Women's Basketball (10-6, 6-4 GLVC) vs. McKendree Bearcats (10-8, 3-7 GLVC)
Thursday, January 30 | 5:30 p.m. | St. Charles, Mo. (Hyland Arena)
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Lindenwood Notes:
- Lindenwood hosts McKendree to kick off the second half of the GLVC Conference slate. The Lions are 6-4 in conference games while McKendree is 3-7. Per the GLVC Points Rating System, Lindenwood is sixth in the standings with a 3.45 average.
- In their last game, the Lions beat Illinois Springfield on the road, 70-59. Two Lions had double-doubles:
Kallie Bildner with 23 points and 10 rebounds and
Kate Ruzevich with 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Devin Fuhring (11 points) and
Jamie Bain (10 points) also scored in double figures for Lindenwood.
- The Lindenwood senior duo of
Kallie Bildner and Lindsey Medlen are rewriting the Lion record books. Bildner has already broken the career rebounding record and has joined the 1,000 point club at Lindenwood. She also is approaching the Lindenwood career scoring record as well as the 1,000 rebound plateau. Medlen has 984 career points and is on-pace to join Bildner in the 1,000 point club. Additionally, Medlen has 364 career assists, approaching the Lindenwood NCAA record 380 career assists set by Jenny Rocha from 2012-16.
- Bildner is second in the conference in scoring at 21.1 points per game and tops in rebounding at 10.9 rebounds per game. She is the only player in the GLVC to rank in the top five in both categories. She also leads the conference (eighth nationally) in field goal percentage at 61.4%
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Devin Fuhring is scoring 15.5 points per game (seventh in GLVC). Bildner and Fuhring are in the top 10 in the GLVC in scoring, the only teammates to appear in the top 10.
- In the new year, the Lions have excelled at getting to the free throw line while limiting the trips for their opposition. In 2020, Lindenwood has attempted 191 free throws, compared to 122 by their opponents. Over that span,
Kallie Bildner has shot 41-48 at the charity stripe (.854).
- 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.
GLVC Standings
Lindenwood is currently 6-4 in GLVC games and is sixth in the GLVC ranking system with a 3.56 average rating.
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 win vs. .750 win percentage or better on road
6.5 win vs. .750 at home
6 win vs. .500 on road
5 win vs. .500 at home
4.5 - win vs. .250 on road
4 win vs. 250 at home
3.5 win vs. sub-.250 on road
3 win vs. sub-.250 at home
2.5 loss vs. 750 team
2 loss vs. .500 team
1 loss vs. .250 team
.5 loss sub-.250 team on road
0 loss sub-.250 team at home
McKendree Notes
- McKendree is 10-8 overall this year and 3-7 in conference. Most recently, the Bearcats lost at home to Truman State. In that game, Jordan Herberg led McKendree with 14 points, followed closely by Callie Pohlman with 13 points.
- Heberg scores 14.6 points per game to lead the Bearcats. Jenna Krause is second on the team with 11.2 points per game.
- On the boards, Madison Hart leads McKendree with 10.4 rebounds per game.
Series Notes
- The Lions have played McKendree several times in the program history. Since joining the NCAA, Lindenwood owns the series 4-2. Including the NAIA era, Lindenwood holds a 6-4 all-time series lead.
- In the last contest between the two schools, Lindenwood won 77-68 on Nov. 28, 2017 at Hyland Arena. In that game,
- In her career (two games)
Kallie Bildner has scored 43 points against McKendree, the third-highest total for any Lion against the Bearcats. Additionally, her five three-pointers are the second-most by a Lion.
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Lindsay Medlen has 11 career assists against McKendree.
