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Drake Bulldogs at Evansville Purple Aces

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Drake Bulldogs
12-11, 2-8 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
73 - 77
Evansville Purple Aces
14-9, 11-2 Home

Evansville celebrates ceremony with 77-73 victory

Taylor made three 3-pointers and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. His midrange jumper blunted a Drake surge and led to a 5-0 spurt and a 75-67 lead with 12 seconds remaining.

Noah Frederking added 16 points and Blake Simmons 14 for Evansville (14-9, 4-6 Missouri Valley), which shot 50 percent and made 7 of 12 from the arc and 22 of 25 free throws.

Drake (12-11, 6-4) scored the first five points before Evansville went up for good after a 24-3 run.

De'Antae McMurray led the Bulldogs with 13 points.

At halftime, Evansville honored former players Hugh Ahlering, Brad Leaf, Marty Simmons, Scott Shreffler, Andy Elkins and Marcus Wilson and former coaches Arad McCutchan and Jim Crews.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 73 - 77
2nd 0:04 Reed Timmer made Three Point Jumper. 73 - 77
2nd 0:04 K.J. Riley made Free Throw. 70 - 77
2nd 0:04 K.J. Riley made Free Throw. 70 - 76
2nd 0:04 Foul on De'Antae McMurray. 70 - 75

Statistics

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23-51 FG 24-48
45 Field Goal % 50
10-25 3PT 7-12
40 Three Point % 58
17-22 FT 22-25
77 Free Throw % 88
27 Rebounds 31
5 Offensive Rebounds 5
22 Defensive Rebounds 26
15 Assists 17
11 Steals 7
2 Blocks 3
18 Turnovers 20
1 Team Turnovers 0
18 Total Turnovers 20
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Off Turnovers 13
4 Fast Break Points 0
22 Points in Paint 30
21 Fouls 22
5 Largest Lead 16

Game Information

Venue: Ford Center

Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 4,295 | 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
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