EUGENE, Ore. – The Drake University women's basketball team visits No. 11/11 Oregon Sunday in the second round of the 2017 preseason WNIT. Drake (1-0) held off Milwaukee, 77-73, Friday night to advance to face Oregon (1-0), a 2017 Elite Eight participant.
The Bulldogs held a 10-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter against the Panthers. However, Milwaukee came all the way back to within two points with just under two minutes left. Drake answered with a couple defensive stops and Maddy Dean (Jordan, Minn.) and Brenni Rose (Shawnee, Kan.