(6) Drury Panthers (10-9, 9-9 GLVC)
GLVC TOURNAMENT
March 6-7
Mark Twain Building – St. Louis, Mo.  
 
Live Coverage
Radio: JOCK 99.9 FM
Live Video: GLVCSN  
Live Stats: glvcsports.com
 
Drury's Magnificent Seven ride again in St. Louis
After winning their Great Lakes Valley Conference quarterfinal game at Southwest Baptist on Wednesday with only seven players in uniform, the Panthers ride into the league semifinals at Missouri-St. Louis for a game at noon on Saturday.
 
Drury is 10-9 after their 99-97 win at SBU. The Panthers entered the tournament as the sixth seed and were playing their first game in 18 days due after positive COVID-19 cases halted their season. Drury had seven players out with either injuries or those that had yet to clear COVID protocols on Wednesday.
 
Missouri-St. Louis advanced to the semifinals with an 84-78 win at home over seventh-seeded Lindenwood. The Tritons then took over host responsibilities for the rest of the GLVC tournament after top-seeded Truman State lost at home to Indianapolis 77-75.
 
UMSL is 13-5 and is the number two seed in the tournament.
 
The Panthers and Tritons split the regular season series. UMSL won at home over Drury 78-73 on Jan. 12, and the Panthers won their home against the Tritons, 78-66, on Feb. 6. Drury leads the all-time series 26-8. The two teams met in last year's GLVC quarterfinals with UMSL, at the time, the number one seed, winning at the buzzer 53-51.
 
The Panthers-Tritons winner will be the winner of the game between fifth-seeded Lewis and number eight Indianapolis in the GLVC Championship on Sunday at 1 pm.
 
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. 
 
Last Game
Drury 99 Southwest Baptist 97 (Wed. at SBU, GLVC quarterfinals)
-- Drury had only seven players in uniform following an 18-day lay-off due to positive cases of COVID-19 within the program
-- Jason Montgomery led with 28 points, scoring 20 of them in the first half
-- Victor Nwagabarachoa added a career-high 24 points
-- The Panthers shot 58 percent from the field going 37 for 64 from the field
 
All-Time Series Records vs GLVC semifinalists
--   26-8 vs UMSL
--   9-7 vs Indianapolis
--  14-4 vs Lewis
 
Season Series vs GLVC semifinalists
UMSL 78 Drury 73 (Jan. 12 at UMSL)
Drury 78 UMSL 66 (Feb. 6 at DU)
Drury vs Indianapolis (Feb. 18 at DU, canceled)
Drury vs Lewis (Feb. 20 at DU, canceled)
 
QUICK FACTS
Record
Drury: 10-9 (9-9 GLVC)
 
Tournament Seed: #6
 
Head Coach: Steve Hesser (17th year, 353-144)
 
Last Game (GLVC Quarterfinals)
Drury 99 Southwest Baptist 97 (Wed., at SBU)
 
Streak: Won 1
 
Last five games: 4-1
 
GLVC Semifinals
Saturday
#6 DRURY at #2 Missouri-St. Louis, noon
#5 Lewis vs. #8 Indianapolis, 2:30 pm (at UMSL)
 
GLVC Championship
Sunday, 1 pm -- at UMSL
DU/UMSL vs LU/UIndy
 
Next
NCAA-II Midwest Regional
March 14-17
Ford Center -- Evansville, Ind.
 
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