Drury Lady Panthers Game Preview
#4 Drury Lady Panthers (19-2, 9-1) vs. Maryville Saints (7-7, 3-5)
Thur., Jan. 27, 2022 – 5:45 pm – O'Reilly Family Event Center      
 
Live Coverage
Radio- JOCK 96.9/99.9/1060
Live Audio- 969thejock.com, TuneIn
TV/Video- GLVCSN
Live Stats- drurypanthers.com
 
Lady Panthers host Maryville
The Drury Lady Panthers start a weekend homestand against Maryville on Thursday at 5:45 pm in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
Drury is 19-2, 9-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and ranked fourth in this week's NCAA-II coaches' poll. The Lady Panthers are coming off of an 82-56 win at home over Southwest Baptist on Saturday.
 
Maryville is 7-7 and 3-5 in the GLVC. The Saints snapped a three-game losing streak on Saturday with a 70-57 win at home over William Jewell.
 
Drury is 22-3 all-time against Maryville and won both meetings against the Saints last year. The Lady Panthers won the first encounter, 92-59, at Drury on Jan. 3, then won in St. Louis, 76-56 on Jan. 30. Drury has won 14 straight against Maryville dating back to Jan. 22, 2015.
 
Paige Robinson leads Drury averaging 22.4 points but remains out of the line-up with and hand and wrist injury. Alana Findley is the leading scorer on the active roster averaging 15.1 points and 8.3 rebounds. The junior from Fair Grove has seven double-doubles this season.
 
About the Saints
Maryville has gone 2-3 since Jan. 13 when they resumed their schedule after a two-week shutdown due to COVID-19. The Saints played only one game between Dec. 4 and Jan. 13, with five of six scheduled games either canceled or postponed.
 
Antoinette Mussorici leads Maryville scoring 14.1 points per game, while Taylor Kirby averages 11.1 points. The Saints rank third in the GLVC in field goal defense, allowing a .386 mark from the field and they allow just 64 points per game.
 
League Leaders
Drury leads the GLVC in scoring margin (+18.4), scoring (81.3), three-point shooting (.376), steals (13.1), and turnovers (+10.7).
 
Drury's Alana Findley ranks 6th in the GLVC in scoring (15.1), third in rebounding (8.3), eighth in field goal percentage (.520), and third in steals (2.1). Kaylee DaMitz is 11th in scoring (13.9), sixth in assists (3.2), fourth in free throw percentage (.857), and second in steals (2.6).
 
Roster Update
As of Friday, the Lady Panthers are expected to be without Paige Robinson (hand/wrist), Kate Gilbert (leg). Drury was without five players for their first two games of the week following the holiday break, and has played with at least two starters out for their previous seven games. Drury has not yet had a game postponed or canceled this season.
 
Up Next
The Lady Panthers are back at home on Saturday when they take on Missouri S&T. Game time is 1 pm in the O'Reilly Family Event Center. The game is a rematch of a contest won by the Lady Panthers on Nov. 29 when Drury won 90-74 in Rolla.
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 19-2, 9-1 (ranked #4 in NCAA-II)
MU: 7-7, 3-5
 
Head Coaches
Drury: Amy Eagan (2nd year, 43-4/13th year, 230-146)
MU: Collin Lanam (6^th year, 72-71)
 
Last Game
Drury: Won vs Southwest Baptist 82-56 (Sat.)
MU: Won vs William Jewell 70-57 (Sat.)
 
Streak
Drury: Won 1
MU: Won 1
 
Last 5 games
Drury: 4-1
MU: 2-3
 
All-Time Series
Drury 22-3
 
2020-21 Series
Drury 76 Maryville 56 (Jan. 30, 2021, at MU)
Drury 92 Maryville 59 (Jan. 3, 2021, at DU)
 
Next
Drury vs. Missouri S&T – Sat., Jan. 29, 2022
1 pm – O'Reilly Family Event Center   
 
 
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