Lindenwood men’s basketball coach Kyle Gerdeman and his Lions will begin the new season on November 4 with a game at Texas Tech. (Photo courtesy: Lindenwood Athletics)
DeMarcus Dixon
Staff Writer
ST. CHARLES, MO — The Lindenwood University athletics department released its 2025-26 men’s basketball schedule on Wednesday.
Lindenwood, which is coming off a 16-17 season last year, will play 31 regular season games this year — 14 at home, 16 on the road, and one neutral site game — before potentially qualifying to play in the postseason at the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in March.
Lindenwood’s non-conference road schedule will be particularly challenging. The Lions will play at Texas Tech, at Saint Louis University, at Indiana, and at Missouri State.
The season opener will be that game at Texas Tech on Tuesday, November 4. The game at SLU will be the following Monday, on November 10. The games at Indiana and Missouri State will be mid-week matchups on Thursday, November 20, and Tuesday, December 23.
“I think we have put together a challenging, yet competitive schedule that will prepare us for OVC play,” Lindenwood head coach Kyle Gerdeman said. “The guarantee games vs. Missouri, Oklahoma, Valpo, and Ole Miss will obvious be tough test for us, but the remaining non-conference games gives us a chance to test ourselves against more similar opponents.”
Senior guard Anias Futrell led Lindenwood with 12.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 32 blocked shots last season. (Photo: Thomas Grove)
Lindenwood’s 2025-26 home opener will be on Thursday, November 6, at Hyland Arena against the University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy, which plays at the NAIA level. Lindenwood’s only other home game in November will be on Monday, November 24 against Kansas City.
The Ohio Valley Conference schedule will begin in mid-December. The OVC includes 11 teams — Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Morehead State, Southeast Missouri State, SIU-Edwardsville, Southern Indiana, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee-Martin, and Western Illinois — that will play a true round-robin slate of 20 league games to determine a regular season champion.
The top eight teams will qualify for the conference tournament, which will be played March 4-7 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. The winner of the OVC Championship Tournament will earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Lindenwood’s OVC home opener will be Saturday, December 6 against Eastern Illinois. The regular season finale will also be against Western Illinois on February 28.
2025-26 LINDENWOOD LIONS MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2025 (Wednesday) | 7:00 p.m. | Home | Southern Illinois (exhibition game) | Hyland Arena | |
| November 4, 2025 (Tuesday) | TBA | Away | #10 Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | |
| November 6, 2025 (Thursday) | 6:00 p.m. | Home | University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy | Hyland Arena |  |
| November 10, 2025 (Monday) | 7:00 p.m. | Away | Saint Louis University | St. Louis, MO | |
| November 14, 2025 (Friday) | 5:30 p.m. | Neutral | Charleston Southern | Huntsville, AL | |
| November 16, 2025 (Sunday) | 3:00 p.m. | Away | Alabama A&M | Huntsville, AL | |
| November 20, 2025 (Thursday) | 5:00 p.m. | Away | Indiana | Bloomington, IN |  |
| November 24, 2025 (Monday) | 6:00 p.m. | Home | Kansas City | Hyland Arena | |
| December 2, 2025 (Tuesday) | 7:00 p.m. | Away | Northern Illinois | DeKalb, IL | |
| December 6, 2025 (Saturday) | 7:00 p.m. | Away | Eastern Illinois | Charleston, IL | |
| December 9, 2025 (Tuesday) | 6:00 p.m. | Home | Culver-Stockton | Hyland Arena | |
| December 18, 2025 (Thursday) | 7:30 p.m. | Home | Western Illinois | Hyland Arena | |
| December 20, 2025 (Saturday) | 1:00 p.m. | Home | Harris-Stowe | Hyland Arena | |
| December 23, 2025 (Tuesday) | 2:00 p.m. | Away | Missouri State | Springfield, MO | |
| January 1, 2026 (Thursday) | 3:30 p.m. | Home | Morehead State | Hyland Arena | |
| January 3, 2026 (Saturday) | 3:30 p.m. | Home | Southern Indiana | Hyland Arena | |
| January 6, 2026 (Tuesday) | 7:30 p.m. | Away | SIU-Edwardsville | Edwardsville, IL | |
| January 10, 2026 (Saturday) | 3:30 p.m. | Home | Little Rock | Hyland Arena | |
| January 15, 2026 (Thursday) | 7:30 p.m. | Away | Southeast Missouri State | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| January 17, 2026 (Saturday) | 3:30 p.m. | Away | Tennessee-Martin | Martin, TN | |
| January 22, 2026 (Thursday) | 7:30 p.m. | Home | Tennessee Tech | Hyland Arena | |
| January 24, 2026 (Saturday) | 3:30 p.m. | Home | Tennessee State | Hyland Arena | |
| January 29, 2026 (Thursday) | 7:30 p.m. | Away | Southern Indiana | Evansville, IN | |
| January 31, 2026 (Saturday) | 2:30 p.m. | Away | Morehead State | Morehead, KY | |
| February 3, 2026 (Tuesday) | 7:30 p.m. | Home | SIU-Edwardsville | Hyland Arena | |
| February 5, 2026 (Thursday) | 7:00 p.m. | Away | Little Rock | Little Rock, Ark. | |
| February 12, 2026 (Thursday) | 7:30 p.m. | Home | Tennessee-Martin | Hyland Arena | |
| February 14, 2026 (Saturday) | 3:30 p.m. | Home | Southeast Missouri State | Hyland Arena | |
| February 19, 2026 (Thursday) | 7:30 p.m. | Away | Tennessee State | Nashville, TN | |
| February 21, 2026 (Saturday) | 3:00 p.m. | Away | Tennessee Tech | Cookeville, Tenn. | |
| February 26, 2026 (Thursday) | 7:30 p.m. | Home | Eastern Illinois | Hyland Arena | |
| February 28, 2026 (Saturday) | 3:30 p.m. | Away | Western Illinois | Macomb, IL | |
| March 4-7, 2026 | TBD | Away | Ohio Valley Conference Championships | Evansville, IN. |
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