Women's Basketball (17-5, 11-4 MIAA) at Lincoln (10-14, 2-13 MIAA)
Tuesday, February 19 | 5:30 p.m. | Jefferson City, Mo.
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Lindenwood Notes:
- No. 25 Lindenwood heads to Lincoln for the second contest against the Blue Tigers this season. On Jan. 13, the Lions defeated the Blue Tigers at Hyland Arena 69-46. In that game,
Kallie Bildner led the Lions with 16 points and seven assists.
- In their last game, the Lions defeated Nebraska-Kearney 66-64.
Lindsay Medlen split the defense to hit a game-winning layup with 0.1 seconds left to seal the win for Lindenwood.
Kallie Bildner posted the seventh 30-point game of the MIAA season with 30 points and 12 rebounds.
- 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 61.2%. She also is 21st in double-doubles with 13 and 30th in rebounds per game at 10.5.
- Bildner leads the MIAA in scoring (17.7 points per game), rebounding (10.5 per game) and field goal percentage (61.2%).
- 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.
Lincoln Notes:
- The Blue Tigers enter the week 10-14 and have lost their last two contests.
- Lincoln is led byZhanesha Dickerson, who scores 16.8 points per game (third in MIAA) and 8.3 rebounds per game (third in MIAA).
- Bre Coleman averages 14.1 points per game with 7.8 rebounds per game (sixth in MIAA) while shooting .494 from the field (fourth in MIAA).
- Zoi Thompson posts 13.0 points per game with 95 assists (fourth in MIAA).
- As a team, the Blue Tigers have the third-best three-point field goal percentage in the MIAA at .292.
Series Notes:
- Lincoln holds the all-time series seven games to five. The Lions won both contests against Lincoln last season, and won the last contest between the teams this season.
- In the last contest on Jan. 13, the Lions defeated the Blue Tigers 69-44.
Kallie Bildner led the game with 16 points and seven rebounds.
Charisse Williams and
Kylie Ferguson each scored 10 points. The Lindenwood defense held Lincoln to 25.4% from the field and 23.1% from three.
- In five career games against Lincoln,
Kallie Bildner has 99 points (19.8 per game). She also has 66 rebounds (13.2 per game). Of Bildner's 64 rebounds, 24 have been offensive.