#2 Drury Lady Panthers (18-0, 8-0) at Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (14-4, 7-1)
Game #19 – Sat., Jan. 26, 2019 – 1 p.m.
Physical Activities Center – Evansville, Ind.
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Lady Panthers at Southern Indiana in GLVC title rematch
The Drury Lady Panthers, ranked second in NCAA-II with an 18-0 record and an 8-0 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, take on Southern Indiana in a rematch of last year's GLVC tournament championship game on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Evansville, Indiana.
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The Screaming Eagles enter Saturday's game winners of four straight and are 14-4 with a 7-1 record in the league. Southern Indiana won on Thursday with a 76-61 win over Missouri S&T.
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The Lady Panthers are coming off of an 86-61 win at Bellarmine on Thursday as they avenged their only conference loss of last year.
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Drury is 15-4 all-time against Southen Indiana but is 3-4 at USI. The Lady Panthers lost their last game at Southern Indiana in an 84-78 setback on Feb. 4, 2017, their only conference loss of the 2016-17 season.
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After Saturday's game, Drury returns home to host Quincy on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 5:45 p.m. in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.   Â
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Notes to Know
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Hailey Diestelkamp moved up to 9th on Drury's all-time scoring chart in Thursday's game and now has 1,230 career points.
--Diestelkamp also ranks 4th all-time in rebounds at Drury with 720.Â
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Daejah Bernard enters Saturday's game tied for fifth at Drury in all-time assists with 337. She is tied on the all-time chart with Hope Hunt (2000-05).
--Drury is +13.8 in turnover ratio and they not only lead the GLVC in that category, they are more than 10 better than the next closest team.
--At 18-0, Drury is off to their best start in program history.
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QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury:
Molly Miller (5th year, 131-16)
Southern Indiana: Rick Stein (19
th year, 353-212)
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Last Game
Drury: won at Bellarmine 86-61 (Thur.)
Southern Indiana: won vs. Missouri S&T 76-61 (Thur.)
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Streak
Drury: Won 18
Southern Indiana: Won 4
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Last five games
Drury: 5-0
Southern Indiana: 4-1
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2017-18 series
Drury 71 Southern Indiana 55 (1-15-18, at DU)
Drury 62 Southern Indiana 52 (GLVC championship, 3-4-18)
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All-Time Series
Drury 15-4
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STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #34
Hailey Diestelkamp 19.8 ppg
Rebounds- #34
Hailey Diestelkamp 9.5 rpg
Assists- #5
Daejah Bernard 6.4 apg
FG pct- #33
Emily Parker .556
3's- #14
Paige Robinson 56
3-FG pct- #14
Paige Robinson .459
FT pct- #14
Paige Robinson .821
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Southern Indiana
Points- #21 Alex Davidson 13.2 ppg
Rebounds- #43 Kacy Eschweiler 7.2 rpg
Assists- #21 Alex Davidson 3.5 apg, #12 Ashley Johnson 3.5 apg
FG pct- #10 Imani Guy .497
3's- #21 Alex Davidson 35
3-FG pct- #30 Emma DeHart .478
FT pct- #12 Ashley Johson .761
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Up Next
Drury vs. Quincy - Thur., Jan. 31 - 5:45 p.m.
O'Reilly Family Event Center
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