Complete Game Notes
Lindenwood Notes
- Lindenwood has increased its winning streak to three games dating back to last season after defeating Fontbonne 92-57 in the season opener.
- Freshman Tori Kuhn led the team with 18 points in her collegiate debut.
- Five members of the Lady Lions squad recorded double-digit points in the season opener. Julie Hlinak led the team with eight rebounds followed by Kuhn's seven.
- Lindenwood produced a 6-3 record at Hyland Arena last season. The Lady Lions also went 14-3 after leading at the half. So far this season they are 1-0 at home and also 1-0 after leading at the half.
- The Lady Lions saw action against two, fellow MIAA newcomers during the 2011-12 season. Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State were both on Lindenwood's schedule twice, and both times the Oklahoma schools came out on top.
- Four out of the top five leading scorers are returning from last season. Those four combined for 44.3 total points per game, just less than two-thirds of the team's scoring average.
- The key loss from the 2011-12 squad is Morgan Harrington. Harrington averaged 10.2 points per game along with owning a .931 free-throw percentage.
- Caroline Bourlioux led the squad in rebounds per game last year with 6.3. The junior snagged 115 defensive and 56 offensive boards.
- The Lady Lions were 13-4 when they outrebounded their opponents during the 2011-12 season. This season, they outrebounded Fontbonne 49-31.
- The Lindenwood defense held Fontbonne to 31.4 field goal percentage including just a 28 percent clip in the second half.
- After the 2011-12 season, the Lindenwood women's basketball squad was recognized by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association for its work in the classroom. The team finished with a team GPA of 3.567 which was the seventh-highest GPA in all of NCAA Division II.
- This season marks the inaugural season for the Lady Lions in the MIAA. The MIAA is one of the top basketball conferences in Division II.
- Due to being in NCAA Division II provisional status, the Lady Lions will not have the opportunity to compete at the MIAA conference tournament in March.
- The Lady Lions will have two more consecutive non-conference games against GLVC members in McKendree and Missouri-St. Louis before traveling to Northwest Missouri on December 5 to open up the 2012-13 conference season.
Tampa/Saint Leo Notes
- Tampa has a 2-0 overall record after defeating Ave Maria 70-55 and Virginia Intermont 73-49.
- Julianna Cavallaro leads the team in scoring, averaging 18.0 points between the two contests. Shamika Williams is averaging 5.5 boards per game.
- The Spartans are coached by Tom Jessee. Jessee is currently in his 10th season as the head coach of Tampa.
- Chelsea Williams is the lead scorer for Saint Leo, averaging 14.0 points in her first two contests this season.
- Nikki Jessee, the wife of Tampa head coach Tom Jessee is the head coach of the Saint Leo Lions. Jessee is in her second season at the helm and has a record of 8-20.
