Drury Panthers (15-10, 9-5) at Missouri-St. Louis Tritons (18-7, 9-6)
Game #26 – Thur., Feb. 21, 2019 – 7:30 p.m.
Mark Twain Building – St. Louis, Mo.
 
Live Coverage
Radio- JOCK 98.7 FM
Live Audio- www.jock987.com
Video- www.GLVCSN/umsl
Live Stats- www.umsltritons.com
 
Panthers at UMSL for rematch with Tritons
The Drury Panthers travel to the University of Missouri-St. Louis to take on the Tritons for the second time in 12 days.
 
Drury has won six straight including the Feb. 9 game against UMSL 84-68 at the O'Reilly Family Event Center. The Panthers are 15-10, 9-5 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and are in fifth place in the league standings while UMSL is 18-7, 9-6 in the conference and in sixth place in the GLVC.
 
Thursday's game is a pivotal one in the conference race as each of the top six teams in the GLVC are head-to-head on the same night with Indianapolis at Bellarmine and Lewis at Southern Indiana.
 
Drury leads the all-time series against the Tritons 24-7 and has won the last 11 straight against UMSL. The Tritons last win against Drury came on March 2, 2012, in a 71-60 win over the Panthers in the GLVC quarterfinals.
 
Drury continues their road trip on Saturday when they travel to Maryville for a 3 p.m. game in St. Louis.
 
Notes To Know
--Drury is 9-0 this season when they have held the opposition to fewer than 60 points.
--The Panthers have gone 8-2 since Jan. 12 and have held their opponents to 64.6 points per game during that run.
--In Drury's last win, head coach Steve Hesser earned his 317th career win at DU to pass A.L. Weiser for the program's all-time lead in coaching wins. Hesser is 317-124 in 15 seasons as head coach.
 
Quick Facts
Head Coaches
Drury- Steve Hesser (15th year, 317-124)
UMSL- Bob Sundvold (6^th year, 90-77/14^th year, 214-85)
 
Last Game
Drury won at Missouri S&T 63-53 (Saturday)
UMSL lost at Indianapolis 69-64 (Saturday)
 
Streak
Drury- Won 6
UMSL- Lost 3
 
Last Five Games
Drury- 5-0
UMSL- 2-3
 
Last Meeting
Drury 84 UMSL 68 (Feb. 9 at DU)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 24-7
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #0 Conley Garrison 17.3 ppg (6th in GLVC)
Rebounds- #5 Andrew Ballock 5.2 rpg
Assists- #0 Conley Garrison 5.0 apg (3rd in GLVC)
FG pct- #14 Tyler Clanton .766 
3's- #0 Conley Garrison 71 (3rd in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #4 Kamau Kinder .458 (4th in GLVC)
FT pct- #0 Conley Garrison .817
 
UMSL
Points- #10 Johnathan Matthews 13.8 ppg
Rebounds- #42 Eric Dust 5.4 rpg
Assists- #2 Shane Wissink 3.9 apg (10th in GLVC)
FG pct- #42 Eric Dust .562 (8th in GLVC)
3's- #10 Johnathan Matthews 60 (T-8th in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #10 Johnathan Matthews .441 (8th in GLVC)
FT pct- #10 Johnathan Matthews .891 (2nd in GLVC)
 
Up Next
Drury at Maryville – Sat., Feb. 23 – 3  p.m.
Moloney Arena – St. Louis, Mo.
 
 
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