The Drake University men's basketball team, winners of three of its last five games, faces Missouri State Tuesday evening at JQH Arena in Springfield, Mo. Tipoff for the first meeting of the season between the Missouri Valley Conference rivals is set for 7 p.m. The contest will be broadcast on The Valley on ESPN3 and ESPN Des Moines 1350-AM.
The Bulldogs sit in fourth place in the MVC standings with a 4-4 record, one game behind third-place Missouri State's 5-3 mark. In their last outing, the Bulldogs fell at league-leading Illinois State, 72-58, despite only trailing by two points with 12 minutes left in the contest.