#9 Drury Lady Panthers (7-1) at Harding Bisons (3-5)
Tue., Dec. 5, 2017 – 7 p.m.
Rhodes-Reaves Fieldhouse – Searcy, Ark.
 
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Lady Panthers on the road at Harding
The Drury Lady Panthers take a five-game winning streak into a non-conference game on Tuesday at Harding University. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. in Searcy, Arkansas.
 
Drury is 7-1 and coming off of two wins at home last week. The Lady Panthers defeated Missouri-St. Louis 69-55 on Thursday and took down McKendree 75-57 on Saturday.
 
Harding is 3-5 and took a loss at home in their last game as they fell to 25th ranked Southwestern Oklahoma 84-73 on Saturday. The Bisons started the season ranked third in the nation in the NCAA-II preseason coaches' poll but lost four of their first five games and dropped out of the top 25.
 
Harding went 31-4 last year and advanced to the NCAA-II Elite Eight where they lost to eventual national champion Ashland 90-77 in the semifinals. 
 
After Tuesday's game, Drury returns to conference play as they travel to Quincy for a 5:15 p.m. game on Thursday.
 
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury- Molly Miller (4^th year, 89-14)
Harding- Tim Kirby (13^th year, 244-116)
 
2016-17 Series
Drury 76 Harding 54 (Nov. 22, 2016, at DU)
All-Time Series
Drury 1-1 vs Harding
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #14 Alice Heinzler 15.3 ppg
Rebounds- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 6.8 rpg
Assists- #15 Heather Harman 3.4 apg
FG%- #24 Lucia Fernandez .579
3's- #14 Alice Heinzler 18, .346
FT%- #14 Alice Heinzler .944 (17/18)
 
Harding
Points- #30 Caroline Houge 13.9 ppg
Rebounds- #30 Carolina Houge 7.6 rpg
Assists- #13 Payton Padgett 3.3 apg
FG%- #33 Sydnie Jones .541
3's- #21 Sydney Layrock 11, .355, #3 Falan Miller 11, .333
FT%- #30 Caroline Houge .738 (31/42)
 
Up Next
Thur., Dec. 7 at Quincy, 5:15 p.m., Quincy, Ill.
 
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