Four Lone Star Conference women’s basketball teams were undefeated last week as multiple games were canceled or postponed due to Winter storms in cities across the league. Cameron’s road win over No. 7 Texas A&M-Commerce headlined the week’s performances, while No. 1 Lubbock Christian and No. 5 West Texas A&M each picked up two wins during unbeaten weeks. Midwestern State also finished the week without a loss picking up a conference win at home in their lone game.
LSC schedule and results available here:
https://lonestarconference.org/calendar.aspx?path=wbball
LSC BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
The LSC Women’s Basketball Championship is set for March 2-5-6, 2021, with quarterfinal games on campus sites on Tuesday, March 2. The four winning teams will advance to the final site at the highest remaining seed to play semifinal games on Friday, March 5, followed by the championship game on Saturday, March 6. The top eight teams will qualify for the tournament based on the
basketball point rating system. The divisional champions will automatically qualify for the tournament and be seeded according to the point rating system. All teams must play a minimum of 11 games to qualify for the conference tournament.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE
Emma Middleton, Lubbock Christian, SR, Business Administration, F, Lubbock, Texas, Homeschool
Emma Middleton was solid on both ends of the floor, leading LCU in each game, as the Lady Chaps swept Western New Mexico to move their home win streak to 86 games, just one shy of the NCAA Division II women’s basketball record for consecutive victories at home. In LCU's 80-23 Thursday night win over WNMU, Middleton led the Lady Chaps in scoring with 16 points and added nine rebounds and four assists in 18 minutes of action. LCU held the Mustangs to just 16.7-percent shooting from the floor, the lowest percentage for any Lady Chap opponent this season. On Friday, she followed with a game-high 22 points, six rebounds, two assists and a block, and registered a +23 plus-minus in a 75-39 LCU win. After LCU trailed at the end of the first quarter for the first time this season, Middleton exploded for 12 points in the second frame hitting 5-of-7 shots from the field. The senior knocked down five of the Lady Chaps’ six field goals in the quarter. after the first quarter (first time this season LCU trailed after the completion of any quarter) and Middleton exploded for 12 points in the second quarter, going 5-of-7 from the field and had five of LCU's six field goals in the quarter. Middleton averaged 19.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in 24.0 minutes per game and was 12-of-22 (54.5-percent) from inside the arc.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Offensive
D-14 Ashton Duncan, Lubbock Christian
D-21 Dyani Robinson, Texas A&M-Commerce
J-5 Lexy Hightower, West Texas A&M
J-11 Brooklin Bain, Oklahoma Christian
J-18 Allie Schulte, Lubbock Christian
J-25 Lexy Hightower, West Texas A&M (2)
F-1 Dyani Robinson, Texas A&M-Commerce (2)
F-8 DesiRay Kernal, Texas A&M-Commerce
F-15 Emma Middleton, Lubbock Christian
Defensive
D-14 Anastacia Mickens, Texas A&M-Kingsville
D-21 Juliana Louis, Texas A&M-Commerce
J-5 Nicole Heyn, Texas A&M International
J-11 Haevyn Risley, Midwestern State
J-18 Abby Spurgin, West Texas A&M
J-25 Juliana Robertson, Lubbock Christian
F-1 Hannah Wilson, St. Mary’s
F-8 Juliana Louis, Texas A&M-Commerce (2)
F-15 Emma Middleton, Lubbock Christian
SELECTED NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Lexy Hightower, West Texas A&M, continued to power the West Texas A&M offense this past weekend as WT has now won 12 consecutive contests to move to 14-1 overall and 13-1 in LSC action following a pair of wins over Texas Woman's at the First United Bank Center. The Amarillo product went 7-of-18 (38.9%) from the floor including a perfect 12-of-12 from the charity stripe to average 13.5 points per contest to go along with two rebounds, eight assists and four steals in the pair of wins. Hightower has now scored double-figures in 13 of WT's 15 games this season and leads the LSC in scoring with 17.3 points per game.
Charli Becker, St. Edward's, led the Hilltoppers to an important win at St. Mary’s Thursday evening following a loss at Midwestern State on Monday. The sophomore had 14 points and seven rebounds in the win over the Rattlers.
Sadie Moyer, Texas Woman's, set a career-high with 23 points in TWU's win over Texas A&M International. That performance followed a game in which Moyer turned in a 13-point, 14-rebound double-double at West Texas A&M, setting a new career-high in boards.
Hannah Wilson, St. Mary's, recorded her fourth-straight double-double and fifth of the season with a game-high tying 14 points and a game- and season-high 16 rebounds. She recorded the 800th rebound of her career with the first in the game and now has 815. The 16 boards bring her season average to 10.3 per game, and she is the only player in the LSC averaging a double-double this season.