GLVC women's basketball action resumes this week with the same Thursday/Saturday format, as only three weeks remain in the regular season. Rockhurst sits at No. 9 in the Point Rating System but will have a chance to move into the top-8 with a win over West leader Drury on Thursday, while McKendree could increase its seventh position in the rankings with a win over No. 5 Bellarmine, and No. 7 Truman could do the same with a victory at fourth-ranked William Jewell. The featured contest on Saturday will be Bellarmine at East leader and PRS No. 1 Southern Indiana.
| THURSDAY 2.8 |
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UW-Parkside |
59 |
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Quincy |
62 |
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Quincy, Ill. |
Box Score |
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#8 Drury |
100 |
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Rockhurst |
69 |
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Kansas City, Mo. |
Box Score |
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Indianapolis |
63 |
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Missouri-St. Louis |
79 |
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St. Louis, Mo. |
Box Score |
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Truman State |
49 |
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William Jewell |
52 |
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Liberty, Mo. |
Box Score |
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#15 Southern Indiana |
64 |
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Illinois Springfield |
51 |
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Springfield, Ill. |
Box Score |
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Lewis |
75 |
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Maryville |
66 |
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St. Louis, Mo. |
Box Score |
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Bellarmine |
83 |
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McKendree |
72 |
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Lebanon, Ill. |
Box Score |
Drury eclipsed 100 points for the third time in four games to defeat Rockhurst on the road, 100-69, as five players again scored in double figures. Lucia Fernandez and Alice Heinzler dropped 20, while Hailey Diestelkamp beat that number on the boards with a GLVC season-high 21 rebounds to go with 14 points for the Panthers. Bellarmine tallied the next highest point total in its 83-72 win at McKendree, as Raven Merriweather scored 26 points. Southern Indiana and Lewis also earned road victories, as the former beat Illinois Springfield 64-51 and the latter topped Maryville 75-66. USI's Morgan Dahlstrom had the best scoring game of the night with 34 points, complemented by 19 rebounds, while the Flyers had two players tally double-doubles, including Tierney Locket's 24 points and 10 assists and Jessica Kelliher's 23 points and 10 boards. Reigning GLVC Player of the Week, Jordan Fletcher, continued her quality play with 28 points and seven rebounds to lead Missouri-St. Louis, 79-63, over Indianapolis. Elsewhere, William Jewell got the 52-49 result against Truman State.
| SATURDAY 2.10 |
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#8 Drury |
72 |
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Maryville |
48 |
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St. Louis, Mo. |
Box Score |
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Rockhurst |
69 |
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McKendree |
57 |
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Lebanon, Ill. |
Box Score |
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UW-Parkside |
63 |
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Lewis |
75 |
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Romeoville, Ill. |
Box Score |
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Truman State |
73 |
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Quincy |
63 |
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Quincy, Ill. |
Box Score |
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Missouri S&T |
53 |
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Missouri-St. Louis |
76 |
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St. Louis, Mo. |
Box Score |
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William Jewell |
58 |
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Illinois Springfield |
59 |
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Springfield, Ill. |
Box Score |
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Bellarmine |
59 |
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#15 Southern Indiana |
68 |
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Evansville, Ind. |
Box Score |
With its 72-48 win at Maryville, No. 8 Drury clinched the West Division title for the fifth-straight season, while Missouri-St. Louis beat Missouri S&T 76-53 thanks to 28 points from Jordan Fletcher and a double-double by Shawnta Johnson (14 points, 10 rebounds) and now becomes the inaugural Central Division champion. No. 15 Southern Indiana, the current leader atop the East, had four players score in double figures led by Morghan Dahlstrom's 17 points and 11 boards to beat Bellarmine 68-59. Lewis, just one game back of USI, defeated UW-Parkside 75-63 on the back of Jessica Kelliher's 37 points and 12 rebounds. Truman State had two tally double-doubles, including Katie Jaseckamcs (16 & 13) and Ashley Hartwig (11 & 10), to take down Quincy on the road, while Rockhurst also got a road win at McKendree 69-57. Elsewhere, Illinois Springfield narrowly outlasted William Jewell 59-58, as Jasmine Sangster scored a game-high 26.