#2 Drury Lady Panthers (17-0, 7-0) at Bellarmine Knights (8-7, 2-5)
Game #18 – Thur., Jan. 24, 2019 – 4:35 p.m. (Central)
Knights Hall – Louisville, Ky.
 
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Lady Panthers at Bellarmine
It is the scene of Drury's only conference loss in 2017-18, and one of only two defeats the Lady Panthers suffered during the regular season last year – Knights Hall at Bellarmine.
 
The second-ranked Lady Panthers are one of five unbeaten teams in NCAA-II at 17-0 and 7-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference as they take on the Bellarmine Knights on Thursday at 4:35 p.m. (Central) in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
Bellarmine defeated Drury 84-70 on Jan. 18, 2018 for the Lady Panthers only loss in the league and only their second conference loss in two years. The 84 points scored by the Knights were the most Drury has given up in a game since then as Bellarmine shot 62 percent from the field in last year's game.
 
The Knights enter Thursday's game 8-7, 2-5 in the GLVC and losers of three straight. Bellarmine is coming off of a 62-52 loss at Rockhurst on Saturday.
 
Following Thursday's game, Drury will return to the place where they lost their only other GLVC game in the last two years - Southern Indiana. That game is Saturday at 1 p.m. in Evansville. 
 
Notes to Know:
--Hailey Diestelkamp is ranked 10th on Drury on Drury's all-time scoring chart with 1,206 career points. She needs 23 more points to pass Heather Harman (2014-18) for 9th all-time at DU.
--Diestelkamp also became the fourth player in program history to top 700 career boards after getting eight boards in last Thursday's game at McKendree. She currently ranks 4th all-time in rebounds at Drury with 710. 
--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 327.
--At 17-0, Drury is off to their best start in program history.
 
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury: Molly Miller (5th year, 130-16)
Bellarmine: Chancellor Dugan (7^th year, 116-70/28^th year, 436-360)
 
Last Game
Drury: won at Illinois Springfield 97-58 (Sat.)
Bellarmine: lost at Rockhurst 62-52 (Sat.)
 
Streak
Drury: Won 17
Bellarmine: Lost 3
 
Last five games
Drury: 5-0
Bellarmine: 1-4
 
Last Meeting
Bellarmine 84 Drury 70 (Jan. 18, 2018, at BU)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 13-3
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 19.6 ppg
Rebounds- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 9.5 rpg
Assists- #5 Daejah Bernard 6.2 apg
FG pct- #33 Emily Parker .552
3's- #14 Paige Robinson 54
3-FG pct- #14 Paige Robinson .474
FT pct- #14 Paige Robinson .857
 
Bellarmine
Points- #10 Mikayla Berry 10.0 ppg
Rebounds- #32 Liza Tibbs 5.7 rpg
Assists- #1 Lauren Ladowski 2.4 apg
FG pct- #32 LIza Tibbs .573
3's- #10 Mikayla Berry 16
3-FG pct- #15 Mallory Schwartz .324
FT pct- #3 Breia Torrens .805
 
Up Next
Drury at Southern Indiana – Sat., Jan. 26 – 1 p.m.
Evansville, Indiana
 
 
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