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Panthers Play Host To Maryville In GLVC Matchup Thursday At The O'

Men's Basketball Scott Puryear, Associate AD For Marketing & Communications

Panthers Play Host To Maryville In GLVC Matchup Thursday At The O'

Thursday's game between the Drury Panthers and Maryville Saints at The O', at a glance ...

*THE MATCHUP: Drury (16-7, 11-4 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference) will play host to Maryville (9-16, 3-12) in a 7:45 p.m. tipoff in Great Lakes Valley Conference play at the O'Reilly Family Event Center (capacity: 2,850).

*RADIO/TV/INTERNET: The game can be heard on JOCK 98.7 FM and online at www.radiospringfield.com. A free, live webcast is available at drurypanthers.com/watch as part of the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN). It will also be televised live, and on a tape-delay basis, by Mediacom Connections 22.

*PROMOTIONS: In honor of the DU Lady Panthers' annual support of the WBCA's national "Play 4Kay"/ Pink ZoneCancer Awareness initiative, fans are encouraged to wear pink to the arena and the Panthers will be wearing pink socks during competition. Sales of all Andy's Frozen Custard cups ($3) will benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks (BCFO). A limited edition "DU Away With Cancer" pink t-shirt will also be available for sale for $10, and includes a free Andy's cup.

*ABOUT THE PANTHERS: Drury will put a four-game winning streak on the line when the Panthers host the Saints. Coach Steve Hesser's squads has reeled off four straight wins, including an 87-76 triumph at McKendree on Saturday, since falling at home to Truman State on Jan. 30. The Panthers are 4-0 in February this season, continuing a trend in Hesser's 12 seasons with the Panthers - his squads are 71-17 in February, an 80-percent winning clip. Kameron Bundy averages 18.8 points and Tevin Foster adds 14.3 points to lead DU. Bundy had 28 points and Foster added 20 in Saturday's win at McKendree, in which they combined to score 40 points in the second half.

*SCOUTING MARYVILLE: Coach Kevin Carroll's Saints come into The O' having dropped three of their last four games, including an 84-57 loss at Bellarmine on Saturday. But that followed a rare road win at Southern Indiana, where the Saints were 89-80 winners last Thursday. Redshirt sophomore guard Forrester Sims leads Maryville with his 14.9 points per game, while 6-3 sophomore Marvin Grant-Clark adds 14.3 points and 6-9 junior Max Mischkulnig adds 10.5 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest. Sims had 20 points, Grant-Clark added 19 points and Mischkulnig had 16 points and 10 rebounds in the Panthers' 85-82 win at Maryville on Dec. 5, when the Saints shot 72 percent from the field (21 of 29) in the second half to keep it close.

*THE SERIES: Drury leads Maryville 12-1 in the all-time series, with five consecutive victories by the Panthers.

*BUNDY CLIMBING THE CHARTS: With 452 points this season, Bundy now has scored 1,671 points in his Drury career, good for 10th place on the all-time DU scoring charts after the former Nixa High standout surpassed Roland Schultz (1,633.from 1967-71) with his 24-point effort last Thursday at Illinois Springfield. Bundy, who is 109 points behind No. 9 Ted Young (1,780 from 1980-84) on the DU scoring list, has scored in double-figures in 22 of 23 games this season and 27 of his last 28 dating back to last year after being held to nine in DU's loss at Parkside on January 9th. Bundy has reached double-digits in 72 of his 81 games since moving into the starting lineup for the Panthers at the beginning of his sophomore season, including 35 games of scoring 20 or more points. His 30-point outburst at William Jewell on Jan. 23 was a career high, although, Bundy did score 40 points 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 260-95 mark (.735 win percentage) in his DU and collegiate coaching career. That includes a 96-24 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 6-2 this season in games decided by five points or less, continuing his outstanding trend in that regard: In 12 seasons, Hesser's Panthers are 66-28 (.705 win percentage) in that scenario, including 29-9 (.775) since the start of the 2012-13 campaign.

*ON DECK FOR THE PANTHERS: Drury will play host to Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday (3:15 p.m.) in the annual Homecoming game and festivities before closing out the regular season by entertaining Missouri S&T on Thursday, February 25 (7:45 p.m.) for Senior Night.
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Players Mentioned

Kameron Bundy

#3 Kameron Bundy

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Senior
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Tevin Foster

#10 Tevin Foster

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