SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The 18th-ranked Drury Panthers made 10 3-pointers and went on to defeat the Harding women's basketball team 76-54 on Tuesday in non-conference action.

RECORDS
Harding falls to 4-1 overall and Drury improves to 5-0.

FIRST QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
Drury led by as much as 13 in the first quarter as it made 8-of-14 from the field, including four 3-pointers. Paige Wilson made three 3-pointers for the Panthers and had 11 points. Drury held Harding to five field goals and 0-of-4 from behind the 3-point line.

SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
Drury extended its lead to 16 with 7:39 left in the second quarter until Harding had back-to-back layups to cut the lead to 12. The Panthers led at halftime 35-22. The teams combined for 19 points in the quarter. Harding had two made field goals and made 4-of-8 free throws. Drury went 4-of-12 from the field.

THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
Paige Wilson made a 3-pointer with 3:14 left in the third quarter to give Drury a 49-30 lead. The Panthers went on to lead 56-37 after the third. Harding made 5-of-17 from the field and made its first 3-pointer in the game.

FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
Harding pulled within 13 with 6:34 left on a layup by Riley Rose but Drury answered back with a pair of made free throws and a layup to lead 62-46. Each team had six made field goals. Harding went 4-for-4 from the free throw line.

TEAM/INDIVIDUAL STATS
Harding shot 31.0 percent, making 18-of-58. The Lady Bisons went 2-for-16 from behind the 3-point line.

Drury shot 42.9 percent, making 24-of-56.

The Panthers were led by Paige Wilson who had 26 points, making nine field goals, including eight from behind the 3-point line. Heather Harman added 17.

Drury had 29 bench points led by Briana Jones who had 13.

Harding was led by A'ndrea Haney who had 11 points. Sydney Layrock and Riley Rose each added 10.

Haney, the all-time steals leader at Harding, had six steals.

Caroline Hogue grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for Harding. It was the second straight game she has had over 10. Hogue had 18 against Southwestern Oklahoma on Saturday.

Harding is 11-45 against ranked opponents.

NEXT GAME

Harding will be back in action on December 1st when it travels to Bethany, Oklahoma to face Southern Nazarene at 5:30 p.m., in Great American Conference action.