Saturday's Game At A Glance
• The top two teams in the MIAA standings will meet on Saturday in Maryville, Mo. when No. 24 Northwest Missouri hosts Lindenwood in a 3:30 p.m. contest. The Bearcats currently have a two-game lead in the standings with six games remaining in the regular season.

• The Lions are looking to bounce back after falling to Missouri Western on Thursday evening. With that setback, Lindenwood is now 15-7 overall and 11-5 in conference play.

• Northwest Missouri is the hottest team in the MIAA by winning six straight contests, including a win over Lincoln on Thursday night. The Bearcars are 16-5 on the season and 13-3 in the MIAA.

• The contest will match the top two defensive teams in the MIAA. Lindenwood is first allowing 65.0 points a game, while Northwest Missouri is second by allowing 66.3 points a contest.

• Northwest Missouri leads the all-time series with Lindenwood by an 8-1 margin, including a 5-1 record since the Lions joined the MIAA, and a 6-0 mark in games played in Maryville. Lindenwood picked up its only win in the series earlier this year in St. Charles with a 68-52 win over the Bearcats. The Lions held Northwest Missouri to just 33.9 percent shooting from the field.

Lindenwood Notes
• Lindenwood has 11 MIAA wins this season, one away from its school record of 12. The Lions won 12 conference contests in their inaugural season in 2012-13, and also hit that mark in the 2014-15 season.

• Lindenwood leads the MIAA in scoring defense (65.0), field-goal percentage defense (.394), and blocks (5.4). It is ninth in NCAA Division II in scoring defense, tenth in field-goal percentage defense, and seventh in blocks.

• Prior to the Missouri Western game, Lindenwood's defense had held 14 straight opponents to 70 points or less. Eighteen of its 22 opponents this season have not surpassed that mark.

• Lindenwood is 10-2 this season when scoring 70 or more points, including a 6-1 mark in MIAA games.

• The Lions tied a school record against Central Oklahoma by blocking 11 shots. Lindenwood also blocked 11 shots earlier this year against Northwest Missouri.

• Lindenwood's shooting numbers are nearly the same at home and on the road this year. The Lions are shooting 46.7 percent at home, compared to a 46.1 percent mark away from Hyland Arena.

• Cory Arentsen was named the MIAA Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 26.0 points a game and shooting over 50 percent from the field against Northeastern State and Central Oklahoma.

• Cory Arentsen has scored over 20 points in five of the last six games, and he has hit that mark in 15 of 22 games in 2015-16.

• Four different Lions have recorded double-figure rebounds in a game this season, and individuals have 16 games with 10 or more rebounds. Stanislas Heili leads the squad with nine double-figure rebounding games.

• Brad Newman is averaging 18.3 points a game over the last three games. Among his points is making 23-of-26 (88%) shots from the free-throw line.

• Stanislas Heili set Lindenwood's single-season blocking record last week against Northeastern State and now has 59 on the year. He has blocked at least one shot in every game this year.

• Lindenwood is ranked fourth in the region this week according to the D2SIDA poll. The official NCAA regional polls, which decides the NCAA Tournament field, will begin in mid-February.

A Look At Northwest Missouri
• Northwest Missouri has won 10 out of its 11 games since Christmas break, and has a winning margin of victory of 11.9 points in those 10 victories.

• Justin Pitts ranks in the top five in the MIAA by averaging 20.9 points, 4.8 assists, and 1.6 steals a game.

• Northwest Missouri is averaging eight three-pointers a game, and three Bearcats in Conner Crooker, Justin Pitts, and Zach Schneider are shooting over 40 percent from three-point range.

• Northwest Missouri is fourth in the MIAA in rebounding margin. Its top rebounder is Chris-Ebou Ndow who is averaging 6.1 rebounds a game, followed by D'Vante Mosby with 5.8 boards a contest.