Drury Panthers

[crazznewt]

The Lady Panthers win 114-63 over 2nd place Lewis. In 17 minutes of playing time, Daejah Bernard collected seven steals, handed out eight assists and scored eight points while going turnover-free on the night. She also saved at least 5 other possessions by using her elite speed to win the 50/50 loose balls. The last three games Drury has scored 116, 93 and 114 while playing everyone.

Conley Garrison scored 25 points on seven of nine shooting from the field and seven of eight from the free throw line as the the Drury Panthers win a close one.

In other news, "William's Jewell's" beat Bellarmine.

[crazznewt]

Even though Drury's big men look like they are still needing reps, the Panthers beat Illinois Springfield behind Conley Garrison's 38 points and 8 rebounds.The Panther's motion offense eventually wore the Prairie Stars down allowing Drury to pull away at the end.

Lane Duncan had a big game on both sides of the ball and might be the spark Drury needs to finish the season strong.

Hopefully this winning streak isn't too little too late.

[DUPanther]

[crazznewt]

I have seen some great performances this season by players from several different teams, none better than Garrison's against Illinois Springfield.

Starting in warmups, the kid was throwing down quick two handed jams off of two feet. He proceeded to score 38 points on contested threes, hard drives to the hoop, and finished against contact from forwards inside. He also made his presence felt on defense as he didn't get beat off the dribble or post ups. He also skied among the bigs to snare rebounds.

This season is winding down too soon, It's been fun.

[crazznewt]

Odd statistic of the day: Three Lady Panthers share the league lead in steals with 60 apiece.

[DUPanther]

Big win by the Panthers on the road at Rockhurst last night. Still plenty of room for improvement, but they really dominated the first 15 minutes of the game and had enough grit to hold off a couple Rockhurst charges in the second half.

[crazznewt]

Big win by the Panthers on the road at Rockhurst last night. Still plenty of room for improvement, but they really dominated the first 15 minutes of the game and had enough grit to hold off a couple Rockhurst charges in the second half.

It likely would have been a blowout victory for Rockhurst if this game was played earlier in the season.
It was good to see Drury outscore Rockhurst 44-14 in the paint and out rebound the Hawks 38-25.
I hope they can extend the season to get the inside talent more reps. There is a lot of potential there.

[crazznewt]

The Lady Panthers won their 53rd consecutive GLVC game 98-67. Hailey Diestelkamp showed why she is the best player in the league. She scored 43 points on 16 of 24 and 3 of 4 from 3. She showed off her athleticism by converting 3 alley-oops, and played her usual stifling defense everywhere on the court while grabbing 10 boards.

The Panthers beat Jewell by 30. Cal Hartley showed why he was All Region in JUCO by scoring 28 on 9 of 12 and 6 of 8 from 3. He showed his athleticism by hitting tough shots and snagging 10 boards.

Kudos to the coaches as both Panther teams have shown improvement of late.

[crazznewt]

Hailey Diestelkamp is NCAA D2's National Player of The Week. The reigning National Player of the Year has averaged around 25 minutes of playing time for her career and will likely finish with at least 2200 points, 1100 rebounds and 400 steals.

[DUPanther]

Garrison making his case for conference player of the year.

Re-upping this.

Two of the GLVC POY candidates went head to head last night and guarded each other for the majority of the game.

Conley Garrison
9-17, 5-10, 1-2: 24 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 1 to

Broderic Thomas
3-10, 1-4, 2-2: 9 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast, 2 to


Hope we don't have to face him again, but Garrison outplayed Thomas by a ways last night. He's been an absolute warrior the past 3 weeks.

[crazznewt]

Re-upping this.

Two of the GLVC POY candidates went head to head last night and guarded each other for the majority of the game.

Conley Garrison
9-17, 5-10, 1-2: 24 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 1 to

Broderic Thomas
3-10, 1-4, 2-2: 9 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast, 2 to


Hope we don't have to face him again, but Garrison outplayed Thomas by a ways last night. He's been an absolute warrior the past 3 weeks.

And he is the only player returning from last year that played significant minutes.

Hesser doesn't hesitate to go small with the lineup if the big guys aren't performing well. Hopefully this streak will continue into the postseason and again, allow the big men to get repetitions as they do have a ton of upside.

[crazznewt]

[TSU_Mike59]

[crazznewt]

The game was a blowout as Drury had the lead to 28 or 29 in the first half. Truman played a better second half as they were stronger with the ball and found the open teammate for several easy shots.

The Lady Panthers went on one of their cold streaks as they could not hit wide open shots. Truman trimmed the the lead down to 17 and it looked to me like Molly wasnt taking any chances and played Diestelkamp more than usual.

The postgame comments? Let's just say Dean isn't a fan of Molly's defense. I probably wouldn't be a fan myself if my team had just turned the ball over 30 times.

[crazznewt]

The Panthers defeat Rock U behind Conley Garrison's 30 points as he went 10 for 16, 5 of 9 from 3, and was 5 for 5 at the line. He also had six assists, five rebounds, and four steals.

Hailey Diestelkamp scored a GLVC record 53 points as Drury scored 118 against Rockhurst. She went 21 for 27, 2 for 3 from three, and 9 of 14 from the line. She also had seven rebounds, four assists, and two steals.

It is now time for the "Thrilla in the 'Villa".