Photos by Jake Bullington.
Timmer stood alone, stonefaced, at the halfcourt circle awaiting tipoff in the Knapp Center on Feb. 1. He looked focused, almost angry. He wanted to upset the Wichita State Shockers, the no. 2 team in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Despite keeping the game much closer than many would’ve expected, Drake Men’s Basketball (7-16, 5-6 MVC) fell 77-69 to Wichita State (20-4, 10-1 MVC).
There were 15 lead changes throughout and the Bulldogs led for nearly 13 minutes cumulatively.
The last time these two teams met, it wasn’t nearly as close as Wichita State cruised to a 90-65 win on Jan.