MISSOURI S&T WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME DAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	WEBCAST	LIVE STATS
Saturday, Dec. 1	Drury	1 p.m. (CT)	O'Reilly Family Event Center -  Springfield, Mo.	GLVC Network	Live Stats
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2018-19 Record: Missouri S&T is presently 2-3 overall and 0-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) after dropping a pair of Ashland (Ohio) Thanksgiving Tournament contests this past weekend (Nov. 24-25) at AU's Kates Gymnasium.  The Miners fell 100-72 to the nationally second-ranked and host Ashland Eagles last Saturday (Nov. 24) afternoon and then was dealt a 70-67 overtime loss by the Wayne State (Mich.) Warriors in Sunday's (Nov. 25) final-round action.  The Miners are 2-1 at home, 0-1 on the road, and 0-1 at neutral sites to date this season.

Last Games: Missouri S&T dropped a 100-72 decision to nationally second-ranked Ashland (Ohio) in last Saturday's (Nov. 24) opening round of the Ashland Thanksgiving Tournament.  The Miners trailed throughout the contest as the host Eagles led 47-29 at halftime and 76-47 after three quarters of action.  Junior forward Maddie Raley (Haubstadt, Ind./Gibson Southern) paced S&T with a double-double (16 points and a game-high 11 rebounds).  Sophomore guard Marta Durk (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township) scored 14 points off the bench while freshman guard Michaela Davis (Keokuk, Iowa/Keokuk) tossed in 12 points and junior guard Jordan Kabetske (Republic, Mo./Republic) tallied 10 points while Ashland's Sara Loomis notched a double-double by scoring a game-high 27 to go with 10 rebounds.  The Miners concluded the game connecting on 36.8 percent (25-68) from the floor, 55.6 percent (10-18) from three-point field goal territory, and was 12-for-19 in free throws (63.2 percent).   

Missouri S&T then suffered a 70-67 overtime setback to Wayne State (Mich.) Sunday (Nov. 25) in its second and final Ashland Thanksgiving Tournament appearance. The Miners, who held a 40-29 hafltime lead over the Warriors, saw their nine-point advantage (63-54) with 3:13 left in regulation evaporate as WSU took a 64-63 lead with 50 seconds remaining.  S&T freshman center Alex Kerr (St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph's Academy), who scored a team-best 14 points off the bench, converted the back end of a two-shot free throw with 21 seconds left to send the contest into overtime where the Warriors outscored the Miners 6-3 to claim the victory.  Maddie Raley (Haubstadt, Ind./Gibson Southern) and Marta Durk (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township) contributed 12 points apiece while junior center Mykala Baylor (South Bend, Ind./Clay) tossed in 10 points and grabbed a game-high tying nine rebounds.  Junior forward Ashley Harvey (Raytown, Mo./Raytown) also pulled down a game-most tying nine boards for the Miners, who shot 47.2 percent (25-53) from the floor and were nine-of-11 at the free throw stripe for a 81.8 percent success mark.  S&T, which was hampered by 29 turnovers, did outscore the opposition's bench by a 28-10 points margin.                
 
S&T Head Coach – Alan Eads (Missouri, 1973), 17th season, 204-236 (.464).  The school's all-time winningest coach, Eads has led the Miners to two NCAA Division II Tournament appearances during his tenure at S&T.  Eads became the program's all-time leader in wins on Jan 29, 2011 as a result of  the Miners recording a 65-63 overtime win over Maryville. Eads currently third among active coaches in the GLVC in wins at his or her institution.  The Miners have made nine appearances in the GLVC Tournament under Eads, including trips to the semifinals in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
   Missouri S&T had its best season in school history during the 2007-08 season when it made its first trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament in 12 years.  Under Eads' tuleage, the Lady Miners posted a record of 24-7 on the year, breaking the school record for victories in a year, and reached the championship game of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional before falling to eventual national champion Northern Kentucky.  S&T finished in second place in the GLVC West Division with a 15-4 record and won its opening round game in the conference tournament over Bellarmine before falling to NKU in the semifinals.  Missouri S&T earned the No. 3 seed to the regional tournament, then knocked off Michigan Tech for its first-ever win in the NCAA Tournament and Quincy in the semifinal round to reach the title game in Springfield, Mo.  Since joining the GLVC in the 2005-06 season, the Miners have posted a record of 74-42. They were 17-11 in each of their first two seasons as a member of the league and made the conference tournament both times.
   Eads came to Missouri S&T after serving as an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State University for the previous eight seasons.  While at Southeast, Eads served as the team's chief recruiter and worked primarily with the post players and the team defense. 
   Eads has also built an impressive resume as a head coach, leading Moberly Area Community College to a record of 199-37 over a span of eight years from 1986-94. He took the Lady Greyhounds to the NJCAA national tournament on five occasions, including a third place finish in 1986-87 and fifth place showings in 1987-88 and 1993-94.  Moberly had two 30-win seasons under Eads and also had seasons with 29, 28 and 26 wins during his tenure.  Eads was inducted in 2008 into the institution's Athletic Hall of Fame.  He was named as the Region XVI "Coach of the Year" on five occasions and also led the Lady Greyhounds to five region titles, all of which eventually led to berths in the national tournament. Moberly was the region runner-up on three other occasions and won the regular season title in all eight seasons Eads spent there.  He was also chosen after the 1990-91 season to serve as an assistant coach for the South team in the United States Olympic Festival in Los Angeles, Calif., as that team would go on to win the gold medal during the 1991 festival.
   Eads served as the head coach at Moberly High School from 1979-83, where he led his teams to two district titles and two trips to the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Tournament.
 
This Week's Opponents
     *Drury: The Lady Panthers, who are presently ranked eighth in the latest (Nov. 26) Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll and 14th in the D2SIDA Poll, are 6-0 overall and 0-0 in the GLVC entering this Thursday's (Nov. 29) non-conference home contest versus Rogers State (Okla.) in Springfield, Mo.  Drury, which is coached by fifth-year head coach Molly Miller, is 4-0 at home, 1-0 on the road, and 1-0 in neutral site encounters this season after winning both of its Oasis Hotel and Convention Center Thanksgiving Classic contests this last weekend (Nov. 23-24) in Springfield, Mo.  The Lady Panthers registered a 76-43 win over Lindenwood (Mo.) last Friday (Nov. 23) in the opener and then notched an 81-56 victory against Davenport (Mich.) this past Saturday (Nov. 24) in the holiday tourney finale.  Junior forward Hailey Diestelkamp (19.5 ppg., 8.5 rpg.), a 2017-18 All-GLVC First Team and 2017-18 Division II Conference Commissoner's Association All-Midwest Region Second-Team selection, leads the Lady Panthers in both scoring and rebounding.  The 2018 GLVC Tournament Most Valuable Player is among four individuals averaging double-figure points this season with sophomore guard Payton Richards (12.0 ppg., 1.5 rpg.), freshman guard Paige Robinson (11.0 ppg., 3.3 rpg.), and sophomore forward Azia Lynch (10.2 ppg., 3.0 rpg.) being the others.  Sophomore guard-forward Emily Parker (8.5 ppg., 3.7 rpg.) and junior guard Daejah Bernard (8.0 ppg., 3.2 rpg.), the 2017-18 GLVC Defensive Player of the Year, also are among DU's top players.  Drury returns three starters and eight letter winners from last season's squad which went 31-3 overall and 17-1 in the GLVC as the Lady Panthers won their second straight GLVC Tournament Championship title and advanced to the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Championship game for the third year in a row (2016-18).  Drury, which is presently averaging 83.2 points a game in their first six games to the opposition's 58.7 average, was chosen to finish second in the 2018-19 GLVC Women's Basketball Coaches Preseason Poll with 174 points and received six first-place votes.  All-Time Series - Drury leads 25-6 -- S&T is 4-12 Home, 2-12 Away, 0-1 Neutral; Last Meeting - Missouri S&T lost 103-57 (2/3/18 at Rolla, Mo.); Last Meeting at Drury - Missouri S&T lost 82-51 (1/13/18).

Conference Openers: Missouri S&T has compiled a 16-20 record (.444 win pct.) in conference openers dating back to the 1982-83 season, which consists of a 11-9 home mark and a 5-11 road ledger.  The Miners, who began GLVC play in the 2005-06 campaign, are 9-4 (.692) in GLVC opening contests.  S&T is 6-3 at home and 3-1 on the road in GLVC openers.  The Miners fell 72-46 at home to Illinois Springfield in their league opener last season (12/2/17) after posting a 54-47 conference-opening home triumph over Maryville in their 2016-17 season league opener (12/1/16), which snapped a three-game conference-opening losing skid.  Missouri S&T sports a 1-2 mark (.333) against Drury, which includes an 80-58 loss at home (12/4/14) in the most recent such meeting between the two instate schools.   
  
Miner Details: Maddie Raley (Haubstadt, Ind./Gibson Southern) has netted double-figure points in all five S&T games this season and leads the Miners with a 14.8 points a game scoring average (74 pts.).  Raley totaled 12 points against Wayne State (11/25) and notched her second career double-double with 16 points and a career-high tying 11 rebounds at Ashland (11/24).  Raley's initial double-double occurred last season (1/15) versus William Jewell with 14 points and 11 boards  ... Mykala Baylor (South Bend, Ind./Clay) extended her season-opening blocked shots streak to five with a shot rejection against Wayne State (11/25).  Baylor has racked up a team-leading 12 blocked shots in five appearances this season ... Maddie Raley (Haubstadt, Ind./Gibson Southern)'s 97 career three-point field goals in 57 games currently ranks ninth on S&T's all-time leaders list and the junior forward is six trey shy of tying Becky Reichard (103 career total; 1994-96) for eighth place ... Jordan Kabetske (Republic, Mo./Republic) surpassed the 300-career points mark with eight points against Wayne State (Nov. 25) and presently has accumulated 304 points in 54 contests for a 5.6 career points per game average ... Ashley Harvey's (Raytown, Mo./Raytown) game-high tying nine rebounds against Wayne State (11/25) equaled her season high, which was set initially against Westminster (Utah) (11/21).  Harvey's career best is 12 boards set against Westminster (Mo.) last season (12/30/17) ... Marta Durk (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township) has scored double-digit points in each of her last two outings - a career-best 14 points at Ashland (11/24) and 12 versus Wayne State (11/25).  Durk is averaging 13.0 points a game (26 pts.) in those two contests after tallying 4.0 points per game (12 pts.) in her first three appearances this season.       

Solid Nucleus Returns: The Miners return seven letter winners from last season's team, which includes three of S&T's top points leaders in Maddie Raley (13. 4 ppg.), senior forward Bria Pierce (Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley North) (8.8 ppg.) and Jordan Kabetske (8.5 ppg.). The Miners' top returning rebounders are Bria Pierce  (6.4 rpg.),  Ashley Harvey (4.4 rpg.) and Maddie Raley (4.2 rpg.).  S&T will be returning 57.5 percent (1,005-1,749 of its scoring output and 56.5 percent (515-911) of its rebounding production from the 2017-18 campaign.
   
2017-18 Season: The Miners registered a 9-17 overall record for the 2017-18 season, which included a 4-14 mark in the GLVC's West Division.  S&T was 7-6 at home, 2-9 on the road, and 0-2 at neutral sites. 

NCAA II Statistics: Both NCAA Division II team and individual national statistical leaders for this 2018-19 season can be accessed at this link - NCAA Statistics. 

2018-19 GLVC Preseason Poll: S&T was selected to finish 14th place in the 2018-19 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Coaches Preseason Poll, which was released Oct. 17 by the Conference office.  The Miners accumulated 39 points in the poll as voted on by the league coaches.   Lewis was picked to win the conference title with 175 points and seven first-place votes.  Drury registered a second-place 174 points to go with six first-place votes while the one remaining first-place vote went to Southern Indiana, which accumulated a third-place 155 points.   

New GLVC Format: The GLVC regular season will no longer include the three-division format which were adopted last season with 15 teams.  The top eight teams with the most points derived from the GLVC Point Rating System at the end of the 2018-19 regular season will earn a berth to the GLVC Basketball Championship Tournament to be held on March 7-10 at the Vadalabene Center in Edwardsville, Ill., on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.  
 
GLVC Standings/Schedule: Fans can view the complete 2018-19 GLVC Women's Basketball Standings at this link - GLVC Standings.  The composite 2018-19 conference women's basketball schedule can be accessed at this link - GLVC Schedule and the GLVC statistics at this link - GLVC Statistics.

Follow The GLVC: Fans can follow @GLVCsports on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook using hashtag #GLVCwbb.  Complete coverage of all 2018-19 conference games can be accessed on GLVCSN.com.

Up Next: Missouri S&T closes out the 2018 calendar year with a two-game non-conference home stand at S&T's Gibson Arena.  The Miners host the Missouri Baptist Spartans on Dec. 18 at 11:30 a.m. (CT) before wrapping up 2018 action on Dec. 30 against the Westminster College (Mo.) Blue Jays.  Tip-off is slated for 3 p.m. (CT).