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Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball Looks to Win Second Straight at Southern Indiana

Game Details
Game No. 23 - Lindenwood vs. Southern Indiana
Thursday, February 13, 2020
7:30 p.m.
Evansville, Ind. | Screaming Eagles Arena
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Things to Know
• The Lindenwood men's basketball takes on the Screaming Eagles of Southern Indiana on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The game marks the third of four-straight road games for the Lions, as they close out their final road stretch of the season.
 
• Lindenwood enters off of a win over Quincy, 74-64, that saw the Lions halt a 10-game losing streak.
 
• Southern Indiana enters with a 17-5 record, including a 9-5 mark in the GLVC. The Screaming Eagles won their last game, 89-66, over Missouri S&T.
 
• The Lions are 0-1 against the Screaming Eagles all-time, after dropping the first matchup to Southern Indiana earlier this season, 74-83.
 
• In the Lions' last game, TJ Crockett led all Lindenwood scorers with 24 points. Crockett has now scored at least 24 points in four consecutive games, and he has reached double-digit scoring in all but two games in 2019-20.
 
• Following Saturday's showdown, Lindenwood will finish off its four-game road stretch at McKendree, on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 3:00 p.m.

Lindenwood Notes
• Crockett leads the GLVC with 21.6 points per game. He tallied a team-high 24 points in Lindenwood's win over Quincy on Saturday.
 
• Crockett has now scored at least 20 points 16 times in his career, 15 of which have come this season.
 
• Crockett got to the free-throw line 16 times against Quincy, draining all 16 attempts.
 
• Crockett has three games this season where he has made at least 10 free throws. In his last game against Southern Indiana, he was 13-14 from the charity stripe.
 
• Crockett is now second in the conference in free throw percentage, sitting at 89.9 percent.
 
• Luka Radosevic continues his torrid play for the Lions, finishing Saturday's game with 18 points and eight rebounds.
 
• Since entering the starting lineup for Lindenwood, Radosevic has scored double-digits in eight of seven starts. Over that period, he is averaging 14.5 points per game.
 
• Radosevic's eight rebounds comes one short of tying his career-high nine, which came against Illinois Springfield on Jan. 25.
 
• Radosevic led the team in assists against Quincy with three assists. It was the first time this season that he led in that category.
 
• Vijay Blackmon scored 12 points for Lindenwood, marking his fifth-straight game with at least 10 points scored.
 
• Blackmon is sixth in the conference in scoring with 17.2 points per game.
 
• Blackmon and Crockett are the only pair of teammates in the top-10 in scoring in the GLVC.
 
• Cameron Scales recorded 12 points at Quincy, for his 10th double-digit scoring output of the season.
 
• Since entering the starting lineup for Lindenwood, he Scales is averaging nine points per game.
 
• Lindenwood continues to put up high scoring numbers, as the team is averaging 81.5 points per game, which is second in the conference.
 
• Lindenwood is last in the conference in scoring defense, allowing 80.1 points per game.
 
• The team does a good job at limiting turnovers, as the Lions are third in the GLVC in turnover margin (+3.18), trailing Missouri-St. Louis (+5.92) and Bellarmine (+4.19).
 
• Lindenwood assist/turnover ratio of 1.22 is good for fifth in the GLVC.

Scouting the Competition
• Southern Indiana enters with a 17-5 record, including a 9-5 mark in the GLVC. The Screaming Eagles won their last game, 89-66, over Missouri S&T.
 
• The Screaming Eagles' leading scorer is Emmanuel Little, who is putting up 16.4 points per game.
 
• Little also leads the team in rebounding at 7.8 rebounds per game. He is one of two USI players to average at least 7.6 rebounds per game (Josh Price).
 
• Little is fourth in the GLVC in rebounding.
 
• Southern Indiana is third in the conference as a team in scoring, putting up 81.0 points per game.
 
• The Screaming Eagles have the best rebounding unit in the GLVC, as the team brings in 41.3 rebounds per game. They are the only team in the conference averaging at least 40 boards per game.
 
• Following Thursday's game, Southern Indiana will face #20 UMSL at home on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 3:15 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

TJ Crockett

#1 TJ Crockett

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Luka Radosevic

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6' 8"
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Cameron Scales

#25 Cameron Scales

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6' 4"
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Vijay Blackmon

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6' 2"
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Players Mentioned

TJ Crockett

#1 TJ Crockett

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Luka Radosevic

#5 Luka Radosevic

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Cameron Scales

#25 Cameron Scales

6' 4"
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Vijay Blackmon

#10 Vijay Blackmon

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