Game Details
Game Eight - Lindenwood vs. Missouri Baptist
Monday, November 19, 2018
7:00 p.m. CT
St. Charles, Mo. | Hyland Arena
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Things to Know
• Lindenwood will host Missouri Baptist for its home opener at Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo. on Monday evening at 7:00 p.m.

• Lindenwood has won 11 consecutive home openers dating back to the start of the 2007-08 season.

• Lindenwood last faced Missouri Baptist during the 2010-11 season, and defeated the Spartans by a 91-63 score. However, Missouri Baptist owns the edge in the all-time series, 45-9.

• Lindenwood secured back-to-back wins at the Lincoln Classic in Jefferson City, Mo. on Nov. 16-17. The Lions defeated two SIAC opponents in LeMoyne-Owen and Lane.

• After struggling from the field during its first game last weekend (24-of-70, 34.3 percent), Lindenwood was lights out from the field on Saturday (31-of-48, 64.6 percent).

• Lindenwood's shooting performance against Lane marked its best single-game field-goal percentage in its last 105 games dating back to Feb. 4, 2015.

Lindenwood Notes
• Brad Newman led Lindenwood in scoring during each of the two games last weekend. Newman has now led the Lions in scoring four times this season, a team-high total.

• Newman scored 20 points in each game from Jefferson City, Mo., giving him three 20-point performances this season, and extending his double-digit scoring streak to 13 games.

• Diego Womack made his third-consecutive start for the Lions. Womack collected a career-high nine rebounds versus LeMoyne-Owen on Nov. 16. Womack also added 13 points, one point shy of his career-high.

• Chandler Diekvoss filled out the stat sheet on Nov. 17 during Lindenwood's win over Lane. Diekvoss totaled 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting, while also leading the Lions in rebounds (9) and assists (6).

• Adam Pohlman hit on three-of-four from behind the arc in the win over Lane, finishing the game with 12 points.

• Pohlman was one of four Lions to make multiple three-pointers in the win over Lane. Newman (4-5), Nicklas Jonsson (2-2), and Chris King (2-5) all hit multiple threes during the victory.

• Lindenwood finished the game 13-of-23 (56.5 percent) from three-point range. It was the team's best shooting performance from beyond the arc since going 11-of-17 (64.7 percent) on Feb. 24, 2018 versus Missouri Western.

• King hit a crucial layup down the stretch during Lindenwood's four-point victory over LeMoyne-Owen on Nov. 16.

• As a team, Lindenwood got to the free-throw line 31 times against LeMoyne-Owen on Nov. 16. The Lions knocked down 25 of those free-throws (80.6 percent), the team's most makes at the charity stripe since Dec. 31, 2017 when it also hit 25 free-throws.

• Lindenwood dominated the rebounding category last weekend, grabbing a total of 27 more boards than its two opponents during the two-game stretch.

• The Lions are currently averaging 38.9 rebounds per game, 5.2 boards more than their opponents on a per game basis.

• Luka Radosevic posted a career-high nine-point performance off of the bench against Lane on Nov. 17. Radosevic had all nine points in the first half on 4-of-5 shooting, including the first made three-pointer of his career.

• Lindenwood got 34 points off of the bench in its win against Lane, its third most bench-points in a game this season. The Lions got a season-high 41 points off of the bench on Nov. 2 during a 77-61 win over Azusa Pacific.

Scouting the Competition
• Missouri Baptist enters its game against Lindenwood with a 5-0 record, and a 2-0 mark from within the American Midwest Conference (AMC).

• Missouri Baptist is outscoring its opponents by an average of 26.6 points per game.

• Most recently the Spartans defeated Park on Nov. 17 by a final score of 71-54. Kai Woodfall led Missouri Baptist in scoring during the game, finishing with 21 points.

• Woodfall is the team's leading scorer so far this season, averaging 16.0 points per game.

• Torrance Littles is currently averaging 5.6 rebounds per game to pace the Spartans on the glass.

• Missouri Baptist is currently averaging 13.2 more rebounds than its opponents this season.

• The Spartans were chosen third in the AMC Preseason Poll, finishing behind Columbia and Harris-Stowe.

• Missouri Baptist finished last season with a record of 23-8, and were 15-7 inside conference play.