Drury Lady Panthers Game Preview
GLVC Quarterfinals
#2 Drury Lady Panthers (27-1, 20-0) vs. Quincy Hawks (11-13, 9-11) 
Thur., March 2 – 6 pm – St. Charles, Mo.     
 
Tickets
$15, $7.50 (student), $5 (children 6-12)
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Live Coverage
Radio: KICK 92.3 FM / 1340 AM
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Lady Panthers open GLVC Tournament Thursday vs. Quincy 
The Drury Lady Panthers play Quincy in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday at 6 pm at Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo.
 
Drury is the top seed in the tournament after going 20-0 in the league's regular season, is 27-1 overall and winners of 23 straight. The Lady Panthers also enter the tournament as the six-time defending champion and are ranked second in this week's NCAA-II poll.  
 
Quincy is seeded eighth and is 13-15 and 9-11 in the GLVC. The Hawks are among the league's top eight teams for the first time since 2016.
 
The winner of Thursday's game will advance to the semifinals and play the winner on fourth-seeded Indianapolis and number five seed Missouri S&T on Saturday at 6 pm.
 
GLVC unbeatens
Drury's 20-0 conference season marked only the fifth time a GLVC women's team has gone undefeated in the league regular in the 39-year history of women's basketball in the conference. The Lady Panthers have accomplished the feat three other times, in 2005-06, 2018-19, and 2019-20. The 2019 and 2020 teams are the only two who have gone unbeaten in league play during the regular season and won the conference tournament in the same year.
 
All-Time series vs. Quincy
Drury leads the all-time series against Quincy 23-9. The Lady Panthers won games against the Hawks this season, winning 77-55 at Drury on Dec. 10, and at Quincy 87-49 on Jan. 16 in Illinois. DU has won 11 straight against Quincy in the all-time series with the Hawks last win over Drury coming on Jan. 30, 2014 in an 82-79 victory in Quincy, Ill.
 
Season Series vs. Quincy
Drury 77 Quincy 55 (Dec. 10, 2022 at DU)
-- Drury forced 31 turnovers, still the most forced in a game this season
-- The Lady Panthers went 16 for 18 from the free throw line
-- Terrion Moore led Drury with 20 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocked shots and 2 steals
-- Alana Findley added 16 points for Drury
-- Rylee Denbow had 11 points to lead Quincy
-- Quincy out-rebounded Drury 36-26
 
Drury 87 Quincy 49 (Jan. 16, 2023 at QU)
-- Drury forced 30 turnovers after having forced 31 in the previous meeting on Dec. 10
-- The Lady Panthers got 47 points out of their bench
-- Alana Findley and Rhi Gibbons both scored 12 points to lead Drury
-- Quincy was held to 36 percent from the field as they were 15 for 42 and just 2 for 16 from three-point range
 
Last Game
Drury 76 Lewis 69 (Feb. 25, at DU)
-- Drury trailed the Flyers 66-64 with 3:19 remaining, marking the first time this year that the Lady Panthers have been behind in the fourth quarter of a GLVC game
-- Kaylee DaMitz-Holt had 18 points and scored 10 of DU's final 12 points in the final minutes
-- Lewis shot 55 percent going 26 for 47, but committed 24 turnovers to Drury's 7
 
Drury still number two in latest NCAA-II poll 
For the eighth week in a row, the Drury Lady Panthers are the number two ranked team in the nation at the NCAA-II level. The top 11 teams in the national poll stayed the same as Ashland (28-0) remained number one, the Lady Panthers are second, and Tampa (27-1) is third. Grand Valley State (26-2), also in the Midwest Region, is ranked fifth this week. The week's poll marks the 150th consecutive week the Lady Panthers have been ranked in the top 25, the longest such streak in the nation. It is also their 88th straight week to be ranked in the top 10.
 
Lady Panthers in the GLVC Tournament
The Drury Lady Panthers have won nine GLVC championships, including the last six. Drury has won the league's tournament in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2010, and 2008. In the last eight years, the Lady Panthers have gone 23-1 in the league's postseason and are 34-8 in the GLVC Tournament all-time.
 
They are 12-4 in the league quarterfinals and have not lost in that round since 2014. The Lady Panthers are 11-1 in the semifinals and 9-2 in the championship game. Drury enters this postseason with 18 straight wins in the conference's postseason event.
 
DaMitz-Holt closes in on 2,000 career points
Drury guard Kaylee DaMitz-Holt passed 1,900 career points in Drury's win at Indianapolis on Feb. 16. The graduate student from Preston, Missouri, and Skyline HS enters the GLVC Tournament with 1,954 points combining her totals at Pittsburg State and Drury. DaMitz-Holt played three seasons at Pitt State where she scored 1,015 points. She also reached 600 career assists in Drury's Feb. 11 win over Missouri-St. Louis and enters Thursday's game with a total of 615. DaMitz-Holt has scored 939 points with Drury in her two years with the Lady Panthers.
 
Alana Findley climbing all-time Drury charts
Drury senior Alana Findley ranks among the program's all-time leaders in several categories. She is 6th all-time in rebounds and became the 21st player in program history to reach 1,000 career points on Jan. 14 at Illinois Springfield. 
 
Rebounds
1. Hailey Diestelkamp (2016-20) 1,101
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5. Caitlin Shouse (2007-10), 639
6. Alana Findley (2019-present) 598
7. Hannah Dressler (2013-17), 596
 
Steals
1. Kara Rutledge (2002-06) 423
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6. Payton Richards (2017-22) 224
7. Lauren Holmes (2018-20) 211
8. Alana Findley (2019-present) 209
9. Alice Heinzler (2014-18) 195
 
Points
1. Hailey Diestelkamp (2016-20) 2,321
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13. Heather Harman (2014-18), 1,229
14. Alana Findley (2019-present) 1,188
15. Megan Brunson (2000-04), 1,184
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 27-1, 20-0 GLVC
Quincy: 13-15, 9-11 GLVC
 
NCAA-II Ranking:
Drury: #2
 
GLVC Tournament seed:
Drury: #1
Quincy: #8
 
Head Coach
Drury: Amy Eagan (3rd yr., 83-8/14th yr., 270-150)
Quincy: Kaci Bailey (2^nd year, 22-35)
 
GLVC Quarterfinals
Thur., March 2
#1 Drury vs. Quincy, 6 pm
#2 Lewis vs. McKendree, 8:30 pm
 
Fri., March 3
#3 Truman St. vs. Maryville, 6 pm
#4 Indianapolis vs. Missouri S&T, 8:30 pm
 
GLVC Semifinals
Sat., March 4
Drury/Quincy vs. Indianapolis/Missouri S&T, 6 pm
Lewis/McKendree vs. Truman St./Maryville, 8:30 pm
 
GLVC Championship
Sun., March 5, 3: 30 pm
 
 
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