Tonight's Game

• The Lindenwood Lions will be back on their home court after two straight road games. The Lions lost both road games and will try and snap the skid when they welcome the Southwest Baptist Bearcats.

• Lindenwood is coming off a 70-50 loss to the Missouri Southern Lions. The loss dropped the Lions to 8-10 on the season and 3-5 in the MIAA.
 
• Southwest Baptist enters the game with a record of 8-9 overall and are 1-7 in MIAA play. The Bearcats have lost their last six games in a row.
 
• Lindenwood and Southwest Baptist have met three times. Lindenwood holds a 2-1 advantage.

Lindenwood Notes

• Three-point shooting has been a strength this season. The Lions have made at least five threes in every game but two. Three times this season, Lindenwood made a season-high 10 threes in a game.

• The first half has not been kind to the Lions this season. The team is averaging just 36 points in the opening half. But the second half is where the team has scored its points. Lindenwood is averaging 41 points in the final half and has outscored its opponents 742-695.

• Darris Smith and Tyler Ressel have become the Lions go to scorers over the past 10 games. One of the two have led the team in scoring in every game but one over that span. The duo is averaging over 34 points during the stretch.

• Darris Smith is the team's lone returning starter and has well all season. In 18 games, he has averaged over 34 minutes a game and has just 25 turnovers compared to 54 assists. Twice this season the junior has played in all 40 minutes.

• When the Lions attempt more threes than their opponents the team is 7-3 and are 4-3 when its makes more threes.

• Tyler Ressel has been getting to the free throw stripe frequently this season. Ressel is third in the MIAA in free throw attempts (112) and free throw percentage (.862).

• A halftime lead has been very important to the Lions. In seven of the Lions eight wins the team has led at the half.

• There has not been too many close games for the Lions this season. In the team's eight wins, there has only been two wins that weren't single digits.

• Michael Boos has become the Lions best three-point shooter this season. Boos is shooting at a 49 percent clip which also ranks him fifth in the conference.

• Free throw attempts are up all across the NCAA and that is definitely the case for the Lions. Four times this season Lindenwood's free throw attempts have been in the top 10 of attempts in program history.

• In every game but two this season the Lions have shot at least 10 free throws. Seven times this season Lindenwood has had games when it took 30 free throws.

• When the Lions offense has been clicking they have been tough to beat. When they score over 80 points the team is 6-2.

• In a win against Pittsburg State the Lions 50 free throws attempted was the most free throws in school history.

• The Lions starting five have been frequent visitors to the charity stripe this season. The five starters have taken 374 free throws and are shooting 78 percent from the stripe.

• Tyler Ressel had his best game of his career and one of the best in program history. Against Missouri S&T, his 41 points scored was the second highest point total in program history. He also broke the school record for free throw attempts with 24 and tied the record for free throws made with 21.

• Unlike last year's team which had six seniors this season's squad has just one. Tyler Ressel is the only senior on the roster.

• The Hyland Arena floor has been very good to the Lions since Brad Soderberg took over. In his first five seasons, Lindenwood is 58-12 at home.

• Coach Soderberg is the all-time leader in school history in wins and winning percentage. It took Soderberg just four years to become the schools all-time winningest coach.

Southwest Baptist Notes

• The Missouri Southern State Lions enter tonight's game with a record of 11-2 overall and 5-1 in MIAA play. The Lions won their last time out against Northeastern State.

• As a team, the Bearcats are averaging 86.4 points a game and are giving up 85.8. Southwest Baptist is shooting 49 percent from the field and 38 percent from behind the arc. The Bearcats are also shooting 64 percent from the free-throw line.  

• The Bearcats are led by four players who score in double figures. Rashaad Brown-Peterson leads the team with an average of 16.9 points a game. Desi Barmore is second on the team with an average of 15.7 points. Derrick Stewart adds 11.1 points and Preston Guiot is fourth double digit scorer with an average of 10.2.

• Jeff Guiot is the head coach of the Bearcats and is in his 10th season at Southwest Baptist.