#1 Drury Lady Panthers (23-0, 13-0) at Missouri S&T Lady Miners (9-11, 5-8)
Game #24 – Sat., Feb. 16, 2019 – 1 p.m.
Gibson Arena – Rolla, Mo.
 
Live Coverage 
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Top Ranked Lady Panthers travel to Missouri S&T
For the first time this season, the top-ranked Drury Lady Panthers will face an opponent for a second time as they travel to Missouri S&T for a 1 p.m. tipoff on Saturday in a rematch of their Dec. 1 game in Springfield.
 
Drury is 23-0, 13-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and ranked number one for the third week in a row in the WBCA/NCAA-II poll. The Lady Panthers are coming off of a 77-44 win last Saturday over Missouri-St. Louis.
 
Missouri S&T is 9-11 and 5-8 in the GLVC. Entering today's game, the Lady Miners are ninth in the league in winning percentage, and they sit ninth in the conference's point rating system. Missouri S&T was idle on Thursday and lost their last game, a 71-65 home loss to Maryville last Saturday.
 
Drury won the previous meeting against Missouri S&T 113-61 on Dec. 1 at the O'Reilly Family Event Center scoring a season-high 113 points in the win. They also registered a season-high 29 steals. The Lady Panthers lead the all-time series 26-6 and have won 12 straight against the Lady Miners.
 
Following Saturday's game, the Lady Panthers return to action on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis for a 5:30 p.m. game.
 
Notes to Know:
--Drury's 23-game winning streak is the second-longest in program history. The Lady Panthers won 30 straight in their national runner-up season in 2003-04.
--Hailey Diestelkamp is two points away from passing Hope Hunt for 8th place on Drury's all-time scoring list. Diestelkamp enters today's game with 1,348 career points, and the junior also ranks 4th in career rebounds (760), and 4th in career steals (271).
--Daejah Bernard's 143 assists this season are the third most by a Lady Panther in a single year. She is just 23 assists away from Drury's season record - 167 by Ja'Nell Jones in 2009-10. Bernard is also 5th at Drury in career assists with 364. 
--Bernard's 90 steals leads all of NCAA-II.
 
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury: Molly Miller (5th year, 136-16)
Missouri S&T: Alan Eads (17^th year, 211-244)
 
Last Game
Drury: won vs. UMSL 77-44 (Saturday)
Missouri S&T: lost vs. Maryville 71-65 (Saturday)
 
Streak
Drury: Won 23
Missouri S&T: Lost 1
 
Last five games
Drury: 5-0
Missouri S&T: 2-3
 
Previous Meeting
Drury 113 Missouri S&T 61 (Dec. 1, 2018 at DU)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 26-6
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 20.7 ppg (2nd in GLVC)
Rebounds- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 9.2 rpg (3rd in GLVC)
Assists- #5 Daejah Bernard 6.3 apg (1st in GLVC, 8th in NCAA-II)
FG pct- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp .530 (5th in GLVC)
3's- #14 Paige Robinson 65 (1st in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #14 Paige Robinson .425 (4th in GLVC)
FT pct- #14 Paige Robinson .851
 
Missouri S&T
Points- #45 Alex Kerr 12.3 ppg
Rebounds- #0 Mikayla Baylor 8.9 rpg (4th in GLVC)
Assists- #14 Jordan Kabetske 3.4 apg (9th in GLVC)
FG pct- #45 Alex Kerr .527 (7th in GLVC)
3's- #34 Maddie Raley 38 (9th in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #34 Maddie Raley .388 (9th in GLVC)
FT pct- #14 Jordan Kabetske .800
 
Up Next
Drury at UMSL - Thur., Feb. 21 - 5:30 p.m.
Mark Twain Building - St. Louis, Mo.
 
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