#1 Drury Lady Panthers (34-0) vs. #8 Nova Southeastern Sharks (21-11)
NCAA-II Elite Eight, Quarterfinals – Tue., March 26, 2019 – 5 pm (Central)
Alumni Hall -- Columbus, Ohio
  
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Lady Panthers get Nova Southeastern in Elite Eight quarterfinals
The number one ranked Drury Lady Panthers take on Nova Southeastern in the quarterfinals of the NCAA-II Elite Eight on Tuesday at 5 pm (Central) in Columbus, Ohio.
 
Drury is 34-0 and won the Midwest Regional tournament with a 51-44 victory over 10th ranked Grand Valley State on March 18 in Springfield. Nova Southeastern is 21-11 and won the South Region championship on March 18 with an 84-63 win at 17th ranked Florida Southern.
 
The winner of Tuesday's game will advance to the national semifinals on Wednesday and will face the winner of #4 North Georgia and #5 Lubbock Christian at 7:30 pm (Central).
 
Tuesday's game with the Sharks is a rematch of their Dec. 16 contest in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that was an 86-63 win for the Lady Panthers. Drury led 44-33 at halftime and pulled away in the second half outscoring Nova Southeastern 23-15 in the final quarter. Paige Robinson led Drury with 25 points in the game going 8 for 12 from the field and 5 for 6 from three-point range. Hailey Diestelkamp scored 19 points and added 9 rebounds. Claire McMahon had 17 points to lead the Sharks. 
 
Notes to Know:
--Drury became the first team history of the GLVC to go undefeated in the league's regular season AND the conference tournament. The Lady Panthers completed an 18-0 league regular season, then won the GLVC tournament title on Sunday.
--Drury's 34-game winning streak is the longest in program history and topped the previous mark of 30 set by their national runner-up team in 2003-04.
--This season marks the Lady Panthers third straight 30-win season. Drury went 30-4 in 2016-17, 31-3 in '17-18, and is 31-0 so far this year. They are 93-5 in the last three years combined with a 52-2 GLVC record in that span.
--On March 9, Hailey Diestelkamp broke the program's all-time rebounding record previously held by Melanie Oliver (2007-10) with 812. Diestelkamp enters the Elite Eight with 850 career boards.
--Diestelkamp also broke Drury's single-season scoring record in the GLVC championship vs. Bellarmine. She passed Lindsay Ballweg's total of 644 set in 2009-10. Hailey has 714 points entering the tournament, and she needs 11 more rebounds to break the single-season mark in that category.
--Daejah Bernard entered the NCAA-II tournament leading the nation in steals and has 125 for the year. On Feb. 28, she set a program record for assists in a single season and comes into the Elite Eight with 200.
 
Lady Panthers in the NCAA-II Tournament
The Lady Panthers are making their 16th national tournament appearance in just their 19th year of existence as a program and are playing in their fourth Elite Eight.
 
Drury is 29-16 all-time in the national tournament and previously has won regional championships in 2014, 2007, and 2004. The Lady Panthers have only been past the quarterfinal round when they finished as the 2004 national runner-up. Drury lost to Bentley in the 2014 quarterfinals and to Southern Connecticut State in 2007. The Lady Panthers defeated Seattle Pacific and Henderson St. in '04.
 
NCAA-II Elite Eight
Tuesday, March 26, Quarterfinals
#3 Indiana (Pa.) vs. #6 Azusa Pacific, 11 am (Central)
#2 Southwestern Oklahoma St. vs. #7 St. Anselm, 1:30 pm (Central)
#1 LADY PANTHERS vs. #8 Nova Southeastern, 5 pm (Central)
#4 North Georgia vs. #5 Lubbock Christian, 7:30 pm (Central)
Wednesday, March 27, Semifinals
IU/APU vs. SWOSU/St.A, 5 pm (Central)
DU/NSE vs. NG/LCU, 7:30 pm (Central)
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP – Fri., March 29 – 6 pm (Central)
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
DU: 34-0
NSE: 21-11
 
NCAA-II Coaches Poll
DU: #1
NSE: unranked
 
Tournament Bid
DU- Automatic, GLVC champion
NSE- At-Large
 
Regional Seed
DU: #1, Midwest
NSE: #7, South
 
Head Coaches
DU: Molly Miller (5th year, 147-16)
NSE: LeeAnn Freeland (8th year, 171-75/12th year, 260-110)
 
Road to the Elite Eight
Drury: won vs Kentucky Wesleyan 88-57 (March 15)
               won vs Northern Michigan 78-56 (March 16)
               won vs #10 Grand Valley St. 51-44 (March 18)
 
NSE: won vs #13 Union (Tenn.) 71-66 (March 15)
               won vs West Florida 87-78 (March 16)
               won at #17 Florida Southern 84-63 (March 18) 
 
 
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