UAFS will begin a three-game stretch of road games on Saturday afternoon when the Lady Lions play the suddenly-surging Lubbock Christian Lady Chaps at the Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock, Texas.
Tipoff will be 1 p.m.
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Lubbock Christian (13-4, 3-0) remained tied atop the Heartland Conference standings with a convincing 71-50 win against the Rogers State Hillcats on Thursday night at the Rip Griffin Center. It was the Lady Chaps' sixth win in a row.
The Lady Lions (5-11, 2-1), who are in second place in the conference, will encounter a Lady Chaps team that is 44-0 all-time in Heartland Conference home games and one that owns a 58-game home winning streak.
UAFS is coming off a hard-fought 60-51 conference win against St. Edward's on Thursday night at the Stubblefield Center.
The Lady Lions average 66 points per game with two players averaging double-figures in scoring – senior guard
Mariah Green (11.9 ppg) and senior forward
Ellie Lehne (11.7 ppg). Junior guard
Alexsis Brown leads the team in assists (3.8 apg).
UAFS out-rebounds its opponents by three rebounds per game (36.8-33.8), and junior forward
Tamera Gulley leads the team in rebounding (6.3 rpg).
The Lady Lions allow 70 points per game and force 16 turnovers per game. Senior guard
Daijah Brown leads the team in steals (2.1 spg), and Gulley leads the team in blocked shots (1.6 bpg).
Lubbock Christian averages 71 points per game with three players averaging double-figures in scoring – senior guard/forward Olivia Robertson (14.9 ppg), sophomore guard Allie Schulte (10.5 ppg) and junior forward Maddi Chitsey (10 ppg). Schulte leads the team in assists (3.4 apg).
The Lady Chaps out-rebound their opponents by almost six rebounds per game (33.6-28), and Robertson leads the team in rebounding (6.5 rpg).
Lubbock Christian allows only 55 points per game and forces 17 turnovers per game. Schulte leads the team in steals (2.2 spg), and Chitsey leads the team in blocked shots (1.4 bpg).
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