ROLLA, Mo. – For the second time in three weeks, Missouri S&T's football team faces the challenge of playing the Great Lakes Valley Conference leader on the road as the Miners head to St. Charles, Mo., to face Lindenwood Saturday in a 1 p.m. contest.

The Miners, 6-3 overall and 3-2 in the GLVC, snapped a two-game losing streak with a 62-0 victory over Southwest Baptist at Allgood-Bailey Stadium and now faces a Lindenwood squad – one that is also 6-3 on the year – a week following a 34-27 home win over eighth-ranked Indianapolis that moved the Lions into the lead in the conference standings.

In what will be the first meeting between the teams since 2013, Saturday's game will also feature all three of this week's conference players of the week, as Missouri S&T's Tershawn Wharton (University City, MO/University City) was named as the top defensive performer and kicker Ben Styron (Harrisonville, MO/Harrisonville) earned the special teams honors; Lindenwood quarterback Cade Brister was selected as the top offensive player from the past week.

ABOUT THE MINERS:  Missouri S&T rebounded from back-to-back losses with a resounding shutout win over Southwest Baptist Saturday, racking up 585 yards of total offense and holding the Bearcats to 272 as it recorded its first shutout in over three years.
 
Quarterback Brennan Simms (Punta Gorda, FL/Charlotte) completed 15-of-22 passes for 285 yards and four touchdowns in the win, matching his career high for scoring passes in a game in the process.  On the season, the junior signalcaller has completed 60.2 percent of his passes for 2,260 yards and 19 touchdowns while ranking third in the GLVC in passing yards.

Simms' top target has been Logan Armontrout (Centralia, MO/Centralia) with 34 receptions for 479 yards and four touchdowns, while Josh Brown (Gainesville, FL/North Marion HS) has 33 catches for 504 yards and four scores and Payton McAlister (Decatur, TX/Decatur) – who had a rushing and receiving touchdown last week – has four touchdowns receptions among his 29 catches.

McAlister also ran for 86 yards in Saturday's win as part of a three-headed rushing attack for the Miners this season along with Deshawn Jones (Olympia Fields, IL/Rich Central) and Aaron Moya (Canutillo, TX/Canutillo).  Jones, who had his 14^th 100-yard game of his career Saturday with an even 100, leads the way with 587 yards (fourth in the GLVC) and is 183 away from the S&T career mark, while Moya has 471 on the season and McAlister comes in with 388 rushing yards.

Defensively, the Miners have been paced by the 75 tackles from safety Justin Onwugbufor (Maize, KS/Northwest), while linebackers Stefan Camplin (Raytown, MO/Raytown) and Dontay White (Florissant, MO/Hazelwood Central) have recorded 50 stops apiece on the year and Wharton has 48 with a team-high 9.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage and 5.5 quarterback sacks.

Camplin also has seven tackles for a loss, while Zach Gallina (Vista, CA/Rancho Buena Vista) has four interceptions on the team which is tied for the lead in the GLVC.

Styron recorded 14 points in the kicking department last week to become the first placekicker in GLVC history to record 300 points in a career; his 305 points are second all-time on the Missouri S&T career list.

ABOUT LINDENWOOD:  The Lions took over the lead in the GLVC after posting their win over Indianapolis behind a school record 541-yard passing performance from Cade Brister, who completed 38-of-59 passes with three scoring tosses in the win.  Lindenwood enters the game at 5-0 in the GLVC and has handed UIndy and Truman State their only losses of the season.
 
Brister leads the GLVC with 2,925 yards and 30 touchdowns through the air; he ranks third in NCAA Division II in touchdown passes and fourth in yardage entering play this week.  Najee Jackson, who had 10 receptions in the win over UIndy, leads the GLVC with 55 receptions for 615 yards and three touchdowns, while Payton Rose has a GLVC-high 939 yards on his 46 catches and his 13 touchdowns rank third nationally.
 
Smith, who ran for 115 yards in last week's game, leads the Bearcats in rushing with 599 yards and six touchdowns and has also thrown for 652 yards as he has completed 57.8 percent of his passes.  The Bearcats are averaging 219.8 yards per game on the ground as they have also received 469 yards from Eric Knight and another 366 from Bryce Cabrera.

Erik Henneman also has 47 receptions for the Lions and Nash Sutherlin has hauled in 32 passes while leading his team in the rushing department with 438 yards on the season.  Lindenwood, which is averaging 448.9 yards per game of total offense, has outscored its opponents by just one point this season (285-284).

Defensively, the Lions are paced by linebacker Drew Seers with a conference-high 120 tackles on the year, including nine for a loss.  Safety Grady Daniels has been in on 71 stops, while defensive end Uchenna Egwuonwu has made 39 tackles.  Ricky McCoy has three of the Lions' eight interceptions on the year from his cornerback position.