Game Details
Game No. 20 - Lindenwood vs. Southern Indiana
Saturday, February 1, 2020
3:00 p.m.
St. Charles, Mo. | Hyland Arena
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Things to Know
• The Lindenwood men's basketball is coming off of an overtime home loss to the McKendree Bearcats. Vijay Blackmon sent the team to overtime on a three-pointer, before falling to the Bearcats, 116-121. Lindenwood has lost eight in a row, and fall to 8-11 (2-9) on the season.

• Southern Indiana enters the game with a 14-5 record, including a 6-5 mark in the GLVC. The team is coming off of a loss to #15 UMSL, 68-73.

• The Lions have never faced the Screaming Eagles, with Saturday marking the first ever matchup between the two programs.

• The two teams will play again on Feb. 13 at Southern Indiana.

• Coming into the game, Blackmon has scored at least 30 points in back-to-back games. He led all scorers with 39 points in Thursday's game.

• Following Saturday's game, Lindenwood will hit the road for four straight games. They will face Truman State on Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m., for the first of the team's four straight road matchups.

Lindenwood Notes
• Vijay Blackmon led the Lions with 39 points against McKendree on Thursday, which set a new career-high for the junior.

• Blackmon has scored at least 31 points in two straight games. Blackmon is one of two Lindenwood players this season to score 30 or more points (TJ Crockett).

• Blackmon has led the team in scoring in four games now this season. He has reached double-digit scoring in 15 of 19 games this season.

• Blackmon now sits at seventh in the GLVC in scoring with his 17.7 points per game.

• TJ Crockett also finished the game against McKendree with 35 points, marking the third time this season that he has reached the 30-point plateau.

• Crockett now has 13 career games with 20 or more points, 12 of which have come this season.

• Crockett led the team in steals with three. That ties his career-high, which came against Avila on Dec. 17.

• Crockett is third in the conference in free throw shooting, hitting on 88.3 percent of his free throws.

• Crockett is first in the GLVC in scoring with 21.1 points per game.

• Crockett and Blackmon are the only pair of teammates to sit in the top-10 in the GLVC in points per game. The duo averages 38.8 points per game.

• Cameron Scales earned his first start of the season on Thursday, finishing with 16 points, five rebounds and three assists.

• Sukhman Bhinder led the team with five assists against McKendree.

• It was the 10th time in Bhinder's career that he led the team in assists in a game, all coming this season.

• Bhinder leads the GLVC in assist/turnover ratio, with a 3.24 ratio.

• Lindenwood is first in the conference in scoring offense, scoring 82.8 points per game. They are one of three teams in the conference to average at least 80 points per game.

• Lindenwood allows 81.3 points per game, which is worst in the GLVC. They are the only team in the conference to let up 76.0 or more points per game.

• The team is top-four in the GLVC with a +2.95 turnover margin. Lindenwood is fifth in the conference with a 1.28 assist/turnover ratio.

• Lindenwood is fourth in the GLVC with 10.95 offensive rebounds per game. Scales leads the team with 34 offensive boards.

Scouting the Competition
• The Screaming Eagles are led by Emmanuel Little, who is putting up 15.3 points per game, and also bringing in 7.5 rebounds per game.

• Southern Indiana is third in the conference, scoring 81.0 points per game.

• The team is in the top-three in the GLVC in scoring margin, winning their games by an average of 11.1 points.

• As a team shooting free throws, the Screaming Eagles hit on 76.8 percent of their free throws. That number puts the team in third in the conference in terms of free throw percentage.

• Southern Indiana defends the three-point line well, holding teams to a 32.0 shooting percentage from deep. That is tops in the GLVC.

• The Screaming Eagles outrebound opponents at a +8.1 margin, which is best in the GLVC. The team averages 32.9 offensive boards per game.