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The Lindenwood Lions basketball team honored six seniors on Saturday afternoon at the Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo. The seniors accounted for 68 of the Lions 87 points in the 87-76 win over Southwest Baptist.

The contest started with the Lions jumping out to a 10-point lead seven minutes into the game. The Lindenwood lead teetered around nine until the Bearcats were able to cut the lead to three with just over five minutes to play.

The Lions pushed the lead back up to seven after a Cody Sorenson layup. Southwest Baptist the scored the next four points to trim its deficit to three. Brandon Marquardt followed that up with a three and right back Southwest Baptist came with a layup at the buzzer to make it a three point game at the half.

After the teams came back out of the locker room it was all Lindenwood. The Lions quickly took a 14-point lead just nine minutes into the final half. The Lindenwood lead continued to increase getting as high as 17.The Lions closed out the game going 10-for-10 from the free throw line and sent the seniors out with a win.

Six separate Lions scored in double figures led by senior Richie Thompson's 18. Sorenson and Brett Thompson scored 14 points each, while Alex Bazzell scored 12, Brandon Marquardt chipped in with 11, and Efkan Eren scored 10.

Lindenwood shot 48 percent from the field and 87 percent from the free throw line in the win. The Lions won the rebounding battle 37-30 and compiled nine steals.

With the win Lindenwood improves to 16-7 overall and 9-6 in MIAA play. Up next for the Lions is a road game against Truman on Thursday night.