#22 Drury Panthers (2-0) vs. Randall (Okla.) Saints (2-4)
Fri., Nov. 18, 2016 – 7 p.m.
O'Reilly Family Event Center – Springfield, Mo.
 
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Friday's Game
Fresh off their win over Southwest Baptist in Tuesday night's Bank of Bolivar Cat Fight, the Drury Panthers play the third of eight straight home games as they host Randall (Okla.).
 
The Panthers are 2-0 with home wins over Webster, 82-75, and SBU, 71-63.
 
Randall (formally known by Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College) is 2-4 so far this season. They are coming off of a loss at Bethany (Kan.), 79-78 in overtime on Monday. The Saints went 22-11 last year and won the NCCAA-II national championship.
 
Friday's game is the first ever meeting between the two schools.
 
All-Time Series
First Meeting
 
Next
Drury vs. Emporia St. (Nov. 25, 3:15 p.m. at the O')
Drury vs. Missouri Southern (Nov. 26, 3:15 p.m. at the O')
 
About Randall: It's not a new university – just one with a new name. Formally known as Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College, the school changed to Randall University on July 1, 2016. The institution is named after Benjamin Randall, the founder of the Free Will Baptist movement that started in the northeastern United States during the American Revolution.
 
Randall University is located in Moore, Oklahoma.
 
Last year, the Saints went 22-11 and won the NCCAA-II national championship with a 97-84 overtime win in the title game over Grace Bible (Mich.) College.
 
Randall is coached by Mark Berokoff. Berokoff, in his fifth season as head coach of the Saints, was previously on the staff at Texas State University and Hill (Tex.) Community College. He compiled a 225-77 career coaching record in a 10-year span at the high school in California and he served as a basketball coordinator to the major motion picture "Coach Carter" starring Samuel L. Jackson released in 2005.
 
Panther Notes:
•             Drury has an overall record of 80-16 since the start of the 2012-13 season.
•             Since the O'Reilly Family Event Center opened in 2010, the Panthers are 83-11 at home.
•             Under head coach Steve Hesser, the Drury has a record of 161-24 on their home court (78-13 at Weiser Gym and 83-11 at the O').
•             The Panthers have four players averaging in double-figures: Isaac Johnson (14.5), Tevin Foster (14), John Williams (12.5) and Doug Moore (12.5). Grant Boswell just under double-figures in scoring at 9.5 points per game. 
 
DU's last game: Drury built an early 15-point lead against Southwest Baptist and hung on to defeat the Bearcats 71-63 on Tuesday at the O'Reilly Family Event Center. It marked the fifth straight win for Drury over SBU in the Bank of Bolivar Highway 13 Cat Fight.

The Panthers' defense created eight Southwest Baptist turnovers in the game's first 11 minutes as Drury took a 23-8 lead. The Bearcats battled back to trail by 12 at halftime, 32-20, then pulled as close as five in the second half but never got within a possession of the lead.

Isaac Johnson led all scorers with 16. Drury's freshman guard out of Springfield-Kickapoo opened the game with back-to-back three-pointers and was 4 for 7 from behind the arc in the game.