• The Lindenwood Lions continue their three-game road swing with a contest against the Emporia State Hornets. Both teams are coming off victories earlier this week.

• Lindenwood is coming off a 78-66 win over the Northeastern State Riverhawks. The Lions are in the midst of a five-game road winning-streak.
 
• Emporia State is playing its second straight home games. The Hornets are coming off a 71-641 win over Lincoln.

• This will be the first matchup between the Lions and the Hornets.

Lindenwood Notes

• The Lions are second in the MIAA in field goal percentage with a mark of .482. There is three individuals in the top 10. Brett Thompson is second at 61 percent, Richie Thompson is fifth at 56 percent, and Cody Sorenson is 8th at 55 percent.

• Not only are the Lions second in the conference in field goal percentage they are tops in four other categories. The team is first in scoring (79.3), scoring margin (+11.9), rebounding margin (+7.8), and defensive rebounds a game (27.9).

• This season's roster consists of five seniors and those seniors are leading the way. The group is scoring 68 percent of the team's average points per game.

• Richie Thompson has led the team in rebounding 12 times. He has also led the team in blocks nine times.
 
• The Lions have made at least five threes in every game but twice this season. The season high in made threes was 12 against William Woods.

• When the Lions score at least 80 points the team is 8-0 and when the team scores over 70 the team is 11-3.

• Alex Bazzell has been the Lions go to scorer so far this season. He has led the team in scoring in 11-of-20 games.

• Earlier this season, Bazzell scored his 1,000 career point as a Lindenwood Lion. He becomes the ninth Lion in program history to reach the milestone.

• Senior Cody Sorenson has been strong from behind the three-point line. He has made at least two threes in every game but five. His high of the season was against Central Oklahoma when he made five.

• The Lions have outrebounded its opponents this season by a 789-633 margin. When the team grabs more rebounds it is 14-1.

• Alex Bazzell has been a frequent visitor to the free-throw line. He has 196 attempts and has made 168. The next closest on his team in attempts is Richie Thompson who has 65 attempts. The senior has had nine games where he has at least 10 attempts.

• Over the past two seasons, the Lions have seen overtime numerous times. In 2011-12, the team played three overtime games. The team has already played in three over time games. The Lions have a 2-4 record in overtime since last season.

• Lindenwood has outscored its opponents in the second half in all but five games.

• Opponents are shooting just 40 percent from the field and 32 percent from behind the line.

• The Lions have shot 198 more free throws than their opponents. When the team shoots more free throws than its opponents, the team is 14-3.

• Lindenwood has outscored its opponents in both the first half and the second half this season. But the second half has been the Lions best. The team has outscored its opponents 847-710 in the final 20 minutes.

• If the Lions hold their opponents to 67 points or less the team is 11-1. If the opposition scores more than 69 the team is 4-4.

• After playing a season without a conference the Lions will play this year in the MIAA. Lindenwood will play 18 conference games.

• The Hyland Arena floor has been very good to the Lions since Brad Soderberg took over. In his first four seasons, Lindenwood is 49-8 at home.  

• For the first time in school history the Lions have had three consecutive 20 win seasons. All three seasons have been under the watchful eye of Coach Soderberg.

• The Lions return seven of their top eight scorers from last season's squad. The only loss was Kramer Soderberg who averaged 17.9 points. 

Emporia State Notes

• The Emporia State Hornets come into the game with a record of 9-10 overall and 4-7 in MIAA play. The Hornets are coming off a 71-64 win over the Lincoln Blue Tigers. The win over Lincoln snapped a three-game losing skid Emporia State was on.

• As a team Emporia State is averaging 68.1 points a game on offense and is giving up 65.3 points on defense. The Hornets are shooting 45 percent from the field and 35 percent from behind the three-point line.

• Emporia State is led by a trio of guys who score in double digit. Kaleb Wright leads the way with 14.2 points while Paul Bunch is second on the team with 12.9, and Chris Sights scores 11.4.

• Shaun Vandizer is the head coach of Emporia State and is in his second season at the helm.