Springfield, Mo. – For the first time since 1987-88, the Bearcats swept the Panthers in their season series. Tuesday's win made it three wins in a row for SBU against Drury, their first three-game winning streak over Drury since 1992-93. In addition, the 81-46 final is the largest margin of victory in match-up history, and 46 is the fewest points scored by the Panthers since the teams have competed against one another. SBU improves to 10-2 and the Panthers fall to 5-5. With the win, the Bearcats complete the 8-0 sweep against teams in the GLVC West. 
 
The Panthers got on the board first, but their lead didn't last long as Quinn Nelson nailed his first of five three's on SBU's first possession. Drury regained the lead at 9-8 early in the first, but Jalil Beaubrun made a layup to give SBU the lead for good. Juan Morales then completed a three-point play, Tyler Williams made a traditional three pointer, and Brady Smith found the basket on a layup to quickly boost SBU's lead to 18-9. Every bucket scored by the Panthers was answered in a major way. With 7:03 left in the first half, SBU went on a 24-7 run to close out the half.
 
Continuing where they left off, the Bearcats forced three turnovers on Drury's first three possessions of the second half, and Quinn Nelson got things going with another three. SBU kept doing their thing, playing their style of offense and holding tight on defense. Their first 40-point lead came at 10:21 with a jumper from Ricky Crawford Jr. A few minutes later it was RJ again who gave SBU their biggest lead of the game at 41 points, 76-35. Late in the game, Cameron Altena hit a three to score his first points as a Bearcat. Senior Houston Johnson closed out the game with the final score, making an 81-46 final.
 
Quinn Nelson played just 15:36 minutes and scored 17 points on a perfect 6-6 from the field, 5-5 from three. Juan Morales had a career high 12 points on 5-8 shooting, grabbing 5 rebounds and 2 steals as well. Continuing from last game, Tyler Williams remained hot, making 3 three's and scoring 14 points in the win.
 
SBU held Drury to 18-54 (33.3%) from the field and 3-20 (15.0%) from three. Drury's leading scorer and the GLVC's 4^th best scorer in Conley Garrison did not score a single basket in his 19:22 minutes played.
 
The Bearcats continue their three game road trip with stops at Maryville and Lindenwood this Thursday and Saturday.