#1 Drury Lady Panthers (3-0) vs. Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (0-2)
Mon., Nov. 11, 2019 – 5:30 pm
O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
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Lady Panthers host Minnesota-Duluth in regular season home opener
The number one ranked Drury Lady Panthers host Minnesota-Duluth in on Monday at 5:30 pm in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
Drury is 3-0 after three wins to start the season in the CCA D-II Tipoff Classic in Orange, California Nov. 1-3. The Lady Panthers picked up wins over Simon Fraser, 78-60, 12th ranked West Texas A&M 71-44, and Montana State-Billings, 78-55.
 
Minnesota-Duluth started their last season last weekend in the MIAA/NSIC Crossover Classic in St. Joseph, Missouri and fell to seventh-ranked Fort Hays State 59-51 on Friday, then to Missouri Western State 77-61 on Saturday. Monday's game against Drury will be the third game in four days for the Bulldogs. UM-Duluth went 23-7 last season and earned a bid to the NCAA-II tournament.
 
After Monday's game, the Lady Panthers are idle until Nov. 29 when they host 11th ranked Central Missouri in the first game of the Oasis Hotel & Convention Center Thanksgiving Classic.
 
Players to Watch
DRURY
#14 Paige Robinson 13.0 ppg
#34 Hailey Diestelkamp 13.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg
#5 Daejah Bernard 5.7 assists pg
 
UM-DULUTH
#24 Brooke Olsen 20.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 50% FG
#21 Payton Kahl 8.0 ppg
#42 Sarah Grow 6.5 ppg (11.3 ppg last year)
 
Notes to Know
--Daejah Bernard is only 26 assists away from setting Drury's all-time record. The senior from St. Joseph, Missouri has 449 assists during her career and is chasing Kara Rutledge's mark of 474 set between 2002-06.
--Hailey Diestelkamp is 114 rebounds away from reaching 1,000 boards in her career. She already owns Drury's all-time record and enters Monday's game with 886 career rebounds.
 
STREAKS
--Drury has won 42 straight regular season games. The Lady Panthers won all 28 contests before the postseason last year and have not lost a regular season game since Jan. 18, 2018 at Bellarmine.
--Drury has won 37 consecutive games in the GLVC. Their last loss was at Bellarmine - Jan. 18, 2018.
--The Lady Panthers have won 40 consecutive home games, the second-longest streak in NCAA-II women's basketball.
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 3-0
Minnesota-Duluth: 0-2
 
Head Coaches
DU: Molly Miller (6th year, 151-17)
UM-Duluth: Mandy Pearson (5^th year, 60-53/12^th year, 162-161)
 
Last Game
Drury won vs. Montana St.-Billings 78-55 (Nov. 3 at Orange, Calif.)
UM-Duluth lost at Missouri Western 77-61 (Saturday)
 
Previous Meeting
Drury 70 Minn.-Duluth 58 -- Nov. 20, 2018 at DU
 
All-Time Series
Drury 2-0
 
Up Next
Drury vs. #11 Central Missouri -- Nov. 29, 2019 -- 5:30 pm
Oasis Hotel & Convention Center Classic -- O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
 
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