OT: Lindenwood @ SEMO

[MizzouMarv]

The two "local" teams met on ESPNU last night. The SEMO "fans" showed up in force. After SEMO played us close early in the season I was surprised to see they were only 9-8. Once the game started, I could see why. Lindenwood blew SEMO out in the first half. SEMO was stuck on 7 points for what seemed like 10 minutes. Lindenwood went up by 21 early in the 2nd half. Evidently, SEMO doesn't like big crowds because as most of the "faithful" left the bldg, SEMO made a comeback pulling to within 7 in the final minutes. An iffy charge/block call on SEMO led to a Tech & a bunch of FT's for Lindenwood which put the game away (88-76). Nice exposure for both teams though.

[11WSChamps]

There was a time not to long ago Lindenwood was an NAIA school in the Heart of America conference.