WICHITA, Kan. — Back in the win column and looking to solidify its standing for the Heartland Conference Tournament, the Newman women's basketball team faces its toughest challenge of the season for a second time, welcoming No. 1 Lubbock Christian into Fugate Gymnasium Saturday afternoon at 1.

SCOUTING NEWMAN

The Jets (10-10, 4-8 Heartland) got back to .500 in impressive fashion, matching a season-high in conference play with a 20-point victory over Oklahoma Panhandle State Thursday evening. Newman picked up 17 points, six rebounds and three steals out of Bria DeGrate, while Shaunice Robinson turned in her first double-double of the year with 11 points and 10 boards.

LEADERS

                Shaunice Robinson, Senior-12.4 ppg, 2.7 apg, 3.1 rpg, 1.6 spg, 80.6 FT%

                Natalia Hausmann, Junior-6.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.1 apg

                Erica Olerich, Junior-4.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.2 apg, 42.5 FG%

                Bria DeGrate, Freshman-5.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 31.3 3FG%

                Cierra Tjaden, Junior-4.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.6 apg, 76.2 FT%

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

The Lady Chaps (19-0, 11-0 Heartland) are in their second week of being No. 1 in the nation in both the USA Today Coaches Poll and the D2SIDA Media Poll. The wins continued to pile up Thursday night as the Chaps turned in an 87-59 win over Oklahoma Christian, which saw Nicole Hampton go for 19 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, while Tess Bruffey added 13 points, six boards and five assists.

                LEADERS

                Nicole Hampton-14.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 5.7 apg, 2.7 spg, 55.5 FG%

                Kelsey Hoppel-12.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.8 spg, 45.0 3FG%

                Tess Bruffey-12.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.3 apg, 2.3 bpg, 51.8 FG%

                Haley Fowler-9.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.0 spg, 60.5 FG%

                Kellyn Schneider-6.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, 2.6 bpg, 57.8 FG%

HISTORY LESSON

An 87-42 win by the Lady Chaps in January was the second in a row in the series, which LCU leads 4-1 since the two became conference mates. DeGrate turned in what was then a career-high nine points in the loss last month, adding four rebounds and a steal.

NOTES

-While LCU has shown plenty of teams in the Heartland how powerful they can be, the Jets were the first to knock the Chaps off their perch in league play. After going 20-0 in conference in their first year in 2013-14, then winning their first two league games of the next season, Newman handed Lubbock a 52-46 loss on Jan. 8, 2015.

-Despite a tough record to show for it, the Jet defense has been on its game recently, holding opponents to 67 points or fewer in six of their last seven games. That culminated in limiting OPSU to 43 on Thursday, which was the best defensive performance in conference play this season.

COVERAGE

The game will be broadcast live on 1410 AM (KGSO) in Wichita, with live video, audio and statistics available at www.newmanjets.com.