Drury Lady Panthers Game Preview
#7 Lady Panthers (6-1, 2-0) at Maryville Saints (5-2, 3-0)
Sat., Dec. 3, 2022 – St. Louis, Mo.
 
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Lady Panthers continue road trip at Maryville
Drury plays the second game of their two-game St. Louis road trip on Saturday at Maryville. Tipoff is 1 pm in Moloney Arena.
 
The Lady Panthers are 6-1, 2-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and ranked seventh in NCAA-II. Drury started their trip with a 72-55 win at Missouri-St. Louis on Thursday for the second win in league play. The Lady Panthers earned a 65-36 victory in a GLVC game at home on Monday against Missouri S&T.
 
Maryville is one of two teams in the league off to a 3-0 start in conference play. The Saints are 5-2 overall and won their third straight on Thursday with a 57-47 win at home over Southwest Baptist. Saturday's game will be Maryville's fourth game in eight days when they won at William Jewell 63-47 on Nov. 26.
 
Maryville's only two losses have been to number one ranked Grand Valley State, 78-57, on Nov. 12, and a two-point setback against Ohio Dominican, 72-70, on Nov. 21. In the preseason, the Saints knocked Division I St. Louis University, 78-70 on Nov. 3
 
After Thursday's game, the Lady Panthers travel to Maryville for a 1 pm game on Saturday.
 
Coaching Connections 
Maryville's new head coach, Brita Hand, was on the coaching staff of current Lady Panthers head coach Amy Eagan during Eagan's tenure at Truman State. Hand was a player at Ashford (Iowa) when Eagan was the head coach at that program, then joined Eagan again as an assistant from 2015-18. For the last two years, Hand served as head coach at Briar Cliff (Iowa) in the NAIA.
 
All-Time Series 
The Lady Panthers are 23-3 against Maryville in the all-time series and have won 16 straight against the Saints. Drury won the lone meeting last year, 75-49, at DU on Jan. 27. The Lady Panthers have not lost to Maryville since Feb. 9, 2013, when they fell at home to the Saints by one, 54-53.
 
2021-22 Series
Drury 75 Maryville 49 (Jan. 27, 2022 at DU)
-- Drury used a 23-3 run in the first quarter to take a 31-11 lead after the opening period
-- The Lady Panthers forced 26 Maryville turnovers
-- Allie Clevenger led Drury with 13 points as she went 3 for 4 from three-point range and she added six rebounds
-- Terrion Moore and Anna Hitt both had 11 points
 -- Haidyn Pitsch and Antoinette Mussorici both had 11 points to lead Maryville
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 6-1, 2-0, ranked #7 in NCAA-II
MU: 5-2, 3-0
 
Head Coaches
Drury: Amy Eagan (3rd yr., 62-8/14th yr., 249-150)
MU: Brita Hand (1^st year, 5-2/3^rd year, 39-26)
 
Last Game
Drury won at Missouri-St. Louis 72-55
MU won vs. Southwest Baptist 57-47
 
Streak
Drury: Won 2
MU: Won 3
 
Last Five Games
Drury: 4-1
MU: 4-1
 
All-Time Record vs Opponent
Drury 23-3
 
2021-22 Series
Drury 75 Maryville 49 (Jan. 27, 2022 at DU)
 
Next
Drury vs. Univ. of Science & Arts -- Tue., Dec. 6, 2022
11 am -- O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
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