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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Griffons will return to the MWSU Fieldhouse on Thursday night starting at 7:30. Missouri Western enjoys their friendly confines as they have won all six of their games this season at home.

The Series
Missouri Western lost 76-62 in the first meeting of the season. The Griffons won the final meeting in the 2014-15 season 67-58. Prior to final meeting last year; the Griffons lost four straight games to the Lions. Missouri Western trails the overall series 5-1.

The Coaches
Brett Weiberg is in his third season at Missouri Western and tenth as a head coach overall. He is 28-46 in his time at Missouri Western and 167-151 overall. Prior to becoming the head coach at Missouri Western, Weiberg spent seven seasons as head coach at Northern Oklahoma College.

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 have a 6-15 overall record and 4-11 conference record
• Missouri Western has lost three straight games including games to Nebraska-Kearney, Pittsburg St., and Missouri Southern
• MWSU has a 6-5 home record this season
• The Griffons are scoring an average of 71.5 points per game and have allowed an average of 76.6 points per game
• Missouri Western makes 73 percent of their free throws (6^th in the MIAA), making an average of 16.6 per game
• MWSU averages 35.1 rebounds per game (5^th in the MIAA)
• As a team, the Griffons limit themselves to 11 turnovers per game (3^rd in the MIAA)
• Trey Sampson and Aaron Emmanuel average 12.6 and 11.3 points per game, respectively
• Sampson makes 89 percent of his free throws
• Emmanuel leads the team with six rebounds and 3.9 assist per game
• Mataika Koyamainavure leads the team in field goal percentage at 54 percent

Lindenwood

• Lindenwood has a 15-6 overall record and an 11-4 conference record
• LWU currently sits second in the MIAA standings
• The Lions have won three straight games including wins over Central Oklahoma, Northeastern St. and Missouri Southern
• Lindenwood has an away record of 6-3 this season
• Defensively, Lindenwood allows opponents to just 63.9 points per game (1^st in the MIAA)
• The Lions have a +6.2 scoring margin (2^nd in the MIAA)
• As a team, they hold their opponents to just 38 percent shooting from the field (1^st in the MIAA)
• The Lions are averaging 36.6 rebounds per game (4^th in the MIAA)
• LWU averages 5.33 blocks per game (1^st in the MIAA)
• Corey Arentsen is currently averaging 22 points per game (3^rd in the MIAA)
• Brad Newman and Stanislas Heili average 11.8 and 9.3 points per game, respectively
• Heili averages 8.7 rebounds per game (3^rd in the MIAA)