#2 Drury Lady Panthers (16-0, 6-0) at Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars (5-9, 2-4)
Game #17 – Sat., Jan. 19, 2019 – 1 p.m.
The Recreation & Activities Center – Springfield, Ill.
 
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Lady Panthers at Illinois Springfield
The 2nd ranked Drury Lady Panthers continue their Illinois road trip on Saturday as they take on the Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars at 1 p.m. Drury is 16-0, 6-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and is coming off of a 72-55 win over McKendree on Thursday. The Lady Panthers are 6-0 on the road this season and 3-0 on the road in the GLVC.
 
UIS is 5-9 and 2-4 in the league. The Prairie Stars lost at home to Missouri S&T 83-77 on Thursday and have dropped four of their last six games. 
 
The Lady Panthers have never lost to Illinois Springfield and bring an 11-0 record against the Prairie Stars into Saturday's match-up. 
 
Drury returns to the road next week and will play at Bellarmine on Thursday for a 4:35 p.m. (Central) game in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
Notes to Know:
-- With Drury's next win, head coach Molly Miller will pass Steve Harold for second-place at Drury in career coaching victories. Miller tied coach Harold with her 129th career victory on Thursday following Drury's win at McKendree. Harold went 129-52 in six seasons at DU while Coach Miller is 129-16 and in her fifth year as head coach of the Lady Panthers.
-- Hailey Diestelkamp has moved up 10th on Drury on Drury's all-time scoring chart with 1,189 career points. In Thursday's game, she passed Annie Armstrong, Melanie Oliver, and Magen Brunson on the Lady Panthers all-time scoring list.
-- Diestelkamp also became the fourth player in program history to top 700 career boards after getting eight boards in Thursday's game at McKendree. She currently ranks 4th all-time in rebounds at Drury with 702. 
-- Daejah Bernard became the seventh player in program history to reach 300 career assists last week and now ranks for sixth on Drury's all-time list with 321.
-- At 16-0, Drury is off to their best start in program history.
 
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury: Molly Miller (5th year, 129-16)
Illinois Springfield: Mark Kost (4^th year, 35-56)
 
Last Game
Drury: won at McKendree 72-55 (Thur.)
Illinois Springfield: lost vs. Missouri S&T 83-77 (Thur.)
 
Streak
Drury: Won 16
Illinois Springfield: Lost 2
 
Last five games
Drury: 5-0
Illinois Springfield: 2-3
 
Last Meeting
Drury 76 Illinois Springfield 44 (Jan. 25, 2018, at UIS)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 11-0
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 19.8 ppg
Rebounds- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 9.6 rpg
Assists- #5 Daejah Bernard 6.3 apg
FG pct- #33 Emily Parker .545
3's- #14 Paige Robinson 49
3-FG pct- #14 Paige Robinson .467
FT pct- #14 Paige Robinson .871
 
Illinois Springfield
Points- #15 Jasmine Sangster 13.4 ppg
Rebounds- #13 Brianna Mefford 5.8 rpg
Assists- #1 Lauren Ladowski 3.1 apg
FG pct- #22 Ellie Mitchell .438
3's- #24 Val Meissner 31
3-FG pct- #24 Val Meissner .344
FT pct- #3 Tehya Fortune .846

Up Next
Drury at Bellarmine – Thur., Jan. 24 (4:35 p.m (CST)
Louisville, Kentucky
 
 
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