Tuesday's Game At A Glance
• The Lindenwood men's basketball team has game two of a home-and-home series with Lincoln on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in Hyland Arena. The game is the final regular season home contest for the Lions, and will be Senior Night for two Lindenwood players.
 
• Tuesday's contest is important in terms of the MIAA standings. Lindenwood and Lincoln are two of four teams tied for eighth place with a 7-8 conference mark. A top-eight finish is important because seeds five through eight in the MIAA Tournament will get to host a first-round contest.
 
• Last Saturday, Lindenwood overcame an early double-figure deficit to come back and defeat Lincoln by a 76-67 score in Jefferson City, Mo. The Lions had all five starters score nine or more points, and they held Lincoln's high-scoring duo to nine points below their season average. Lindenwood also forced 19 turnovers, and had a +8 turnover margin. With the result, Lindenwood improves to 18-10 on the season, while Lincoln fell to 14-10 overall.
 
• Lindenwood leads the all-time series with Lincoln by a 10-5 record. The Lions lead 7-2 since joining the MIAA, and they have a 5-2 mark all-time in games played in St. Charles, Mo. Lindenwood has won five straight home games against the Blue Tigers, including a 78-73 victory during the 2015-16 season.
 
Lindenwood Notes
• Lindenwood has won four out of its last five contests. In those four victories, the Lions are allowing just 67.0 points a game, and they are scoring just under 80 points a contest.
 
• Over the last 14 games, the Lions have four victories in which they have trailed by 10 or more points, including Saturday's win at Lincoln. In the team's 95 games prior to that, it had just two comebacks of 10 points or more.
 
• Lindenwood has 18 victories this season, the second-most for a Lions squad since they joined the MIAA in 2012-13. The most wins in that span is 19 set in 2012-13.
 
• Adam Pohlman is ranked 19th in the nation with a 2.93 assist-to-turnover ratio. Over the last eight games, he is averaging 3.5 assists a game, and he has a 9.3 assist-to-turnover mark.
 
• Lindenwood is 10-5 on its home court this year, marking the seventh time in the last eight years it has won 10 or more games at home. It has a winning percentage of .769 in that span.
 
• Dominique Dobbs recorded his ninth double-double of the season last Saturday at Lincoln. He is one away from moving into a third-place tie in Lindenwood single-season record book.
• Lindenwood will be honoring two seniors prior to Tuesday night's contest. LJ McIntosh and Rayko Dundalov will be playing their final regular season games at Hyland Arena.
 
• Senior LJ McIntosh has played in 85 games as a Lion after transferring from Texas Pan-American after one season. He is fifth in Lindenwood history with 121 three-pointers. He is averaging 7.4 points for his career, and is shooting over 80 percent from the free-throw line. McIntosh is having his best season this year, starting all 26 games he appeared in and scoring just under 10 points a game.
 
• Senior Rayko Dundalov has played the last four seasons for the Lions. He has appeared in 65 games, and has 169 points and 103 rebounds in his career. Dundalov has played a key role off the bench this season, and has played in a career-high 24 games. He is shooting 65.4 percent on two-point attempts.
 
• Lindenwood has clinched a spot in the MIAA Tournament, and it has now made the tournament all four years that it has been eligible. The top four seeds in the tournament will receive first-round byes, and the other eight teams will play a first-round game on Feb. 27 at campus sites. The final three rounds will be in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City on March 2, 4, and 5. The Lions will be looking to advance to Kansas City for the third straight year.
 
A Look At The Blue Tigers
• Lincoln enters Saturday's contest ranked fourth in the MIAA in scoring offense with 78.7 points a game. It ranks ninth in the conference by allowing 72.7 points a contest.
 
• Lincoln ranks third in the MIAA with a 3.21 turnover margin. The Blue Tigers force 15.4 turnovers a contest, the third-best mark among conference schools.
 
• The Blue Tigers have two players averaging over 19 points a game. Anthony Virdure is second in the conference with a 22.3 scoring average, and Jaylon Smith is fourth with 19.8 points a game.
 
• Jaylon Smith leads the team with 6.3 rebounds a contest, and Anthony Virdure is averaging 4.5 assists a game. Smith is also the team leader with 47 steals and 18 blocks.