The Great Lakes Valley Conference has released its men's and women's basketball schedules for the 2020-21 season.

The 2020-21 men's and women's basketball schedules will be a 22-game Conference-only closed schedule for the league's 15 teams that will be divided into three five-team divisions. Lindenwood will compete in the Central Division, which also features Maryville, Missouri-St. Louis, Quincy, and Truman State.

The Lions will open the season up at home against Missouri S&T on Friday, Nov. 27. Lindenwood will stay home to square off with Drury on Sunday, Nov. 29.

The first road matchup of the season for Lindenwood comes at Maryville on Thursday, Dec. 3. Following the contest with Maryville, the Lions roar into Quincy, Ill. to square off with the Hawks on Saturday, Dec. 5.

Lindenwood returns to Hyland Arena for a meeting with Truman State on Saturday, Dec. 12, before hitting the road for two games, at Missouri-St. Louis on Friday, Dec. 18 and at Southwest Baptist on Sunday, Jan. 3.

The Lions will face Illinois Springfield and Lewis, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, and Saturday, Jan. 9, respectively. They then face Illinois Springfield on the road on Thursday, Jan. 14, and Quincy at home on Saturday, Jan. 16.

Lindenwood travels to Truman State on Thursday, Jan. 21, and William Jewell on Saturday, Jan. 23, before taking on Rockhurst and Southwest Baptist at home, on Thursday, Jan. 28, and Saturday, Jan. 30, respectively.

The Lions' penultimate road trip of the season comes at Drury on Thursday, Feb. 4, and Missouri S&T on Saturday, Feb. 6.

Lindenwood will play three-straight home games, Maryville on Thursday, Feb. 11, Missouri-St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 18, and McKendree on Saturday, Feb. 20, before closing out the season with road contests at Southern Indiana on Thursday, Feb. 25, and Indianapolis on Saturday, Feb. 27.

The 2021 GLVC Men's and Women's Basketball Championship Tournament is scheduled to be contested at a site to be determined, March 4-7, and will feature the top eight teams based on the GLVC's Point Rating System.

"After discussing a number of scheduling parameters for the season, we are pleased to be able to proceed with our basketball schedules this year," said GLVC Commissioner Jim Naumovich. "As we have done with all of our sports thus far, we will continue to do our due diligence in reviewing the testing guidelines put forth by the NCAA Sport Science Institute, as the health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and fans remains our top priority."

Currently, Lindenwood will not allow any spectators at our games through at least the end of the calendar year. This will be reevaluated at a later date. This includes no cheerleaders, dance team, or pep band.