2019-20 Women's Basketball Game Notes
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2019-20 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS January 23, 2019 10/30 at Illinois State (exh) L, 61-89 Romeoville, Ill. 11/5 at Eastern Illinois (exh) L, 66-88 11/13 Pittsburg State W, 83-78 LINDENWOOD LIONS 11/16 vs. Walsh (Ohio) W, 75-73 VS. 11/17 at Ursuline W, 74-64 HEAD COACH: Lewis Flyers HEAD COACH: 11/26 at Quincy W, 71-48 Katie Falco 12/3 at UMSL* W, 78-70 (OT) Samantha Quigley Smith 12/19 at Florida Southern L, 94-90 9-5 Overall 11-5 Overall 12/20 vs. Eckerd L, 71-52 LINDENWOOD RECORD: 5-3 GLVC 8-0 GLVC SCHOOL RECORD: 30-13 (Second Season) 1/2 Missouri S&T* W, 73-68 LINDENWOOD INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 62-18 (Third Season) 1/4 Maryville* L, 87-83 PPG Kallie Bildner 21.3 1/9 at Southwest Baptist* W, 72-68 CAREER RECORD: RPG Kallie Bildner 10.9 CAREER RECORD: 1/11 at #1 Drury* L, 98-84 Same FG % Kallie Bildner .652 163-80 (Eighth Season) 1/16 at Indianapolis* L, 61-58 3pt % Devin Fuhring .382 1/18 Bellarmine* W, 78-67 CONFERENCE: FT % Kallie Bildner .882 1/20 UMSL* W, 92-86 (OT) Assists Lindsay Medlen 66 CONFERENCE: 1/23 at Lewis* 5:30pm Great Lakes Valley Steals Julia Ruzevich 34 Great Lakes Valley 1/25 at Illinois Springfield* 1:00pm 1/30 McKendree* 5:30pm 2/1 University of Southern Indiana* 1:00pm UPCOMING CONTEST 2/6 at Truman State* 5:30pm - Lindenwood takes on Lewis and UIS in a road trip this weekend. The Lions first play Lewis, who is undefeated in GLVC action, on Thursday, before 2/8 at Quincy* 1:00pm taking on UIS Saturday. The Prairie Stars enter the weekend 6-10 overall and 1-7 in conference games. 2/13 at University of Southern Indiana* 4:30pm - In their last game, the Lions won an overtime thriller against UMSL at Hyland Arena. The Lions were down three late in the game, but a buzzer- 2/15 at McKendree* 1:00pm beating three from Devin Fuhring send the game to OT. In overtime, the Lions went 14-18 from the free throw line, including a 7-8 performance 2/20 Rockhurst* 5:30pm from Devin Fuhring. The Lions won the game 92-86. Both games against UMSL this season have gone to overtime. 2/22 William Jewell* 1:00pm - The Lindenwood senior duo of Kallie Bildner and Lindsey Medlen are rewriting the Lion record books. Bildner has already broken the career 2/27 Illinois Springfield* 5:30pm rebounding record and has joined the 1,000 point club at Lindenwood. She also is approaching the Lindenwood career scoring record as well as the 1,000 rebound plateau. Medlen has 954 career points and is on-pace to join Bildner in the 1,000 point club. Additionally, Medlen has 357 career 2/29 Lewis* 1:00pm assists, approaching the Lindenwood NCAA record 380 career assists set by Jenny Rocha from 2012-16. 3/5-8 GLVC Tournament TBD *- Indicates GLVC Contest - Bildner is second in the conference in scoring at 21.3 points per game and tops in rebounding at 10.9 rebounds per game. She is the only player in the GLVC to rank in the top five in both categories. BOLD- Indicates Home Contest All Times Central - Devin Fuhring is shooting 29-76 from three this season (.382). She is on pace to make 56 three-pointers this season, which would be the third- best single-season total in Lindenwood history. Kassidy Gengenbacher made 58 threes in 14-15 and 69 threes in 15-16. - Lindsay Medlen is excelling in her senior campaign. The point guard leads the GLVC in assists per game (5.1, 22nd nationally) and is second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.28. 19th nationally). - The Lions are led by second-year head coach Katie Falco. She joined Lindenwood after spending the previous 10 seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA DI South Dakota State. In her first season at the helm, she led the Lions to a 21-8 overall record, setting the Lindenwood NCAA single-season win record and earning the program’s first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. LINDENWOODLIONS.COM @LU_LIONS @LINDENWOOD_LIONS LINDENWOOD PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP DEVIN FUHRING JULIA RUZEVICH KALLIE BILDNER LINDSAY MEDLEN KATE RUZEVICH #15 #22 #25 #30 #44 R-Sophomore Junior Senior Senior Junior Guard - 5-9 Guard - 6-0 Forward - 6-3 Guard - 5-8 Forward - 6-0 St. James, Mo. Orland Park, Ill. Waynesville, Mo. Crocker, Mo. Orland Park, Ill. Points. - 16.4 Points. - 10.5 Points. - 21.3 Points. - 11.3 Points. - 4.1 FG% - .458 Rebs. - 4.9 Rebounds - 10.9 Assists - 5.0 Rebs. - 6.3 Min. - 33.6 Min. - 31.9 Min. - 31.8 Min. - 32.8 Min. - 26.4 LINDENWOOD WOMEN’S BASKETBAll GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION GAME NOTES Location ......................................................St. Charles, Mo. LINDENWOOD NOTES: GLVC STANDINGS - This season, the Lions have played four teams that advanced Lindenwood is currently 5-3 in GLVC games and is sixth in the Founded ............................................................................1827 to the 2018-19 NCAA Tournament: Drury (No. 1 Seed in Midwest GLVC ranking system with a 3.56 average rating. Total Enrollment ............................................................6,127 Regional), Florida Southern (No. 1 Seed in South Regional), Walsh (No. 7 Seed in Midwest Regional) and Pittsburg State (No. 8 Seed Affiliation .....................................................NCAA Division II in Central Regional). The GLVC uses a point-based ranking system to seed the conference championship. At the end of the season, points are Nickname .......................................................................Lions - Kallie Bildner has collected 970 career rebounds, breaking distributed as follows: Colors ............................................................Black and Gold the school record set by Shannon Malek in 1996. Bildner also 7 ......................... win vs. .750 win percentage or better on road Facility .............................................................Hyland Arena ranks third all-time in career scoring with 1,597 points. The 6.5 ..................................................................... win vs. .750 at home Lindenwood record is 1,808 points, also held by Shannon Malek. 6 ......................................................................... win vs. .500 on road Capacity ..................................................................3,000 5 ....................................................................... win vs. .500 at home Interim President ...........................................John Porter - Bildner is fourth in all of NCAA DII with a 65.2% shooting 4.5 ..................................................................... - win vs. .250 on road percentage. She also ranks 11th in points per game (21.3), 12th Athletics Director .........................................Brad Wachler in rebounds per game (10.9) and seventh in defensive rebounds 4 ......................................................................... win vs. 250 at home 3.5 ............................................................. win vs. sub-.250 on road Head Coach .........................................................Katie Falco per game (8.6). Bildner’s 88.2% from the free throw line is 25th nationally. 3 .................................................................win vs. sub-.250 at home Alma Mater .................................. Northern Iowa (‘03) 2.5 ........................................................................... loss vs. 750 team Career Record ...................... 30-13 (Second Season) - Lindenwood has commited the fewest fouls in the GLVC this 2 ............................................................................ loss vs. .500 team season at 225, 13th nationally. 1 ...............................................................................loss vs. .250 team LWU Record .............................................................Same .5 .......................................................... loss sub-.250 team on road Assistant Coach ..................................... Madeline Staples - The Lions are 27th in NCAA DII in assists per game (16.5). 0 ............................................................loss sub-.250 team at home Lindenwood has posted at least 15 assists in all but four games Assistant Coach ........................................Oliver Wiseman this season. Additionally, Lindsay Medlen has the highest single- game assist total in the GLVC this season (10) and two of the LEWIS NOTES: fourth-best totals (9). Medlen leads the GLVC with 5.1 assists - The Flyers enter the Lindenwood contest 11-5 overall and per game. an undefeated 8-0 in GLVC games. Earlier this week, Lewis BASKETBALL BROADCASTS defeated UIS on 86-77 in Springfield. Rachel Hinders led the Radio - Senior point guard Lindsay Medlen has 357 career assists, team in scoring and rebounding at 26 and eight, respectively. Most of the women’s basketball games are fourth all-time at Lindenwood. Jenny Rocha (2012-16) has the most assists for Lindenwood since joining the NCAA with 380. - As a team, Lewis is eighth in free-throw percentage at 80.1%. broadcasted on KCLC, 89.1 FM. KCLC, which was The all-time record is 513 set by Daphne Hozee (1990-94). Among all active players in NCAA DII, Medlen is 20th in career The Flyers also rank 18th in assists per game (17.0), 23rd in named the best radio station in the St. Louis assists and 17th in assists per game (3.61). blocks per game (4.6) and 25th in field goal percentage (45.7%) Metropolitan area by The Riverfront Times in 2006, - Lindsay Medlen has scored 954 points in her career. She is on - Hinders leads the Flyers with a 19.5 scoring average. She pace to become the 17th Lion to score 1,000 career points. also is the team’s top rebounder with 6.8 boards per game