Drury Panthers (12-2, 5-1) at #6 Bellarmine Knights (15-1, 6-1)
Thur., Jan. 18, 2018 – 7 p.m. (central)
Knights Hall – Louisville, Ky.   
 
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Drury faces sixth-ranked Bellarmine in Louisville 
Drury renews their rivalry with the Knights as they take on sixth-ranked Bellarmine in Louisville, Kentucky on Thursday night. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. (central).
 
The Panthers have won seven straight, are 12-2 overall and 5-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Drury owns a half-game lead in the West Division over Truman State and William Jewell as both teams are 5-2 in the league.
 
Bellarmine is 15-1 and 6-1 in the conference. The Knights won their first 14 games of the season and suffered their first loss of the year last Saturday when they fell at Wisconsin-Parkside 80-68. Bellarmine bounced back with a home win on Monday over Southern Indiana 78-62.
 
The Knights have won 52 consecutive home games, the longest home court winning streak in NCAA-II. Their last home loss was on Dec. 13, 2014, to third-ranked Florida Southern, 101-96 in overtime. That was their only home loss that season. Since 2009-10, the most games Bellarmine has lost in a single season is two.
 
The Panthers lead the all-time series 11-8 and eight of those 19 games have been in the postseason. Drury is 5-3 against Bellarmine in the GLVC and NCAA-II tournament and 6-5 against the Knights during the regular season.  
 
Drury's road trip continues after Thursday's game with a game at Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers are 4-1 on the road this year and 2-0 away from home in the GLVC.   
 
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury- Steve Hesser (14th year, 293-108)
Bellarmine- Scott Davenport (13^th year, 302-94)
 
2016-17 Series
Bellarmine 87 Drury 64 (Feb. 2, 2017, at BU)
Bellarmine 79 Drury 62 (Mar. 2, 2017, GLVC q'finals)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 11-8
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #2 Isaac Johnson 13.1 ppg
Rebounds- #5 Andrew Ballock 5.0 rpg
Assists- #5 Andrew Ballock 3.4 apg 
FG%- #14 Tyler Clanton .833 (55/66)
3's- #2 Isaac Johnson 37, .420 (5th-GLVC)
FT%- #3 Allen Billinger .944 (17/18)
 
Bellarmine 
Points- #41 Adam Eberhard 16.3 ppg (9th-GLVC)
Rebounds- #41 Adam Eberhard 6.4 rpg
Assists- #21 Jarek Coles 4.0 apg (7th-GLVC)
FG%- #41 Adam Eberhard .594 (3rd-GLVC)
3's- #15 Brent Bach 30, .500, #4 Ben Weyer 30, .462
FT%- #21 Jarek Coles .825 (33/40)
 
Up Next
Sat., Jan. 20 at Indianapolis, 2 p.m. (central)
Nicoson Hall, Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
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