PORTALES, N.M. – Eastern New Mexico women's basketball will battle the reigning national champions #19 Lubbock Christian University in a non-conference contest on Thursday, Feb. 17, at Greyhound Arena. First tip is scheduled for 5 p.m. The Hounds will be sporting pink jersey's as part of Pink Night.

ON THE AIR

Thursday's game will be broadcast on 105.9 KSEL-FM and KSELCountry.com with Donald "Doc" Elder calling the action. Games will also be broadcast on 106.5 KEND in Roswell and Artesia.

LAST TIME OUT

The Hounds went 1-2 last week, with a win over Oklahoma Christian, 86-76, and losses to Cameron University, 73-72, and West Texas A&M, 75-71. Iyanna McCurdy made a week to remember, averaging 20.0 points per game and 10.0 rebounds per game, including a career best 28 points against Oklahoma Christian.

SCOUTING THE HOUNDS

Overall, Eastern are 9-11 this season, with a 5-9 conference standing. The Greyhounds offense is finding 62.0 points per game (ppg), and conceding just 66.8 ppg. From the field, Eastern are making 36.4% of its shots, holding a 26.1% percentage from distance, and 65.9% from the free throw line. Down low, ENMU find 41.0 rebounds per game (rpg), distribute 9.3 assists per game (apg), create 9.0 steals per game (spg), and handout 2.1 blocks per game (bpg).  

Individually, McCurdy is the team's top scorer with 14.0 ppg, while Natalie Stice is just behind with 13.6 ppg. MeMe Amand is scoring 8.0 ppg for the Hounds, and Kamirah Decker contributes 7.6 ppg. On the glass, McCurdy pulls down 8.0 rpg and Stice finds 5.8 boards per contest. Stice paces the team with 2.0 apg, while Bella Stone leads the defensive effort with 1.8 steals per game, and Decker supplies 0.7 blocks per game.
 
Around the conference, McCurdy's 14.0 ppg is 9^th in the Lone Star Conference (LSC). McCurdy also stands out in rebounding, landing in 5^th with 8.0 rpg. In terms of field goal percentage, McCurdy is 6^th shooting 43.8% from the field, and Stice is seventh for three-point field goals per game, with 1.9 3PTFG per game. As a team, the Hounds are the third best rebounding team with 41.0 rpg, and stand fourth in rebounding margin at + 3.9 rebounds. 

SCOUTING THE COMPETITION 

#19 Lubbock Christian University
 
The Lady Chaps split their games this past weekend, beating Cameron University 75-49, and losing to West Texas A&M, 55-48. LCU have put together a 21-5 record, and a 10-4 LSC standing.

Lubbock Christian are one of the best defensive teams in the nation, allowing just 52.2 ppg, leading the LSC and 4^th in all of Division II. On offense, LCU is scoring 65.5 ppg. The Chapperals are shooting 43.2% from the field (3^rd in LSC), 33.2% from behind the arc (5^th), and hold the best free throw percentage in the LSC at 78.9%. Lubbock Christian find 31.2 rpg, dish out 13.3 apg, collect 9.9 spg (4^th in LSC), and create 3.3 bpg.

The Lady Chaps have a balanced attack, with Allie Schulte posting a team best 12.3 ppg. Ashton Duncan contributes 10.7 ppg, along with Laynee Burr finds 9.3 ppg. Juliana Robertson is the teams leading rebounder with 7.4 boards per game (9^th in the LSC). In addition to leading the team in scoring, Schulte leads the team with 3.3 apg and 3.2 spg (1^st in conference).