SETTING THE SCENE
UMSL travels to Missouri S&T on Thursday and to No. 12 ranked Drury on Saturday with a possible GLVC Tournament bid still on the line. The Tritons are one of three teams tied for 13^th place overall in the league standings at 4-11 - one game behind three teams tied for 10^th place at 5-10. UMSL and Missouri S&T are two of those teams tied for 13^th place, while the other is Maryville, who UMSL will place next Thursday in the regular season finale. The top 12 teams earn a spot in the league's postseason affair.
 
SIZING UP THE TRITONS
UMSL is 9-14 overall and have lost nine games by six or fewer points, including five of those games in GLVC play. The Tritons, which are playing their final five regular season games on the road, are coming off losses at Bellarmine (68-47) and Southern Indiana (76-69) last Thursday and Saturday, respectively.
 
Senior Kelly Kunkel averages a team-best 12.6 points per game and adds 5.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, while redshirt sophomore Jordan Fletcher follows with 11.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. In GLVC-only games, Fletcher is averaging 13.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Fletcher has blocked 29 shots this season, which ranks eighth on the single season charts and has 61 in two seasons, ranking third on the career charts.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Missouri S&T is 8-14 overall, including 4-11 in the GLVC, and has won two of its last three games after a four-game losing streak. Bria Price is lone player averaging double figures, scoring 11 points per game to go with 5.4 rebounds per game.
 
Drury enters a Thursday home contest against Maryville with a 20-3 overall mark, including a West Division best 13-2 record in the GLVC. The Panthers have won 10 straight and are 11-0 at home. Annie Armstrong averages 15.3 points per game and is shooting 47.4 percent from three-point range, having made 54 long balls. As a team, Drury is shooting 43.3 percent from beyond the arc, averaging 8.8 triples per game.
 
SERIES HISTORIES
The Tritons have won just once in 22 games against Drury - a 58-56 decision in St. Louis during the 2012-13 season. The Panthers posted a 74-65 win in St. Louis on December 3 in the teams' first meeting of the year.
 
Missouri S&T leads the all-time series, 38-19, which includes a 53-41 win in St. Louis on December 5 in the first meeting as the Tritons shot just 25.9 percent from the field.  
 
UP NEXT
UMSL will close out the regular season next Thursday at Maryville.