• Lindenwood travels to Lincoln for the second of two contests against the Blue Tigers this season.
• The Lady Lions fell earlier this season to the Blue Tigers by a 72-63 margin in Hyland Arena.
• This will be the third meeting between the Blue Tigers and the Lady Lions. Lincoln holds a 2-0 advantage over Lindenwood. Last season, Lincoln defeated the Lady Lions by a score of 76-69.
• This is the second to last game of the season for the Lady Lions. Lindenwood will travel to Nebraska-Kearney on Friday to close out the season.
Lindenwood Notes
• Lindenwood looks to pick up the season split against the Lincoln Blue Tigers.
• As of February 25,
Julie Hlinak has moved up to 15th in the conference in scoring per game. The sophomore is averaging 12.0 points per game. There is just 1.2 points that separates Hlinak from the top-10.
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Sarah Schnieders has cracked Lindenwood's top-10 list for most points scored in a career. Schnieders is eighth with 1,139 points. Schnieders needs 48 more points to move into the top-five.
• Lindenwood has three players in the top-30 in conference scoring.
Julie Hlinak is 15th, averaging 12.0 points per game,
Sarah Schnieders is 23rd, scoring 10.9 points per game, and
Marissa Lehnig sits in 27th, contributing 10.3 points per game.
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Sarah Schnieders is 10th in the conference in field goal percentage. The senior has made 50.3 percent of her shots from the field.
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Sarah Schnieders and
Meagan Hittle have started in every game they have played in for the Lady Lions this season.
• The Lady Lions are seventh in the MIAA in free-throws. Lindenwood has made 70.8 percent from the charity stripe.
• Lindenwood is also tenth in the conference in rebounding, snagging 36.4 boards per contest.
• 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.
• Lindenwood will wrap up the 2012-13 season with a long road trip against Nebraska-Kearney on Friday evening. The Lady Lions will take on the Lopers at 5:30 p.m.
Last Time Out
• Lindenwood fell to Truman on the road by a score of 74-50.
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Julie Hlinak led all players on the floor with 20 points. 15 of those points came in the second half.
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Sarah Schnieders was also in double-digits, scoring 10 in the game.
• Truman outrebounded the Lady Lions 39-18 in the contest.
• Hlinak went 8-for-16 from the floor and 4-for-8 from beyond the arc.
• Lindenwood went 7-for-8 from the charity stripe. Truman was held to just 12-of-17 from the line.
• The Lady Lions are now 0-4 all-time against the Bulldogs.
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Meagan Hittle led Lindenwood with four rebounds.
Lincoln Game Notes
• The Blue Tigers are 10-14 under first-year head coach Nicole Collier.
• Lincoln is coming off of a loss against Truman. The Bulldogs won by a score of 70-59.
• Three members of the Blue Tigers are averaging double-digit points per contest. Arriana Walker leads the squad with 13.8 points per game. Freddie Sims is contributing 13.7 points per game and Dahlia Booker adds 11.5 points per game.
• Alicia Johnson leads Lincoln in rebounds per game with 7.1.
• Walker, Sims, and Jackeya Mitchell have started in every game this season for the Blue Tigers.
