Murphy leads chaps past WNMU – LCU ATHLETICS

Silver City, nm (February 6, 2025) – Lubbock Christian Senior Forward Sean Murphy He was the only player in the team to reach Drag’s Court’s double figures on Thursday night, but the highest of his career 30 points led LCU along Western New Mexico 61-53.


The previous maximum Murphy match in LCU was 20 years old, filed against West Washington on December 19th. His collegial career was 25 points, which came on February 22, 2024, when he played in Nebraska-Kirin. He exceeded that with 13 baskets made at 22 attempts (, 590) and four made free throws.


Born in New Zealand added 11 fights, which also Chaparrabs (17-6, 12-3) and gave him his second double double for the year. Amondo Miller Jr. helped with nine points and nine fights and Najeeb Muhammad With a chip with eight points, six of which came in the second half.


The protection of Lubbock Christian held Western New Mexico only 28.6 percent shooting from the pitch. Mustang Matthew Okoye, which was previously an average of 14.8 points per game, was limited to only eight in the firing 3-from-14.



How did it happen
After lagging 8-7, Lubbock Christian continued at 8-0 with 12:36, staying in the first half, culminating in a bucket of Murphy to take the lead of 15-8. The mustard responded with their own running and had tied the game at 18-all with less than seven minutes during the opening period.


WNMU became four as many as one and was still a leader from one on the break.


The game was narrow to start the second half until the Lubbock Christian failed to win control and had a 44-42 lead before it continued with 6-0 completed by Miller Jr. jumper to increase the lead to 50-42 With 4:32 to go to the race.


With 3:41 left in the game, LCU seemed ready to close the victory leading with nine after Murphy tilted in a missed jumper. But the mustard scored four straight points and called for a time -only five just a minute later.
Miller Jr. also made one place on the other end, but although Mustangs continued to score in the last two minutes, they were forced to foul, congratulated 6-6 of the charity to complete the game.



Notes for the game
»Chaps limited Mustangs to only 28.6 percent shooting, which is their most evaluation of the season. When WNMU visited the Rip Griffin center earlier this season, they fired a season 50.9 percent of the pitch.
»Murphy 30 points are most in play than a person this season. The last time the LCU player scored 30 or more in a game was February 29, 2024 when Tiras Morton There were 35 against Western Texas A&M.
»Lubbock Christian had 39-38 advantages on the boards in victory. It’s 11^th Time this season Chaps exceeded the opponent and they are 10-1 in these competitions.
»Chaps made only one trip show in the game, going 1-for-15 behind the rainbow. This is the second time they hit only one triphone this season, even though the previous time was in the loss of Angelo.
»LCU was 14 out of 17 of the free throws line, firing better than 80 percent for the fifth straight game and 13^th Time this season.

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