Lindenwood women's basketball (5-4, 5-4 GLVC) hosts Southwest Baptist (4-8, 4-8 GLVC) on Saturday as the Lions look to go two games above .500. Tipoff is set for 1:00 p.m.

THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
Under head coach Katie Falco, the Lions are 3-1 against Southwest Baptist. At home, the team is 1-0 against the Bearcats. In the first game against the Bearcats, the Lions received 27 points from Devin Fuhring and 26 points from Julia Ruzevich.

Ellen McCorkle scored 12 points and brought in five boards against SBU earlier in January. In her last two games, McCorkle is averaging 17.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks.

Jamie Bain finished with nine points off of the bench last game, the highest of the season for her.

The Lions have outrebounded their opponents in seven of nine games this season. The highest output came against Missouri S&T, when Lindenwood notched 55 rebounds.

As a team, the Lions blocked six shots against Rockhurst, the second-highest total this season.

The Lions' best shooting game came against Southwest Baptist earlier this season, when the team hit on 54.7 percent of shots.

A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP
Southwest Baptist is coached by Kelsey Keizer. Keizer is in her 7th year at the helm of the program, and is 84-98 (.462).

The Bearcats have the 2nd-worst scoring defense in the GLVC (77.1).

Southwest Baptist is an efficient shooting team, leading the league in free throw percentage (79.7) and three-pointer percentage (35.4).

The Bearcats allow the 6th-most rebounds per game in the GLVC (34.6).

Kyleigh Vaught's 16.6 points per game leads the team. Vaught has scored in double-digits in all but one game this season.

Regan Tibbits is averaging 11.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game for the Bearcats.

Vaught has gotten to the free throw line 49 times, hitting on 43 of her chances (.878).

Tibbits leads the Bearcats with nine blocked shots.

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UP NEXT
The Lions close out their current homestand against Illinois Springfield on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 6:00 p.m.