Sanayika Shields scored 14 points to lead five Lady Panthers in double-figures and No. 8 Drury coasted to a 92-56 victory over Missouri Science and Technology to close out the Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season Thursday night at the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
Alice Heinzler added 12 points as Drury got 51 points from its bench in improving to 23-3 overall and finishing GLVC play with a 17-1 mark.
S&T fell to 6-20 and 2-16.
Becca Steins scored 11 points and
Briana Jones added 10 points off the bench as the Lady Panthers won for the 20th time in their last 21 games and their 11th consecutive game overall.
Drury led 36-20 at the half, then outscored the Lady Miners 56-36 in the second half to continue the blowout.
The Lady Panthers forced 25 turnovers and committed just 10 miscues on a night where they honored their two seniors, Shields and
Shelby White, in pregame festivities for Senior Night.
"Im so proud of those two for the grit and determination they've shown and the leadership they've provided this team," DU first-year coach
Molly Miller said. "They've done it for four years here, and they are what Lady Panthers Basketball is all about."
The Lady Panthers finished with a 35-34 rebounding advantage, with White grabbing a team-high six boards and Jones adding five in her 11 minutes off the bench.
Drury made 47 percent of its shots from the field (30 of 64), while limiting S&T to 35 percent (14 of 40).
Janie Arand had 17 points and Sandra Douvier added 10 points to lead the Lady Miners.
Drury will now be off until opening play as the No. 1 overall seed in the GLVC Championship tourney next Thursday in St. Charles, Mo., at the Family Arena at 2:30 p.m. against an opponent to be determined after Sunday's first-round games on campus sites.
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