Thursday's "Pink Night" for cancer awareness matchup between the No. 12 Drury Lady Panthers and Maryville Saints, at a glance ...

*THE MATCHUP: Nationally 12th-ranked Drury (20-3, 13-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference) will play host to Maryville (10-12, 4-11) in a 5:30 p.m. tipoff Thursday at the O'Reilly Family Event Center (capacity: 2,850).

*RADIO/TV/INTERNET: The game can be heard on both KBFL 1060 AM and JOCK 98.7 FM (the latter picking up coverage at 6 p.m.); both stations can be found on the internet at www.radiospringfield.com.  A free live webcast can be viewed at www.drurypanthers.com/watch as part of the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN). Mediacom Connections 22 is also televising the game live and on a tape-delay basis.

*PROMOTIONS: It's the annual "Play 4Kay/Pink Zone Night" for the Lady Panthers, with all fans encouraged to wear pink in support of the WBCA's cause to raise women's cancer awareness. All proceeds from the sale of the Andy's Frozen Custard cups ($3) at the concession stand will benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks (BCFO), and a limited number of "DU Away With Cancer" pink t-shirts will be available at the game for $10 (includes a free Andy's custard). 

*ABOUT THE LADY PANTHERS: Drury will gun for a new home-court winning streak record on Thursday when Coach Molly Miller's Lady Panthers shoot for their 23rd consecutive victory at The O' by taking on the Saints. The streak currently ties the 22 straight won by Nyla Milleson's Lady Panthers from 2003-05 at Weiser Gym. Overall, Drury has won 10 consecutive games, including a sweep of GLVC road tests last week at Illinois Springfield (77-62) and McKendree (71-60). Senior guard Addy Roller had one of the best games of her DU career with 18 points and nine assists, hitting all four of her 3-point attempts, in Saturday's game at McKendree, where senior guard Annie Armstrong added 15 points and five assists. Armstrong ranks fourth nationally in FT percentage (.928) and fifth in 3-point FG percentage (.474) on the season, and leads DU in scoring with her 15.3 points per game for the Lady Panthers, who clinched the program's 13th year of 20 or more victories in its 16-year history with Saturday's triumph at McKendree.

*SCOUTING MARYVILLE: Coach Chris Ellis' Saints have dropped four of their last five games, including losses on the GLVC road last week at Southern Indiana (74-61) and Bellarmine (78-59). In Drury's 80-47 win at Maryville in early December, the Lady Panthers pulled out of a 31-all halftime tie to blast the Saints 49-16 in the second half as DU hit 18 of 26 shots after halftime (64 percent). Armstrong had 16 points to lead the Lady Panthers, while Alex Hillyer's 12 points paced Maryville. The Saints get 16.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game from the 6-3 senior Hillyer, and Ali Ringering, a 5-7 sophomore, adds 12.8 points per contest.
 

*THE SERIES: Drury leads the all-time series with Maryville 10-3.

*MILLER TIME: The 20-3 start has pushed DU coach Molly Miller's record to 46-7 in two seasons - best after 53 games in the program's history - as the former Lady Panthers standout herself has made a smooth transition to the head coaching ranks. That includes a 23-1 record in games at the O'Reilly Family Event Center, where their only loss under Miller's watch was a 78-73 decision to Pittsburg State on the second day of the 2014 Thanksgiving Classic. That remains the only game in Miller's coaching career decided by five points or less that her team has lost; she's 7-1 in those situations.

*ARMSTRONG CLIMBING CHARTS: Armstrong now has 1,039 points in her three seasons with the Lady Panthers after the Springfield Kickapoo HS product transferred back home from Eckerd (Fla.) College, and has moved into 13th place on the all-time scoring charts. Armstrong needs 18 points to pass Ja'Nell Jones (1,056 from 2007-11) for 12th place on the list. Armstrong scored 241 points in her lone season at Eckerd, meaning she's scored 1,280 points in her four collegiate seasons of basketball. After making 34 of 39 free throws (.872 percent) at Eckerd as a freshman, Armstrong has made 216 of 231 free-throw tries (93 percent) in her three seasons at DU, including a nation-best .956 last season (87 of 91) and 68 of 73 this season. For her college career combined, Armstrong is 250 of 270 at the stripe (.926 percent).

*ON DECK FOR THE LADY PANTHERS:  Drury will return home to The O' for its final three games: February 18th vs. Maryville (Play 4Kay/Pink Zone For Cancer Awareness), February 20 vs. UMSL (Homecoming) and February 25 vs. Missouri S&T (Senior Night).