LUBBOCK– The Texas A&M University-Commerce women's basketball team lost 67-42 to No. 10 Lubbock Christian on the road on Monday. The Lions kept the game relatively close with a run in the early part of the fourth quarter until LCU went on a 11-0 run to end the game.
 
The loss brings the Lions to 1-2 on the season while LCU improves to 3-0 on the year.
 
A&M-Commerce will return home on Friday for their home opener. The Lions host St. Edward's. The game will be played at 7 p.m. at the Field House.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Chania Wright (DeSoto) led the Lions with 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting.
- Princess Davis (Shreveport, La.) scored nine points and had five rebounds and two assists. Davis is now just five points from reaching 1,000 in her career.
- Jocelyn Pierce (Argyle) scored seven points and pulled down five rebounds while Alexis Bryant (Pflugerville) had six points and four rebounds.
- Mykiel Burleson (Pflugerville) and Ekaterina Zhibareva (Liske, Russia) both had six rebounds to lead the team.
- The Lions shot 23 percent from the field but shot 38 percent from behind the arc. LCU shot 49 percent in the contest.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
After LCU scored the first five points of the game, the Lions got on the board with a three from Davis. Burleson also hit a three in the quarter before LCU finished the quarter on a 9-0 run to take a 20-7 lead into the second quarter.
 
Pierce had two early buckets for the Lions, including a three as A&M-Commerce cut the LCU lead down to single digits early in the second quarter. The teams traded buckets in the quarter throughout and LCU took a 32-18 lead into halftime.
 
Davis hit an early three in the third quarter before the Lad Chaps scored 11 in a row to push their lead to 24 points. Wright hit two threes late in the quarter and LCU took a 49-29 lead into the final period.
 
Wright hit another three to open up the fourth quarter. The Lions chipped away at the lead with a three-point play from Pierce and a three pointer from Davis, cutting LCU's lead to 14 points. LCU finished the contest on an 11-0 run, winning 67-42.