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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Griffons will look to continue their hot start as they take to the road this weekend starting off with a game against Lindenwood University on Friday night.

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The Series

• The Griffons are currently 4-1 against the Lions in the Rob Edmisson era. The Griffons went 2-0 against the Lions last season. Lindenwoods only victory came in the 2013-14 season as they beat the Griffons in St. Charles 72-60.

The Coaches

• Rob Edmisson is in fourth season at the helm for the Griffons and now has a 50-40 overall record at Missouri Western. Tony Francis is at the helm for the Lions and is now in his sixth season as the head coach. He entered the season with a 67-72 overall record.

Missouri Western

• Missouri Western has an overall record of 9-0 and 4-0 conference record
• The Griffons are sitting atop of the MIAA standings
• Missouri Western earned two victories last week, beating Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern
• MWSU continues to score the basketball, averaging 88.9 points per game (1^st in the MIAA/3^rd in the nation)
• MWSU has hit 50% of their shots from the field (1^st in the MIAA)
• The Griffons are outrebounding opponents by a margin of +5.1
• As a team, the Griffons shot 79% from the free throw line (1^st in the MIAA)
• Defensively, MWSU averages 12.6 steals per game (13^th in the nation)
• LaQuinta Jefferson leads the team and the MIAA with 22 points per game (4^th in the nation)
• Jefferson earned her second MIAA player of the week last week
• Julia Torres leads the team averaging 5.9 rebounds per game
• Guard Sarafina Handy averages 90% from the free throw line (2^nd in the MIAA)
• Junior Chelsea Dewey averages 3.7 assist per game and Miliakere Koyamainavure averages 3.2 assist per game

Lindenwood

• The Lions are 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the MIAA
• LWU is currently sitting fifth in the MIAA conference
• The Lions suffered their first conference loss on Monday to Central Oklahoma 83-68
• Lindenwood has a 6-0 record when leading at half and 6-0 record when allowing opponents to less than 70 points or more
• As a team, the Lions are scoring an average of 75.1 points per game and allow opponents to just 61.3 points per game
• Lindenwood from three-point range hits 38% of their shots (T-1^st in the MIAA)
• Kassidy Gengenbacher leads the Lions with 20.2 points per game (2^nd in the MIAA)
• Forward Vanessa Zailo grabs an average of 9.0 rebounds per game (5^th in the MIAA)
• Jenny Rocha averages 4.6 assist per game (2^nd in the MIAA)
• Defensively, Charisse Williams averages 2.6 steals per game