Women's Basketball (7-4, 3-2 GLVC) at Indianapolis Greyhounds (10-3, 3-2 GLVC)
Thursday, January 16 | 4:30 p.m. (CT) | Indianapolis, Ind.
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Lindenwood Notes:
- Lindenwood wraps up a three-game road trip with a contest at UIndy. The Greyhounds are the second team in the GLVC to reach 10 wins this season with a 10-3 overall record and a 3-2 mark in conference games. The Lions and Greyhounds are tied for fourth in the conference standings at 3-2, but Lindenwood ranks sixth on the GLVC Point Rating System while UIndy sits in eighth.
- In their last game, the Lions played the top-ranked team in NCAA DII at Drury, falling to the Panthers 98-84. The Lions faced an early deficit, 11-0, but rallied to keep the margin at three points for the remainder of the game.
Kallie Bildner was the top scorer for Lindenwood, tallying 26 points with nine rebounds on 9-11 shooting. Bildner also was a perfect 7-7 from the line.Â
- Against Drury last weekend,
Kallie Bildner was 7-7 from the free throw line. It was the fifth time this season Bildner has not missed a free throw in a game. She was 9-9 at the charity stripe against Pittsburg State.
- Over five conference games, the Lindenwood backcourt tandem of
Devin Fuhring (19.4 points per game) and
Lindsay Medlen (16.5 points per game) is in the top 10 for points per game. Lindenwood and Maryville are the only teams with two players in the top 10.Â
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Devin Fuhring is shooting 21-56 from three this season (.375). She is on pace to make 53 three-pointers this season, which would be the third-best single-season total in Lindenwood history. Kassidy Gengenbacher made 58 threes in 14-15 and 69 threes in 15-16.Â
- The Lions have the fifth-fewest fouls in NCAA DII with 177 and the 14th-fewest turnovers at 181.
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Lindsay Medlen is excelling in her senior campaign. The point guard leads the GLVC in assists per game (5.5) and is second in  assist-to-turnover ratio (2.62).Â
- 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.Â
GLVCÂ Point Rating System
The Lions are 3-2 in the GLVC standings. The GLVC uses a point-based ranking system to seed the conference championship. At the end of the season, points are distributed as follows:
7 Â Â Â win vs. .750 win percentage or better on road
6.5 Â Â Â win vs. .750 at home
6 Â Â Â win vs. .500 on road
5 Â Â Â Â win vs. .500 at home
4.5Â Â Â - win vs. .250 on road
4 Â Â Â win vs. 250 at home
3.5 Â Â Â win vs. sub-.250 on road
3 Â Â Â win vs. sub-.250 at home
2.5 Â Â Â loss vs. 750 teamÂ
2 Â Â Â loss vs. .500 team
1 Â Â Â loss vs. .250 team
.5 Â Â Â loss sub-.250 team on road
0 Â Â Â loss sub-.250 team at home
UIndy Notes:
- The Greyhounds are 10-3 overall and 3-2 in GLVC action. Most recently, UIndy topped McKendree 56-45 in Lebanon, Ill. Mickey Sasson was the Hounds' leading scorer with 12 points. McKenzy Telfair was their leading rebounder at eight boards.
- UIndy is one of the top shot-blocking teams in the NCAA, averaging 5.2 blocks per game, 10th in the NCAA. Emma Benoit leads the team with 1.91 blocks per game, fourth in the GLVC and 35th nationally.Â
- Laura Thomas is the Hounds' leading scorer at 15.1 points per game. She also is 24th nationally in free throw percentage at 87.9%.
- Emma Benoit is the top rebounder for UIndy with 7.4 rebounds per game.Â
Series Notes:
- The Lions and Greyhounds have not met since Lindenwood joined the NCAA.Â