NCAAB

Drake Bulldogs at Evansville Purple Aces

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Drake Bulldogs
8-19, 1-10 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
52 - 61
Evansville Purple Aces
19-8, 11-4 Home

Balentine scores 24 points as Evansville beats Drake 61-52

Balentine hit half his field goals (8 of 16), added a pair of 3-pointers and sank 6 of 7 from the foul line for the Purple Aces (19-8, 9-6 Missouri Valley Conference).

Jacob Enevold Jensen led Drake (8-19, 5-10) with 12 points and Trevor Berkeley added 10.

Evansville held a 30-23 lead at halftime, but Drake quickly rallied with Jensen and Berkeley each scoring twice in an 8-2 run to trail just 32-31 two-and-a-half minutes into the second half.

Back-to-back baskets by Kory Kuentsling and Jordan Daniels put Drake ahead 39-37 with just under 12 minutes to play.

Adam Wing tied it at 39-39 with a jumper. Wing scored six of his eight points as he and Egidijus Mockevicius combined on a 10-0 run.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 52 - 61
2nd 0:14 Reed Timmer made Free Throw. 52 - 61
2nd 0:14 Reed Timmer made Free Throw. 51 - 61
2nd 0:14 Foul on Egidijus Mockevicius. 50 - 61
2nd 0:17 D.J. Balentine made Free Throw. 50 - 61

Statistics

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20-45 FG 20-42
44 Field Goal % 48
2-12 3PT 2-6
17 Three Point % 33
10-10 FT 19-28
100 Free Throw % 68
26 Rebounds 28
7 Offensive Rebounds 10
19 Defensive Rebounds 18
13 Assists 18
6 Steals 11
2 Blocks 4
17 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Off Turnovers 17
0 Fast Break Points 0
22 Points in Paint 20
20 Fouls 15

Game Information

Venue: Ford Center

Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 3,418 | Capacity:

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Belmont 16-4 - 26-6
Bradley 13-7 3 21-13
Illinois State 12-8 4 23-13
Murray State 12-8 4 20-13
UIC 12-8 4 19-16
Northern Iowa 11-9 5 23-13
Valparaiso 11-9 5 18-15
Southern Illinois 10-10 6 16-16
Drake 6-14 10 14-20
Indiana State 4-16 12 11-21
Evansville 3-17 13 7-25
Full Standings