WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Lions vs. Southwest Baptist
WHEN: Jan. 20 | 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Warrensburg, Mo. (UCM Multipurpose Building)
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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 (13.1, second), defensive rebounds per game (9, fourth) and double-doubles (11, fourth). Bildner also is 33rd in the nation at 18.9 points per game. 
- The Lions have made great adjustments at halftime this season. The Lions average 22.9 points in the third quarter this season, Lindenwood's highest scoring quearter. Additionally, Lindenwood, on average, outscores opponents by 6.9 points in the third quarter. 
-The Lions feature of pair of forwards in Kallie Bildner and Gabby Walker that score 18.9 and 12.9 points per game, respectively. Bildner leads the MIAA in rebounding (13.1 per game) while Walker is fifth in the conference in field goal percentage (.550).
- On the road this season, Kallie Bildner is averaging 14.9 rebounds per contest. 
- 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 16.3 points per game in MIAA action. Bildner is the only player in the conference to average double-digit rebounds (14.0) in conference games. Medlen scores 11.7 ppg while Walker has 10.7 ppg. 
- The Lions have been crashing the boards in 2017-18.  Lindenwood is second in NCAA DII in rebounding margin at 11.1. As a team, the Lions are 19th nationally in rebounds (775).
- 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.
- Lindenwood is 20th in NCAA DII with 79.1 points per game. They are on pace to score 2,214 points this season, which would be third all-time at Lindenwood.
- The Lions are 40th in the NCAA with 174 total steals. Jerricah Butler is 10th in the MIAA with 28 steals this season.
- The Lions are 15th in the NCAA in field goal percentage. Lindenwood shoots 46.0% from the field this season. The Lion record for field goal percentage is 46.8%, recorded in the 1992-93 season. 
- Kallie Bildner is 29th nationally, and fourth in the MIAA with a .554 shooting percentage. Gabby Walker is 34th nationally and fifth in the conference at .550.
- Gabby Walker picked up her first start of the season last Thursday against Missouri Southern. She responded with a 10 point-10 rebound double-double. 
- 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 99-117, one win shy of 100 career victories.

UCM Notes:
- The Jennies are 10th in the latest WBCA NCAA DII Coaches Poll. Central Missouri is 14-1 overall this season with a 8-0 ledger in MIAA games.
- The trio of Paige Redmond (14.0 points per game), Morgan Fleming (13.8 ppg) and Megan Skaggs (10.6 ppg) lead the Jennies in scoring. 
- A big part of the UCM success this season has been team discipline. The Jennies have commited the fifth-fewest fouls in the NCAA this season (212, 14.1 per game). Additionally, they have the fourth-fewest turnovers in the NCAA (182, 12.1 per game). 

Series Notes
- Last season, the Lions and Jennies split the regular-season series with Lindenwood winning the second contest, a 69-67 affair in Warrensburg. 
- In four career games against Central Missouri, Jerricah Butler has scored 32 points. Additionally, Kylie Ferguson has tallied 29 points in five games agaisnt the Jennies. 
- Kallie Bildner is a career .667 shooter from the field against UCM.