• The Lindenwood Lions will be back at the Hyland Arena on Wednesday night and the team will welcome cross-town rival the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons. 

• Lindenwood is coming off a 86-65 loss to the Northeastern State RiverHawks. The Missouri-St. Louis Tritons are coming off a 102-42 win over Central Christian. 

• The Tritons have won their first six games and have won the last two by at least 60 points. UMSL is 6-0 on the season and will be playing its first road game of the season. 

• Lindenwood and UMSL have played six times and the Tritons hold 5-1 edge on the Lions.

 

• Over the past three seasons, the Lindenwood Lions have a record of 6-3 against teams from the GLVC.

• Over the past five seasons the Lions have compiled a home non-conference record of 20-3. Two of the team's five seasons Lindenwood has been undefeated in non-conference home games. 

• Free throw shooting down the stretch has been a strength in the early season. The Lions are 19-for-26 in free throws with less the five minutes to play in the game. 

• The Lindenwood offense has fallen in love with the three point shot in the early season. The Lions have shot over 20 threes in every game but one. The season high of 26 came in a loss to Central Oklahoma. The team has also made more threes than its opponents in every game.  

• If the Lions have the lead with five minutes to play the team is undefeated but in the team's two losses they have been trailing at that moment.

• When the Lions have shot a higher percentage than their opponents they have won. In the team's two losses their opponents shot higher.

• Garrett Reeg is in his final season as a Lindenwood Lion and is climbing up the career charts. He has led his team in rebounding 32 times in his career is fourth on the career rebounding list. He is just 59 rebounds behind Toriano Adams for third place. Reeg is also approaching 1,000 career points and is 79 points from the milestone. His career field goal percentage of 55 percent is second all-time on the career list. 

• Cory Arentsen has made his presence felt already for the Lions. In the team's first eight games Arentsen has led the team in points three times and rebounds in another two. He is leading the team in points with just over 13 points a game and has scored in double figures in five of eight games. 

• The Hyland Arena floor has been very good to the Lions since Brad Soderberg took over. In his first five seasons, Lindenwood is 62-14 at home. 

• Rebounding has been another stat that has been important in the early season. In eight games, the Lions have won the rebounding battle four and lost it four imes. In the four games the team has won the rebounding edge the team is 4-0. In the four games they have lost they ae 0-4.

• Since joining the MIAA in 2012-13 the Lions have compiled a record of 18-21 in MIAA games including a 7-13 mark on the road. 

• Playing on a neutral court has not been to kind to the Lions over the past two seasons. Lindenwood is 0-5 on a neutral court. 

• Coach Soderberg is the all-time leader in school history in wins and winning percentage. 

• Four Lions will be playing their final seasons in a Lindenwood uniform. Darris Smith, Garrett Reeg, Michael Boos, and Chanse Creekmur will be finishing their careers this season. 

• The MIAA coaches picked the Lions as the ninth best team in the conference in the preseason coaches poll. Defending DII National Champions Central Missouri was picked as the top team in the conference followed by Fort Hays State, Washburn, Northwest Missouri, and Missouri Southern in the top five. 

• Coach Soderberg and his staff have added three NCAA Division I transfers in the offseason. The Lions welcome Chanse Creekmur from Arizona State, LJ McIntosh from Texas Pan-American, Cory Arentsen from Austin Peay, and Nick Carlos from Central Michigan.