#5 Drury Lady Panthers (22-2, 13-1) vs. Lewis Flyers (20-5, 13-2)
Thur., Feb. 15, 2018 – 5:45 p.m.
O'Reilly Familly Event Center
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Lady Panthers in showdown with Lewis
The fifth-ranked Drury Lady Panthers take on Lewis on Thursday, 5:45 p.m., at the O'Reilly Family Event Center in a rematch of last year's Great Lakes Valley Conference championship game.
The Lady Panthers are 22-2, 13-1 in the GLVC and have already clinched the West Division regular season title. Drury enters the game with a seven-game winning streak and is a perfect 10-0 at home this season. This year's division title is Drury's 11
th in program history since they joined the GLVC in 2005-06 and is their fifth in a row.
Lewis is 20-5 and 13-2 in the GLVC. The Flyers are a half-game behind Southern Indiana in the East Division race, and they enter Thursday's game with a three-game winning streak.
Lewis features the nation's leading scorer in Division II, Jessica Kelliher. Kelliher is averaging 25.3 points per game and is second in the nation in field goal percentage shooting .668 from the floor. She was the Player of the Year last season in the GLVC as a sophomore.
Drury won both meetings last year with a 70-54 win at the O' on Jan. 7 and a 67-63 victory in the finals of the GLVC tournament in Evansville, Indiana.
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury-
Molly Miller (4th year, 104-15)
Lewis- Samantha Quigley Smith (1
st year, 20-5, 6
th year, 121-67)
2016-17 Season Series
Drury 70 Lewis 54 (Jan. 7, 2017 at DU)
Drury 67 Lewis 63 (March 5, 2017 in GLVC Finals)
All-Time Series
Drury 11-7
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #14
Alice Heinzler 14.8 ppg (11th-GLVC)
Rebounds- #34
Hailey Diestelkamp 8.4 rpg (3rd-GLVC)
Assists- #15
Heather Harman 4.1 apg (4th-GLVC)
FG%- #24 Lucia Fernandez .563
3's- #14
Alice Heinzler 67, .366 (1st-GLVC in 3's made)
FT%- #14
Alice Heinzler .898 (53/59)
Lewis
Points- #52 Jessica Kelliher 25.3 ppg (1st-GLVC, 1st-NCAA-II)
Rebounds- #52 Jessica Kelliher 8.4 rpg (4th-GLVC)
Assists- #24 Gabby Green 4.5 apg (2nd-GLVC)
FG%- #52 Jessica Kelliher .668 (1st-GLVC, 2nd-NCAA-II)
3's- #30 Kayla Brewer 30, .313
FT%- #42 Rachel Hinders .872 (4th-GLVC)
Up Next
Sat., Feb. 17 vs. UW-Parkside, 1 p.m.
O'Reilly Family Event Center (HOMECOMING)
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