ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood women's basketball (18-7, 14-2 OVC) took care of business at home on Saturday during their ESPNU game against Southern Indiana (18-9, 10-6 OVC) picking up a 75-56 win over the Screaming Eagles. LU finishes their home season with a 13-2 record and a perfect 10-0 conference record.

Gracy Wernli and Gracie Kelsey both had career days for the Lions against USI. They combined for 42 points against Southern Indiana while both set career-highs. Wernli scored 23 points on 6-10 shooting including five triples and a perfect 6-6 at the foul line. Kelsey added 19 points off the bench shooting 5-6 from the floor and 9-9 at the line. She also added a team-high seven rebounds in 18 minutes of action.

Ellie Brueggemann also added 12 points for Lindenwood shooting 5-8 from the field while adding two threes. Lindenwood finished the game shooting 24-52 (46.2 FG%) from the field while going 9-22 from three and 18-24 from the foul line. USI shot 31.3% from the floor in the loss.

Lindenwood won the rebounding battle against USI grabbing 39 boards compared to 31 by the Screaming Eagles. Of those 39 rebounds, LU grabbed 12 offensive boards including four from Mya Skoff. Skoff only had three points but added a career-best seven assists. LU assisted on 18 of their 24 made field-goals marking the 10th time this season the Lions have had at least 15 assists.

Both teams turned the ball over 18 times with Lindenwood picking up a season-best 14 steals. Lindenwood scored 14 points off turnovers while winning the margin down-low out-scoring USI 30-16 in the painted area. The Lions' bench also did its job scoring 28 points compared to USI's 16. This marked the first ever win for the Lions over Southern Indiana.

It was a quick jump to the start of the game as the Lions held control at 11-6 with 4-10 remaining in the first quarter. Four different Lions were able to score through the first six minutes. After one quarter, LU held a 16-10 advantage after shooting 37.5% from the floor.

To start the second quarter, Lindenwood jumped out on a 7-2 run which included a three-pointer from senior Mary McGrath, her first of the season. LU led 23-12 with 6:23 remaining. It was all Lindenwood to end the half as the Lions took the lead 34-18 heading into the locker room. The Lions shot 50.0% from the floor in the second quarter while holding USI to 18.8%. Kelsye scored nine points to lead all scorers.

The third quarter saw a lot of scoring with the Lions edging the Screaming Eagles 23-20 at the end of the 10 minutes. LU shot 7-14 from the floor in the third while USI shot 6-14 including three threes. Wernli shot lights out in the period making three straight threes as LU heading into the fourth with a 57-38 lead. Lindenwood had their highest lead in the third quarter at 25 points.

Southern Indiana did make a run to start the fourth cutting the lead to 14 with 7:47 remaining, but Lindenwood battled back eventually taking care of business at home closing out the game by a score of 75-56. LU shot 5-10 in the fourth and 7-8 at the line.

Heading into the final four games of the season, Lindenwood still is tied for the OVC lead with a 14-2 conference record. Lindenwood has fourth straight away games to end the regular season, including a match-up with Tennessee Tech in the final game in Cookeville, Tenn. The Lions' current win streak sits at nine while TTU has won 11 in a row.

First up on the Lindenwood road trip is Little Rock on Thursday, Feb. 20th at 5:00 p.m. CT. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.