Drury Panthers Game Preview
Drury Panthers (8-19, 4-15) vs. Lewis Flyers (8-19, 3-13)
Sat., Feb. 25, 2023 – 1 pm – O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
Tickets
$12 (kids 12 and under FREE)
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Live Coverage
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Promotion
Senior Day
 
Drury faces Lewis in the season finale
The Drury Panthers finish the regular season on Saturday as they Lewis at the O'Reilly Family Event Center. Tipoff is at 1 pm.
 
The game is a rematch of an overtime thriller from Jan. 12 that saw the Panthers win 79-78 in Romeoville, Illinois.
 
Drury is 8-19 and 4-15 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Panthers lost at home on Thursday to Illinois Springfield 99-89. Lewis is also 8-19 and is 3-16 in the GLVC. The Flyers were edged at Missouri 61-59 on Thursday in Rolla.
 
The Panthers are led by freshman Logan Applegate who is averaging 13.2 points. The Nevada, Missouri, product is shooting .396 from three-point range and .824 from the free throw line. Sophomore Brock Wakefield ranks second in the GLVC steals with 44 and 1.7 per game.
 
Beau Frericks leads the Flyers in scoring and ranks ninth in the league averaging 15 points. His .923 free throw percentage is the second-best mark in the GLVC.
 
Threes from Applegate
Drury freshman Logan Applegate enters Saturday's game with 65 three-pointers on the season. The total is the 20th most ever in a single season at Drury. He ranks one behind Alex Hall's total of 66 in the 2011-12 season and is two back of Kameron Bundy in 2014-15, and Conley Garrison in 2017-18. The program record for threes in a season is Hall's total of 125 in Drury's national championship season in 2012-13.
 
All-Time Series
Drury leads the all-time series against Lewis 16-9 and won the earlier meeting this season, 79-78, in overtime in Romeoville, Ill. Two years ago, the two teams played for the GLVC Championship as the Flyers picked up a 76-71 victory over the Panthers in St. Louis.
 
Last Meeting 
Drury 79 Lewis 78 (OT) (Jan. 12, 2023 at LU)
-- Adam Moore hit two free throws with four seconds left in overtime to give Drury a road win in overtime
-- Moore finished with 16 points and six rebounds
 -- Logan Applegate had a team-high 22 points
 -- Brady O'Connell added 8 points and 8 rebounds
-- Atakan Sahinkaya scored 21 points for Lewis on 8 of 12 shooting
-- The Flyers shot 39 percent from the field going 25 for 64
-- Drury was 25 for 62 from the field and went 10 for 32 from three-point range
-- The game has been Drury's lone overtime game this season
 
Last Game 
Ill. Springfield 99 Drury 89 (Thur. at DU)
 -- Drury gave up a season-high 99 points as the Prairie Stars shot 63 percent going 36 for 57
-- The Panthers went 15 for 28 from three-point range
 -- Max Kunnert scored 26 points for UIS on 10 of 13 shooting and made 5 of 7 threes
-- Preston Cook led Drury with a season-high 26 points and hit six three-pointers
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 8-19, 4-15
Lewis: 8-19, 3-13
 
Head Coaches
Drury: Chris Foster (2nd yr., 18-35/9th yr., 135-115)
Lewis: Scott Trost (17^th yr., 298-115/25^th yr., 451-281)
 
Streak
Drury: Lost 3
Lewis: Lost 8
 
Last 5 Games
Drury: 1-4
Lewis: 0-5
 
All-Time Series
Drury 15-6
 
Last Meeting
Drury 79 Lewis 78 (OT) (Jan. 12, 2023, at LU)
 
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