FULTON, Mo. – William Woods University men's basketball looks to extend its winning streak to eight games on Tuesday, January 3rd when they host Lindenwood University – Belleville at Anderson Arena in American Midwest Conference action. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
 
About the Owls
-The Owls enter Tuesday's game against Lindenwood-Belleville with an 11-3 overall record and 6-1 mark in the American Midwest Conference. With the 6-1 mark, the Owls are in second place in the AMC
-WWU is currently on a seven game winning streak. The last loss for the Owls came on November 19th to Central Baptist
-William Woods enters the matchup on Tuesday coming off an 85-78 victory over No. 12 Park University in the AMC Game of the Week. This was just the fourth time in program history the Owls defeated Park
-The Owls have recorded 133 steals on the season, which is ninth in the nation. Seven players on the Owls have 10 or more steals on the season. Shannon James leads the Owls with 19 steals
-On the offensive end of the court, the Owls are averaging 79.5 points per game. Five Owls are scoring in double-figures, led by Trey Mitchell who is averaging 17.0 points per game. Shannon James follows averaging 15.2 points per game
-Klayton Kuschel leads WWU in rebounding as he is averaging 7.1 rebounds per game this season. Brandon Vice is right behind him as he is averaging 7.0 rebounds per game
-WWU is only allowing 69.7 points per game, which is the 21st best in the NAIA. Not only is WWU not allowing teams to score they are holding teams to shoot 39.7 percent from the floor, which is 16th best in the NAIA
 
About the Lynx
-The Lynx enter the contest with an overall 10-3 record and 4-2 in AMC action. Lindenwood-Belleville is currently in fourth place in AMC action this season
-Lindenwood-Belleville enters the game after winning its last came on December 31st when they defeated Hannibal-LaGrange, 86-76
-The Lynx bring a high powered offense to Anderson Arena as they are averaging 95.9 points per game, third in the NAIA, 10.4 three-point field goal made per game, seventh in the NAIA
-Besides scoring points, the Lynx have the 11th best rebounding team in the NAIA as they are averaging 43.4 rebounds per game
-Martavian Payne leads the Lynx in scoring this season as he is averaging 20.0 points per game. He scored a season-high 43 points this season against Haskell Indian Nations University on November 1st
-The high powered offense, which is averaging 95.9 points per game, have four players scoring in double-figures. Besides Payne, David Shepard is averaging 13.8 points, J.T. Jones is averaging 12.5 and Chris Deanes is averaging 12.3 points per game this season
-Shepard leads the Lynx in rebounding on the season as he is averaging 10.8 points per game. Shepard has recorded six double-doubles on the season
 
What's Next
Following the Owls home game against the Lynx, WWU hits the road for two games as they travel to Williams Baptist on January 5th and then Freed-Hardeman on January 7th. WWU returns home on January 10th.