Women's Basketball (15-8, 11-6 GLVC) vs. William Jewell (11-14, 7-10 GLVC)
Saturday, Feb. 22 | 1 p.m. | St. Charles, Mo. (Hyland Arena)
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Lindenwood Notes
- Lindenwood hosts William Jewell at Hyland Arena for the Lions annual Breast Cancer Awareness game. The Lions are 11-6 in GLVC action while the Cardinals are 7-10. Lindenwood ranks fifth in the GLVC Point Rating System (3.44) while William Jewell is 11th (2.53).
- Last time out, the Lions defeated Rockhurst 85-56 at Hyland Arena. The 29 point margin of victory is tied for the largest of the season (McKendree, Jan. 30, 103-74).
Kallie Bildner led the team in scoring and rebounding with 24 points and eight boards.
- The Lindenwood senior duo of
Kallie Bildner and Lindsey Medlen are rewriting the Lion record books. Bildner has already broken the Lindenwood rebounding record and is 14 points from matching the career scoring record. Medlen recently broke the Lindenwood career and NCAA era single-season assists records. Both players have surpassed 1,000 career points.
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Kallie Bildner is the only player to rank in the top five in points (21.5, second), rebounds (11.7, first) and field goal percentage (.615, first) in the GLVC this season. She is one of three players to average 20 points, one of two to average double-digit rebounds and the only player in the conference to shoot over 60% from the field.
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Kallie Bildner is among the statistical leaders among active players in all of DII. She is eighth in career scoring (1,794), first in rebounding (1,084) and sixth in field goal percentage (59.3%).
- This month,
Kallie Bildner and
Lindsay Medlen have been thriving. Bildner is averaging 23.0 points and 12.5 rebounds per game this month. Medlen is posting 14.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game while adding 43 assists over six games in February.
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Kallie Bildner (21.5, second) and
Devin Fuhring (14.4, 10th) are the only teammates in the GLVC top ten for scoring.
- The Lions are led by second-year head coach
Katie Falco. She joined Lindenwood after spending 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.
William Jewell Notes:
-Jewell enters Hyland Arena with an 11-14 overall record and a 7-10 mark in GLVC games. most recently, the Cardinals dropped a hard-fought contest to UMSL 85-83. Against the Tritons, Claire Burch scored 24 points.
- Kiara Bradley is the leading scorer for Jewell with 16.0 points per game. She also leads the Cardinals with 6.9 rebounds per game.
- Lea Finn is the WJC sharpshooter off the bench, shooting .394 from three this season.
- The Cardinals are second in the GLVC with 241 steals this season.
Series Notes
- The Lions are 2-3 all-time against William Jewell, but have won the last two contests, both in 2011.
- The most points scored by a Lion against William Jewell is 18 points by Kelly Albers on Jan. 22, 2011. Albers also has the most rebounds against WJC with 12 boards on Feb. 26, 2011.