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The Lindenwood women's basketball team suffered a heartbreaker on senior day as the Lady Lions fell by a score of 68-62 to Southwest Baptist on Saturday afternoon.
Both teams produced balanced offenses in the first half, each having four players that scored at least seven points. The Lady Lions were led by senior
Sarah Schnieders with nine.
Lindenwood opened up the contest by making four out of the first five shots of the afternoon. The two squads exchanged 12 leads in the first half with neither team going up more than three points at a time. Southwest Baptist's Brittney Dukes made a buzzer-beating jumper at the half to tie it up at 34-34.
The Lady Lions came out of the locker rooms with determination as they built up their largest lead of the afternoon of four after a pair of free-throws by Schnieders and a lay-up by freshman
Jenny Rocha. Southwest Baptist answered with a three by Brook Duncan.
Southwest Baptist and Lindenwood produced three more ties before the Bearcats took the lead over for good. Back-to-back three's by Duncan with 7:11 left in the game was the momentum changer for the Bearcats. Lindenwood cut the lead to two with 2:36 remaining, but that would be as close at it would come. The Bearcats finished the game out with three-straight free-throws.
The Lady Lions shot 50 percent from the floor while holding Southwest Baptist to just over 46 percent. Lindenwood improved from beyond the arc, going 5-for-13 for the game. The biggest discrepancy in the contest was the difference in rebounds. The Lady Lions were outrebounded 32-22 by the Bearcats.
Schnieders finished the contest with a team-high 15 points with
Marissa Lehnig adding 14 of her own. Senior
Sonya Milford contributed four points and led the team in rebounds with five. Rocha recorded a season-high 11 points.
The Lady Lions fall to 4-19 overall with a 1-14 mark in the MIAA. Lindenwood will travel to Kirksville, Mo. on February 21 to take on Truman for the second time this season. Tip off at Pershing Arena is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
