#1 Drury Lady Panthers (26-0, 17-0 GLVC) at Quincy Hawks (7-18, 3-14 GLVC)
Sat., Feb. 22, 2020 – 1 pm
Pepsi Arena – Quincy, Ill. Â
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Lady Panthers at Quincy for final regular season road test
The number one ranked Drury Lady Panthers play their final road game of the regular season as they travel to Quincy on Saturday.
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Drury is 26-0, 17-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and is the top-ranked team in this week's NCAA-II coaches' poll. Quincy enters Saturday's game 7-18, 3-14 in the GLVC, and has lost five in a row.
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The Lady Panthers have won 22 straight road games dating back to March 12, 2018, when they fell at Ashland in the Midwest Regional championship game. Drury is 10-0 on the road so far this season, and they were 12-0 in road contests last year.
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Drury forward
Hailey Diestelkamp surpassed 500 points for the season after putting up 26 points against Truman State on Thursday. It marked the 10th time in program history a Drury player has reached that total and is the second time Diestelkamp has achieved that mark. Her current total of 522 points is the fifth most ever in a single season at Drury. She already owns Drury's single-season scoring record having set that last year with 758 points. Â
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Drury is back at home for their final two games of the regular season next week. The Panthers host William Jewell on Thursday at 5:45 pm, then Rockhurst on February 29 at 1 pm.
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Midwest Regional Rankings (record through 2/18)
1. DRURY (25-0)
2. Ashland (25-0)
3. Grand Valley St. (23-2)
4. Walsh (22-2)
5. Kentucky Wesleyan (24-1)
6. Southern Indiana (16-6)
7. Ferris State (17-6)
8. Lewis (15-9)
9. Lindenwood (14-8)
10. Truman St. (17-6)
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Players to Watch (GLVC rank)
DRURY
#34
Hailey Diestelkamp 20.1 ppg (3rd), 7.3 rpg (9th), 2.6 st pg (1st)
#14
Paige Robinson 14.2 ppg (12th), 58 3-pt (3rd), .864 FT pct (7th)
#5
Daejah Bernard 5.4 assists pg (2nd), 2.5 st pg (T-2nd)
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Quincy
#21 Laney Lantz 10.7 ppg, .859 FT pct (6th)
#31 Alexa Low 10.7 ppg, 6.5 rpgm 2.8 bl pg (1st)
#5 Aleksandra Petrovic 10.6 ppg
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STREAKS
Drury has won 63 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.
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Drury has won 54 consecutive games in the GLVC, including the postseason tournaments. Their last loss in the league was at Bellarmine - Jan. 18, 2018.
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The Lady Panthers have won 52 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.Â
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QUICK FACTS
RecordsÂ
Drury: 26-0, 17-0 GLVC, ranked #1 Midwest Region, ranked #1 NCAA-II
Quincy: 7-18, 3-14 GLVC
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Head Coaches
DU:
Molly Miller (6th year, 174-17)
QU: Jeni Garber (9
th year, 125-128)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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Last Game
DU: Won vs Truman St. 77-56 (Thur.)
QU: Lost at Southwest Baptist 60-48 (Thur.)
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Streak
DU: Won 26
QU: Lost 5
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All-Time Series
Drury 18-9
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Last Meeting
Drury 95 Quincy 52 (Jan. 31, 2019, at DU)
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Up Next
Drury vs William Jewell -- Thur., Feb. 27, 2020
5:45 pm -- O'Reilly Family Event Center
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