Drury Panthers Game Preview
Drury Panthers (13-12, 8-10) at Missouri-St. Louis Tritons (16-10, 14-5)
Thur., Feb. 27, 2025 – 7:30 pm
Mark Twain Building – St. Louis, Mo.        
 
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Drury starts final week of regular season at UMSL
Drury enters the final week of the regular season with a road game at Missouri-St. Louis on Thursday at 7:30 pm.
 
The Panthers are 13-12 and 8-10 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Drury has won three of their last four games, including a win in their last game, an 89-59 win at Southwest Baptist on Saturday.
 
Missouri-St. Louis is 16-10, 14-5 in the GLVC and in second place in the league standings. The Tritons are sixth in the latest NCAA-II Midwest Regional rankings.
 
Thursday's game is the first meeting of the season between the two teams. The Panthers lead the all-time series 29-13 (on the court) and have won the last two games against the Tritons. Drury took down UMSL 81-76 in overtime last season at the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
The Panthers end the regular season on Saturday when they host 8th ranked Missouri S&T at 3 pm at the O'.
 
Logan Applegate named GLVC Player of the Week
Drury guard Logan Applegate was named the GLVC Player of the Week for his performance last week. Applegate scored a career-high 36 points and set a program single-game record with 10 three-pointers against Southwest Baptist on Saturday. The junior from Nevada, Mo., went 13 for 18 from the field and was 10 for 14 from behind the arc in 29 minutes of playing time in Drury's only game last week.
 
Applegate enters Thursday's game ranked 34th on Drury's all-time scoring list with 1,103 points and is four points behind Kenneth Langston (1989-82) for 32rd all-time.
 
About the Tritons
Missouri-St. Louis ranks second in the GLVC in points allowed, surrendering just 68.2 points per game. The Tritons are also second in the league in opposing field goal percentage, allowing a .429 mark.
 
UMSL leads the GLVC in three-point percentage, shooting .398 from long distance.
 
Matt Enright leads the team in scoring and ranks 8th in the GLVC, averaging 15.9 points. Enright is 3rd in the league in three-point percentage (.444), is 2nd in threes made (3.0 per game), and is 4th in free throw percentage (.875).
 
Troy Glover II is fourth in the league in rebounding, averaging 8.1 boards and he leads the conference in field goal percentage, hitting .631 from the floor.
 
 
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