#1 Drury Lady Panthers (24-0, 14-0) at Missouri-St. Louis Tritons (11-13, 5-10)
Game #25 – Thur., Feb. 21, 2019 – 1 p.m.
Mark Twain Building – St. Louis, Mo.
 
Live Coverage 
Radio- KBFL 96.9 FM/1060 AM, JOCK 98.7 FM (JIP at 6pm)
Live Audio- www.kbflam.com
Video- www.GLVCSN/umsl
Live Stats- www.umsltritons.com
 
Number one ranked Lady Panthers at UMSL
For the second time in three games, the Drury Lady Panthers and the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons will face off, this time in St. Louis. The two teams met on Feb. 9 with Drury winning in Springfield 77-44.
 
The Lady Panthers are ranked number one in NCAA-II and bring in a 24-0 record with a 14-0 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. UMSL is 11-13, 5-10 in the league, they have lost four straight, and sit in 10th place in the league standings.
 
Drury has won 27 of the 28 meetings all-time against the Tritons with UMSL's only win in the series coming on Feb. 7, 2013, 58-56 in St. Louis.
 
Following Thursday's game, Drury's St. Louis road trip continues with a game at Maryville on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
Notes to Know:
--Drury's 24-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 became the eighth player in program history to top 500 points in a single season last Saturday after her 26-point game at Missouri S&T. She is tied with Katie Pritchard for 7th on Drury's single-season scoring list.
--Diestelkamp also moved up to 8th on Drury's all-time scoring list passing Hope Hunt (2000-04) with 1,374 points. She also ranks 4th in career rebounds (767), and 4th in career steals (277).
--Daejah Bernard's 152 assists this season are the second most by a Lady Panther in a single year. She is just 15 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 373. 
--Paige Robinson's 68 three-pointers are the 10th most in a single-season.
 
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury: Molly Miller (5th year, 137-16)
UMSL: Katie Vaughn (7^th year, 109-81)
 
Last Game
Drury: won at Missouri S&T 104-70 (Saturday)
UMSL: lost at Indianapolis 84-61 (Saturday)
 
Streak
Drury: Won 24
UMSL: Lost 4
 
Last five games
Drury: 5-0
UMSL: 1-4
 
Previous Meeting
Drury 77 UMSL 44 (Feb. 9, at DU)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 27-1
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 20.9 ppg (2nd in GLVC)
Rebounds- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 9.1 rpg (3rd in GLVC)
Assists- #5 Daejah Bernard 6.3 apg (1st in GLVC, 8th in NCAA-II)
FG pct- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp .529 (5th in GLVC)
3's- #14 Paige Robinson 68 (1st in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #14 Paige Robinson .430 (4th in GLVC)
FT pct- #14 Paige Robinson .857
 
UMSL
Points- #2 Arielle Jackson 14.6 ppg (9th in GLVC)
Rebounds- #11 Alex LaPorta 10.4 rpg (1st in GLVC)
Assists- #10 Kaitlynn Henning & #11 Alex LaPorta  2.6 apg
FG pct- #44 Grace Morrow .491
3's- #2 Arielle Jackson 40 (10th in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #5 McKenzie Lathrom .356
FT pct- #2 Arielle Jackson .824
 
Up Next
Drury at Maryville – Sat., Feb. 23 – 1 pm
Moloney Arena - St. Louis, Mo.
 
 
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