#8 Drury Lady Panthers (7-0, 0-0) vs. Missouri S&T Miners (2-3, 0-0)
Game #8 – Sat, Dec. 1, 2018 -- 1 p.m.
O'Reilly Family Event Center -- Springfield, Mo.
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Drury Sports Hall of Fame Induction Day
#8 Lady Panthers open GLVC play vs. Missouri S&T
The eighth-ranked and two-time defending Great Lakes Valley Conference champion Drury Lady Panthers open league play on Saturday at 1 p.m. against Missouri S&T in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
The Lady Panthers are 7-0 and coming off of an 88-46 win at home over Rogers State on Thursday. The Miners are 2-3 and have been idle since last weekend. Missouri S&T lost on Nov. 24 at number one ranked Ashland, 100-72, then fell in overtime to Wayne State (Mich.) 70-67 the following day.
Drury is 25-6 against Missouri S&T all-time and has won the last 11 meetings dating back to a 66-63 home loss on Dec. 6, 2012. Last season, the Lady Panthers won at home over the Miners 82-51 on Jan. 13, and took the win in Rolla, 103-57, on Feb. 3.
Saturday's game is the conference opener for both teams.
Immediately following the game, Drury will honor its 2018 Hall of Fame induction class that includes: Dr. Thomas Lynch, M.D. (Lifetime Achievement), Alex Hall (men's basketball), Katie Pritchard (women's basketball), Vladimir Sidorkin (men's swimming & diving), Jing Hua (women's swimming & diving), and John Pedroli (men's soccer).
Notes to Know:
Hailey Diestelkamp became 17th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points on Thursday against Rogers State and, in the same game, she became the fifth Drury player ever to accumulate 600 career rebounds....The Lady Panthers have won 28 straight home games, the third-longest streak in Division II women's basketball....Drury has won 42 straight home GLVC games dating back to Jan. 5, 2014 when Indianapolis won at the O' 85-68. DU head coach
Molly Miller's teams have gone 36-0 in the league on home court during her tenure....Coach Miller has a career GLVC coaching record of 67-5 during the league's regular season. The Lady Panthers have gone 17-1 in conference play in each of the last two years.
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury:
Molly Miller (5th year, 120-16)
Missouri S&T: Alan Eads (17th year, 204-236)
Last Game
Drury: won vs. Rogers St. 88-46 (Thursday)
Rogers St.: lost vs. Wayne St. (Mich.) (Sunday)
Streak
Drury: Won 7
Missouri S&T: Lost 3
Last five games
Drury: 5-0
Missouri S&T: 2-3
2017-18 Series
Drury 2-0
All-Time Series
Drury 25-6
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #34
Hailey Diestelkamp 19.4 ppg
Rebounds- #34
Hailey Diestelkamp 8.9 rpg
Assists- #5
Daejah Bernard 5.2 apg
FG pct- #34
Hailey Diestelkamp .529
3's- #14
Paige Robinson 18
3-FG pct- #14
Paige Robinson .450
FT pct- #21
Payton Richards .917
Missouri S&T
Points- #34 Maddie Raley 14.8 ppg
Rebounds- #00 Mykala Baylor 9.4 rpg
Assists- #14 Jordan Kabeetske 4.4 apg
FG pct- #34 Maddie Raley .566
3's- #34 Maddie Raley 12
3-FG pct- #34 Maddie Raley .480
FT pct- #5 Michaela Davis .792
Up Next
Drury at Arkansas-Ft. Smith -- Tue., Dec. 4
5:30 p.m. -- Fort Smith, Ark.
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