’s* ........................W 90-83 points to grab their first lead 1/21 A Oklahoma Christian* ..............W 75-72 1/28 H Dallas Baptist* ......................W 79-72 of the final period. St. Mary’s 1/30 A Newman* ..............................L 75-77 would not go down quietly, and 2/2 H Texas A&M International* .......W 84-55 regained their lead at 45-41 with 2/4 H St. Mary’s* ...........................W 75-68 13:44 left to play. Following a LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (@LCUCHAPS) ROGERS STATE (@RSUHILLCATS) 2/9 A Rogers State* ........................7:30 PM three-pointer by Tyler Rogers, 2/11 A Arkansas - Fort Smith* ...........3:00 PM CHAPARRALS HILLCATS 2/16 H Newman* .............................8:00 PM Jay Workman converted a layup 2/18 H Oklahoma Panhandle State* ...3:00 PM Record: 14-8, 8-4 Heartland Record: 16-7, 9-4 Heartland to put the Chaparrals up 46-45 2/23 H Oklahoma Christian* ..............8:00 PM Last Game: StMU; W 75-68 Last Game: OPSU; W 86-41 for their final lead change of the 2/25 H St. Edward’s* ........................2:00 PM Coach: Todd Duncan Coach: Justin Barkley afternoon. LCU continued build- * - Heartland Conference Game Duncan vs. RSU: 5-5 Career Record: 142-62 ing their advantage and went up ^ - Exhibition Game RSU Record: 142-62 PROJECTED STARTERS 58-51 on a zany three-pointer by ON THE NET - WWW.LCUCHAPS.COM Pos. Player Class Pts/p Reb/p PROJECTED STARTERS Chuck Kendley that looked to be The official website of LCU Athletics is where you can find G Marcus Arrington Sr. 6.8 3.2 Pos. Player Class Pts/p Reb/p a well-placed lob pass. Although everything relating to the LCU basketball teams. Schedules, G Ridrell Holman R-Sr. 12.4 4.2 F Jeylyn Sharpe Sr. 15.2 7.7 results, rosters, bios, statistics and game notes can be found G Marcos Schuster Jr. 11.7 3.1 G JD Tisdale Sr. 14.4 3.7 StMU’s Robbie Benavides scored and are always up to date. G Tyler Rogers R-Sr. 11.5 3.6 G Kyler Ng Sr. 2.6 1.9 the final bucket of the game, the F Isaac Cardona Sr. 5.9 5.1 C Christopher Ikuenobe Sr. 1.3 1.7 Chaps were able to finish out the All LCU basketball games are broadcasted online through G Baron Smith Jr. Jr. 13.6 3.9 Stretch Internet on LCUchaps.com, and most games will contest and take a 75-68 victory air on the radio on KJTV AM950/100.7FM. All home games LCU ‘16-17 LEADERS RSU ‘16-17 LEADERS over the Rattlers. are broadcasted with video broadcasts and live scoring also AVG. POINTS AVG. POINTS provided. Select conference home games will be televised on 13.0 Brennen Fowler 15.2 Jeylyn Sharpe Fox 34 News Now. Lubbock Christian found their REBOUNDS REBOUNDS rhythm and grabbed a 69.6% 8.1 (178) Brennen Fowler 7.7 (177) Jeylyn Sharpe (16-of-23) shooting mark in the ASSISTS ASSISTS second period. Eight of LCU’s 3.7 (81) Marcus Arrington 2.8 (65) Baron Smith Jr. second half jumpers came from FACEBOOK/LCUCHAPS behind the arc for a 61.5% (8- TWITTER: @LCUchaps STEALS STEALS of-13) three-point average. Hol- YOUTUBE: #LCUathletics 1.7 (31) Marcos Schuster 1.8 (42) Baron Smith Jr. LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES www.lcuchaps.com @lcuchaps GAME NOTES / GM: 23 at Rogers State man led the Chaps in the second period with was also able to grab their highest scoring an 11-5 run. The Chaps finally woke up and 15 points on a perfect 6-for-6 shooting from performance of the season in an 84-55 vic- took their first lead of the game at 12-11 on a the field and 3-for-3 from downtown. The tory over Texas A&M International (Feb. 2). three-pointer by Tyler Rogers with 11:36 left in Chaps ripped four steals from the Rattlers and The Chaps have won six of their last seven the half. LCU tried to distance themselves from converted 20 of their 45 second half points off contests. the Hillcats, but RSU held tight on defense and of turnovers alone. took a 17-15 advantage at the 4:50 mark of DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK the first period. Arrington regained the lead for Will Ferguson had a game-high 21 points for Since LCU’s last meeting with the Hillcats, Lubbock Christian on a pair of free throws, but St. Mary’s in addition to four assists. Although the Chap offense has been highly explosive. it was short lived as RSU jumped back ahead the Rattlers started out the game with a hot- The Chaparrals have averaged 80.6 points 28-22 at the break. hand from three-point range, they closed the per game, over the past seven games, and contest with a 47.4% (9-of-19) average from have posted a 52.1% clip from the field. The Lubbock Christian’s bench came to play by downtown. Seven of their nine triples came in Lubbock Christian squad has also posted an scoring 15 of the Chaps 22 first half points. the first half. 81.7% mark from the charity stripe since Chuck Kendley led LCU in the period with sev- they last faced off against Rogers State.