Drury Lady Panthers Game Preview
Drury Lady Panthers (17-6, 13-3) vs. William Jewell (5-16, 3-12)
Sat., Feb. 15, 2025 – 1 pm – O'Reilly Family Event Center
 
Tickets
$12 (kids 12 and under FREE)
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Live Coverage
Radio: KICK 92.3 FM / 1340 AM
Audio: 923kick.com, TuneIn app
Live Video: GLVCSN.com/drury
Live Stats: drurypanthers.com
 
Promotion
Homecoming
25^th Anniversary Celebration (2000-07)  
 
Drury hosts William Jewell for Homecoming
Drury plays the second game of their two-game homestand on Saturday, hosting William Jewell for Homecoming on the DU campus. Tipoff is at 1 pm in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
The Lady Panthers are 17-6 and 13-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Drury one their first game of this week's homestand with a 73-46 victory over Rockhurst.
 
William Jewell is 5-16 and 3-12 in the GLVC. The Cardinals lost at Missouri S&T on Thursday, 71-64, and have dropped four straight.
 
Saturday's game is a rematch of a game from Jan. 3 at William Jewell, won by Drury 88-55. Drury led 40-27 at halftime and shot 52 percent from the field in the game, hitting 34 of 66 shots, including 7 of 13 threes. Caitlynn Daniels had 16 points, nine assists and four steals for Drury, while Rhi Gibbons added 14 points. Kate Hillyer led William Jewell with 18 points.
 
Drury leads the all-time series against the Cardinals 23-3 and has won 18 straight against William Jewell.
 
Part of Saturday's Homecoming includes a reunion of Drury's original women's basketball team from the 2000-01 season and former players and coaches from the first seven years of the program. The Lady Panthers are celebrating their 25th season in 2024-25.
 
After Saturday's game, Drury is idle until next Feb. 22, when they return to the court at Southwest Baptist for a 1 pm game in Bolivar.
 
From highs to lows
The Lady Panthers went from allowing a season-high 104 points to Quincy (in double-overtime) on Feb. 8 to surrending a season-low 46 points against Rockhurst on Thursday. The Lady Panthers also held Rockhurst to 21 percent shooting (15 for 70) and outrebounded them 58-36. 
 
About the Cardinals
William Jewell is one of the better teams in the GLVC in three-point shooting as they rank third in threes made (7.8 per game), and they are fifth in three-point percentage (.318).
 
The Cardinals also commit the second-fewest turnovers in the GLVC, averaging just 13.2 per game.
 
Ayden Shannon leads William Jewell in scoring and ranks sixth in the league, averaging 15.5 points.
 
Ella Bockenstadt ranks fifth in the GLVC in blocked shots, averaging 1.2 per game.
 
 
 
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