Annie Armstrong and
Alice Heinzler each established new single-game 3-point records with eight and No. 8 Drury bombed in a team-record 17 treys to roll past Trevecca Nazarene 102-64 Saturday evening in the Ramada Plaza/Oasis Convention Center Thanksgiving Classic at the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
Both Armstrong and Heinzler made 8 of 12 3-point tries as Drury went 17-for-30 from behind the line to improve to 5-0 on the season. The DU backcourt mates broke the old mark of seven treys held by current assistant coach
Katie Pritchard and former standouts Bethanie Funderburk and Lindsay Ballweg (twice).Â
The old Drury team mark was 14 3-pointers in a game, set four times previously (twice in 2009, 2011 and 2014).
"That was just from running motion ... we didn't run any sets, and wanted to work on our motion and get better at it during this game," Drury head coach
Molly Miller said. "What I'm most proud of this weekend is the 20 assists we had in each game. They want to see each other succeed."
Armstrong nailed her record eighth 3-pointer with five seconds to go in the third quarter, helping DU to a 76-52 lead. Heinzler, who had four treys in the first half, hit her seventh and eighth in the final quarter, and drew the ire of Armstrong late when she passed up an open-look three that could have given her the record (some 30 minutes after it was set by Armstrong).
"I knew they were both on fire, but I didn't know they were 'record on-fire,' " Miller said with a smile. "But those are two shooters who should go down in the Drury record books. And I know they both wanted each other to break it."
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HeinzlerHeinzler finished with a DU career-high 30 points on 11-of-15 shooting overall and added three steals in her 25 minutes of court time. Armstrong had 24 points on 8 of 15 shooting, adding three rebounds and a steal.
Hannah Dressler led the Lady Panthers on the boards again with a career-high 11 rebounds as Drury claimed a 40-33 advantage.Â
Senior point guard
Addy Roller played her role to near perfection, dishing out eight assists to no turnovers and adding three steals in 19 minutes as the Lady Panthers - winning for the third time in five days - were able to play 10 players between 14 and 25 minutes. (Senior
Brook Duncan sat out with an ankle injury).
"That's her role, a true point guard," Miller said of Roller. "That's what she wants to do, and she does that role well."
Armstrong was named the event's Most Valuable Player, and was joined on the all-tourney team by Heinzler, Dressler, Maryville's Ali Ringering and Concordia's Lauren Shiflett. Concordia of St. Paul edged Maryville 76-72 in Saturday's late finale at The O'.
Paige Baugher had 14 points for Trevecca (1-6), which shot just 37 percent (23 of 62) against the DU defense.
The Lady Panthers return to action next week when they open Great Lakes Valley Conference play at Missouri-St. Louis on Thursday and Maryville on Saturday.
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