ROLLA, Mo. – The Drury Lady Panthers held Missouri S&T scoreless for nearly eight minutes of the second quarter as they pulled away for a 103-57 win over the Lady Miners in Rolla, Missouri on Saturday night.
 
Ninth-ranked Drury raised their record to 20-2 and 11-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Lady Miners dropped to 8-13 and 3-10 in the GLVC.
 
Drury led 28-19 early in the second period but went on a 12-0 run and built a 46-24 lead at halftime.
 
Hailey Diestelkamp led five Lady Panthers that scored in double-figures as the sophomore from Owensville had 20 points and nine rebounds. Freshman Payton Richards scored a season-high 18 points while connecting on four three-pointers, and Lucia Fernandez added 17 points on 7 of 9 shooting from the field in only 16 minutes played. Heather Harman chipped in with 14, and Lexie Vaught had 12 points for Drury.
 
Janie Arand led Missouri S&T with 15 points.
 
The Lady Panthers attempted a program-record 40 three-pointers in the game going 14 for 40 from long-range. Drury's 103 points scored was also a season-high, and they outrebounded Missouri S&T 52-31. The Lady Panthers grabbed 27 of those boards on the offensive glass.
 
"Rebounding is an effort statistic, and I was really pleased with our effort tonight," said Drury head coach Molly Miller. "Teams that are winning championships are dominating their opponents, and that's been our theme lately. Before the break (at mid-season) we were letting teams hang around. Lately, we've been able to dominate and pull away…that's what championship teams do."
 
The Lady Panthers play again on Thursday when they travel to Rockhurst. Game time is 5:30 p.m. in Kansas City, Missouri.
 
 
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