• Lindenwood travels to Southwest Baptist on Thursday to begin the second half of its 18-game conference schedule.
• The Lady Lions are on the road seven out of the last nine games of the season
• This is the third meeting between these two schools.
• Southwest Baptist leads the series 2-0 and most recently defeated the Lady Lions during the 1984-85 season.
• This is Lindenwood's first meeting this season against the Bearcats. Lindenwood will host Southwest Baptist on February 16 in its final home game of the season.
Lindenwood Notes
• Lindenwood travels to Southwest Baptist in search of its second conference win of the season.
• As of January 28,
Sarah Schnieders is 11th in the conference in shooting percentage. The senior is making 50.4 percent of her shots.
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Julie Hlinak is 17th in the conference in scoring average at 11.7 points per game.
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Caroline Bourlioux has creeped up into the top-20 lists for rebounding and blocking. Bourlioux is 15th in blocks per game with 0.8 and 19th in the conference in rebounding at 5.6 boards per game.
• Three Lady Lions average double-digit points.
Julie Hlinak leads the team with 11.7 per game, followed by
Sarah Schnieders with 10.7 and freshman
Tori Kuhn with 10.2.
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Sarah Schnieders and
Meagan Hittle have started in every game they have played in for the Lady Lions this season.
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Meagan Hittle is leading the team from the charity stripe, making 82.4 percent of her free-throws.
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Tori Kuhn has gone perfect from the free-throw line in six games this season. For the year, she is averaging .750 percent from the line.
• Lindenwood has moved up to eighth in the conference in free-throw percentage. The Lady Lions shoot 68.8 percent from the line.
• The Lady Lions are ninth in the conference in field-goal percentage. Lindenwood has made 40.7 percent of its shots, just 1.7 percent behind Southwest Baptist.
Lindenwood is ninth in the conference in assists per game at 12.6.
• 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 return to Hyland Arena and host Central Missouri on Saturday, February 2.
Last Time Out
• The Lady Lions fell to No. 14 Washburn at Hyland Arena by a score of 64-46.
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Caroline Bourlioux led the team for the second time this season in scoring with 10 points.
• Washburn outrebounded Lindenwood 47-36.
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Tori Kuhn and
Marissa Lehnig snagged five rebounds a piece.
• Lindenwood turned the ball over 26 times compared to 21 times by the Lady Blues.
• The Lady Lions went 19-for-23 from the charity stripe.
Southwest Baptist Notes
• Southwest Baptist is coming off of a 91-62 victory over Nebraska-Kearney this past weekend.
• Under the direction of second-year head coach Todd Voss, the Bearcats are 8-9 overall and have a 3-6 mark in the MIAA.
• Jacqui Zelenka is leading the team in both scoring and rebounds. Zelenka averages 12.1 points per game and 9.8 boards per game.
• Chasity Prince is averaging 12.0 points per game.
• The Bearcats have a 7-2 record on their home court this season.
