Drury Panthers Game Preview
Drury Panthers (12-8, 5-7) at Rockhurst Hawks (10-11, 6-7)
Thur., Feb. 8, 2024 – 7:30 pm – Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse – Kansas City, Mo.     
 
Live Coverage
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Panthers travel to Rockhurst to open KC trip 
The Drury Panthers travel to Rockhurst on Thursday as they start a two-game road trip to Kansas City.
 
Drury has won their last two games and enters Thursday's game with a 12-8 record and a 5-7 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Panthers are coming off a 79-66 win at Southwest Baptist on Saturday and ended a homestand on Jan. 27 with a 74-59 win over Illinois Springfield.
 
Rockhurst is 10-11 and 6-7 in the conference. The Hawks lost at Illinois Springfield 92-69 on Saturday in their last game, but two nights earlier, won at Quincy 92-69.
 
Thursday's game is the second meeting between the two teams this season. The Panthers won the earlier game this season, 89-79, on Jan. 6 in the O'Reilly Family Event. Drury leads the all-time series 80-46 in a rivalry that dates back nearly a century.
 
Logan Applegate leads Drury, averaging 15.5 points. The sophomore from Nevada, Missouri, has made 55 three's, third-most in the GLVC and he ranks fourth in the league in steals with 1.8 per game.
 
The Panthers continue the road trip on Saturday when they take on William Jewell at 3 pm in Liberty, Missouri.
 
About the Hawks
Rockhurst is second-best in the GLVC in three-pointers made, averaging 10.6 made three's per game. The Hawks are third-best in the league in percentage behind the arc with a .383 mark.
 
Timaris Brown ranks eighth in the GLVC in scoring, averaging 15.8 points, and he is ninth in rebounding at 6.5 per contest. Miles White is the league's third-best three-point shooting, averaging 2.4 made per made and posting a .463 percentage.
 
Last Meeting
Drury 89 Rockhurst 79 (Jan. 6, 2024)
 -- Drury led 32-27 at halftime
-- The Panthers shot 56 percent from the field, hitting 31 of their 55 shots
 -- DU was balanced with four players in double-figures: Quenton Shelton and Adam Moore had 16, Logan Applegate 15, and Riek Riek had 14 points and 14 rebounds
-- Timaris Brown had a game-high 28 points for Rockhurst
-- Drury outscored Rockhurst 57-52 in the second half
 
All-Time series
Drury leads the all-time series against Rockhurst 80-46 in a rivalry that
dates back nearly a century. Drury won the earlier meeting this season, 89-79, on Jan. 6 in Springfield. The Panthers have won seven of the last nine head-to-head games, but Rockhurst has taken two of the last three contests.
 
Drury has lost their last two games at Rockhurst, with their last win in Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse coming on Feb. 9, 2021 in an 82-64 victory over the Hawks. 
 
Drury's last game
Drury 79 Southwest Baptist 66 (Sat. at SBU)
-- The Panthers led 33-27 at halftime
-- PJ Ngambi led Drury with a career-high 22 points
 -- Southwest Baptist shot 43 percent, but were just 5 for 20 from three-point range
-- Drury owned a 34-29 advantage in rebounds
-- David Hector led the Bearcats with 16 points
 
QUICK FACTS
Records 
Drury: 12-8 (5-7)
RU: 10-11 (6-7)
 
Head Coaches
Drury: Chris Foster (3^rd year, 31-43/10th year, 148-123)
RU: Drew Diener (9^th year, 119-124/15^th year, 287-167)
 
Last Game
Drury: Won at Southwest Baptist 79-66 (Sat.)
RU: Lost at Illinois Springfield 92-69 (Sat.)
 
Streak
Drury: Won 2
RU: Lost 1
 
Last 5 Games
Drury: 2-3
RU: 2-3
 
All-Time Series
Drury 80-46
 
Last Meeting
Drury 89 Rockhurst 79 (Jan. 6, 2024 at DU)
 
Next
Drury at William Jewell, Sat., Feb. 10
3 pm – Liberty, Mo. 
 
 
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