(6) Drury Panthers (9-9, 9-9 GLVC) at (3) Southwest Baptist Bearcats (15-6, 15-6 GLVC)
GLVC Quarterfinals
Wed., March 3, 2021 – 6 pm
Meyer Sports Center – Bolivar, Mo.  
 
Live Coverage
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Panthers head to Southwest Baptist for GLVC Quarterfinals
The Drury Panthers will play their first game in 18 days as they return to the court at Southwest Baptist on Wednesday in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Tipoff is at 6 pm in Bolivar, Missouri.
 
Drury is 9-9 and is the sixth seed on the tournament bracket. The Panthers are coming off of a 91-90 loss at Southern Indiana on Feb. 13, but prior to that last-second loss, they had won four straight.
 
Southwest Baptist is 15-6 and seeded sixth. The Bearcats are coming off of a 79-66 loss at Truman State on Saturday, a team now ranked second in NCAA-II. SBU had won four in a row until they ran into the Bulldogs last weekend.
 
The Bearcats won both games against Drury during the regular season with a 75-63 win in Bolivar on Jan. 21, and then five days later went the O'Reilly Family Event for an 81-46 victory. The 46 points scored by the Panthers is Drury's season-low in offensive output.
 
Drury is 40-21 all-time against Southwest Baptist, but the Bearcats have won three of the last four meetings. Wednesday's game is the first postseason meeting between the two teams since 1987, when both teams were in the NAIA. Drury won that contest, a District 16 semifinal game, 85-75, in Weiser Gym.
 
The winner of Wednesday's game will play the winner second-seeded Missouri-St. Louis and number seven Lindenwood. The semifinals and finals will be played at the site of the highest-seeded team that wins their quarterfinal game.
 
Panthers in GLVC Tournament 
The Panthers are 20-11 all-time in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament and have won the league championship three times (2015, 2013, and 2008). Last year, they lost in the quarterfinals at the buzzer, 53-51, to top-seeded Missouri-St. Louis.
 
Drury is 10-4 all-time in the quarterfinal round, 5-6 in the semifinals, and 3-1 in the championship. The Panthers are 2-0 in the tournament's opening round. 
 
Conley Garrison moves to 11th
on Drury's all-time scoring list
Drury guard Conley Garrison became the 11th player in Drury history to top 1,700 career points when he reached the milestone on Feb. 13 at Southern Indiana. The Bolivar native is 11th on the Panthers all-time scoring list passing Roland Schultz (1967-71) on Feb. 4 as part of a 24 point game against Lindenwood. Garrison is 59 points away from cracking Drury's top 10 on the all-time scoring list. 
 
Drury's All-Time Scoring List
1. Lonnie Holmes (1991-95), 2,341
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10. Kameron Bundy (2012-16) 1,770
11. Conley Garrison (2017-pres.) 1,711
12. Roland Schultz (1967-71) 1,633
13. Tom Deffebaugh ('81-'85) 1,598
14. Chris Mortellaro ('00-'04) 1,582
15. Brent Stuckey ('71-'75) 1,568
16. Gail Fredrick ('65-'69) 1,559
17. Philip Mooberry ('92-'95) 1,508
18. Cameron Adams (2011-15) 1,506
19. Jim McKnight ('56-'60) 1,473
20. Marc Ridlen ('80-'84) 1,448
21. Jasen Fronabarger ('95-'99) 1,411
 
Garrison moves to 3rd in all-time three-pointers
Conley Garrison is also now 3rd all-time at Drury in three-pointers made with 309. He passed Steven Gum (2004-08) on Jan. 14 vs William Jewell.
 
Drury's All-Time Three's Made List
1. Alex Hall (2009-13) 389
2. Matt Miller (1998-2002) 351
3. Conley Garrison (2017-pres.) 309
4. Steven Gum (2004-08) 277
5. Jasen Fronabarger (1995-99) 244
6. Kameron Bundy (2012-16) 218
7. Isaac Johnson (2016-pres.) 212
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 9-9 (9-9 GLVC)
Southwest Baptist: 15-6 (15-6 GLVC)
 
Tournament Seed
DU: #6
SBU: #3
 
Head Coaches
DU: Steve Hesser (17^th year, 352-144)
SBU: Clark Sheehy (7^th year, 82-92/15^th year, 264-198) 
 
Last Game
DU: Lost at Southern Indiana 91-90 (Feb. 13)
SBU: Lost at #3 Truman St. 79-66 (Sat.)
 
Season Series
Southwest Baptist 75 Drury 63 (Jan. 21, 2021 at SBU)
Southwest Baptist 81 Drury 46 (Jan. 26, 2021 at DU)
 
All-Time Series
Drury 40-21
 
Up Next
GLVC Semifinals – Sat., March 6
Site and Time TBA
 
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