Adrienne Horn scored 17 points to lead five Lady Panthers in double-figures as No. 12 Drury rolled to an 83-58 victory over Maryville, setting a new program record for consecutive home court victories with their 23rd straight win at the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
Drury's 11th consecutive victory overall improved the Lady Panthers to 21-3 overall and 14-2 in the GLVC, maintaining their two-game lead in the West over Quincy and Truman with two games left to play.
After Maryville (10-13, 4-12) scored the game's first basket, the Lady Panthers reeled off 17 unanswered points to build what would become a 27-4 lead after the first period. Combined with a 49-16 second-half domination of the Saints in St. Louis on December 5, it meant the Lady Panthers had outscored Maryville 76-20 over the previous three quarter after battling to a 31-all halftime time in their first meeting.
This time, Drury stretched the lead to 43-15 at the half, then turned heavily to its bench from there as no Lady Panther played less than 20 minutes or more than Addy Roller's 26.
Horn led the way with 17 points, followed by Roller with 14 points (to go with six of DU's 21 assists), Brook Duncan had 11 points and Paige Wilson and Annie Armstrong scored 10 points each.
Drury limited Maryville to 36 percent shooting for the game (21 of 59), including a 6-for-29 showing (21 percent) in the first half. The Saints hit just 2 of 15 tries from 3-point range.
"I was really pleased with the way we came out defensively in the first half and didn't let them breathe any life into this game," Drury coach Molly Miller said. "It's a credit to the commitment we've had to getting better every day defensively in practice. It was a fun half to watch.
"Overall, I think it was again, a very good team effort. Looking down the stat line, everyone was contributing again. And those minutes … with everyone in the 20s, it's awfully nice when you have to turn around and play again on Saturday."
Hannah Dressler pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds to go with eight points and five assists as the Lady Panthers grabbed a final 40-36 edge on the boards.
Alex Hillyer had 23 points and seven rebounds to lead Maryville.
Drury broke the old mark of 22 consecutive home-court wins set by the 2003-05 Lady Panthers under coach Nyla Milleson in Weiser Gym. The Lady Panthers will play their final two games of the regular season at The O', hosting UMSL in a 1 p.m. tipoff Saturday (Homecoming) before entertaining Missouri S&T next Thursday (Feb. 25) for Senior Night, with a 5:30 p.m. tip.
