GAME DAY LINKS --
McKENDREE vs. DRURY -- Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, 5:30 p.m.
Statham Center -- Lebanon, Ill.
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McKENDREE vs. MISSOURI S&T -- Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, 1 p.m.
Statham Center -- Lebanon, Ill.
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(LEBANON, Ill., Jan. 16)--The McKendree University women's basketball team will finish out its longest home stand of the 2018-19 season with two more Great Lakes Valley Conference contests this week at the Statham Center. The Bearcats will first host Drury University, the No. 2-ranked team in the latest Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II poll on Thursday evening before wrapping up the week Saturday afternoon against Missouri S&T. Both games will be carried live on the Bearcat Sports Network at
www.glvcsn.com/mckendree, beginning with a 10-minute pregame show each day.
McKendree will be looking to get back on track after being handed a pair of conference games last week. The Bearcats fell at home to Maryville University last Thursday before dropping a snow-delayed decision to the University of Missouri-St. Louis on Sunday. McKendree enters Thursday's play with an overall record of 8-6 and a 2-3 mark against GLVC foes.
Sydney Diekhoff (Pekin, IL/Pekin Community) has moved into third in the GLVC in scoring at 16.4 PPG. Diekhoff is the only McKendree player to score in double figures in each of the Bearcats' first 14 games this season. She is also fourth in the conference in free throw percentage, hitting 87.5 percent of her tries from the stripe.
Jordan Heberg (Romeoville, IL/Plainfield North) is second on the squad in scoring at 10.7 PPG, while
Megan Jensen (Union, MO/Saint Francis Borgia Regional) has reached double figures in the scoring column this season at 10.4 PPG. Jensen is currently second in the league in field goal percentage, connecting at a 62.6 percent clip.
Jordan Morton (Olathe, Kan./Olathe South) moved into the Bearcats' career top 10 in rebounding, and enters Thursday's game against Drury with 593 career rebounds.
Callie Pohlman (Appleton, WI/Appleton North) is one of 11 players in the GLVC with at least 50 assists, and her 53 assists are good for seventh in the league.
Following this weekend's action, McKendree will hit the road for a pair of GLVC contests next week. The Bearcats will be at Quincy University next Thursday -- Jan. 24 -- before heading to Truman State University two days later. McKendree's next home game will come on Thursday, Jan. 31 against the University of Indianapolis.
ABOUT DRURY
The Panthers moved up to No. 2 in the latest WBCA Division II poll released on Monday. Drury is 15-0 on the season, including a 5-0 mark in the GLVC. Head coach Molly Miller, a former standout for the Panthers' program, has already racked up 128 wins midway through her fifth season at the helm of the program.
Drury boasts one of the best players in the GLVC in Hailey Diestelkamp. Already a three-time GLVC Player of the Week in 2018-19, Diestelkamp is second in the conference in scoring at 20.2 PPG. She also paces the Panthers in rebounding at 9.7 RPG, which is also second in the league. She is shooting 53 percent from the floor and is also second on the squad with 52 steals. Paige Robinson averages 15.1 PPG for Drury and leads the team at the line, hitting 86.7 percent of her free throw attempts. Payton Richards (11.3 PPG) and Azia Lynch (10 PPG) round out the list of double-digit scorers for Drury. Daejah Bernard has dished out a team-best 96 assists in 15 games, and she leads the GLVC at 6.47 assists per contest.
McKendree and Drury have met five times since the Bearcats joined the GLVC in 2012-13. The Panthers have won all five previous contests, including last season's 75-57 decision on Dec. 2, 2017 in Springfield, Mo.
Sydney Diekhoff (Pekin, IL/Pekin Community) and
Megan Jensen (Union, MO/Saint Francis Borgia Regional) came off the bench to score 15 and 13 points, respectively, for the Bearcats.
ABOUT MISSOURI S&T
The Miners bring a 5-6 overall record ana 1-3 GLVC mark into their Thursday night contest at the University of Illinois Springfield. Missouri S&T has dropped each of its last two games, including a 74-48 setback last Thursday at home against Lewis University.
Maddie Raley leads a balanced scoring attack for the Miners at 11.9 PPG. Raley is shooting 39.3 percent from three-point range, which is good for eighth among all GLVC players. Alex Kerr is the other double figure scorer for Missouri S&T at 11.2 PPG. Mykala Baylor is the Miners' top rebounder at 8.9 RPG, and she ranks third in the conference. Jordan Kabetske has handed out a team-leading 47 assists.
McKendree and Missouri S&T have played six times since the Bearcats began play in the GLVC. The Miners hold a slight 4-2 advantage in the series, although the Bearcats prevailed in last season's match-up, 68-64, played on Feb. 22, 2018 in Rolla, Mo.
Sydney Diekhoff (Pekin, IL/Pekin Community) was the lone McKendree player scoring in double figures in the win with 20 points.
