Tonight's Game

• The Lindenwood Lions will close out their regular season portion of the schedule with a home game against the Missouri Southern State Lions.

• Lindenwood is coming off a 82-75 win over the Lincoln Blue Tigers. The win improved the Lions to 11-17 on the season and 6-12 in the MIAA.
 
• Missouri Southern comes St. Charles with a record of 19-5 overall and 13-4 in MIAA play. The Lions have won their last four games.
 
• Lindenwood and Missouri Souther have met two previous times. Both teams have won a game. Missouri Southern won the previous meeting this year 70-50 in Joplin, Mo.

Lindenwood Notes

• Three-point shooting has been a strength this season. The Lions have made at least five threes in every game but two. Three times this season, Lindenwood made a season-high 10 threes in a game.

• Darris Smith is the team's lone returning starter is averaging over 34 minutes a game and has just 48 turnovers compared to 86 assists. Twice this season the junior has played in all 40 minutes.

• A halftime lead has been very important to the Lions. In 10 of the Lions 11 wins, the team has led at the half.

• Garrett Reeg has made his presence felt over the final stretch of the season. In his last six games, he has averaged 14.3 points a game and 9.0 rebounds. He also has three double-doubles in that span.

• The Lions starting five have been frequent visitors to the charity stripe this season. The five starters have taken 454 free throws and are shooting 76 percent from the stripe.

• When the Lions offense has been clicking they have been tough to beat. When they score over 80 points the team is 8-2.

• The road has not been kind to the Lions this season. Lindenwood has won just one game away from St. Charles.

• Free throw attempts are up all across the NCAA and that is definitely the case for the Lions. Five times this season Lindenwood's free throw attempts have been in the top 10 of attempts in program history.

• In every game but three this season the Lions have shot at least 10 free throws. Eight times this season Lindenwood has had games when it took 30 free throws.

• In a win against Pittsburg State the Lions 50 free throws attempted was the most free throws in school history.

• Tyler Ressel had his best game of his career and one of the best in program history. Against Missouri S&T, his 41 points scored was the second highest point total in program history. He also broke the school record for free throw attempts with 24 and tied the record for free throws made with 21.

• 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 60-14 at home.

• Coach Soderberg is the all-time leader in school history in wins and winning percentage. It took Soderberg just four years to become the schools all-time winningest coach.

Missouri Southern Notes

• The Missouri Southern State Lions enter tonight's game with a record of 19-5 overall and 10-3 in MIAA play. The Lions have won their last four games.

• As a team, the Lions are averaging 87.3 points a game and are giving up 72.7. Missouri Southern is shooting 51 percent from the field and 40 percent from behind the arc. The Lions are also shooting 74 percent from the free-throw line.  

• The Lions are led by four players who score in double figures. Marquis Addison leads the team with an average of 16.8 points a game. Jordan Talbert is second on the team with an average of 12.1 points. Cameron Cornelius adds 11.8 points and Slim Magee is fourth on the team with 11.5.

• Robert Corn is the head coach of the Lions and is in his 25th season at Missouri Southern.