The Lindenwood men's basketball team fell on the road to Southern Indiana, 101-77, on Thursday. The Lions' record now sits at 9-14 with a 3-12 mark in the conference.

GAME OVERVIEW
The Lions trailed by only three points heading into halftime, after a first half that saw the team shoot 41.7 percent and 36.4 percent from three. Lindenwood only got to the free throw line three times in the first 20 minutes, going 1-3. The Lions led the Screaming Eagles in second chance points in the first half, 10-4, but turned the ball over twice as much as Southern Indiana. TJ Crockett led all Lions scorers with 12 points in the first half.

The second half saw the Screaming Eagles pull away, as they outscored the Lions 63-42 in the half. Lindenwood shot 44.4 percent from the field in the final half, while Southern Indiana shot 68.4 percent from the field. The team amassed just 22 points in the paint in the second half to Southern Indiana's 36. Luka Radosevic dropped 13 points in the second half to lead Lindenwood scorers.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Radosevic led Lindenwood with 23 points, matching his career-high, which came against Lewis earlier in the season.
• Radosevic also brought in eight rebounds, which was one short of his career-best.
• Crockett scored 22 points for his fifth-straight 20-plus point performance. Crockett has 16 game this season with 20 or more points scored.
• Cameron Scales led the team with nine rebounds, which was a career-high for the junior guard.
• Scales also led the team with two blocks, setting another career-high.
• Vijay Blackmon's three steals in the game tied his career-high. It marks the fourth time in his career that he has led the team in steals, all of which have come this season.

QUOTEABLE
"The game was a tale of two halves," said Head Coach Kyle Gerdeman. "I thought we did a great job defensively in the first. USI played well on both ends and made it hard for us, and they played like a championship-caliber team."

UP NEXT
Lindenwood plays its final road game of the 2019-20 regular season on Saturday, Feb. 15 at McKendree. Tipoff is set for 3:00 p.m.