WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Lions vs. Missouri Southern 
WHEN: Jan. 11 | 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: St. Charles, Mo. (Hyland Arena)
LIVE STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/lindenwood/wbball/
LIVE VIDEO: http://www.themiaanetwork.com/lindenwoodlions/
LIVE AUDIO: http://www.themiaanetwork.com/lindenwoodlions/

Lindenwood Notes:
- Kallie Bildner is one of the top performing players in the NCAA this season. The sophomore forward is ranked in the top 10 nationally in rebounds per game (12.5, third), defensive rebounds per game (8, seventh) and double-doubles (11, third). Bildner also is 25th in the nation at 19.7 points per game. 
- Charisse Williams has 93 career steals, LWU's active leader.
- The Lions come out of the gates strong, averaging 20.3 points in the first quarter. Lindenwood averages a 7.7 point scoring margin in first quarters this season. Additionally, the Lions score 23.5 points in the third quarter coming out of halftime. 
-The Lions feature of pair of forwards in Kallie Bildner and Gabby Walker that score 19.7 and 14.6 points per game, respectively. Bildner leads the MIAA in rebounding (12.5 per game) while Walker is fourth in the conference in field goal percentage (.570).
- Bildner excels in the confines of Hyland Arena. She averages 21.7 points per game at home while shooting .609 from the field. 
- The sophomore trio of Kallie Bildner, Lindsay Medlen and Gabby Walker are thriving in MIAA games. Bildner (who has won three MIAA Athlete of the Week honors) leads the team with 17.8 points per game in MIAA action. Bildner is one of two players in the conference to average double-digit rebounds (12.7) in conference games. Walker scores 13.5 ppg while Medlen has 11.7 ppg. 
- The Lions have been crashing the boards in 2017-18.  Lindenwood is second in NCAA DII in rebounding margin at 13.5. As a team, the Lions are 14th in rebounds per game (44.7).
- The Lions have scored 100 points in a game twice this season. Lindenwood defeated Central Christian College of the Bible 113-30 on Dec. 1, setting program records for points in a game and margin of victory. The Lions then scored 112 points against Robert Morris-Springfield on Dec. 19, the second-most points in a single game in Lion history. There have only been 23 games this season with scores higher than 110 points in all of NCAA DII.
- Lindenwood is sixth in NCAA DII with 82.5 points per game. They are on pace to score 2,310 points this season, which would be second all-time at Lindenwood.
- Opponents have been held to 25.0% shooting from three against the Lions this season, the 17th-best mark in the NCAA.
- The Lions are 13th in the NCAA in field goal percentage. Lindenwood shoots 46.7% from the field this season. The Lion record for field goal percentage is 46.8%, recorded in the 1992-93 season. 
- Against Southern Arkansas on Nov. 10, Bildner was 16-16 from the free throw line, the best such performance by a Lion in the NCAA era. She is the second Lion to ever record the feat (Jamie Bonney on 1/29/2000). The LWU record for free throws made is 19 by Jamie Bonney on March. 10, 2000.
- Head coach Tony Francis enters his eighth season at Lindenwood as the program's only coach in the NCAA era. He has a career record of 99-114, one win shy of 100 career victories.

MSSU Notes:
- The Lions are 7-7 overall and 4-2 in MIAA games. 
- MSSU is led by Desirea Buerge who averages 20.9 points per game, tops in the MIAA.
- She is joined by Chelsey Henry, who scores 17.0 points per game (fourth in MIAA) and Jenson Maydew, who is second in the MIAA (16th nationally) with a 46.2 3FG%. 
- As a team, MSSU is 10th in the NCAA with 247 free throws made this season.

Series Notes:
- On Dec. 9, MSSU defeated Lindenwood 78-75 in Joplin, Mo. 
- All-time, Lindenwood is 2-7 against MSSU. 
- In three career games, Gabby Walker has 48 points against the Lions. Kallie Bildner has 35 points in two career contests.
- Kylie Ferguson is 5-14 from three in her career against MSSU.