SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Following a 32-point victory on Thursday night against Illinois Springfield, the Lady Panthers turn around 24 hours later to face Indianapolis in The O'Reilly Family Event Center at 5:45 pm for the Rebound Foundation Game.
Thursday night, the Lady Panthers picked up their fourth 30+ point win of the season over Illinois Springfield. Indianapolis won its first road game of the season at Southwest Baptist Thursday evening.
Fans may follow the action through the GLVC Sports Network (subscription required), where games will be streamed live throughout the regular season. New for the 2025-26 academic year, viewing access to GLVC regular season and postseason broadcasts will be available via monthly subscription ($30) or annual subscription ($140). Single-event access can also be purchased for $15. All Drury Lady Panthers games will also have free live audio coverage on DU All-Access.
SERIES HISTORY
- Drury leads the series 19-5 against Indianapolis.
- While playing in Springfield, the Lady Panthers are 7-2.
- The last loss to Indianapolis was on January 5, 2014, in Springfield, with a final score of 85-68.
- The Lady Panthers have won 13 straight games.
- Kaci Bailey is 2-0 in her Drury tenure against Indianapolis.
STORYLINES
- This game was originally scheduled for Saturday, January 24. It was moved up a day due to the pending winter weather in Southwest Missouri.
- Drury enters play in third place of the GLVC with an 8-2 record, only behind UMSL (10-0) and Maryville (9-2).
- The Lady Panthers have scored 80 or more points in five of their last seven games. That stretch began with the first game of the 2026 season at home against Rockhurst. Prior to that, Drury only scored 80+ in one game, a double-overtime win against Texas A&M International.
- This season, it is a race to 70 for Drury. The Lady Panthers are 7-0 when reaching 70 first.
- Drury is now 6-2 while playing at home this season. They will be facing an Indianapolis team that is 1-10 on the road this season, with their first win coming on Thursday at Southwest Baptist.
- Rhi Gibbons extended her double-digit scoring streak to 21 games, dating back to last season. She is the first Lady Panther to score double figures in the first 17 games of the season since Paige Robinson in the 2020-21 season.
- Sara Mendel recorded her 12th double-double of the season against UIS. She is now tied for third in Drury history in single-season double-doubles with Hailey Diestelkamp (2019-20) and Melanie Oliver (2009-10).
- Freshman Sage Stratton has started four consecutive games. She is the first freshman to start at least four games in a season since Hailey Diestelkamp and Daejah Bernard each started 30+ games in the 2016-17 season.
- In GLVC play this season, the Lady Panthers are averaging 25.2 points per game off the bench.
- The meeting on Friday evening will be a matchup between the second-best three-point shooting team in the GLVC, Drury (36.4%), and the worst three-point defense in Indianapolis (34.7%).
- Patricia Chikamba is the team's best player. She is averaging 14.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.9 assists. She started on the bench against SBU, her first time since 1/18/25 at William Jewell.
- The Greyhounds have played one back-to-back this season, the first two games of the season at Ashland and at Malone. They lost both of those games.
- In the second game of back-to-back games, Drury is 0-1 this season, with their lone loss coming to Arkansas-Fort Smith. Under Kaci Bailey, the Lady Panthers are 4-3 on the second day of back-to-back games.
- Drury is two wins away in The O' from their 200th in just 16 seasons.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Lady Panthers head to Lewis next Thursday before Upper Iowa on January 31.
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