Month: May 2017

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The Drury Panthers pulled away in the second half for a 76-65 win over Maryville on Saturday at the O’Reilly Family Event Center in Springfield.

Drury improved to 12-6 and 6-6 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference while dropping the Saints to 4-15 and 0-12 in the league.

The Panthers led 36-33 at halftime but methodically added to their lead in the second half, and Asa Hutchinson’s lay-up with 5:57 remaining gave Drury an 11-point advantage, 63-52. The Panthers led by as much as 15 down the stretch.

Hutchinson’s basket was part of a team-high 17-point effort as the sophomore went 6 for 8 from the field and led Drury in scoring for the second-straight game. Hutchinson had 19 points on Thursday against Missouri S&T.

“We did some good things attacking their defense,” said Drury head coach Steve Hesser. “We were a lot better attacking it than we were two weeks ago in St. Louis when we made 18 three’s but only won by five. There are stretches in the game when we’re a lot better in some areas, but we’ve got to extend it.”

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Behind the performance from Asa Hutchinson, the Drury Panthers ended a three-game losing streak on Thursday night as they defeated the Miners of Missouri S&T 81-62 at the O’Reilly Family Event Center.

Hutchinson finished with a team-high 19 points to match his career scoring high in guiding the Panthers to the win. The Bentonville, Arkansas sophomore ended the evening 6 of 12 shooting from the field, 7 of 11 from the free throw line, and pulled down a team-high nine rebounds as the Panthers improved to 12-7 on the year and 5-6 in Great Lakes Valley Conference action.

“Asa’s been struggling a bit because he’s one of those players that over-thinks things, and he gets some clutter in his head at times,” said Drury head coach Steve Hesser. “But he was really ready for things tonight, so hats off to him.”

After the two teams battled back-and-forth in the opening ten minutes of the first half, the Panthers pulled away from a 20-20 tie outscoring the Miners 17-6 to claim a 37-26 halftime advantage. They opened the second half on a 17-5 run to extend their margin to 23 points and were never challenged by the Miners the remainder of the way.

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