Lindenwood Notes:-The Lady Lions will hit the road for two games this week. Lindenwood will take on No. 10 Fort Hays State on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Hays, Kan., and then travel to Kearney, Neb. to play Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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-Lindenwood is coming off of a 70-60 loss to Washburn on Saturday in Hyland Arena. The Lady Lions are on a 13-game losing skid. Lindenwood is just 1-10 on the road this season.
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-The Lady Lions are shooting 43.4 percent on the season which is 43rd in the nation. Lindenwood has compiled the 55th-best free throw percentage (73.1 percent), and hold a 33.5 three-point percentage to place it 80th in the country.
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Kassidy Gengenbacher is fourth in the MIAA and 41st in the country with an average of 18.0 points per game. Gengenbacher is second in the conference in both three-point attempts (180), three-point makes (62), and three-point field goals per game (2.58).
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Charisse Williams is ranked fifth in the conference with 42 steals on the season.Â
Vanessa Zailo is fifth in the MIAA in rebounds per contest with 8.3.
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Jenny Rocha has dished out 102 assists on the year to place her 64th in the nation, and fourth in the MIAA.
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-Rocha needs just one more made free throw to move up to ninth in school history for most made free throws in a career.
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Thursday's Notes:-The Lady Lions will travel to Hays, Kan. on Thursday to take on No. 10 Fort Hays State at 5:30 p.m. Fort Hays State will enter Thursday with a 21-3 overall record, and a 15-3 record in the MIAA.
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-Lindenwood fell to the Tigers earlier in the season by a final of 65-59 in Hyland Arena. Zailo tallied a double-double with her 13 points and 11 rebounds. Gengenbacher scored 13 points, and Rocha posted 12 points. Rocha added three assists and five rebounds, while Gengenbacher grabbed three steals.
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-The Lady Lions outscored the Tigers 36-16 in the paint, and Lindenwood scored 10 second-chance points to just six for Fort Hays State.
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-Lindenwood shot 40 percent from the field, but a 16.7 percent day from behind the arc, with a free throw percentage of 60 percent, and 20 turnovers proved to be too much of an uphill battle against then No. 3 Fort Hays.
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Fort Hays State Notes:-The Tigers are coached by Tony Hobson who is in his eighth season as head coach of the women's program. To date, Hobson has compiled a 153-74 record at Fort Hays, and is 566-180 in his 24th season as a head ball coach.
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-Fort Hays is led by Chelsea Mason, Jill Faxon, and Beth Bohuslavsky. Mason is averaging 13.1 points per game with 4.8 rebounds per game.Â
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-Faxon is shooting 41 percent from the field for an average of 12.4 points per game with a team-high 5.5 rebounds per contest. Faxon is also shooting 36.2 percent from three-point range, which is third-best on the team.
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-Bohuslavsky posts 11.3 points per game with a three-point percentage of 39 percent. Bohuslavsky dishes out 3.1 assists per game and has compiled 39 steals on the season.
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Saturday's Notes:-Nebraska-Kearney currently holds an even 12-12 record overall, with an 8-10 record in the conference. The Lopers will host Lincoln on Thursday prior to their game with the Lady Lions on Saturday.
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-Lindenwood could not keep up with the three-point shooting by the Lopers as the Lady Lions fell 72-67 back in early-January. Nebraska-Kearney shot a stellar 10-of-17 from behind the arc, including 7-of-9 three-point shooting by Laramey Becker alone.
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-Gengenbacher compiled 21 points on 7-of-17 shooting, with six rebounds, and three steals. Rocha dropped 13 points, while shooting 7-of-8 from the charity stripe. The Lady Lions shot 45.8 percent for the game, but they committed 22 turnovers to allow the Lopers to score 20 points.
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Nebraska-Kearney Notes:-The Lopers are coached by Carrie Hofstetter who is in her first season as head coach of the Lopers. Hofstetter has a career record of 80-43, as she coached three seasons at Hastings College before arriving at Nebraska-Kearney in March of 2015.
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-Nebraska-Kearney is led by Laramey Becker and McKenzie Brown. Becker is averaging 16.6 points per game with a 5.6 rebounding average. Brown is compiling 9.8 points per game with a 2.9 rebounding average.
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-The Lopers have offensive production from Alexa Hogberg who has dished out 102 assists this season. Becker is leading her squad with 48 steals on the season.
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-Three Nebraska-Kearney players are shooting higher than 80 percent from the free throw line, and four players are shooting over 45 percent from the field.
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