DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University women's basketball team is set to open the 2017-18 regular season against Milwaukee on Friday night at the Knapp Center. Tipoff of the preseason WNIT contest is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on The Valley on ESPN3.
Drake, the preseason favorite in the Missouri Valley Conference for the second-straight season, won both of its exhibition contests at the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs cruised past Grand View, 115-43 and Truman State, 90-50. Maddy Dean (Jordan, Minn.) and Sara Rhine (Eldon, Mo.