GAME OVERVIEW
The Lindenwood men's basketball team (7-6) was defeated 99-91 by No. 10 Florida Southern on Saturday evening. In what was a thrilling and hard fought contest, the visiting Lions led the tenth-ranked Mocs by three points at halftime, but were unable to protect the lead during the second half.

Lindenwood came charging out of the gate, scoring seven of the first nine points, capped off by a Brad Newman layup at the 17:29 mark of the first half to take an early 7-2 lead.

Newman would eventually leave the game for a period of time with a sprained ankle, but returned later in the contest to pick up his fifth game with at least 20 points this season.

The Lions led for the entirety of the first half, and saw their lead get to as many as nine points as Diego Womack connected on an and-one layup with 2:55 left in the frame.

Florida Southern outscored Lindenwood by six points to close out the half, which ended with the Lions holding a 39-36 lead.

The home team evened the score at 47-47 after 3:50 to open the second half.

Florida Southern built itself an 11-point lead over the next 8:06, and did not surrender the lead again.

The Mocs held a 99-91 lead at the final buzzer.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Newman and Chandler Diekvoss tied for the team-lead with 21 points apiece.
• Newman finished the game shooting 5-of-10 from the field, and knocking down nine of his 10 free-throw attempts.
• Diekvoss was 8-of-11 from the field and secured 11 rebounds en route to his second double-double of the season.
• Adam Pohlman and Womack were the other Lindenwood scorers to reach double-digit points.
• Pohlman had a season-high 20 points (7-of-11 FG, 4-of-6 3PFG), while also dishing out a team-high five assists.
• Womack had 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting.
• Lindenwood finished the game shooting 55 percent (31-of-56), and 45 percent (9-of-20) from behind the arc.
• The Lions won the rebounding battle over the Mocs, 34-32.
• Lindenwood has now scored at least 90 points in three games this season.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Lance Randall
"I thought we battled and competed well tonight," said Randall. "For all that were able to watch this game, it was an instant classic. In what was our fifth road game against a top-ten opponent this season, I thought there were several positives for us."
 
UP NEXT
Lindenwood will play its final game of 2018 on Wednesday evening from Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo. The Lions will host Judson for a 5:00 p.m. matchup.