DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University women's basketball team won its fifth-straight season opener with a 74-67 victory over South Dakota State Friday night at the Knapp Center.
Drake (1-0) held off a resilient South Dakota State (0-1) squad coming off a 2019 Sweet 16 appearance and snapped a two-game losing streak to the Jackrabbits.
The Bulldogs' senior trio of Becca Hittner, Sara Rhine and Brenni Rose each stepped up in key situations to hold off South Dakota State, which nearly rallied from a double-digit deficit.