KENOSHA, Wis. - Sanayika Shields nailed an 18-footer just before the final buzzer to give No. 17 Drury a 69-67 victory over Wisconsin-Parkside in a Great Lakes Valley Conference matchup of red-hot teams Saturday afternoon.

Shields' heroics bailed the Lady Panthers (20-3, 14-1 in the GLVC) out of a potential shocker of a loss, as Parkside - which had a league-best, 12-game winning streak snapped - stormed back from a 15-point deficit in the final five-plus minutes.

But after the Rangers (19-5, 12-3)  had completed their 15-0 run by knotting the score at 67 with two Gaby Bronson free throws with 17 seconds left, the Lady Panthers called time, then won it when Annie Armstrong dished to an open Shields on the baseline for the game-winner, which went through the nets with 0.6 seconds left for Drury's seventh straight triumph and 16th in its last 17 games.

It capped quite a memorable final road trip of the regular season for the Lady Panthers, who won 75-72 at nationally top-ranked and previously unbeaten Lewis in Romeoville, Ill., then dropped the Rangers on Saturday to go 2-0 on an excursion where the host teams were a combined 17-0 prior to Drury's visit.

"To say this weekend was exciting would be a huge understatement," first-year Drury coach Molly Miller said. "I'm just so proud of our team's grit, guts and effort. This could have really been a trap game for us, the way we got up for Thursday's game at Lewis, but our girls wouldn't let it be. I'm proud of the way we came out today with a lot of energy."

Drury did just that, grabbing a 39-33 lead by halftime and opening the second half with a 15-2 spurt that produced a 54-35 lead with 14:16 left after Hannah Dressler's layup. 

A 3-pointer by Shields with 5:54 remaining seemed to have put the road victory away, a lead that stood until below the five-minute mark. But the Rangers started their charge with a Brittney Fair 3-pointer at 4:43 to cut it to 12.

Drury would turn it over six times - out of their season-worst 26 turnovers total for the game - over the final five minutes. And that, combined with a cold-shooting bout, helped fuel Parkside's surge. Tara Knapstein's 3-pointer with 54 seconds left made it a 67-65 game. 

The Lady Panthers turned it over, Bronson made two free throws and that set the stage for Shields' biggest shot of her career.

Shields finished with a game-high 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead Drury, posting her eighth double-double of the season and second straight as the Lady Panthers reached the 20-victory mark for the 12th time in the program's 15 years of existence.

"That kid came to play this weekend," Miller said of Shields. "I saw it in her eyes again today ... she was getting people fired up, and our team feeds off her vibe. She was fired up, ready to go, focused and energetic, and our team certainly fed off that these last two games."

Addy Roller added 15 points for the Lady Panthers, who shot 53 percent from the field (25 of 47) and were an amazing 10 of 14 from 3-point range (71 percent) against the GLVC's top 3-point FG percentage defense, a Rangers' squad allowing foes to shoot just 26 percent from behind the arc. Parkside also was leading the GLVC in scoring defense, allowing just 57 points per game.

Knapstein finished with 19 points and Bronson had 14 points for the Rangers, who, despite having 14 players standing 5-10 or taller on their roster, were outrebounded 33-25 by the Lady Panthers. Shelby White had seven rebounds to go with her team-high three steals.

Drury, which already has clinched the GLVC West outright title and a first-round bye for the league's post-season tournament, returns home for its final three games starting with Thursday's "Pink Zone/Play4Kay" Breast Cancer Awareness Night game vs. William Jewell (5:45 p.m. tipoff). The Lady Panthers are also home against Rockhurst on Saturday (1 p.m.) for Homecoming/Overflow The O/Alex Hall & Brandon Lockhart Jersey Retirement festivities, and the traditional Senior Night game (Feb. 26) vs. Missouri S&T.

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