LUBBOCK, Texas In a rematch with an opponent from its appearance at the Hawaii Tipoff Classic, the court remained tilted in Lubbock Christian University's favor as visiting Western Colorado fell for a second time to the Lady Chaps, dropping a 58-34 non-conference decision Monday night at the Rip Griffin Center.
JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Lubbock Christian def. Western Colorado, 58-34
Records: Western 0-4, LCU 3-1
Location: Rip Griffin Center, Lubbock, Texas
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Things were going well for the Mountaineers during first quarter action as they hung tight with LCU, taking a 7-4 lead on a Colette Van der Hoven 3-pointer and after surrendering the lead pulling back within a bucket, 14-12, with Addisyn Parker's trey.
- Western trailed by only a count of 16-12 at the end of the first, but the second frame was its undoing.
- After Breckyn Schilling rolled in a layup at the 8:22 mark to make it a four-point deficit, 18-14, the Mountaineers would not score over the remainder of the quarter as the Lady Chaps headed into the halftime break with a 31-14 lead.
- Van def Hoven pushed in a layup to open the scoring in the third quarter but Western would suffer through a 3 minute scoring drought, finally broken with Rori Hoffmeyer's layup at the 6:07 mark of the quarter.
- An Alyssa Eckroth 3-pointer, her first points of the game, was a bit of a spark as Western held its ground without letting the deficit grow as it headed into the final frame.
- The Mountaineers got another trey from Eckroth early in the fourth, but her layup with 7:15 to play would be the last time the scoreboard clicked for Western as it fell to the Lady Chaps for a second time in nine days.
COURT NOTES
- Eckroth's 11 second-half points would end up leading the Mountaineers in the scoring column, with Van der Hovan adding 9.
- Western would shoot 25 percent from the floor, against LCU's 38% night.
- The Mountaineers' starters provided all but six of the team's points.
UP NEXT
Western hosts its home opener on Tue., Nov. 17 when Northern New Mexico visits Paul Wright Gym for a 6 p.m. non-conference game.
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