Drury Panthers (5-6, 5-6 GLVC) at Maryville Saints (5-9, 5-9 GLVC)
Sat., Jan. 30, 2021 – 3:15 pm
Moloney Arena – St. Louis, Mo.  
 
Live Coverage
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Live Stats: maryvillesaints.com
 
Drury looks to snap three-game slide at Maryville
The Drury Panthers return to action on Saturday as they take on Maryville for a 3:15 pm game in St. Louis, Missouri.
 
The Panthers are 5-6 and will be aiming to snap a three-game losing streak. Drury lost back-to-back games to Southwest Baptist on Jan. 21 and 26, then fell by a point at Missouri S&T, 67-66, on Thursday.
 
Maryville has also lost three straight and enters Saturday's contest 5-9. The Saints fell at home to Southwest Baptist 70-54 on Thursday. Among Maryville's five wins is a 90-83 victory over Truman State, who was ranked seventh nationally at the time, on Dec. 31.
 
Drury has won 20 of the 22 meetings all-time against Maryville and won the earlier match-up this season. The Panthers beat the Saints 86-59 on Jan. 3 at the O'Reilly Family Event Center behind 23 points from Jason Montgomery and 18 from Conley Garrison. DU led 16-4 early and took a 44-26 lead at halftime. 
 
Saturday's game concludes a three-game week for Drury, but the Panthers have a similar schedule next week with three more contests. Drury travels to William Jewell on Tuesday for a 7 pm game. The Feb. 2 game was originally scheduled on Dec. 5 but postponed due to issues with the COVID-19 virus.
 
Garrison shoots up to 13th on all-time scoring list
Drury guard Conley Garrison moved up three spots on the program's all-time scoring list. Garrison enters Saturday's game with 1,583 career points. On Thursday, the senior from Bolivar passed Gail Fredrick (1965-69), Brent Stuckey (1971-75), and Chris Mortellaro (2000-04) as part of his 27 point game against Missouri S&T.
 
Garrison enters Saturday's game 15 points behind Tom Deffebaugh (1981-85) for 12th on Drury's all-time scoring list.
 
Takeaways
The Panthers lead the GLVC in steals taking 9.5 per game. Those swipes help Drury also be at the top of the conference in turnover margin. The Panthers are +3.9 for the season, the best mark in the GLVC.
 
Drury is also second in the league in assists averaging 16.2 per game and they rank second in the GLVC in assist-to-turnover ratio at +1.3 per contest.
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 5-6 (5-6 GLVC)
Maryville: 5-9 (5-9 GLVC)
 
Head Coaches
DU: Steve Hesser (17^th year, 348-141)
MU: Jesse Shaw (1^st year, 5-9)    
 
Last Game
DU: Lost at Missouri S&T 67-66 (Thur.)
MU: Lost vs. Southwest Baptist 70-54 (Thur.)
 
Last Meeting
Drury 86 Maryville 59 (Jan. 3, 2021 at DU)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 20-2
 
Up Next
Drury at William Jewell -- Tue., Feb. 2, 2021
7 pm – Mabee Center – Liberty, Mo.    
 
 
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