
Drake Bulldogs at Evansville Purple Aces
· NCAA Men's BasketballAbreu's 19 lead Drake over Evansville 65-61
Abreu added five rebounds for the Bulldogs (26-3, 16-3 Missouri Valley Conference). Tavion Banks scored 15 points and added five rebounds. Bennett Stirtz had 14 points and shot 5 of 10 from the field, including 1 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 3 from the line.
Tayshawn Comer led the Purple Aces (11-19, 8-11) in scoring, finishing with 20 points. Evansville also got 14 points from Tanner Cuff. Gabriel Pozzato also had nine points, six rebounds and four assists.
Drake went into halftime leading 38-27. Abreu scored 11 points in the half. Abreu's layup with 9:04 left in the second half gave Drake the lead for good at 50-49.
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Both teams close out the regular season on Sunday. Drake hosts Missouri State and Evansville plays Illinois State on the road.
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Recent Plays
2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 65 - 61 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 65 - 61 |
2nd 0:02 | Bennett Stirtz made Free Throw. | 65 - 61 |
2nd 0:02 | Bennett Stirtz made Free Throw. | 64 - 61 |
2nd 0:02 | Foul on Gabriel Pozzato. | 63 - 61 |
Statistics
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22-54 | FG | 22-47 |
40.7 | Field Goal % | 46.8 |
6-22 | 3PT | 6-18 |
27.3 | Three Point % | 33.3 |
15-18 | FT | 11-14 |
83.3 | Free Throw % | 78.6 |
30 | Rebounds | 31 |
9 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
21 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
16 | Assists | 12 |
10 | Steals | 2 |
3 | Blocks | 6 |
8 | Turnovers | 13 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
8 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
9 | Points Off Turnovers | 10 |
11 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
22 | Points in Paint | 32 |
13 | Fouls | 14 |
11 | Largest Lead | 2 |
Game Information
Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 4,526 | Capacity:
2024-25 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
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Drake | 17-3 | - | 31-4 |
Bradley | 15-5 | 2 | 28-9 |
Northern Iowa | 14-6 | 3 | 20-13 |
Belmont | 13-7 | 4 | 22-11 |
Illinois State | 10-10 | 7 | 22-14 |
UIC | 10-10 | 7 | 17-14 |
Murray State | 9-11 | 8 | 16-17 |
Indiana State | 8-12 | 9 | 14-18 |
Southern Illinois | 8-12 | 9 | 14-19 |
Evansville | 8-12 | 9 | 11-21 |
Valparaiso | 6-14 | 11 | 15-19 |
Missouri State | 2-18 | 15 | 9-23 |