GAME PREVIEW
Missouri Western (3-7, 1-3 MIAA) vs. Lindenwood University (6-3, 2-1 MIAA)
Friday, Dec. 18 – 7:30 p.m. – St. Charles, Mo. – Hyland Arena
 
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Missouri Western will face off against Lindenwood on Friday evening as they look to get their second win in MIAA play and first win on the road this season.

The Series
The Griffons won the last meeting in the 2014-15 season as the Griffons won 67-58. Prior to final meeting last year; the Griffons have lost four straight games to the Lions. Missouri Western trails the overall series 4-1.

The Coaches
Brett Weiberg is now 25-40 overall at Missouri Western as he is currently in his fourth season. He has a 164-145 career record. Lance Randall was named the 19^th head coach for Lindenwood. He is in his first year with the Lions as he was head coach at St. Leo University and led the team to three trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Missouri Western

• The Griffons are currently 3-7 overall and have a record of 1-3 in conference play
• MWSU dropped their last game to Missouri Southern 85-72
• Missouri Western currently sits tied for 11^th in the MIAA
• Offensively, the Griffons are scoring 73.6 points per game
• The Griffons have five different players with at least 10 total assist on the season
• As a team, the Griffons average 7.5 made three-pointers per game (6^th in the MIAA)
• The Griffons this season have shot 42% from the field and 72% from the free throw line
• Trey Sampson averages 11.5 points per game and leads the team with 32.6 minutes per game
• Sampson is the only Griffon to start all 10 games this season
• Sampson and Cole Clearman have each made 21 three-pointers this season
• Point Guard Aaron Emmanuel leads the team averaging 12.1 points and dishes out 3.5 assist per game (10^th in the MIAA)
• Senior Kevin Thomas tallies 6.7 rebounds per game (12^th in the MIAA)

Lindenwood

• Lindenwood has a 6-3 overall record and a 2-1 conference record
• The Lions dropped their previous game against Central Oklahoma 66-59
• LWU currently sits sixth in the MIAA standings
• Defensively, Lindenwood allows opponents to just 69.3 points per game (3^rd in the MIAA)
• As a team, they hold their opponents to just 40% shooting from the field
• Lindenwood holds a +4.7 scoring margin through nine games
• The Lions are averaging 37.3 rebounds per game (4^th in the MIAA)
• LWU averages 4.78 blocks per game (1^st in the MIAA)
• Corey Arentsen is currently averaging 23.6 points per game (3^rd in the MIAA)
• Brad Newman and Stanislas Heili each average double figures for the Lions
• Heili averages 9.6 rebounds per game (3^rd in the MIAA)