BETHANY, Okla. — If you would have asked No. 16 Southern Nazarene that if it held No. 9 Lubbock Christian to just one 3-pointer, SNU would have told you it had a good chance to pull off the win. The Crimson Storm did just that, holding the Lady Chaps to just one trey, but still fell 59-53 in the NAIA's Women's Basketball Game of the Week.

The Lady Chaps stayed unbeaten in Sooner Athletic Conference play thanks in part to going to the line 24 times and hitting 18 of those attempts. LCU was 14-for-17 in the second half while SNU got to the line just 12 times and hit seven free throws.

Outside of the free-throw discrepancy the game was nearly even across the board.

Abbey Marra led the way for SNU with a game-high 14 points and 18 rebounds and Samantha O'Shields scored 11 points on 3-of-3 shooting from beyond the arc. The junior was 4-for-6 from the field. Oumoul Thiam led all scorers at the half with nine points, but was held scoreless in the second.

SNU, who moved to 16-6 overall and 10-4 in the SAC shot 36.8 percent from the field and were just 26.7 percent from 3-point range.

Neither team led by more than eight the entire game as the two exchanged seven leads and six ties. The Lady Chaps took a 24-22 lead into the half and led 34-31 with 14:12 left when Marra sparked a 10-0 run to lead 41-34 with 10:56 remaining.

LCU answered right though with a 14-4 run over the next seven minutes to take a 48-45 lead. O'Shields drained a trey to tie it at 48 with 3:16 left, but SNU hit jus two field goals in the final three minutes as the Lady Chaps closed the game on an 11-5 run to secure the win.

The Crimson Storm now go from one side of the conference to the other as they travel to John Brown, Thursday, for a 6 p.m. conference game.