Box Score GOLDEN, Colo. - University of Colorado Colorado Springs senior guard Abby Kirchoff went 13-of-13 at the free throw line and scored a team-high 26 points to lead the Mountain Lions (1-0) from a seven-point halftime deficit to a 93-90 victory against Lubbock Christian (0-1) tonight in Lockridge Arena. It was the first win for Head Coach Shawn Nelson at UCCS.

Lubbock Christian led by as many as 13 points midway through the first half and held a seven-point advantage against UCCS at 44-37 at halftime with 57 percent shooting from the field and 60 percent from the three-point line. The Mountain Lions maintained shooting percentages just shy of the Lady Chaps numbers with 48 percent from the field and 58 percent from the three-point line. Gabby Ramirez led UCCS at halftime with 11 points off the bench and Brittany Hernandez had 10 points in her first collegiate action in early two years.

The Mountain Lions scored the first five points of the second half to narrow the Lubbock Christian lead down to 44-42, and kept it a two possession game for a five-minute period before the Lady Chaps took an eight-point lead on back-to-back jumpers. UCCS started to reach the free throw line with greater consistency and scored the first five points of a 7-0 run off of free throws to close the gap to one point at 57-56 with 11:12 to play. Kirchoff tied the game on the next possession at 59-59 with a three-pointer, and a three-pointer by Ramirez on the following possession provided the first UCCS lead since the opening minutes of the game at 62-61 with 10 minutes to play.

UCCS opened as much as a four-point lead off a pair of free throws from Kirchoff at 67-63 with 8:43 to play, and didn't trail until Lubbock Christian rallied for a six-point run to regain a three-point lead at 74-71 with 5:25 remaining. The Lady Chaps took a four-point lead at the 4:46 mark, and held an advantage until Kirchoff tied the game at 79-79 on a layup with just less than three minutes left. Kirchoff's layup was the start of a 12-2 run for the Mountain Lions that led to a nine-point lead at 89-80 with 33 seconds to play.

Lubbock Christian pushed the ball down the court and made a layup, and then stole the ball from UCCS to set up an inbounds play on the Lady Chap side of the court with a seven-point deficit at 89-82 with 21 seconds to play. Only two players scored in the final 20 seconds, with eight points from Haley Burton of Lubbock Christian on a pair of three-pointers and free throws, while Kirchoff made four free throws to keep UCCS ahead in the 93-90 season-opening win for the Mountain Lions.

Kirchoff moved into second in UCCS career records with her performance tonight with 1,344 points, past B.J. McNeally's 1,335. Kirchoff needs 120 points to tie, and 121 points to break, the program career record. She led both teams with a 20-point second half with all 13 free throws in the half.

Hernandez and Kirchoff both led the Mountain Lions with eight rebounds each to lead UCCS to a 40-37 rebounding advantage. The Mountain Lion defense held Lubbock Christian to 18 percentage points below its first half shooting mark with 39 percent in the final 20 minutes of the game. Kirchoff also shared the game lead with eight assists.

UCCS will remain in Golden for a 4 p.m., game on Saturday against Eastern New Mexico. The Lady Zias fell 60-58 against Colorado School of Mines in the second game of the night in Lockridge Arena.