Women's Basketball at Nebraska-Kearney
Saturday, February 16 | 2 p.m. | Kearney, Neb. (Health and Sports Center)
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Lindenwood Notes:
- No. 25 Lindenwood heads to Nebraska-Kearney for a road game against the Lopers. The Lopers recently defeated Lincoln at the Health and Sports Center 72-59. The Lions are looking to bounce back from a 77-52 loss to No. 4 Fort Hays State. Lindenwood is 16-5 overall with a 10-4 mark in MIAA games. Nebraska-Kearney is 14-9 with a 7-7 ledger in conference.
- The Lions are sixth in the NCAA in both field goal percentage (48.0%) and rebound margin (11.0). Lindenwood also ranks 31st in fewest fouls in NCAA DII with 333 fouls against this season.
- Individually,
Kallie Bildner is eighth in the NCAA in field goal percentage at 61.0%. She also is 21st in double-doubles with 12 and 30th in rebounds per game at 10.4.
- Bildner leads the MIAA in scoring (17.1 points per game), rebounding (10.4 per game) and field goal percentage (61.0%).
- With the win against Missouri Western on Feb. 9, Lindenwood earned its 10th MIAA win of the season and secured a spot in the MIAA Championship. It is the first time the Lions have won 10 games in an MIAA schedule.
- 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.
Nebraska Kearney Notes:
- The Lopers are 14-9 overall and 7-7 in MIAA games. They currently sit in seventh place in the conference standings.
- On Thursday, UNK defeated Lincoln 72-59 in Kearney, Neb. Maegan Holt scored 31 points with nine rebounds against the Blue Tigers, the fifth-highest single-game total in the MIAA this season. Shiloh McCool earned a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
- Nebraska-Kearney is led by the duo of Brooke Carlson and Kelsey Sanger who each score 10.7 points per game. Carlson leads the team with 11.6 points per game in conference games.
- As a team, Nebraska-Kearney has the second-best scoring defense in the MIAA, allowing 59.5 points per game. On average, the Lopers out-score their opponents by 8.7 points per game.
Series Notes:
- The Lions are 1-7 all-time against the Lopers with the lone Lindenwood victory coming in February 2017.
- In the last meeting betweent the two teams, the Lopers topped the Lions 80-78 in Hyland Arena.
Kallie Bildner scored 23 points in the game with nine rebounds, leading the Lions in both categories.
Kylie Ferguson was 3-4 from three with 15 points.
Charisse Williams also had 10 points.
- In her career,
Lindsay Medlen has 44 points against UNK (11.0 points per game).
