#1 Drury Lady Panthers (21-0, 11-0) vs. Maryville Saints (14-6, 8-3)
Game #22 – Thur., Feb. 7, 2019 – 5:45 p.m.
O'Reilly Family Event Center – Springfield, Mo.
 
Live Coverage 
Radio- KBFL 96.9 FM, JOCK 98.7 FM (JIP at 6 p.m.)
Live Audio- www.kbflam.com
Video- www.GLVCSN/drury
Live Stats- www.drurypanthers.com
 
Top-ranked Lady Panthers host Maryville
The number one ranked and undefeated Drury Lady Panthers take on Maryville Thursday night at the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
Drury is 21-0, 11-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and is the top-ranked team in NCAA-II for the second consecutive week. The Lady Panthers are coming off of a 72-66 win over Truman State on Saturday in only their second game decided by fewer than 10 points this season.
 
Maryville is the GLVC's most improved team after going 7-17 and 4-14 in the conference last year, to 14-6 and 8-3 in the league entering tonight's game. The Saints have won seven of their last eight including a 72-64 win at home over Rockhurst on Saturday.
 
Drury is 15-3 against Maryville in the all-time series and 7-1 at home against the Saints. The Lady Panthers won the lone meeting last season 72-48 in St. Louis. 
 
Drury is home again on Saturday when they host the University of Missouri-St. Louis for Overflow the O' at 1 p.m.
 
Notes to Know:
-- Drury's 21-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 and have had a pair of 20-game winning streaks prior to this year.
-- Hailey Diestelkamp ranks 9th on Drury's all-time scoring list (1,306), 4th in career rebounds (746), and 4th in career steals (262).
-- Daejah Bernard's 132 assists this season is the fourth most by a Lady Panther in a single year. She is just 35 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 353. 
-- Drury leads the nation in assists (20.9), steals (17.9), turnovers forced (31.4), and turnover margin (+14.8).
 
QUICK FACTS
Head Coaches
Drury: Molly Miller (5th year, 134-16)
Maryville: Colin Lanam (3^rd year, 33-37)
 
Last Game
Drury: won vs. Truman St. 72-66 (Sat.)
Maryville: won vs. Rockhurst 72-64 (Sat.)
 
Streak
Drury: Won 21
Maryville: Won 2
 
Last five games
Drury: 5-0
Maryville: 4-1
 
Last Meeting
Drury 72 Maryville 48 (Feb. 10, 2018, at MU)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 15-3
 
STAT LEADERS
Drury
Points- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 20.6 ppg (2nd in GLVC)
Rebounds- #34 Hailey Diestelkamp 9.4 rpg (3rd in GLVC)
Assists- #5 Daejah Bernard 6.3 apg (1st in GLVC, 7th in NCAA-II)
FG pct- #33 Emily Parker .542 (5th in GLVC)
3's- #14 Paige Robinson 58 (1st in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #14 Paige Robinson .423 (4th in GLVC)
FT pct- #14 Paige Robinson .844
 
Maryville
Points- #2 Mary Barton 15.3 ppg (5th in GLVC)
Rebounds- #44 Stephanie Sherwood 7.4 rpg (7th in GLVC)
Assists- #2 Mary Barton 4.8 apg (2nd in GLVC)
FG pct- #24 Abby Monis .511 (9th in GLVC)
3's- #2 Mary Barton 40 (T-5th in GLVC)
3-FG pct- #2 Mary Barton .348
FT pct- #2 Mary Barton .919 (1st in GLVC, 3rd in NCAA-II)
 
Up Next
Drury vs. Missouri-St. Louis – Sat., Feb. 9 – 1  p.m.
O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
 
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