SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Lady Panthers finish their 2025-26 regular season on Saturday afternoon at Missouri S&T as Drury goes for their 12th straight win.
Missouri S&T and Drury are meeting for the second time this season. In the first game, the Miners traveled to Springfield and defeated the Lady Panthers 74-67 in early January. In the January meeting, S&T dominated the paint en route to their fifth win all-time against Drury.
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
- The Lady Panthers hold a 38-5 record against Missouri S&T.
- While playing in Rolla, the Lady Panthers are 18-2.
- Kaci Bailey is 3-2 against S&T in her Drury tenure. One of the losses is coming in Rolla.
STORYLINES
- The Lady Panthers are a half-game out of first place in the GLVC. If Drury (17-2) were to win on Saturday, it would tie UMSL (18-2) for the regular-season GLVC title.
- Drury has reached 20 wins for the 13th consecutive season.
- Drury's 11-game winning streak is the longest winning streak of any GLVC team this season. Two more straight wins would tie the longest win streak of Kaci Bailey's coaching career.
- Following back-to-back 93-point games, the Lady Panthers are now averaging 74 points a game, a GLVC best.
- Drury shot over 62 percent from the field in their most recent game. They now lead the league with a 45.9 field goal percentage, which ranks seventh in NCAA Division II.
- Tampa is the only team in the country that shoots better than Drury from the three-point line. The Lady Panthers are shooting 39.2 percent.
- Drury's turnovers per game dropped to 13.5 after only six against UMSL on Thursday, it ranks 24th in NCAA-II.
- Sara Mendel ranks nationally in double-doubles (third, 19), field goal percentage (second, 67.7%), rebounds (20th, 265), and rebounds per game (15th, 10.2).
- Rhi Gibbons is 27 points away from her 900th career point.
- Kaylee King has reset her career high in back-to-back games. Against Southwest Baptist, she scored 20 points, followed by 27 against UMSL.
- The starting lineup of Kaylee King, Rhi Gibbons, Jazz Gray, Sage Stratton, and Sara Mendel is 12-0 this season.
- The Lady Panthers have scored at 44 points in a half in the last four games. Against Jewell, Drury scored 44 in the second half, against Rockhurst 45 in the second half, 46 in the second half against SBU, and then 47 in the first half against UMSL.
- When keeping opponents under 60 points, the Lady Panthers are 11-0.
- The season, Drury is 16-1 when leading at halftime and entering the fourth quarter.
- The Lady Panthers are now 14-0 in games when they reach 70 points first this season.
- If the game were to be close, Drury is 9-4 in games decided by 10 points or less this season and 6-1 in ones decided by five or less.
- The Miners have already been eliminated from postseason play, so Saturday's game will be the final one of the season for S&T.
- Since S&T beat Drury in early Jan., the Miners have gone 4-9, and the Lady Panthers have gone 12-1.
- The Miners' defense carries them. S&T is only allowing 61 points per game, fourth best in the GLVC.
- The S&T offense is where the Miners struggle; they are only scoring 65.7 per game, resulting in a lot of single-digit games.
- S&T leads the GLVC in rebounds per game with 43, 30 of them come on the defensive side.
- S&T is turning the ball over nearly 16 times per game.
- Norah Gum leads Missouri S&T. Gum is scoring 12.9 points per game, grabbing 5.8 rebounds per game, and leads S&T with 21 total blocks this season.
- The next highest scorer for the Miners is Anna Finley. She is only scoring 9.2 points per game
LOOKING AHEAD
The Lady Panthers will open the GLVC Tournament next Thursday at UMSL. The bracket will be released by the league at the conclusion of all games on Saturday.
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