• The Lindenwood Lions will play their third consecutive home non-conference game against the Maryville Saints.

• Lindenwood has won two consecutive games after losing the its first three-games of the year. The last win came against the Quincy Hawks.
 
• Quincy comes to the Hyland Arena with a record of 2-0. The Hawks are coming off a win against the Lincoln Blue Tigers. 83-60.

• This is the second straight season that the Lions and the Saints have met. Last season, Lindenwood beat the Saints in St. Louis 61-53. The two teams have met 18 times and the Lions hold the 10-8 advantage.

Lindenwood Notes

• Rebounding has not been a problem in the early season for the Lions. The team has won the rebounding battle in all but one game.

• Michael Boos and Garrett Reeg have made their return back to the court after both redshirted a season ago. Boos has averaged 7.6 points in his first five games and Reeg scored an average of 9.0.

• Sophomore Brandon Marquardt was the first Lion off the bench in the first four games but is now in the starting lineup. He has also been very effective. Marquardt is averaging 11.2 points in five games and has scored in double figures three times.

• The Lions have done a good job spreading the scoring around in the early season. Lindenwood has three guys that average over 10 points a game and two more that average over eight. In every game this season, there has been a different leading scorer.  

• Sam Mader transferred to Lindenwood from NCAA Division I, Northern Illinois and has made an instant impact. Mader has scored in double figures twice and has led the team in rebounds in a game.

• Three-point shooting has been a strength in the early season. The Lions have made at least seven threes in every game but one. In a win against Westminster Lindenwood made a season-high 10 threes.

• With the injury to backup point guard Nick Van Osdale, Tyler Ressel has had to step up and run the point while Smith has taken a rest. Ressel has dished out 11 assists while running the point. The lone senior is second on the team in scoring with 11.2 points a game.  

• Working the glass on the offensive side has been a positive for the Lions in the early season. Every player but one has grabbed at least one offensive rebound. Reeg is leading the team in offensive rebounds with 10.

• Darris Smith is the team's lone returning starter and has started off the season very well. In five games, he has averaged over 35 minutes a game and has just four turnovers compared to 19 assists. His best game came in a win over Quincy. He scored 25 points and dished out five assists.

• Lions have scored almost the same number of points in the first half and the second half. Lindenwood has scored 171 points in the opening half and has closed the game with 182 points scored.

• Freshman Marcus Hinton has made an early impact in his career. Hinton is averaging four points a game to go along with three rebounds as a freshman.

• Going back to last season the Lions have compiled a 6-0 record in non-conference home games. Lindenwood has gone 4-1 in GLVC games.

• Dating back to last season the Lions have won their last five games at Hyland Arena.

• In 2012-13, the Lions did not play a nationally ranked team. But already in 2013-14 Lindenwood has played two top-five teams.

• Over the past two seasons, the Lions have gone 9-4 against non-conference opponents.

• Unlike last year's team which had six seniors this season's squad has just one. Tyler Ressel is the only senior on the roster.

• The Hyland Arena floor has been very good to the Lions since Brad Soderberg took over. In his first five seasons, Lindenwood is 52-8 at home.  

• The loss in the season-opener was only the second time in the last seven years the team lost its first game.

Maryville Notes

• The Quincy Hawks enter tonight's game with a record of 1-2 and have a record of 0-1 in away games. The Hawks dropped their first two games of the season but won their last game against Robert Morris of Springfield.

• As a team the Hawks averaging 70 points a game and surrender 69 points. Westminster has shot 44 percent from the field and 28 percent from behind the arc. Quincy is also shooting 77 percent from the free-throw line. The Hawks also outrebound their opponents on an average of 35-31.  

• Chris Babbitt is the Hawks top player. He leads the team in points with 15.3 and in rebounds with an average of 6.3. Schott Hahn is second on the team in scoring with an average of 12.7.

• Marty Bell is the head coach of the Hawks. Bell has been the head coach at Quincy for 11 seasons and has compiled a record of 173-119.