• The Lindenwood Lions are back on the Hyland Arena floor to take on the Lincoln Blue Tigers. This is the start of a three-game home stand for the Lions.

• Lindenwood is coming off a 78-69 win over the Missouri Western State Griffins on the road in St. Josephs, Mo.  

• Lincoln enters the game with a record of 3-14 overall and 2-5 in MIAA play. The Blue Tigers are coming off an upset win over Northwest Missouri State 70-65.

• The Lions and the Blue Tigers have met three times with Lindenwood holding a 2-1 advantage.

Lindenwood Notes

• The Lions are leading the MIAA in field goal percentage with a mark of .503. There is three individuals in the top 10. Brett Thompson is first at 68 percent, Richie Thompson is 58 percent, and Cody Sorenson is 7th at 54 percent.

• This season the Lions are scoring 81.3 points a game. That total ranks first in the MIAA.

• This season's roster consists of five seniors and those seniors are leading the way. The group is scoring 67 percent of the team's average points per game.

• Richie Thompson has led the team in rebounding eight times. He has also led the team in blocks seven times.
 
• The Lions have made at least five threes in every game but once this season. The season high in made threes was 12 against William Woods. The last two games the team has made 18 threes.

• When the Lions score at least 80 points the team is 6-0 and when the team scores over 70 the team is 8-3.

• Alex Bazzell has been the Lions go to scorer so far this season. He has led the team in scoring in eight-of-14 games.

• Earlier this season, Bazzell scored his 1,000 career point as a Lindenwood Lion. He becomes the ninth Lion in program history to reach the milestone.

• Senior Cody Sorenson has been strong from behind the three-point line. He has made at least two threes in every game but three. His high of the season was against Central Oklahoma when he made five.

• The Lions have outrebounded its opponents this season by a 560-438 margin. When the team grabs more rebounds it is 10-1, There has only been three games this year when the Lions have lost the rebounding battle.

• Over the past two seasons, the Lions have seen overtime numerous times. In 2011-12, the team played three overtime games. The team has already played in three over time games. The Lions have a 2-4 record in overtime since last season.

• Head Coach Brad Soderberg keeps adding to his overall win total and has now won 301 games in his caeer.

• Opponents are shooting just 40 percent from the field and 33 percent from behind the line.

• The Lions have shot 126 more free throws than their opponents. When the team shoots more free throws than its opponents, the team is 9-2.

• Lindenwood has outscored its opponents in both the first half and the second half this season. But the second half has been the Lions best. The team has outscored its opponents 601-485 in the final 20 minutes.

• If the Lions hold their opponents to 69 points or less the team is 8-0. If the opposition scores more than 69 the team is 2-4.

• With the win against Truman earlier in the season the Lions won their first ever MIAA conference game.

• After playing a season without a conference the Lions will play this year in the MIAA. Lindenwood will play 18 conference games.

• The Hyland Arena floor has been very good to the Lions since Brad Soderberg took over. In his first four seasons, Lindenwood is 46-7 at home.  

• For the first time in school history the Lions have had three consecutive 20 win seasons. All three seasons have been under the watchful eye of Coach Soderberg.

• The Lions return seven of their top eight scorers from last season's squad. The only loss was Kramer Soderberg who averaged 17.9 points. 

Lincoln Notes

• The Lincoln Blue Tigers enter the contest with a record of 3-14 overall and 2-5 record in MIAA play. The Blue Tigers are coming off a 70-65 upset victory over Northwest Missouri State. Lincoln is 2-5 overall on the road.

• As a team Lincoln is averaging 69.5 points a game on offense and is surrendering 77.7 points on the defensive side of the floor. The Blue Tigers are shooting 43 percent from the field and 32 percent from behind the three-point line.

• Lincoln is led by Cedric Ridle who scores 19.1 points a game. Charles Cole is second on the team with 13.9 points and leads the team in rebounds with 6.7.

• John Redmond is the head coach of Lincoln and is in his 4th season at the helm.