Game Notes

• The Lindenwood Lions will head out on the road for its second to last road game of the season. The Lions will take on the Southwest Baptist Bearcats in Bolivar, Mo.

• Lindenwood is coming off a 93-73 win over the Missouri Western Griffons. The win improved the Lions to 10-14 on the season and 5-9 in the MIAA.
 
• Southwest Baptist enters the game with a record of 11-11 overall and are 4-9 in MIAA play. The Bearcats lost their last game against Central Missouri.
 
• Lindenwood and Southwest Baptist have met four previous times. The teams have split all four meetings.

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 40 points in the final half and has outscored its opponents 953-929.

• Darris Smith and Tyler Ressel have become the Lions go to scorers over the past 14 games. One of the two have led the team in scoring in every game but four over that span. The duo is averaging over 34 points during the stretch.

• Darris Smith is the team's lone returning starter is averaging over 33 minutes a game and has just 34 turnovers compared to 67 assists. Twice this season the junior has played in all 40 minutes.

• When the Lions attempt more threes than their opponents the team is 9-6 and are 5-6 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 (158) and sixth in free throw percentage (.804).

• A halftime lead has been very important to the Lions. In nine of the Lions 10 wins the team has led at the half.

• Garrett Reeg has made his presence felt over the last two games. The junior has compiled back-to-back double-doubles.

• Michael Boos has become the Lions best three-point shooter this season. Boos is shooting at a 44 percent clip which ranks him fourth 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 three this season the Lions have shot at least 10 free throws. Eight 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 7-2.

• 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 454 free throws and are shooting 76 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 59-14 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 Southwest Baptist Bearcats enter tonight's game with a record of 11-11 overall and 4-9 in MIAA play. The Bearcats are coming off a loss to  Central Missouri.

• As a team, the Bearcats are averaging 85.4 points a game and are giving up 83.5. 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 three players who score in double figures. Desi Barmore leads the team with an average of 16.8 points. Rashaad Brown-Peterson is second with an average of 16.3 points a game. Derrick Stewart adds 10.6 points a game.

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