Drury Panthers Game Preview
Drury Lady Panthers (16-5, 12-2) at Quincy Hawks (17-5, 11-2)
Sat., Feb. 8, 2025 – 1 pm
Pepsi Arena – Quincy, Ill.         
 
Live Coverage
Radio- KICK 92.3 FM / 1340 AM
Live Audio- 923kick.com, TuneIn app
Live Video: GLVCSN
Live Stats: quhawks.com
 
Quincy puts 11-game winning streak on the line vs. Drury on Saturday
Drury travels to Quincy on Saturday, facing a Hawks team that has won 11 straight games. Tipoff is at 1 pm in Quincy, Ill.
 
Drury is 16-5 and 12-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Lady Panthers are coming off an 88-64 win on Thursday at Truman State and are in second place in the league, trailing Lewis by a half-game.
 
Quincy is 17-5, 11-2 in the GLVC, and they trail Drury by just a half-game for second place in the league standings. The Hawks have the ninth-longest active winning streak in Division II women's basketball and have not lost since they fell to fifth-ranked Fort Hays State, 73-60, in Hawaii. Quincy has won six in a row at home and five straight on the road.
 
Saturday's game is a rematch of a Drury win, 91-82, over the Hawks on Dec. 5 at the O'Reilly Family Event Center. That was Quincy's last loss in conference play. Drury leads the all-time series against Quincy 27-9 and has won 15 straight against the Hawks.
 
After Saturday's game, the Lady Panthers return home for a game on Thursday when they host Rockhurst at 5:45 pm in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
Homecoming
Drury's game at Quincy marks a homecoming for Lady Panthers head coach Kaci Bailey and assistant Jenna Knudson. Both guided the Quincy program for two years (2021-23) before coming to Drury in March of 2023.
 
Daniels near 500 career assists
Drury graduate student Caitlynn Daniels enters Saturday's game with 492 assists, combining her totals at Drury and Alabama-Birmingham. Daniels ranks fifth in NCAA-II is assists per game this season, averaging 6.6 per game. At Drury, she has 368 career assists, ranking her seventh all-time with the Lady Panthers and she needs 15 more to pass Payton Richards (2017-22) for sixth on the all-time list.
 
About the Hawks
Quincy is a dominant rebounding team, leading the GLVC in rebound margin with an average of +13.0 per game, a mark that also ranks sixth nationally.
 
Leading their rebounding attack is Cymirah Williams, who ranks second in the GLVC, with 9.4 boards per game.
 
Nicole McDermott leads the Hawks in scoring and ranks eighth in the league, averaging 15.3 points. Her .850 free throw percentage ranks second in the GLVC.
 
 
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