#3 Drury Lady Panthers (14-0, 4-0) vs. #17 Lewis Flyers (13-1, 4-0)
Game #15 -- Jan. 12, 2019 -- 1 p.m.
O'Reilly Family Event Center -- Springfield, Mo.
 
Promotion
Camp Day
(Parents of kids attending wearing their Drury basketball t-shirt receive a $5 ticket)
Kids 12 and under are FREE
 
Live Coverage 
Radio- JOCK 98.7 FM
Live Audio- www.jock987.com
Video- www.GLVCSN/drury
Live Stats- www.drurypanthers.com
 
Lady Panthers face Lewis in showdown of nationally ranked teams
The 3rd ranked Drury Lady Panthers face 17th ranked Lewis in a showdown between two top 25 teams on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
Drury is 14-0, 4-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and is coming off of a 77-47 win over Indianapolis at home on Thursday.
 
Lewis is 13-1 and winners of 13 straight after a season-opening loss to Northern Michigan 62-55, a team the Flyers came back to beat a month later on the road 65-51. The Flyers are also 4-0 in the GLVC and won at Missouri S&T 74-48 on Thursday.
 
Lewis is led by two-time GLVC Player of the Year Jessica Kelliher who enters today's game averaging 22.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, and is shooting .646 from the field.
 
Drury leads the all-time series against Lewis 13-7 and has won four straight against the Flyers. The two teams have met in the postseason in each of the last two years with the Lady Panthers winning 63-49 last year's 2nd round of the NCAA-II tournament, and 67-63 in the 2017 GLVC Championship game.
 
The Lady Panthers return to the road following Saturday's game as they take on McKendree on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Lebanon, Ill.
 
Notes to Know:
--At 14-0, Drury is off to their best start in program history.
--Hailey Diestelkamp is 13th on Drury's all-time scoring list with 1,148 points. She's 4th at DU in career rebounds with 678.
--Diestelkamp's triple-double on Thursday (21 points, 10 rebounds, 10 steals vs Indianapolis) is the first such game on record in Lady Panthers history.
--The Lady Panthers are averaging an NCAA-II best 17.1 steals per game.
 
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury: Molly Miller (5th year, 127-16)
Lewis: Samantha Quigley Smith (2^nd year, 37-9/7^th year 138-71)
 
Last Game
Drury: won vs. Indianapolis 77-47 (Thur.)
Lewis: won at Missouri S&T 74-48 (Thur.)
 
Streak
Drury: Won 14
Lewis: Won 13
 
Last five games
Drury: 5-0
Lewis: 5-0
 
2017-18 Series
Drury 86 Lewis 63 (Feb. 15 at DU)
Drury 63 Lewis 49 (Mar. 10, NCAA-II 2nd rd., at Ashland, OH)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 13-7
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 19.6 ppg
Rebounds- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 9.3 rpg
Assists- #5 Daejah Bernard 6.2 apg
FG pct- #33 Emily Parker .546
3's- #14 Paige Robinson 43
3-FG pct- #14 Paige Robinson .467
FT pct- #14 Paige Robinson .885
 
Lewis
Points- #52 Jessica Kelliher 22.9 ppg
Rebounds- #52 Jessica Kelliher 8.8 rpg
Assists- #24 Gabby Green 4.2 apg
FG pct- #52 Jessica Kelliher .646
3's- #10 Kaitlyn Williams 25
3-FG pct- #10 Kaitlyn Williams .439
FT pct- #42 Rachel Hinders .889
 
Up Next
Drury at McKendree – Thur., Jan. 17, 5:30 p.m.
Lebanon, Ill.
 
 
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