WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Lions at Missouri Western
WHEN: Feb. 1 | 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: St. Joseph, Mo. (MWSU Fieldhouse)
LIVE STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/missouri/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 (12.2, fifth), defensive rebounds per game (9, sixth) and double-doubles (11, ninth). Bildner also is 32nd in the nation at 18.8 points per game. 
- Bildner is one of 31 players in NCAA DII to average double-digit rebounds this season. The last Lion to record double-digit rebounds for an entire season was Vanessa Zailo in 2014-15 (13.0 rpg).
- The Lions have made great adjustments at halftime this season. The Lions average 22.3 points in the third quarter this season, Lindenwood's highest scoring quarter. 
-The Lions feature of pair of forwards in Kallie Bildner and Gabby Walker that score 18.8 and 13.1 points per game, respectively. Bildner leads the MIAA in rebounding (12.2 per game) while Walker is fifth in the conference in field goal percentage (.564).
- On the road, Kallie Bildner averages 15.9 points per game. Fellow forward Gabby Walker scores 14.3 points per game. Additionally, Bildner is 8-19 from three on the road. Megan Foster is a sniper from three in away games with a .526 shooting percentage. 
- 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 16.9 points per game in MIAA action. Bildner is the only player in the conference to average double-digit rebounds (12.0) in conference games. Walker posts 11.5 points per game on .519 shooting. Medlen averages 10.1 points per game. 
- The Lions have been crashing the boards in 2017-18.  Lindenwood is 11th in NCAA DII in rebounding margin at 8.7. 
- 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.
- Lindenwood is 19th in NCAA DII with 78.7 points per game, the top mark in the MIAA this season. They are on pace to score 2,203 points this season, which would be third all-time at Lindenwood.
- The Lions are 14th in the NCAA in field goal percentage. Lindenwood shoots 46.4% from the field this season. The Lion record for field goal percentage is 46.8%, recorded in the 1992-93 season. 
- Kallie Bildner is 22nd nationally, and fourth in the MIAA with a .565 shooting percentage. Gabby Walker is 23rd nationally and fifth in the conference at .564.
- 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 99-120, one win shy of 100 career victories.

MWSU Notes:
- The Griffons are 10-10 overall and 3-8 in conference games. 
- As a team, MWSU is 36th in NCAA DII with a 4.35 turnover margin.
- Individually, the Griffons are led by Brittany Atkins (13.7 points per game) and Melia Richardson (10.9 ppg). Atikins is 11th in the NCAA in free throw percentage at .906. 
- Keshara Scott is the top rebounder on the team with 7.2 rebounds per game. She also pulls down four offensive boards per game, 23rd in the NCAA.

Series Notes
- Last season, the Lions dropped both games against the Griffons. In the last game between Lindenwood and MWSU, the Lion bench outscored the Griffon bench 29-11.
- The Lions are 1-8 all-time against Missouri Western.
- The last time she played against the Griffons, Kallie Bildner shot 5-5 from the field and 5-5 from the line. She tallied a 15 point and 11 rebound double-double. 
- Lindsay Medlen is 5-10 from the arc in her career aginst MWSU.