St. Charles, Mo. - The Missouri Southern Women's Basketball team looks to make it 10 in a row against the Lindenwood University Lady Lions Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. in Hyland Arena.

The Series
This is just the tenth meeting in the battle between the Lions and Lady Lions as Southern holds a 9-0 advantage over Lindenwood. Last season Southern dealt the Lady Lions of Lindenwood a 79-70 in St. Charles. The Lions are 5-0 at St. Charles including a 71-68 win last season. Southern is 4-0 in Joplin, including a 3-0 record inside The Leggett & Platt Athletic Center. Since joining the MIAA, Lindenwood is 0-6 against Missouri Southern and 0-2 inside LPAC.

The Coaches
Missouri Southern
Ronnie Ressel is in his 15th year on the staff at Missouri Southern and his first year at the helm of the women's program. During his three years as an assistant for the women, Ressel had helped the team to a 58-30 record and a 38-22 mark in the MIAA. In 2015-16 the team saw two players earn All-MIAA status as Sharese Jones was a first-team selection, while Deb Holcomb was a third-team pick.

Lindenwood
Tony Francis is entering his seventh season as the head coach of the Lindenwood women's basketball program in 2016-17. Francis turned the women's basketball program around in his first season, and then led the program through its transition to the NCAA Division II level. He enters the 2016-17 season with a head coaching record of 75-93.

Possible Starters
Missouri Southern (6-4, 3-0 MIAA)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Assists Steals Hometown
2 Shannon Mitchell F 6-1 So. 3.5 3.4 9 4 Seligman, Mo.
15 Chelsey Henry G 5-10 So. 10.4 3.9 12 6 Neosho, Mo.
21 Desirea Buerge F 6-0 So. 11.0 5.8 5 14 Webb City, Mo.
23 Amelia Bramer G 5-10 R-Sr. 6.5 2.0 18 8 Mt. Vernon, Mo.
24 Deb Holcomb G 5-7 Sr. 14.2 3.5 18 11 Dallas, Texas

Lindenwood (4-3, 0-1 MIAA)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Assists Steals Hometown
2 Charisse Williams G 5-8 So. 8.7 3.6 9 14 Ellisville, Mo.
11 Sara Ross G 5-10 So. 6.1 5.1 6 9 Naperville, Ill.
20 Gabby Walker F 6-0 Fr. 11.3 4.9 6 8 St. Charles, Mo.
25 Kallie Bildner F 6-3 Fr. 15.4 8.9 10 6 Waynesville, Mo.
30 Lindsay Medlen G 5-8 Fr. 6.0 3.7 22 7 Crocker, Mo.

The Last Time Out
Missouri Southern
The Missouri Southern Lions used a career-high 22 points from sophomore Chelsey Henry and double-doubles from junior Jenson Maydew and sophomore Desirea Buerge to come away with the 70-56 victory over the Lincoln Blue Tigers Thursday night inside Jason Gym.
For the game, Southern out shot the Blue Tigers 40 percent (28-for-70) to 38.6 percent (22-for-57) from the field and the Lions out rebounded Lincoln 42-38. Southern was led by Henry's career high 22 points with both Buerge, 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Maydew, 12 points and 10 board, recording double-doubles. Senior Amelia Bramer led Southern in assists with four while Maydew dished out three. Lincoln was led by Hunter Yoakum with 20 points and Gibbons added 12.For the game, Southern out shot the Blue Tigers 40 percent (28-for-70) to 38.6 percent (22-for-57) from the field and the Lions out rebounded Lincoln 42-38. Southern was led by Henry's career high 22 points with both Buerge, 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Maydew, 12 points and 10 board, recording double-doubles. Senior Amelia Bramer led Southern in assists with four while Maydew dished out three.

Lindenwood
The Lindenwood women's basketball team dropped the MIAA-opener 95-80 to No. 4 Pittsburg State on Thursday night in Hyland Arena.
 Kallie Bildner led the team with 21 points and three assists while Charisse Williams scored 16 points with a team-high six rebounds and tallied two assists.  Gabby Walker scored 15 points with five rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting.  The Lady Lions out rebounded the Gorillas 35-28, but Pittsburg State scored 25 points off of 19 Lindenwood turnovers.  Pittsburg State shot 54 percent from the field while Lindenwood shot just under 50 percent with a 49.2 field goal percentage.

Quick Notes
Dialing Long Distance

The Lions have made a three pointer in 476 consecutive games. The last time Southern did not make a shot from downtown was in a 68-53 loss to Southern Arkansas on Nov. 20, 1999.

Defensive Effort
The Lions have not allowed 100 points to an opponent since Emporia State defeated Southern 102-60 on Feb. 12, 2000. That is 456 straight games without allowing 100+ points.

Leading At The Half
The Lions led the game at the half in 4 of 10 games this season and are 4-0 in those games.

Sharp Shooting
Southern is 4-0 when out shooting their opponents this season.

Glass Cleaners
The Lions, as a team has out rebounded 7 of their 10 opponents this season and are 5-2 in those contests.

Friendly Confines of LPAC
Southern is 156-60 inside The Leggett & Platt Athletic Center since the 2001-02 season. 

Picking Pockets
When the Lions have more steals than their opponents they are 3-1 this season.

Supporting cast
Southern's bench  has outscored their opponents six times this season and the Lions are 5-1 in those contests.