SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Drury's men's basketball 2026-27 season opener with Ecclesia College, scheduled for a 6 p.m. tipoff Monday at O'Reilly Family Event Center, has been canceled due to an unforeseen travel issue. The contest will not be rescheduled.

The Panthers will now open the new season Friday (Nov. 13) afternoon, when Drury takes on Harding in a 3 p.m. contest to kick off the two-day Season Tipoff Challenge at The O'. Picked eighth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference preseason coaches' poll, the Panthers will play their first five contests of the new campaign at home, including another 3 p.m. matchup against Union on Saturday (Nov. 14) to conclude the opening weekend of the season.

Drury men's basketball season tickets and Booster Club memberships, as well as single-game tickets to any 2026-27 home basketball contest, are available DU's official digital ticketing partner, vivenu.

Refunds of single-game electronic ticket purchases for Monday night's contest with Ecclesia will be automatically processed through Drury's vivenu ticket portal. For additional questions regarding tickets, fans may contact Ed Beach at (417) 873-4097, stop by O'Reilly Family Event Center on the Drury University campus between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, via phone (417) 873-7000 or email (tickets@drury.edu).

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