Setting the Scene
- SWOSU Women's Basketball welcomes nationally ranked Lubbock Christian to the Pioneer Cellular Event Center on Monday evening, with tipoff set for 5:30 pm
- LCU, most-recently ranked No. 18 in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll and No. 15 in the D2SIDA poll, becomes the seventh ranked opponent to visit the PCEC, with SWOSU holding a record of 3-3 in those prior contests
- SWOSU brings a five-game win streak into the matchup after a 96-70 victory over Southeastern on Saturday improved the Lady Bulldogs to 2-0 in Great American Conference play
- This is the 12th time under head coach Kelsi Musick that SWOSU has won five or more games consecutively
- This will be the third straight season that SWOSU and Lubbock Christian have met, with the home team winning each prior meeting
- SWOSU defeated LCU - then the reigning NCAA Division II National Champions - by a score of 90-63 in the last meeting in Weatherford, which took place on December 10, 2016
 
About the Opponent
#18/15 Lubbock Christian (7-2)
- The Lady Chaps defeated Our Lady of the Lake on Saturday to improve to 7-2 on the year and snap a skid that saw both of their defeats come in the prior three games
- LCU has faced a challenging schedule that includes an exhibition victory over NCAA Division I SMU and losses to then-No. 1 Central Missouri and Tarleton State
- Three-year starter Olivia Robertson leads the Lady Chaps with 14.8 points and 6.1 rebounds per game while Allie Schulte has added 13.1 points and 3.9 assists per game
- Head Coach Steve Gomez built LCU into an NAIA powerhouse program and has continued that success since transitioning to NCAA Division II, where he led the Lady Chaps to the 2015-16 National Championship
 
The Series

2/5/92	Wichita Falls, Texas	W, 89-53
11/25/00	Plainview, Texas	L. 63-79
11/10/12	Weatherford, Okla.	L, 71-93
12/10/16	Weatherford, Okla.	W, 90-63
12/7/17	Lubbock, Texas	L, 65-95
All-Time: LCU Leads 3-2
NCAA Division II Era: LCU Leads 3-1
in Weatherford: Series Tied 1-1
in Lubbock: LCU Leads 1-0
Neutral Site: Series Tied 1-1
at Pioneer Cellular Event Center: SWOSU Leads 1-0

 
SWOSU Notes
- The Lady Bulldogs have scored better than 95 points in three of the last four games, upping their season average to 85.5 points per game, which ranks seventh in NCAA Division II
- For the second straight game, SWOSU got a double-digit scoring effort off the bench as Katie Percival put in 10 points on 3-of-3 shooting from the field in just two minutes of action against Southeastern
- Tyra Aska led the way for SWOSU with 23 points, five rebounds and four steals in 26 minutes of action against Southeastern, including 9 points on 4-for-4 shooting in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter
- Hailey Tucker finished with 19 points against Southeastern and grabbed five rebounds, surpassing the 700-rebound plateau for her career
- Tucker enters Monday's game 23 points away from becoming the Great American Conference's all-time leading scorer, a record currently held by Jordan Goforth (1,803; 2012-16) of Arkansas-Monticello
- Hayden Priddy is up to seventh in SWOSU history and 10th in GAC history with 1,329 career points following her 13-point outing on Saturday
- Bethany Franks pulled down a season-high 17 rebounds on Saturday against Southeastern, marking the most rebounds by a GAC player this season
- The Lady Dawgs connected 21-of-25 free throws against Southeastern for a season-best single game free throw percentage of .840
- Taylor Hedrick scored nine points on 3-of-8 shooting on Saturday, giving her at least nine points in five straight games with an average of 10.3 points per game for the season
 
Looking Ahead
- SWOSU heads on the road on Thursday evening to complete a home-and-home season series with Oklahoma Christian, with tipoff set for 5:30 pm in Edmond
- The Lady Bulldogs will conclude the fall semester with a pair of Saturday conference home games against Southern Nazarene (Dec. 8) and Oklahoma Baptist (Dec. 15)