Saturday's Game At A Glance
- The Lindenwood men's basketball team looks to extend its winning streak on Saturday afternoon when it travels to Missouri Southern for a 3:30 p.m. MIAA game.
 
- Lindenwood opened up conference play on Thursday evening and defeated Pittsburg State by a 90-85 score. The victory was the fifth straight for the Lions, and improved the team to 7-1 on the season.
 
- Missouri Southern will enter the game with a 3-5 overall record, and a 1-2 MIAA record. Missouri Southern picked up its first conference victory on Thursday with an 80-76 victory over Lincoln.
 
- Lindenwood and Missouri Southern are tied 4-4 in their all-time series. The Lions are 1-2 in games played in Joplin. Lindenwood head coach Lance Randall is 2-1 against Missouri Southern, while Missouri Southern head coach Jeff Boschee is 2-3 against Lindenwood.
 
- Last season, both teams picked up a road victory in the series. Missouri Southern won the first meeting with a 71-55 win in St. Charles. Lindenwood bounced back with an 84-77 overtime victory in Joplin. In that contest, Jackson Price forced the overtime period with a basket with 43 seconds left, and he then scored nine of Lindenwood's 17 points in overtime.
 
Lindenwood Notes
- Through games played on Thursday, Lindenwood ranked third in NCAA Division II in fewest turnovers per game (8.6), sixth in turnover margin (+6.4), eighth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.68), and 26th in scoring defense (66.1).
 
- Lindenwood has scored 80 or more points in four straight games, including a season-high 90 against Pittsburg State. The Lions are 15-0 in the last three seasons when scoring 80 or more points.
 
- Lindenwood had its best night behind the three-point arc against the Gorillas. The Lions had season-highs with 12 three-pointers, and a .429 three-point percentage.
 
- The Lions lead the MIAA by pulling down 12.0 offensive rebounds a game. Lindenwood has converted those boards into 96 second-chance points, an average of 12.0 a game.
 
- Lindenwood has overcome deficits of nine points or more in three of its victories. The Lions trailed by nine early in the Pittsburg State game.
 
- Adam Pohlman's 10 assists against Pittsburg State was the seventh time in Lindenwood history that a player had 10 or more assists. Alex Bazzell had five of those games, including the record of 13, and Joey Porter had the other.

- Brad Newman scored a career-high 27 points against Pittsburg State, his second 20-point game of the season and the third of his career. Newman's shooting numbers are way up over his first year at Lindenwood, shooting 45.8 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from three-point range, and 82.5 percent from the free-throw line.
 
- Chandler Diekvoss has scored 17 or more points in five straight games. In that span, he is averaging 18.8 points and shooting 54.8 percent from the field.
 
- Adam Pohlman ranks first in the MIAA and 26th nationally with 2.50 steals a game. He is also 21st nationally, and second in the MIAA, with a 3.50 assist-to-turnover ratio.
 
- Max Meylor has been the top shooter on the team, having a .857 effective field-goal percentage and .828 true-shooting percentage. He has made at least half of his field goals in every game, and he is shooting 62.5 percent from three-point range.
 
- Dominique Dobbs returned to the lineup Thursday and had double-figure points with 11. He also grabbed seven rebounds in the game.
 
- After the Missouri Southern game, the Lions will start a three-game homestand that will take the team up to its Christmas break. That homestand starts on Dec. 16 with a 3:30 p.m. game against Washburn.
 
A Look At Missouri Southern
- Despite its 3-5 record, Missouri Southern has been very competitive this year, with four of its five losses being by seven or less points. All three of the team's MIAA games have been decided by four points or less.
 
- Missouri Southern is 2-0 on its home court this season, and has won seven out of its last eight games at home.
 
- Missouri Southern is led by Elyjah Clark, who is averaging 15.0 points and 6.4 rebounds a game, and has made 26 three-pointers. CJ Carr is second on the team with 14.9 points a game, and he has a team-high 37 assists.
 
- Other double-figure scorers on the season are Kinzer Lambert and Enis Memic, who are both putting up 11.3 points a game. LJ Ross is averaging 11.7 points in MIAA action.