Saturday's Game At A Glance
• The Lindenwood men's basketball team ends its regular season on Saturday afternoon with a 4 p.m. contest at Missouri Western.
 
• The game has big implications in terms of seeding for next week's MIAA Tournament. The Lions can still finish anywhere from sixth to tenth in the conference standings. With a win though, Lindenwood will likely have a home game on Monday at 7 p.m. for the first round of the tournament.
 
• Lindenwood has won six out of its last eight games, with both losses coming against No. 3 Northwest Missouri. On Thursday, the team lost to the Bearcats by a 68-52 margin. The Lions are now 20-11 on the season, and 9-9 in conference action.
 
• Missouri Western enters its final game of the season on an eight-game losing streak. On Thursday, it fell to 7-20 on the season and 3-15 in MIAA play after a 78-67 loss to Lincoln.
 
• Lindenwood leads the all-time series against Missouri Western by a 6-2 margin. The home team has won six straight games in the series, and the Lions are 2-2 in games played in St. Joseph, Mo. Earlier this year, the Lions won by a 71-63 margin in a contest played at Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo.
 
Lindenwood Notes
• Lindenwood reached the 20-win plateau last weekend, the first time it has done so since joining the NCAA. It is the eighth 20th-win season in program history, and the first since going 28-3 during the 2011-12 campaign.
 
• The Lions are 5-4 in MIAA road games this year, including wins in five out of their last seven contests.
 
• Lindenwood has won six out of its eight last contests. In the five MIAA victories during that stretch, the Lions are allowing just 60.8 points a game, and opponents are shooting 41.5 percent from the field and 30.4 percent from three-point range. All five opponents were held below their current season average, by an average of 13 points a game. The Lions also held Northwest Missouri to 12 points below its season average on Thursday.
 
• Over the last ten games, the Lions are shooting 49.9 percent from the field as a team, including 36.5 percent from three-point range. Lindenwood is averaging 71.3 points in that span.
 
• Lindenwood has outrebounded its opponents in four out of the last five games. In that span, it has an average of a +6.2 rebounding margin. The Lions are 15-0 this year when outrebounding opponents.
 
• Chandler Diekvoss has scored in double-figures a team-high 22 times this season. He has eight games with 20 or more points, including a career-high of 30 in one contest. Diekvoss ranks eighth in the MIAA with 15.0 points a game.
 
• Dominique Dobbs is ranked fourth in the MIAA with a 7.9 rebounding average. His 240 total rebounds currently ranks seventh in Lindenwood's single-season list.
 
• Jackson Price has made 68 three-pointers this year, which ranks sixth among the program's single-season records. He is three away from breaking into the top-five.
 
• Lindenwood's top four scorers this year are freshmen and sophomores, and all of the team's freshmen and sophomores have combined for nearly 74 percent of the team's points.
 
• 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 Griffons
• Missouri Western ranks 13th in the MIAA by averaging 64.7 points a game. The Griffons are seventh with a 70.5 scoring defense.
 
• The Griffons are one of the best teams in the conference in protecting the ball, turning it over just 10.9 times a game.
 
• Missouri Western has three players in double-figure points, and five players with a 8.6 average or higher. Cole Clearman leads the team with a 14.7 average. TJ Evans and Aaron Emmanuel also average over 11 points a game.
 
• Aaron Emmanuel leads the team with 4.9 rebounds a game. Other team leaders include Cole Clearman with 76 three-pointers and 84 assists, TJ Evans with 39 steals, and Seth Bonifas with 18 blocked shots.