University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball returns to action when it heads west to take on No. 12 Drury University Thursday at 5:45 p.m. and Missouri University of Science & Technology Saturday at 1 p.m.
Both Great Lakes Valley Conference contests can be heard on WPSR 90.7 FM, while live GLVC Sports Network coverage as well as live stats and audio can be accessed on GoUSIEagles.com.
USI (10-9, 3-8 GLVC) is looking to stop an eight-game losing streak, its longest skid since losing 12 straight in 1991-92. To do so, the Screaming Eagles must earn their first-ever win over Drury in Springfield, Missouri.
Thursday’s game is a rematch of last year’s GLVC Tournament Championship that saw Drury rally from an 18-point second-half deficit to defeat the Eagles, 68-65.
Leading USI into the weekend are junior forward Hannah Wascher (Rantoul, Illinois), junior guard Tanner Marcum (New Albany, Indiana) and sophomore forward Kaydie Grooms (Marshall, Illinois). Wascher is averaging a team-best 14.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, while Marcum is chipping in 12.3 points and 3.3 assists per contest. Grooms is contributing 10.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per outing.
Drury (16-3, 9-2 GLVC), which has won six straight games to take the lead in the GLVC West Division, is led by senior guard Annie Armstrong and junior guard Alice Heinzler. Armstrong is averaging a team-high 15.0 points, while Heinzler is contributing 13.1 points per appearance.
Missouri S&T (6-12, 2-9 GLVC), which has lost three straight games and eight of the last nine games, is led by sophomore forward Bria Pierce and junior guard/forward Jamy Douvier. Pierce is averaging a team-best 11.1 points per game, while Douvier is chipping in 8.9 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds per contest for the Miners, who host Bellarmine University Thursday.
