Drury Panthers (20-8, 13-7 GLVC) vs. #16 UMSL Tritons (25-5, 16-4)
GLVC Quarterfinals
Thur., March 5, 2020 – 6 pm
First Community Arena – Edwardsville, Ill. 
 
Live Coverage
Radio:  JOCK 98.7 FM
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Live Stats: www.glvcsports.com 
 
TICKET INFORMATION
$45        All-Tournament Pass (Good for all 7 Sessions)
$35        Flex Pass (Any 2 of first 6 sessions)
$20        Adults & Seniors (Good for both games each session)
$5           Students (w/ ID) & Youth (Ages 6-17)
Free       Children 5 and Under
Call: Chris Wright for tickets at 855-SIUE-TIX
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GLVC Tournament Home Page
 
Panthers face top-seeded UMSL in GLVC Quarterfinals
The Drury Panthers will take on top-seeded Missouri-St. Louis in the quarterfinal round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference on Thursday at 6 pm in Edwardsville, Illinois.
 
Drury is 20-8 and finished the GLVC regular season with a 13-7 record.  While their league record was tied for the fourth-best mark in the conference, the GLVC's Point Rating System placed the Panthers as an eighth seed on the postseason bracket. Drury enters the tournament ranked ninth in the Midwest Region. 
 
UMSL is 25-5 and finished with a 16-4 conference record-tying them with Truman State for the best mark in the GLVC. The Tritons are the top seed in the tournament as they finished with the best point rating in the league. UMSL is ranked 16th in NCAA-II and is currently third in the latest Midwest Regional Rankings.
 
The two teams have only played once during the regular season and Missouri-St. Louis edged the Panthers 72-70 at the O'Reilly Family Event on January 9.
 
The winner of Thursday's game will advance to the GLVC semifinals and will play the winner of fourth-seeded Southern Indiana and fifth-seeded Bellarmine on Saturday at 6 pm. The GLVC championship game is scheduled for Sunday, March 8, at 3:30 pm.
 
Panthers in the GLVC Tournament
The Panthers are 20-10 in their history in the GLVC tournament and have
won the tournament championship three times (2015, 2013, and 2008).
Drury is 10-3 all-time in the quarterfinals.
 
Last season, the Panthers were 2-1 in the GLVC tournament as they defeated Indianapolis, in the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Lewis in overtime, to reach the championship game.
 
Midwest Regional Rankings (record through 3/1)
1. Indianapolis (23-5)
2. Ferris State (23-5)
3. Missouri-St. Louis (25-5)
4. Grand Valley St. (20-6)
5. Truman St. (20-8)
6. Bellarmine (20-7)
7. Southern Indiana (21-7)
8. Michigan Tech (18-8)
9. DRURY (20-8)
10. Findlay (18-7)
 
 
Previous Game
Drury 84 Rockhurst 71 (Feb. 29 at DU)
-- Conley Garrison led the Panthers with 30 points and had 6 assists and 4 steals
-- Lane Duncan put in a career-high 20 points on 8 of 11 shooting from the field
-- Drury shot 55 percent from the field going 32 for 58
 
All-Time Series Notes vs UMSL
-- Drury leads the all-time series vs UMSL 25-8
-- UMSL's win for Drury was their first over the Panthers in 11 meetings
-- Thursday's game is only the second meeting between the two teams in the GLVC tournament. Drury won that game, 70-65 in overtime in the quarterfinals in 2015 in Evansville, Ind.
 
Last Meeting
UMSL 72 Drury 70 (Jan. 9 at DU)
-- Yakema Rose led all scorers with 24 points
-- Conley Garrison was held to 10 points going 4 for 9 from the field
-- The Tritons led 41-40 at halftime
-- Brandon Emmert led Drury with 14 points
 
QUICK FACTS
Drury: 20-8, 13-7 GLVC
Tournament Seed: #8
Head Coach: Steve Hesser (16th year, 343-134)
Last Game: Drury won vs. Rockhurst 84-71 (at DU, Feb. 29)
Streak: Won 2
 
GLVC Quarterfinals
Thursday
#1 Missouri-St. Louis vs #8 DRURY, 6 pm
#2 Indianapolis vs #7 Southwest Baptist, 8:30 pm
 
Friday
#3 Truman State vs #6 Rockhurst 6 pm
#4 Southern Indiana vs #5 Bellarmine, 8:30 pm
 
 
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