INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The nation’s fourth-ranked team in NCAA-II women’s basketball returned to form on Saturday as the Drury Lady Panthers picked up an 84-56 win at Indianapolis.
Drury improved to 25-4 and 15-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Greyhounds fell to 9-15 and 6-10 in the GLVC.
The Lady Panthers, who lost at Lewis two nights earlier, held an Indianapolis team that leads the conference in the field goal and three-point percentage to 39 percent shooting from the field and the Greyhounds went just 5 from 20 from behind the arc.
Drury led 42-27 at halftime and was up as much as 35 in the fourth quarter.
“This is who we should be every game,” said Lady Panthers head coach Amy Eagan. “We did some things today that you don’t see in the X’s and O’x with our communication and talking through what they saw on the floor. We’ve been missing some of that and we looked a like more like a today.”
Alana Findley put in a double-double for the Drury with 24 points and 10 rebounds. The junior from Fair Grove added three assists and two steals while going 10 for 16 from the field.
Paige Robinson added 18 points and, in the first quarter, hit a three-pointer that set the program’s record for three’s made in a career. The senior from Bethany, Illinois, connected on her 256th career trey passing Katie Pritchard’s total of 255, a record that had stood for 10 years. Robinson ended the game 4 from 7 from three-point range and 6 for 12 from the field.
Drury out-rebounded Indianapolis 39-29 and had 19 offensive rebounds in the game.
Taylor Drury led the Greyhounds with 15 points.
The Lady Panthers are back at home on Thursday when they host Quincy at 5:45 pm at the O’Reilly Family Event Center.
