SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Despite a solid first half effort, the UIndy women's basketball team fell on Saturday evening to the No. 3 Drury Panthers by a final of 93-74. The Hounds drop to 7-7 overall on the year (3-3 GLVC) while the Panthers improve to 13-1 (6-0 GLVC).
Three different Hounds scored in double figures, led by
Elana Wells who dropped her career-high of 23 points.
Liv Becker also added her career-high of 16 while Ilani Wiliams-Harris managed 13. In total, 10 different UIndy players scored one or more point.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Despite entering as heavy underdogs at the O'Reilly Family Event Center, UIndy came out of the gates strong and held tough against the No. 3 Panthers. The Hounds trailed by just one point after the opening 10 minutes and then proceeded to take a 20-19 lead on a made free throw by Wells a few minutes into the second quarter. The lead continued to trade hands as the first half progressed, notably again at 24-23 after a successful Becker four-point play. Drury was able to gain a slight two point lead at the intermission.
While the first half heroics proved UIndy was up to the challenge, a 12-3 scoring run right out of the break for Drury was costly for the Greyhounds in Springfield. The Panthers would sit themselves in the driver's seat by outscoring the Hounds by 12 in the third and then by five more in the fourth to lock up the victory.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-The Greyhounds finished shooting 37.7 percent from the field while the Panthers ended at 43.5.
-A combined total of 65 personal fouls were called on the court.
-UIndy added 49 bench points while Drury had only 23.
-The Hounds were out-rebounded by 15.
-Despite turning the ball over 22 times, UIndy forced Drury into 20 turnovers of its own.
UP NEXT
The Hounds are now set to host the next four games on the schedule at home. UIndy will battle Missouri S&T on Thursday, Jan. 12 with tipoff set for 5:30 p.m. ET.
