ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood men's basketball (9-11, 4-5 OVC) ended their two game losing streak on Thursday after a 72-68 victory over Southeast Missouri State (10-10, 5-4 OVC) inside Hyland Arena. The Lions now hold the all-time series record at 4-2 and have won the last three meetings against the Redhawks.

Anias Futrell scored a game-high 20 points in the win over SEMO after shooting 7-14 from the field and 3-6 from three-point range. The St. Louis, Mo. native has scored over 20 points four times this season, including three times in Ohio Valley Conference play. He also added four rebounds and four steals.

Jordan Wildy made his return to the court after being held out since the SIUE game on Jan. 4th. Wildy responded with a career-high 17 points on 4-9 shooting and a perfect 4-4 from the free throw line. He also added five rebounds and two steals off the bench.

Reigning OVC Freshman of the Week Jadis Jones posted his fourth straight double-digit scoring effort on Thursday after scoring 15 points on 5-9 shooting. The freshman also went 5-6 at the foul line and is 13-14 over his last two games. Jones grabbed six rebounds for LU helping the Lions out-rebound SEMO 36-29. Aly Tounkara added a team-high seven rebounds including four on the offensive glass.

Both teams shared the ball with each squad registering 16 assists. Lindenwood assisted on 16 of their 24 made field-goals with eight of those assists coming from Markeith Browning II. Browning II also scored in double-figures, scoring 10 points while adding five rebounds and one block.

As a team, Lindenwood shot 52.2% from the field including an impressive 59.3% shooting in the first half. The Lions were limited on the outside going 4-12 from three-point range with three of those coming from Futrell. LU also shot a season-high 35 foul shots going 20-35 at the line.

Over the first six minutes of the game, Lindenwood went on a 13-0 run which would be their largest lead of the night. Lindenwood shot 5-6 from the floor over that stretch while the Redhawks were held in-check shooting 0-8 from the field.

SEMO responded cutting the lead to 20-19 with 7:34 remaining in the first half. After starting the game off hot, the Lions shot 2-7 over their next nine field goals attempted. Five different Lions scored over the first 12 minutes of action.

After being up 32-29 with under three minutes to play, Lindenwood ended the half on a 9-2 run to extend their lead to 41-31. Wildy led all scorers at the break with 13 first-half points while Futrell chipped in 11. SEMO was held to under 40.0% shooting in the first half going 10-27 (37.0%).

Both offenses slowed down in the second half as SEMO held to slight edge in the first eight minutes of the half out-scoring LU 11-10. The Lions started the quarter shooting 3-8 from the floor and 3-6 at the foul line while SEMO went 5-11 from the field.

Lindenwood's lead would be cut to five points (56-51) with eight minutes to play after a driving layup by Marqueas Ball. Back-and-forth both teams went as Lindenwood managed to maintain their lead and eventually stretch it out to nine points with 3:45 remaining after a three by Futrell.

With under two minutes left, Teddy Washington Jr. made it a three-point game. Lindenwood responded scoring the next four points at the foul line as they were able to ice the Redhawks out at the free throw line. SEMO never led in the ball game as the Lions clinched their fourth OVC win of the season.

Lindenwood will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 25th at 3:30 p.m. CT against Little Rock inside Hyland Arena. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.