Saturday's GLVC matchup between the Panthers and William Jewell, at a glance ...

*THE MATCHUP: Drury (11-5, 6-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference) will visit William Jewell (6-10, 1-7) in a 3:15 p.m. tipoff at the Mabee Center in Liberty, Mo.

*RADIO/TV/INTERNET: The games can be heard on JOCK 98.7 FM, and online at www.radiospringfield.com. A free, live webcast is available at www.jewellcardinals.com  as part of the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN). 

*ABOUT THE PANTHERS: Drury pushed its hot streak to six wins in its last seven games with a 67-62 triumph at Rockhurst on Thursday. Josh Palmer, with his eighth consecutive double-figure scoring game, led DU with 23 points, while Kameron Bundy made some big buckets and free throws down the stretch and finished with 17 points to lead the Panthers, who got 12 points and eight rebounds from Drew Moore. Bundy averages 18.0 points per game, Tevin Foster adds 13.5 points and Palmer has pushed his average to 11.0 points per game to lead DU, while Moore adds 8.0 points and a team-high 6.1 rebounds.

*SCOUTING WILLIAM JEWELL: The Cardinals of veteran (36 years) head coach Larry Holley defeated Missouri S&T 93-89 in Liberty on Thursday, snapping a five-game losing streak of contests they dropped all by 10 points or more. Larry Fitzgerald, a 6-3 junior who joined the squad at semester, had 34 points off the bench for just his second double-digit effort in the eight games he's played with the Cardinals (he had 10 points and 10 rebounds in Monday's 86-78 home loss to Rockhurst). Patrick Whelan, a 6-4 sophomore, added 19 points vs S&T in a game in which the Cardinals rallied from a 50-46 halftime deficit for the win by holding S&T to 36-percent shooting in the second half and 41-percent for the game. Darius Tomlin, a 5-10 senior, averages 16.4 points per game and Matt Lassen, a 6-5 junior, adds 14.1 points for the Cardinals.

*THE SERIES: Drury leads the all-time series with William Jewell 36-31. Since Jewell joined the GLVC in 2011-12, the Panthers are 3-1 against the Cardinals at the Mabee Center. Jewell defeated Drury there 65-60 in February, 2014 there. The Panthers swept last year's meetings, winning 74-57 in Liberty and 73-59 at The O'.

*BUNDY CLIMBING THE CHARTS: With 289 points this season, Bundy now has scored 1,508 points in his Drury career, good for a tie for 15th place on the DU career scoring charts with Phillip Mooberry (1,508 from 1992-95). Bundy surpassed former teammate Cameron Adams (1,506 from 2011-15) with his 17-point effort in Thursday's win at Rockhurst. The senior from Nixa needs 52 points to move past former DU great Gail Fredrick (1,559 from 1965-69) and into 14th place. Bundy has scored in double-figures in 15 of 16 games this season and 20 of his last 21 dating back to last year after being held to nine at Parkside on January 9th. Bundy has reached double-digits in 65 of his 74 games since moving into the starting lineup for the Panthers at the beginning of his sophomore season, including 30 games of scoring 20 or more points. Interestingly, he has yet to have a 30-point game (career high of 28 points against Parkside in the GLVC tourney last season); although, Bundy did score 40 in an exhibition win over Missouri Baptist to begin this season.

*HESSER REACHES 250: Drury head coach Steve Hesser, now in his 12th season at the helm of the Panthers and the winningest coach in the program's history, secured career collegiate coaching victory No. 250 with the Tarleton State triumph in Las Vegas on December 19th, and now owns a 255-93 mark (.733 win percentage) in his DU and collegiate coaching career. That includes a 91-22 record dating back to the start of the 2012-13 season, when the Panthers went on to finish 31-4 and claim their first NCAA-II national championship. His DU squads have also captured two of the past three GLVC Championships and made three consecutive NCAA-II tourney appearances in that stretch. Hesser's Panthers are 5-1 this season in games decided by five points or less, continuing his outstanding trend in that regard: In 12 seasons, Hesser's Panthers are 65-27 (.703 win percentage) in that scenario, including 28-8 (.776) since the start of the 2012-13 campaign.

*ON DECK FOR THE PANTHERS: Drury will be returning home to The O' for seven of its final nine games of the regular season, including showdowns with West contenders Quincy (Thursday) and Truman State (Saturday) next week and visits from East powers Southern Indiana (Feb. 4) and Bellarmine (Feb. 6) the following weekend. For tickets, call (417) 873-6389 ... kids 12-and-under always are admitted free to regular season games at The O'.