Game Details
Game No. 25 - Lindenwood vs. Missouri Western
Saturday, February 9, 2019
3:30 p.m. 
St. Charles, Mo. | Hyland Arena
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Things to Know
• The Lindenwood men's basketball team will wrap up a two-game homestand from inside Hyland Arena on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. The Lions will host the Missouri Western Griffons as the two teams conclude their regular-season series.

• On Dec. 6, 2018, Lindenwood traveled to St. Joseph, Mo. for its first MIAA contest of the season against Missouri Western. The Lions secured a 17-point road victory over the Griffons, winning the game by a final score of 75-58.

• Lindenwood has won nine of the previous 12 meetings with Missouri Western during the all-time series dating back to the start of the 2012-13 season.

• The Lions own a 5-0 record over the Griffons inside Hyland Arena, including an 88-70 triumph on their home court last season. Lindenwood has won two consecutive games over Missouri Western, and has posted victories in four of the last five meetings overall.

• After winning back-to-back games in late January over Southwest Baptist and Central Missouri, Lindenwood has dropped four consecutive games. In their most recent game on Feb. 7, the Lions suffered a 72-41 setback against No. 1 Northwest Missouri.

Lindenwood Notes
• Brad Newman paced the Lion offense with a 17-point effort against No. 1 Northwest Missouri on Feb. 7. Newman connected on 7-of-18 from the field en route to his 22nd double-digit scoring performance of the season.

• Newman has led the Lions in scoring 14 times this season and leads the team in scoring this season with an average of 20.8 points per game. 

• Newman's 20.8 points per game this season ranks fifth in the MIAA. In his 12 games against MIAA opponents, Newman is averaging a conference-leading 24.3 points per game.

• Back on Dec. 6, 2018 against Missouri Western, Newman scored a game-high 30 points, helping guide the Lions to a 17-point victory. Newman's 30-point effort was his first of three games this season with at least 30 points scored.

• Dominique Dobbs collected a season-high eight rebounds on Feb. 7 to lead the Lions on the glass. Dobbs has led Lindenwood in rebounding three times this season and 29 times in his career.

• TJ Crockett entered the starting lineup for the first time this season against No. 1 Northwest Missouri on Feb. 7. Overall, Crockett has started three games in his collegiate career.

• Crockett matched a career-high with 27 minutes played in Thursday's game. Crockett hit his only field-goal attempt of the evening, and finished the game with four points.

• Cameron Scales made his Lindenwood debut on Feb. 7, playing in the final three minutes of the game. Scales knocked down the only shot he attempted, a three-pointer, to finish the game with three points.

• Adam Pohlman dished out a team-high three assists on Feb. 7, the 20th time this season that he has led the way for the Lions in the category.

• Pohlman is averaging a team-high 4.7 assists per game this season, which ranks fifth in the MIAA. Pohlman is fourth in the MIAA in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.2.

• Diego Womack hit two of his four shots in the game against No. 1 Northwest Missouri, which he finished with five total points. 

• For the season, Womack has connected on a team-leading 56.8 percent of his field-goal attempts (83-of-146). Chandler Diekvoss ranks second on the team in field-goal percentage at 53.4 percent (132-of-247).

• As a team, Lindenwood finished the game against No. 1 Northwest Missouri with a season-low 41 points. The last time Lindenwood scored 41 or fewer points was on Jan. 13, 2016 at Central Missouri when it also finished a game with 41 points, a stretch of 99 games.

• Lindenwood owns an 8-3 record this season when leading its opponent at the half.

• The Lions are 10-3 this season when outrebounding their opponents this season.

Scouting the Competition
• Missouri Western enters Saturday's matchup with a record of 10-13 and a 4-8 mark from within the MIAA.

• The Griffons are currently in a four-way tie in the conference standings with their record of 4-8. Missouri Western, Central Missouri, Emporia State, and Lindenwood all hold identical conference records.

• Missouri Western is led by first-year head coach, Sundance Wicks, who took over the program in March of 2018.

• The Griffons are led offensively by senior forward, Lavon Hightower. Hightower leads Missouri Western in points (19.4 ppg) and rebounds (7.4 rpg) this season.

• Bryan Hudson (14.0 ppg), Tyrell Carroll (13.0 ppg), and Tyus Millhollin (10.5 ppg) are the other Griffon scorers to average double-digit points to begin the season.

• Hightower was an all-MIAA honorable mention selection in 2017-18.

• The Griffons finished the 2017-18 campaign with a 6-21 record, and a 4-15 mark from within the MIAA.