Drury Panthers Game Preview
Drury Panthers (12-12, 7-10) at Southwest Baptist Bearcats (7-16, 4-13)
Sat., Feb. 22, 2025 – 3 pm
Meyer Sports Center – Bolivar, Mo.        
 
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Second Round of Catfight set for Bolivar
Round two of the Highway 13 Catfight is set for Saturday in Bolivar as Drury takes on Southwest Baptist at 3 pm in the second meeting of the season between the two teams.
 
Drury enters Saturday's game 12-12 and 7-10 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Panthers were idle on Thursday and are playing their first game since a 91-80 loss at home to William Jewell at the O'Reilly Family Event Center last Saturday.
 
Southwest Baptist is 7-16 and 4-13 in the GLVC. The Bearcats lost at home on Thursday to 11th-ranked Missouri S&T, 78-64. SBU has lost five straight, dating back to a Feb. 1 loss to Upper Iowa. The last win for the Bearcats came on Jan. 30 over Quincy.
 
The Panthers won the first round of this year's Catfight, 86-67, in Springfield on Dec. 2. Drury led 37-36 at halftime, then opened up a lead, outscoring the Bearcats 49-31 in the second half. Zach Howell led the Panthers with 17 points and 7 rebounds. Bayley Crawford had 16 points to lead Southwest Baptist.
 
Drury leads the all-time series against Southwest Baptist 42-24. The two teams split last year's series 1-1, with the road team winning both games.
 
After Saturday's game, the Panthers are back on the road next Thursday when they travel to Missouri-St. Louis for a 7:30 pm game.
 
Applegate climbs all-time scoring list
Drury guard Logan Applegate has cracked the program's top 40 all-time scoring list. Applegate enters Saturday's game ranked 39th on Drury's all-time scoring list with 1,067 career points. He passed Brandon Kimbrough (2004-07) in his last game and needs just six points to pass Kelvin Parham (1982-86) for 38th and 12 points to surpass AJ White (1980-84) for 37th on the career scoring list.
 
About the Bearcats
Southwest Baptist started the year 6-3 and 3-1 in the GLVC but has gone 1-13 since.
 
Drenin Dinkins leads SBU in scoring and ranks third in the GLVC, averaging 18.5 points. Dinkins leads the conference and ranks 10th in the nation in free throw percentage, hitting for a .906 mark.
 
David Hector averages 6.2 rebounds for SBU is ranks 10th in the league in steals with 1.4 per game.
 
Aaron Niven is in his second season as head coach at Southwest Baptist.
 
 
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