GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Drake University women's basketball team is set to open the 2016-17 regular season at North Dakota Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 1350 ESPN Des Moines and an online stream will be available at WatchBigSky.com.
Drake, the preseason favorite in the Missouri Valley Conference, won both of its preseason exhibition contests at the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs defeated Winona State, 74-63, on Nov. 1 and followed that with a blowout win over MidAmerica Nazarene, 106-62, on Nov. 5. Senior Lizzy Wendell (Blue Springs, Mo.