SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Drake University women's basketball team is set to begin 2017 with a New Year's Day matinee at Missouri State on Sunday. Tipoff with the Lady Bears is scheduled for 2 p.m. and the game will be shown online via The Valley on ESPN3. The radio broadcast will be on Praise 940.
Drake closed 2016 with an 83-78 win over Wichita State Friday night in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both teams. The Bulldogs improved to 8-4 and 1-0 in the MVC with the road victory in Wichita, Kan.
Senior Lizzy Wendell (Blue Springs, Mo.