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 (7-4, 1-0) at ST. MARY’S (2-9, 0-2) Saturday, December 31 - 3:00 PM Bill Greehey Arena (San Antonio, Texas) MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Live Scoring: http://www.sidearmstats.com/stmarytx/mbball/ Online Video: http://www.rattlerathletics.com/watch/?Live=14 December 31, 2016 Online Audio: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/lcu/ Radio: KJTV 950 AM/100.7 FM All-Time Series: LCU CHAPARRALS HISTORY BETWEEN THE SQUADS DALLAS, Texas (December 17, 2016) - Lubbock Location .............................................. Lubbock, Texas The series between the Rattlers and the Chapar- Christian University tipped off their Heartland Con- Founded ..................................................... 1957 rals goes back to 2012 before Lubbock Christian ference schedule coming back from a 13-point sec- Enrollment ................................................ 2,000 became a member of the Heartland Conference. ond half deficit and stealing a 65-58 victory over Affiliation .......................................... NCAA Div. II Since joining the Heartland, LCU has gone 4-2 Dallas Baptist University at Burg Center in LCU’s Conference .......................................... Heartland against St. Mary’s with their most recent victory lowest scoring victory of the year. Nickname ������������������������������ Chaparrals “Chaps” coming in an 87-38 rout last season (2/25/16) Athletic Director ���������������������������������� Paul Hise inside Rip Griffin Center. Tyler Rogers proved to be the X-factor for the Chaps Sports Information ����������������������������� Chris Due with 11 of his game-high and season-high 15 points Head Coach ������������������������������������ Todd Duncan HEARTLAND PLAY coming within the last five minutes of the contest. Career Record (year) ........................90-59 / 6th Although Lubbock Christian has only played Marcus Arrington was right behind Rogers with a one conference contest, the Chaps are sitting in season-high 14 points, team-high eight rebounds 2016-17 CHAPS SCHEDULE third place after knocking down Dallas Baptist and four assists. Ridrell Holman added in 11 points University 65-58 (12/17/16) in Dallas, Texas. on 3-of-8 shooting with six points coming from be- Date Site Opponent Result 11/1 H Wayland Baptist^ ...................W 75-59 LCU’s Brennen Fowler has grabbed back to back hind the arc. The Chaps proved once again that 11/11 H Regis .....................................L 78-80 Heartland Conference Player of the Week Honors they are a strong second-half team, as they were 11/12 H Colorado School of the Mines ...L 74-78 (11/21/16 and 11/29/16) and is the only Heart- held to 21 first half points before erupting for 44 11/14 H Randall ..................................W 91-63 land player to win to win the honor twice this second-half points. Lubbock Christian shot 13-of-17 11/17 H West Texas A&M .....................W 95-86 season. (76.9%) from the free throw line. 11/19 H Sul Ross State .......................W 90-74 11/21 H Our Lady of the Lake ..............W 93-67 11/25 N Northwood (MI) ....................W 76-75OT LCU leads the conference in defensive shooting Lubbock Christian had a slow start to the afternoon, 11/26 N Washburn ..............................L 63-65 percentage by holding opponents to 41.6% from allowing the Patriots to jump out to an early 18-8 12/10 A Cameron ...............................L 76-79 the field. The Chaps also lead the Heartland in lead six minutes into the game. A layup by Tyler 12/13 A Eastern New Mexico ................W 73-67 defensive team rebounds (323), while averaging Rogers and a three-pointer by Ja’Qualyn Gilbreath 12/17 A Dallas Baptist* .......................W 65-58 39.6 total rebounds per game. Lubbock Christian cut DBU’s lead to five at the 10:40 mark of the 12/31 A St. Mary’s* ............................3:00 PM 1/2 A Texas A&M International* .......3:00 PM holds a 6.7 rebounding margin over opponents, first period. Brennen Fowler knocked down his first 1/5 H Arkansas- Fort Smith* ............8:00 PM which also leads the conference. bucket of the game to cut the Chap’s deficit to three 1/7 H Rogers State* ........................3:00 PM points at 21-18 with 7:05 left in the half. The Pa- 1/12 A Oklahoma Panhandle State* ...7:30 PM LAST GAME RECAP triots responded scoring eight of the final 11 points 1/14 A Newman* ..............................3:00 PM in the half to take a 29-21 lead at 1/19 A St. Edward’s* ........................7:30 PM halftime. 1/21 A Oklahoma Christian* ..............3:00 PM 1/28 H Dallas Baptist* ......................2:00 PM 2/2 H Texas A&M International* .......8:00 PM The Chaps 21 first-half points were 2/4 H St. Mary’s* ...........................3:00 PM a feat that had not occurred since 2/9 A Rogers State* ........................7:30 PM LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (@LCUCHAPS) ST. MARY’S (@STMARYSRATTLERS) a 61-49 loss last season at Texas 2/11 A Arkansas - Fort Smith* ...........3:00 PM CHAPARRALS RATTLERS A&M International (12/17/15) 2/16 H Newman* .............................8:00 PM in Laredo, Texas (ironically last 2/18 H Oklahoma Panhandle State* ...3:00 PM Record: 2-9, 0-2 Heartland Record: 7-4, 1-0 Heartland season’s Heartland Conference 2/23 H Oklahoma Christian* ..............8:00 PM Last Game: UAFS; L 60-73 Last Game: DBU; W 65-58 opener). Dallas Baptist shot 12-25 2/25 H St. Edward’s* ........................2:00 PM Coach: Jim Zeleznak Coach: Todd Duncan (48%) before the break with eight * - Heartland Conference Game Career Record: 189-139 Duncan vs. StMU: 4-2 points coming from Patrick Burke. ^ - Exhibition Game StMU Record: 189-139 PROJECTED STARTERS JT Harris grabbed five first half ON THE NET - WWW.LCUCHAPS.COM Pos. Player Class Pts/p Reb/p PROJECTED STARTERS boards to give the Patriots a 20-9 The official website of LCU Athletics is where you can find G Marcus Arrington Sr. 6.0 2.8 Pos. Player Class Pts/p Reb/p rebounding advantage over the everything relating to the LCU basketball teams. Schedules, G Ridrell Holman R-Sr. 9.7 3.5 G Yanni Wetzell R-Sr. 15.9 3.0 results, rosters, bios, statistics and game notes can be found G Marcos Schuster Jr. 12.7 3.9 G Ed Seay Jr. 14.1 4.3 Chaparrals. As a team, Lubbock and are always up to date. F Chuck Kendley R-Fr. 8.0 4.1 G Will Ferguson Jr. 7.6 5.0 Christian shot 27.6% (8/29) from F Brennen Fowler So. 14.0 9.8 F Robbie Benavides Jr. 11.6 5.6 the field and 2-of-8 from behind G Freddie Williams R-Jr. 9.9 2.1 All LCU basketball games are broadcasted online through the three-point line in the first half. Stretch Internet on LCUchaps.com, and most games will air on the radio on KJTV AM950/100.7FM. All home games LCU ‘16-17 LEADERS StMU ‘16-17 LEADERS are broadcasted with video broadcasts and live scoring also AVG. POINTS AVG. POINTS DBU picked up where they left off provided. Select conference home games will be televised on 14.0 Brennen Fowler 15.0 Yanni Wetzell in the first half as Patrick Burke Fox 34 News Now. scored five unanswered points REBOUNDS REBOUNDS 9.8 (108) Brennen Fowler 6.9 (76) Yanni Wetzell before a mid-range jumper from Arrington disrupted the Patriots ASSISTS ASSISTS rhythm. Burke’s final bucket of the 3.1 (34) Marcus Arrington 4.7 (52) Will Ferguson afternoon gave Dallas Baptist a FACEBOOK/LCUCHAPS 13-point lead at 36-23 (their larg- TWITTER: @LCUchaps STEALS STEALS est lead of the game). A Fowler YOUTUBE: #LCUathletics 2.1 (15) Marcos Schuster 0.7 (8) Four Players Tied LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES www.lcuchaps.com @lcuchaps GAME NOTES / GM: 12 vs St. Mary’s University (12/31) jumper sparked a 10-0 LCU run and cut DBU’s lead thing, as Lubbock Christian will play a total of streak, which has dropped them to last in Heart- to 36-33 with 16 minutes left to play. The Patriots four games within the next seven days. land Conference standings. Although the Rattlers were able to keep their distance from the Chaps have only picked up two wins on the year, their until Ridrell Holman drained a jumper from down- ROAD TRIP WIND DOWN victories have come over Lone Star Conference town to give Lubbock Christian their first lead of The Chaparrals match against the Rattlers will opponents. Their most recent win came over then- the game, at 47-46, with 6:13 left to play. DBU be their sixth game in a seven-match road trip No. 20 Midwestern State University (11/19/16) in stole the lead right back, however, with a bucket that began in Puerto Rico against Northwood MSU’s D.L. Ligon Coliseum. from Boy Van Vliet. The lead would change two University (11/25/16). So far, LCU holds a 3-2 - Head coach Jim Zeleznak’s enters his 11th year more times until Tyler Rogers began his late game road record as they head to South Texas for a with St. Mary’s University and has garnered great tirade, on a pair of free throws, to put Lubbock pair of Heartland bouts against St. Mary’s and success in his tenure. Last year, however, marked Christian up for the final time at 53-51. A layup by Texas A&M International. Lubbock Christian the Rattlers first season below .500 since the Arrington put the Chaparrals up 61-55 with 2:07 University finished the 2015-16 season with a 2005-06 season when Zeleznak took over.