SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Drake University women's basketball team dropped a close hard-fought Missouri Valley Conference game at No. 25 Missouri State, 73-72, Friday night at JQH Arena.
had a game-high 25 points for Drake, (7-7, 5-2 MVC) which came back from an 11-point early fourth-quarter deficit to have an opportunity to tie the game trailing 73-70 with 2.2 seconds left. , who scored a season-high 13 points off the bench making 5-of-5 shots, including 3-of-3 from the three-point line, made a contested jumper at the buzzer but it was a two-pointer as Missouri State (7-2, 3-0 MVC) held on for the home win.