The Lindenwood men's basketball team had its nine-game winning streak snapped earlier this week but the Lions got right back on track Saturday afternoon with a 66-57 win over the Missouri Western Griffons.
 
Things started off quickly for the Lions with a 24-14 run to lead by 10. Missouri Western battled back to cut the lead to five with just a few minutes left in the opening half.  But a late run by the Lions gave the home team an eight-point cushion heading into the locker room.
 
Unfortunately, for Lindenwood the Griffons woke up at the half and started the second half on fire. Missouri Western went on a 12-2 run to start the half all of a sudden led by four.
 
Over the next four minutes the two teams would trade the lead back-and-forth. At the 11:14 mark of the second half the Lions took control. A three-point bucket from Nick Van Osdale started the run which was capped off by back-to-back threes from Chanse Creekmur. The run put the Lions up by 11.
 
Missouri Western would get within four with just over three-minutes to play but that was as close as they would get. The Lions would ice the game from the charity stripe on won by nine.
 
The Lions shot 50 percent from the field and from the three-point line. Lindenwood also won the rebounding battle 33-31 but did turn the ball over 11 times.
 
Van Osdale led the way for the Lions scoring 15 points. Creekmur was second on the team with 14 points while Sam Mader recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
 
The win improved the Lions to 14-7 overall and 9-3 in MIAA play. Up next Lindenwood will welcome the Lincoln Blue Tigers on Wednesday night.