#25 Women's Basketball (5-0) vs. Florida Southern (5-5)
Dec. 19 | 1 p.m. | Lakeland, Florida
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#25 Women's Basketball (5-0) vs. Eckerd (5-2)
Dec. 20 | 11 a.m. | Lakeland, Florida
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Lindenwood Notes:
- Lindenwood heads to Lakeland, Florida for a pair of contests against Sunshine State foes. The Lions take on Florida Southern and Eckerd as part of the Terrace Hotel Classic. 
- Lindenwood played UMSL in the program's first GLVC contest on Dec. 3. The game came down to the wire with the Lions taking down the Tritons in overtime, 78-70. In the overtime period, the Lions scored eight points via the charity stripe. Bildner led the way at the free throw line, shooting 5-6 from the line in OT. Additionally, Julia Ruzevich grabbed five offensive rebounds in the overtime period alone. 
- Earlier this season, Kallie Bildner grabbed her 856th career rebound, setting the Lindenwood mark for career rebounds. The senior now has 898 career rebounds, third among all active NCAA DII student-athletes. 
- Kallie Bildner was named the GLVC Player of the Week on November 18. She is the first Lion to earn a GLVC award. 
- Against Pittsburg State on November 13, Bildner scored 35 points, the most scored by a Lion in the NCAA era of Lindenwood Athletics. The Lindenwood record for points in a game in the NAIA is 41 points. 
- The Lions boast one of the top perimeter defenses in NCAA DII. Lindenwood is second nationally, holding opponents to 21.1% shooting from beyond the arc. 
- Lindenwood is ranked for the first time this season, 25th in the WBCA National Poll. This is the third consecutive week in which the Lions received votes in the poll. Lindenwood was last ranked on Jan. 15, 2019 when they were 24th in the nation. 
- The Lions are led by second-year head coach Katie Falco. She joined Lindenwood after spending the previous 10 seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA DI South Dakota State. In her first season at the helm, she led the Lions to a 21-8 overall record, setting the Lindenwood NCAA single-season win record and earning the program's first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. 

Florida Southern Notes:
- The Mocs enter the tournament 5-5, most recently falling to Lynn 77-67. Julia Jenike led the offense with 18 points on 5-9 shooting, including 3-4 from three. Katerina Pazzaglia-Khomenko narrowly missed out on a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds.
- Jenike is Florida Southerns' leading scorer at 14.1 points per game. She's averaging 29.2 minutes per game and shooting 44.9% from three this year.
- Mackenzie Steele posts 9.9 points per game.
- Pazzaglia-Khomenko is the leading rebounder at 5.9 rebounds per game. 
- Bekki Kalaydijev is 38th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.2. 

Eckerd Notes:
- The Tritons are 5-2 overall, most recently beating Flagler 82-60. Maya Price led the team in scoring with 17 points on a perfect 8-8 shooting performance. Zoe Richards picked up a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds.
- Eckerd is the top shooting team in the country at 53.0% as a team from the field. Additionally, the Tritons are fifth in three-point field goal percentage at 40.3%. 
- Eckerd has five players averaging double-digit points. Zoe Richards is the team's leading scorer at 13.0 points per game. Abby Whiteye (11.0), Octavia Loll (10.9), Maya Price (10.6) and Mikayla Kuehne (10.1) also score in double figures.
- The Tritons have four players average six or more rebounds per game: Loll (6.4), Richards (6.1), Whiteye (6.0) and Kuehne (6.0).