Lady Chaps stay hot, burn past ENMU for 10 straight victory – LCU ATLETICS

Lubbock, Texas (February 1, 2025)-Balanced offensive efforts have seen that five Lady Chaparas as a result of double figures, as the Lubbock Christian University defeated Eastern New Mexico 76-61 in the center of Rip Griffin on Saturday. Victory extended the lcu’s winning series to 10 games, keeping them unbeaten at home (11-0) and in the game of West Division (9-0), while maintaining its share of first place in the Lone Star conference ranking (14 -1).


Lady Chaps (20-3, 14-1) had five players in double digits led by Maki Madoxwho had 22 points and three thefts. Thia Johnson glued to 14 points from the bench and Audrey Robertson Chipir also with 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.


Lubbock’s Christian crime made hay from the city center, knocked 11 threes in 26 attempts. Johnson hit three -thirds for Lady Chaps in the race.


LCU defense has sparked its share of mistakes in the match on Saturday, forcing 14 turnover of Eastern New Mexico until it has done six. These assumptions turned into 21 points at the other end of the floor (21-3 advantages in turning points). Madox’s three thefts led separately for the lady.


Enmo (13-8, 8-7) fell to 4-5 in the divisional game. They exceeded the LCU 38-26 and also had an advantage of 12-7 in offensive struggles, but LCU led the second chance with an advantage of 14-8 in the category. Nataya Locket (15) and Juliet Sitza (14) led the road to the Greyhounds of the offensive.



How did it happen
After playing 7-7 draws at the beginning of the game, Lubbock Christian continued with 5-0 with 5:09, left in the first quarter, ending with three Maki Madox to take a 12-7 lead. Together with five points in the frame of Audrey RobertsonLCU entered a quarter break with an advantage 16-14.


The second quarter was tightly played, as each team was 5 in 12 of the pitch and LCU out-Coring enmu 14-13 in the quarter. Kennedy Chapel End the LCU crime with five points. The Lubbock Christian was strong from deep in the period, knocked out four three -point shots to report 12 of its 14 points (out of four different shooters). LCU led by 30-27 on the half-time break, with Madox and Robertson coinciding on the LCU road with eight points each.


Eastern New Mexico led a short 42-41 lead after an anthract before Lubbock Christian continued 7-0, redirected by a Johnson basket to take a 48-42 lead with 2:13 to enter the third. LCU closed the quarter at 13-2 running, and LCU received points from six different players in a quarter (seven from Johnson) to take the edge 54-44.


Lubbock Christian turned 13-2 and turned it into a 26-7 run with 8-0, completed by the three Robertson to increase the lead to 67-49 with 7:38 to enter the race. Maddox (8) and Johnson (7) combined for 15 points in the final frame and Lady Chaps circled the rest of the road to the win 76-61. Each player led a LCU with 14 points in the second half.



Notes for the game
»Lady is a good shot of three -point scope, knocked down 11 out of 26 long -distance attempts (42.3%), marking the eighth road this season, they have collected at least 10 triangers in the game.

»Lubbock Christian has collected a total of 17 assists in the game, with Audrey Robertson Leading the team and publishing a new career high with seven assists.

»Five Christian players of Lubbock scored 10 or more points, with Maki Madox (22) and Thia Johnson (14) Preparation of new career maximums by points.


» Grace Foster He produced 11 points and improved her overall career to 1771 points, which moved her along Jordan Hampton (1.767 points from 2005-09) and in the third of all time at the point for Lady Chaps. It is three points since the passing of Beth Caps (1.773 points from 1995-1997) and 26 points from the passage along Nicole Hampton (1796 points from 2011-16) for the first place in the history of the program.


»The Chaps lady has improved to 11-0 at home this season and they won 16 consecutive home games, carried last season.


»The series of all time between the two teams has already been tied to 24-24, as LCU has won 20 of the last 23 games in the series, once diligently owned by ENMU. LCU has won the last nine consecutive matches and are 9-3 against the Lubbock Gounds.



Then
Lady Chaps will now be preparing for a certain mileage as they travel to Silver City, Nm on Thursday to face Western New Mexico before heading to Alpi, Texas to challenge Saturday Sul Ross.