#1 Drury Lady Panthers (9-0, 9-0 GLVC) at Maryville Saints (7-7, 7-7 GLVC)
Thur., Jan. 28, 2021 – 5:30 pm
Moloney Arena – St. Louis, Mo.
 
Live Coverage
Radio: JOCK 96.9 FM/99.9 FM/1060 AM
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Live Video: GLVCSN
Live Stats: maryvillesaints.com
 
Lady Panthers travel to St. Louis for match-up with Maryville
Fresh off of their first game in 22 days, the Drury Lady Panthers return to action on Saturday with a 1 pm game in St. Louis against Maryville.
 
Drury was idle for more than three weeks due to two stints of quarantine protocols following positive tests of the COVID-19 virus within the program. The Lady Panthers, ranked number one in NCAA-II and unbeaten at 9-0, emerged from the lay-off with an 85-66 win on Thursday at Missouri S&T. Drury has now won 41 straight games dating back to the national semifinals on March 27, 2019. The Lady Panthers have not lost a regular season game since Jan. 18, 2018, when they fell at Bellarmine.
 
Maryville is 7-7 and enters Saturday's game in fourth place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference's Central Division. The Saints fell in double-overtime on Thursday to Southwest Baptist, 100-97, for their first home loss of the year. Maryville has the reigning GLVC Player of the Week with Jayda Jansen, averaging 21.4 points in her last five games.
 
Saturday's game is the second meeting of the year between the two teams. Drury defeated the Saints 92-59 on Jan. 3 in Springfield and has won 14 straight against Maryville. The last Saints win over Drury was on Feb. 9, 2013, in a 54-53 win for MU in Springfield.
 
After Saturday's game, Drury returns to action on Tuesday when they host Rockhurst at 5:30 pm in the O'Reilly Event Center. The game was originally scheduled for Jan. 16 but was forced to a later date. It will be Drury's third contest in a five-games-in-nine-days stretch.
 
Streaks
The Drury Lady Panthers have several significant winning streaks active going into their next game:
 
-- 41 straight wins overall (dating back to March 27, 2019, in the NCAA-II semifinals vs. Lubbock Christian)
-- 75 straight regular season wins (dating back to Jan. 18, 2018, at Bellarmine)
 -- 58 straight GLVC regular season wins (dating back to Jan. 18, 2018, at Bellarmine)
-- 58 straight home wins, second-longest home-court winning streak in NCAA-II trailing only Lubbock Christian, who has won 83 in a row at home (DU's streak dates back to Nov. 26, 2016, in a 74-59 loss to #2 Emporia State)
 -- 28 straight road wins, the longest such streak in D-II
 
Robinson leads the GLVC
Drury junior Paige Robinson leads the Great Lakes Valley Conference in scoring going into Saturday's game. The native of Bethany, Illinois is averaging 22.2 points per game through nine contests.
 
Robinson is also second in the league in assists averaging 5.9 per game, and she is second in assist-to-turnover ratio (+2.3).
 
Drury All-Time Scoring Leaders
1. Hailey Diestelkamp (2016-present) 2,321
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11. Magen Brunson (2000-04) 1,184
12. Melanie Oliver (2007-10) 1,181
13. Annie Armstrong (2013-16) 1,179
14. Paige Robinson (2018-pres.) 1,144
15. Allison Regier (2003-06) 1,114
 
Drury All-Time Leaders - 3's
1. Katie Pritchard (2008-13) 255
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7. Carrie Colwell (2000-03) 181
8. Paige Robinson (2018-pres.) 176
9. Payton Richards (2017-pres.) 170
10. Heather Harman (2014-18) 161
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 9-0 (9-0 GLVC)
Maryville: 7-7 (7-7 GLVC)
 
Head Coaches
DU: Amy Eagan (1^st year, 9-0/12^th year, 196-142)
MU: Collin Lanam (5^th year, 61-60)     
 
Last Game
DU: Won at Missouri S&T 85-66 (Thur.)  
MU: Lost vs Southwest Baptist 100-97, 2OT (Thur.) 
 
Last Meeting
Drury 92 Maryville 59 (Jan. 3, 2021 at DU)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 21-3
 
Up Next
Drury vs Rockhurst -- Tue., Feb. 2, 2021
5:30 pm – O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
 
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