ST. CHARLES, Mo.— The Drury Lady Panthers bounced back from a loss on Friday to win at Lindenwood 69-58 on Saturday in St. Charles, Missouri.
The fourth-ranked Lady Panthers raised their record to 22-3 and 12-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Lions fell to 9-10 and 6-6 in the league.
Junior forward Alana Findley poured in 30 points to lead Drury as the Fair Grove product went 11 for 15 from the field and was a perfect 8 for 8 at the free-throw line.
The Lady Panthers fell behind 11-2 in the first three minutes of the game but worked their way within three at the end of the first quarter, 16-13. In the second period, DU held the Lions to just nine points and blew open their four-point halftime lead with a 13-0 run in the third quarter. The Lady Panthers made 16 of their 31 shots in the second half and led by as much as 25 in the fourth.
“Our kids did a great job on a quick turn-around and bouncing back,” said Drury head coach Amy Eagan. “I told the team before the game that sometimes as a player, you have a bad game, and sometimes as a team, you can have a bad game, but that doesn’t define you. We had to adjust to some things early with their backdoor cuts, but I thought after that, we played really good defense and did a good job of keeping it out of their post players’ hands.”
In addition to Findley’s 30 points, Kaylee DaMitz added 13 points and four steals.
Julia Ruzevich, the scoring and rebounding leader in the GLVC, had 23 points and six rebounds for Lindenwood.
Drury returns home for a Thursday game against Southern Indiana at 5:45 pm in the O’Reilly Family Event Center.
