GAME OVERVIEW
Lindenwood women's basketball handed Truman State its second loss in GLVC games with a 72-65 win over the Bulldogs in Kirksville, Mo. Truman State led Lindenwood by seven points at the start of the fourth quarter, but the Lions battled to even the score at 60-60 with 3:23 left in regulation. From there, Lindenwood went on a 12-5 run to close out the game and pick up the road win. With the win, the Lions move to 12-7 overall and 8-5 in conference games.
NOTABLE
- Reigning GLVC Player of the Week
Kallie Bildner continued to shine in her senior season, leading the Lions with 20 points and 16 rebounds. In the fourth quarter alone, the senior forward scored eight points on 3-4 shooting.
- Bildner has 1,701 points in her career and is on pace to break the Lindenwood career record of 1,808 points.
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Lindsay Medlen tallied 16 points with five rebounds and three assists. She was a perfect 5-5 from the line, including four consecutive makes with 12 seconds left in the game.
- Medlen now has 379 assists. Her next assist will tie the Lindenwood NCAA record of 380 career assists.
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Julia Ruzevich was third on the team with 11 points on 5-7 shooting. She led the Lions with four steals and added five rebounds.
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Devin Fuhring posted 11 points as well.
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Kate Ruzevich led Lindenwood with five assists in the contest.
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Jamie Bain shot 2-3 from beyond the arc for six points at Truman State.
- As a team, Lindenwood 26-58 from the field and 13-18 from the line. In the fourth quarter, the Lions were 10-14 from the field (71.4%) and 7-8 from the line (87.5%).
- Lindenwood scored seven fast-break points while holding Truman State to two fast-break points. All seven of the Lions' fast-break points came in the fourth quarter.
PLAYOFF PICTURE
The Lions are 8-5 in the GLVC and rank sixth in the GLVC Point Rating System (3.65 points on average). The top eight teams in the Point Rating System advance to the GLVC Championship. There are seven games remaining in the Lions' GLVC slate: at Quincy (3-10), at Southern Indiana (9-4), at McKendree (4-9), vs. Rockhurst (3-10), vs. William Jewell (5-8), vs. Illinois Springfield (2-11) and vs. Lewis (10-3).
UP NEXT
The Lions continue their road swing with a trip to Quincy, Ill. on Saturday to face the Quincy Hawks at 1 p.m.
