Drury Panthers (11-6, 4-5 GLVC) at #1 Bellarmine Knights (14-2, 7-2 GLVC)
Sat., Jan. 25, 2020 – 2 pm (CST)
Knights Hall – Louisville, Ky. 
 
Live Coverage
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Panthers look to bounce back at Bellarmine
The Drury Panthers will look to bounce back from back-to-back losses this week when they play at Bellarmine on Saturday at 2 pm (CST).
 
Drury is 11-6 and 4-5 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Panthers lost on Monday at Southwest Baptist 82-74 and at Indianapolis on Thursday 97-58.
 
Bellarmine, ranked number one in this week's NCAA-II coaches' poll, has suffered two losses in a row and both came at home. The Knights lost on Monday to Indianapolis, 81-76 in overtime, and dropped a 79-74 decision on Thursday to Southwest Baptist. Bellarmine is 14-2 and 7-2 in the GLVC.
 
The all-time series between the two teams is tied 11-11 but the Knights have won the last five encounters. All five of those games were either at Bellarmine or on a neutral court in the GLVC tournament. Counting Saturday's game, Drury has traveled to Bellarmine for 10 of the 15 regular season meetings.
 
The Panthers will be back at home for the first time since Jan. 11 on Thursday when they host Missouri S&T for a 7:45 pm game at the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
 
Hartley leads the NCAA-II from three
Drury guard Cal Hartley entered the week leading NCAA-II in three-point percentage. The junior from Benton, Kansas, is shooting .515 from beyond the arc has hit 52 of his 101 attempts. His 52 three-pointers are tied for the second-most in the GLVC.
 
 
Players to Watch (GLVC rank)
DRURY
#0 Conley Garrison 15.5 ppg (11th), 5.6 ast pg (2nd), 44/113- 3-pt att.
#13 Cal Hartley 13.9 ppg, 52/99 3-pt att. (.525) (1st/1st-NCAA-II)
#4 Asa Hutchinson 8.9 ppg, .504 FG pct.
 
Bellarmine
#11 Alex Cook 16.5 ppg (9th), .903 FT pct (2nd)
#4 Ben Weyer 13.2 ppg, .519 FG pct
#13 Dylan Penn 12.3 ppg
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 11-6 (4-5 GLVC)
Bellarmine: 14-2 (7-2 GLVC)
 
Head Coaches
DU: Steve Hesser (16th year, 334-132)
BU: Scott Davenport (15th year, 358-103)    
 
Last Game
Drury lost at Indianapolis 97-58 (Thur. at UIndy)
BU lost vs. Southwest Baptist 79-75 (Thur. at BU)
 
Streak
DU: Lost 2
BU: Lost 2
 
All-Time Series
Tied 11-11
 
2018-19 Series
Bellarmine 81 Drury 59 (Jan. 24, 2019 at BU)
Bellarmine 65 Drury 48 (March 10, 2019 in GLVC Championship) 
 
Next
Drury vs Missouri S&T -- Thur., Jan. 30, 2020
7:45 pm -- O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
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