#1 Drury Lady Panthers (11-0, 2-0 GLVC) at McKendree Bearcats (7-3, 0-2 GLVC)
Sat, Jan. 4, 2020 -- 1 pm
Statham Sports Center -- Lebanon, Ill.
 
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Diestelkamp looks to set scoring record for Lady Panthers at McKendree
The Drury Lady Panthers continue their road trip with a game at McKendree on Saturday at 1 pm. Drury forward Hailey Diestelkamp will look become the program's all-time leading scorer in the game will and enter the contest needing only 14 points to pass Amanda Newton's (2002-06) career total of 1,815.
 
The Lady Panthers are 11-0, 2-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and ranked number one in the NCAA-II coaches' poll. Drury is coming off of a 94-69 win at Southern Indiana on Thursday.
 
McKendree is 7-3 and 0-2 in the league after falling to Southwest Baptist 63-58 on Thursday.
 
Drury has won all nine meetings against the Bearcats in the all-time series and picked up wins in both meetings against McKendree last year with a 72-55 win in Lebanon, Illinois during the regular season, and an 87-79 victory in the GLVC quarterfinals in Edwardsville.
 
After Saturday's game, the Lady Panthers return home for the first time since Dec. 6 and will host Missouri-St. Louis for a 5:45 pm game at the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
Players to Watch
DRURY
#34 Hailey Diestelkamp 15.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg
#14 Paige Robinson 12.2 ppg, .811 FT pct
#5 Daejah Bernard 4.9 assists pg, 2.3 steals pg
 
McKendree
#24 Jordan Heberg 16.8 ppg
#20 Jenna Krause 10.1 ppg
#21 Madison Hart 8.0 ppg, 10.8 rpg
 
Record Watch
Hailey Diestelkamp is 14 points away from becoming the Lady Panthers all-time leading scorer. Diestelkamp moved up to number two on Drury's career scoring list last on Nov. 29 and currently has 1,787 points. She is chasing Amanda Newton's (2002-06) all-time mark of 1,815 career point points.  
 
STREAKS
Drury has won 48 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 39 consecutive games in the GLVC. Their last loss was at Bellarmine - Jan. 18, 2018.
 
The Lady Panthers have won 45 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.
 
QUICK FACTS
Records 
Drury: 11-0, 2-0 GLVC, ranked #1 NCAA-II
McKendree: 7-3, 0-2 GLVC
 
Head Coaches
DU: Molly Miller (6th year, 159-17)
McK: Keri Kerkhoff (5^th year, 53-68)
 
Last Game
DU: Won at Southern Indiana 94-69 (Thur. at USI)
McK: Lost vs SW Baptist 63-58 (Thur. at McK)
 
Streak
DU: Won 11
McK: Lost 1
 
All-Time Series
Drury 9-0 vs. McKendree
 
2018-19 Series
Drury 72 McKendree 55 (Jan. 17, 2019, at McK)
Drury 87 McKendree 79 (March 8, 2019, GLVC quarterfinals) 
 
Up Next
Drury vs Missouri-St. Louis -- Thur., Jan. 9, 2020
5:45 pm -- O'Reilly Family Event Center 
 
 
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