Box Score | Season Stats

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The 16th-ranked Washburn Lady Blues rallied from a 10 point second half deficit to defeat No. 20-ranked Drury 68-59 on Tuesday night in Weiser Gym. Washburn will return home to host the Lady Blues Holiday Classic on Friday and Saturday. WU will play Missouri-St. Louis on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Washburn (2-0) trailed 40-30 with 15:50 to play in the game, but responded with a 12-0 run over a 2:16 span to take the lead for good. Amanda Fessenden started the run with a three and Brette Ulsaker closed it out with a pair of free throws to give the Lady Blues a 42-40 lead with 13:34 remaining in the game.

Drury (3-1) closed to within a pair at 48-46, but three straight fast break layups by Rose Hammond put Washburn up 55-48 with 5:11 to play. Hope Gregory scored all nine of her points in the second half, including a three to put the Lady Blues up 10 with 2:06 to play and WU iced the game from the foul line.

Washburn shot 72 percent, 18-of-25, from the field in the second half, including five three-pointers to offset a 7-of-23, 30 percent performance in the first half.

The Lady Panthers started the game on a 5-0 run, not allowing a Lady Blue field goal until the 15:03 mark of the first half. Drury led by as many as 11 in the opening stanza when a conventional three-point play by Ja'Nell Jones gave DU a 26-15 lead with 2:22 to play. The Lady Panthers led 28-19 at the break.

Hammond led Washburn with 18 points hitting on all seven of her field goal attempts, including four treys. Fessenden added 13 points, while Dayna Rodriguez had 12 points and nine boards. Brette Ulsaker scored eight of her 10 in the second half.

Katie Pritchard led Drury with 21 points, while Melanie Oliver added nine points and 10 boards.