#1 Drury Lady Panthers (18-0, 9-0 GLVC) at Bellarmine Knights (10-6, 5-4 GLVC)
Sat., Jan. 25, 2020 – noon (CST)
Knights Hall – Louisville, Ky.
 
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Lady Panthers battle Bellarmine to end five-game road stint
The Drury Lady Panthers have not lost a regular season game since January 18, 2018. Saturday, they return to the site of their last regular season and conference loss as they take on Bellarmine at noon (CST) in Louisville, Ky.
 
Drury is ranked number one in NCAA-II with an 18-0 record and a 9-0 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Lady Panthers enter Saturday's game with a 55-game winning streak during the regular season, and they have won 46 straight league games.
 
Bellarmine is 9-7 and 4-5 in the conference. The Knights are coming off of an 86-60 win over Southwest Baptist at home on Thursday.
 
Drury won both games against Bellarmine last year winning in Louisville 86-61 on January 24, and in the GLVC tournament championship game, 94-48, on March 9.
 
The Lady Panthers will be without head coach Molly Miller who gave birth to her second child, a boy, on Thursday night. Miller was not on the Drury bench for Thursday's game at Indianapolis.
 
Drury returns home for the first time since January 11 when they host Missouri S&T on Thursday for a 5:45 pm game at the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
Players to Watch (GLVC rank)
DRURY
#34 Hailey Diestelkamp 17.3 ppg (5th), 6.8 rpg (8th)
#14 Paige Robinson 12.5 ppg, .822 FT pct
#5 Daejah Bernard 4.8 assists pg (3rd), 2.5 steals pg (2nd)
 
Bellarmine
#3 Breia Torrens 14.2 ppg, .818 FT pct,
#4 Tasia Jefferies 10.6 ppg, .844 FT pct
#15 Mallory Schwartz 6.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg
 
STREAKS
Drury has won 55 straight regular season games. The Lady Panthers won all 28 contests before the postseason last year and have not lost a regular season game since Jan. 18, 2018 at Bellarmine.
 
Drury has won 46 consecutive games in the GLVC. Their last loss was at Bellarmine - Jan. 18, 2018.
 
The Lady Panthers have won 47 consecutive home games - the second-longest streak in NCAA-II women's basketball. Their last loss at home was on Nov. 26, 2016 against 2nd ranked Emporia State 74-59.
 
Diestelkamp's 2,000 point/1,000 rebound watch
Hailey Diestelkamp is now Drury's all-time leading scorer and all-time leading rebounder. She is one of two current players in NCAA-II women's basketball with a chance to reach 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. Hailey enters today's game with 1,940 points and 986 career boards
 
QUICK FACTS
Records 
Drury: 18-0, 9-0 GLVC, ranked #1 NCAA-II
Bellarmine: 10-6, 5-4 GLVC
 
Head Coaches
DU: Molly Miller (6th year, 166-17)
BU: Chancellor Dugan (8th yr., 135-80/29th yr. 455-370)          
 
Last Game
DU: Won at Indianapolis 73-51 (Thur. at UIndy)
BU: Won vs. Southwest Baptist 86-60 (Thur. at BU)
 
Streak
DU: Won 18
BU: Won 1
 
All-Time Series
Drury 15-3 vs Bellarmine
 
2018-19 Series
Drury 86 Bellarmine 61 (Jan. 24, 2019 at BU)
Drury 94 Bellarmine 48 (March 9, 2019 in GLVC Championship)
 
Up Next
Drury vs Missouri S&T -- Thur., Jan. 30, 2020
5:45 p.m. -- O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
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