Divisional action kicks off the week for GLVC women's basketball, as top teams from each division will meet. In the West, No. 8 Drury (14-1, 5-0 GLVC) – the only unbeaten league team remaining – visits Truman State (10-3, 5-1), which are respectively the top-two divisional teams and third and fourth in the latest Point Rating System (PRS) update; second and third East teams, Southern Indiana (12-2, 4-1; PRS #2) and Bellarmine (8-7, 3-3; PRS #5) will meet in Louisville; and in the Central, McKendree (6-7, 2-4; PRS #11) travels to Illinois Springfield (10-4, 4-2; PRS #5), the second and top teams in that division, respectively. Elsewhere tonight, Maryville (4-8, 1-5) welcomes Quincy (5-10, 1-5), William Jewell (7-6, 4-2) travels to Missouri S&T (6-8, 1-5), and the top East team in Lewis (13-4, 6-1) will make the short trip across the border to face UW-Parkside (6-11, 2-3). Cross-divisional play will resume Thursday and Saturday, as all games this week can be seen live and free on all GLVCSN platforms, including GLVCSN.com, GLVCSN iOS/Android mobile apps, and GLVCSN OTT apps on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Android TV.
| MONDAY 1.15 |
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Quincy |
75 |
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Maryville |
73 |
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St. Louis, Mo. |
Box Score |
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McKendree |
69 |
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Illinois Springfield |
65 |
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Springfield, Ill. |
Box Score |
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William Jewell |
59 |
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Missouri S&T |
64 |
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Rolla, Mo. |
Box Score |
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#8 Drury |
57 |
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Truman State |
46 |
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Kirksville, Mo. |
Box Score |
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Lewis |
87 |
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UW-Parkside |
51 |
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Kenosha, Wis. |
Box Score |
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#22 Southern Indiana |
67 |
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Bellarmine |
59 |
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Louisville, Ky. |
Box Score |
McKendree got a big win at Central Division leader Illinois Springfield, 69-65, to move into the Point Rating System top-8, while No. 8 Drury took over the PRS top spot with its win at Truman State, 57-46. No. 22 Southern Indiana and Lewis each got wins to remain in the PRS top-5, beating Bellarmine 67-59 and UW-Parkside 87-51, respectively. Elsewhere, Quincy scored a 75-73 road win over Maryville, while the only home team to get a win was Missouri S&T with a 64-59 result against William Jewell.
| THURSDAY 1.18 |
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Truman State |
63 |
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Indianapolis |
79 |
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Indianapolis, Ind. |
Box Score |
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William Jewell |
66 |
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UW-Parkside |
41 |
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Somers, Wis. |
Box Score |
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Maryville |
64 |
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Missouri-St. Louis |
83 |
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St. Louis, Mo. |
Box Score |
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Rockhurst |
57 |
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Lewis |
71 |
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Romeoville, Ill. |
Box Score |
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Missouri S&T |
71 |
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#21 Southern Indiana |
90 |
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Evansville, Ind. |
Box Score |
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Quincy |
44 |
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McKendree |
55 |
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Lebanon, Ill. |
Box Score |
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#6 Drury |
70 |
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Bellarmine |
84 |
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Louisville, Ky. |
Box Score |
William Jewell was the only road team to grab the win Thursday night, defeating UW-Parkside 66-41; but the real highlight of the evening was Bellarmine's 84-70 upset over No. 6 Drury. Raven Merriweather matched a career-high 28 points to lead the Knights, as the team shot a season-best 61.7% from the field. Bellarmine led by as many as 22 points in the second quarter, including a 20-point halftime advantage at 42-22, which it was able to hang on to through the fourth quarter despite the Panthers comeback bid where they scored 27 points in the final frame. Also getting a big win was Indianapolis, topping Truman State 79-63, snapping a two-game losing skid. The Greyhounds came back from a 14-9, first-quarter deficit and tallied 29 points in the third quarter to put the game out of reach, as Martha Burse dropped 28 points in the victory. Lewis won its league-best eighth game in a row thanks to a 71-57 result past Rockhurst, due in large part to Jessica Kelliher's 31 points and 11 rebounds. No. 21 Southern Indiana continued to roll, winning its third consecutive contest over Missouri S&T, 90-71, getting 23 from Morgan Dahlstrom. In the other two wins of the night, McKendree beat Quincy 55-44, and Missouri-St. Louis got past Maryville 83-64 with all five starters scoring in double figures. The Tritons' Kaitlynn Henning, who played all 40 minutes, and Jordan Fletcher both scored a game-high19. Henning's total was a career-high mark, while Fletcher joined the 1,000-point club when she scored her first bucket of the game.
| SATURDAY 1.20 |
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#6 Drury |
80 |
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Indianapolis |
60 |
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Indianapolis, Ind. |
Box Score |
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Missouri S&T |
69 |
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Bellarmine |
78 |
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Louisville, Ky. |
Box Score |
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Illinois Springfield |
59 |
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Maryville |
65 |
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St. Louis, Mo. |
Box Score |
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Rockhurst |
80 |
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UW-Parkside |
75 |
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Kenosha, Wis. |
Box Score |
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Missouri-St. Louis |
80 |
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Quincy |
60 |
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Quincy, Ill. |
Box Score |
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William Jewell |
51 |
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Lewis |
65 |
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Romeoville, Ill. |
Box Score |
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Truman State |
50 |
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#21 Southern Indiana |
70 |
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Evansville, Ind. |
Box Score |
The three road teams to earn victories Saturday afternoon – No. 6 Drury, Rockhurst, and Missouri-St. Louis – all scored 80 points in doing so, including the Panthers and Tritons matching final scores. Drury got back in the win column with an 80-60 result at Indianapolis after falling in its first league game at Bellarmine two days prior, as Alice Heinzler paced the contest with a game-high 23 points. Rockhurst won by five points over UW-Parkside with help from Jillian Meyers' game-high 19 scores, and UMSL, meanwhile, got 23 from Jordan Fletcher to defeat Quincy. Southern Indiana collected its fourth win in a row, having no problem with Truman State for the 70-50 win. Bellarmine's 78-69 defeat over Missouri S&T was aided by 20 points from both Raven Merriweather and Mikayla Barry, who came off the bench for 20 minutes of action. Maryville earned a significant 65-59 win over Illinois Springfield, putting UIS, UMSL and McKendree in a tie for first place in the Central Division at 4-4. Lewis was the other winner today, beating William Jewell on the back of Jessica Kelliher's 26 points and 10 boards.