#1 Drury Lady Panthers (26-0, 16-0) vs. Rockhurst Hawks (9-15, 5-11)
Game #27 – Thur., Feb. 28, 2019 – 5:45 p.m.
O'Reilly Familly Event Center 
 
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Top-ranked Lady Panthers host Hawks
Number one ranked Drury enters the final week of the regular season and plays host to Rockhurst on Thursday at 5:45 pm in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
The Lady Panthers are 26-0, 16-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and are the top-ranked team in the NCAA-II coaches' poll for the fifth week in a row. They extended their winning streak to 26 on Saturday with an 80-57 win at Maryville on Saturday.
 
Rockhurst is 9-15, 5-11 in the GLVC but they are coming off of an 88-63 road win at William Jewell on Saturday. The Hawks are in 11th place in the GLVC point rating system.
 
Drury has won 35 of the 36 games against Rockhurst in the all-time series with the Hawks winning the first-ever meeting between the two teams, a 72-69 win over the Lady Panthers in Kansas City on Jan. 27, 2001. Drury has won 35 straight against Rockhurst since then including a 62-41 win over the Hawks in Kansas City earlier this season on Jan. 5. 
 
Drury concludes the regular season at home and will celebrate Homecoming and Senior Day on Saturday with a 1 pm game against William Jewell.
 
Notes to Know
--Drury's 26-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.
--Daejah Bernard needs just four assists to break Drury's single-season record. Bernard comes into today's game 163 assists, second-most in a DU season year and trails only Ja'Nell Jones' total of 167 in 2009-10.
--Bernard leads the nation in steals with 102, and that total ranks sixth in season totals at Drury.
--Hailey Diestelkamp enters today's game with 551 points for the year - second-most ever in a Drury single-season. Lindsay Ballweg holds Drury's season-record with 644 points in the 2009-10 season.
--Diestelkamp also topped 1,400 career points last week becoming the eighth player in program history to do so. Her 1,424 career points rank 8th all-time for the Lady Panthers.  
--Paige Robinson's 72 three-pointers are tied for the seventh-best total in a Drury single-season.
 
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury: Molly Miller (5th year, 139-16)
Rockhurst: Larry Park (10^th year, 97-167)
 
Last Game
Drury: won at Maryville 80-57 (Saturday)
Rockhurst: won at William Jewell 88-63 (Saturday)
 
Streak
Drury: Won 26
Rockhurst: Won 1
 
Last five games
Drury: 5-0
Rockhurst: 3-2
 
Previous Meeting
Drury 62 Rockhurst 41 (Jan. 5, 2019, at RU)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 35-1
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 21.2 ppg (2nd in GLVC)
Rebounds- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 9.0 rpg (3rd in GLVC)
Assists- #5 Daejah Bernard 6.3 apg (1st in GLVC, 10th in NCAA-II)
FG pct- #33 Emily Parker .530 (6th in GLVC)
3's- #14 Paige Robinson 72 (1st in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #14 Paige Robinson .419 (5th in GLVC)
FT pct- #14 Paige Robinson .857
 
Rockhurst
Points- #23 Madeline Ronshausen 18.8 ppg (3rd in GLVC)
Rebounds- #23 Madeline Ronshausen 4.0 rpg
Assists- #23 Madeline Ronshausen 2.8 apg
FG pct- #44 Rachel Holden .528
3's- #23 Madeline Ronshausen 60 (2nd in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #22 Briathia Sebek .465 (2rd in GLVC)
FT pct- #23 Madeline Ronshausen .833 (T-8th in GLVC)
 
Up Next
Drury vs. William Jewell – Sat., March 2 – 1 pm
O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
 
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