Women's Basketball at Missouri Western
Thursday, Dec. 6 | St. Joseph, Missouri
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LINDENWOOD NOTES
- Lindenwood opens the 2018-19 MIAA Schedule with a road contest at Missouri Western. The Lions are 5-1 while the Griffons are 3-4. Lindenwood and Missouri Western did not play last week.
- The Lions last competed two weeks ago at the Drury Thanksgiving Classic. Lindenwood fell to #9 Drury 76-43, but rebounded to topple Truman State 94-83. Against Truman State, the Lions had two 20-point scorers in
Kallie Bildner (26) and
Charisse Williams (20).
- Entering the week,
Kallie Bildner led all of NCAA DII in field goal percentage at 82.0%. Bildner is 41-50 from the field this season. The Lions, as a team, are fourth in the NCAA with a field goal percentage of 50.5%
- Lindenwood is 26th nationally with a rebounding margin of 10.0.
- The Lions are second in the MIAA with 15.7 assists per game.
- Last season, the Lions won the MIAA Tournament Championship as the No. 9 seed, the lowest-seeded team to ever win an MIAA Championship.
- The Lions are led by first-year head coach
Katie Falco. She comes to Lindenwood after spending the previous 10 seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA DI South Dakota State.
Missouri Western Notes:
- The Griffons are 3-4 this season, most recently falling in overtime to William Jewell 68-61. MWSU was led by the duo of Jessica Davies and Cera Ledbetter who each scored 10 points with eight boards.
- Missouri Western is led by Katrina Roenfelt, who posts 14.7 points per game, eighth in the MIAA. She is one of the conference's top three-point shooters, leading the MIAA in 3FG makes (20) and attempts (53).
- Cera Ledbetter averages 9.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
- KeShara Scott is the Griffons' leading rebounder with 6.0 rebounds per game.
Series Notes:
- The Lions are 4-8 all-time against Missouri Western, but won all three contests against the Griffons last season.
- In the last matchup between the two teams, the Lions defeated the Griffons in the semifinals of the MIAA Tournament in Kansas City, Mo.
- In her career,
Kallie Bildner has played MWSU five times, averaging 13.0 points and 8.4 rebounds.
