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Drake Bulldogs at Illinois State Redbirds

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Drake Bulldogs
16-14, 4-10 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
81 - 89
Illinois State Redbirds
16-13, 11-3 Home

Illinois State pulls even with Drake after 89-81 OT win

The victory pulls Illinois State into a tie with Drake for third place in the MVC standings with one game left to play. The teams split their season series.

Milik Yarbrough tied the game with 19 seconds left in regulation on a layup to make it 69-69 and Illinois State outscored the Bulldogs 20-12 in the overtime period.

Evans finished with 23 points and Yarbrough scored 22 to lead the Redbirds. Yarbrough now has 1,005 career points, with 475 coming during his time at Illinois State. Phil Fayne added 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Yarbrough and Tinsley each had 10 boards.

Illinois State (16-13, 10-7) has played five overtime games this season, winning four.

Reed Timmer scored 26 points to lead Drake (16-14, 10-7), with Graham Woodward adding 16 and Ore Arogundade contributing 13.

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Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 81 - 89
3rd 0:00 Drake Deadball Team Rebound. 81 - 89
3rd 0:01 Daouda Ndiaye Block. 81 - 89
3rd 0:01 Reed Timmer missed Layup. 81 - 89
3rd 0:02 Phil Fayne made Free Throw. 81 - 89

Statistics

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28-76 FG 30-67
37 Field Goal % 45
6-28 3PT 11-31
21 Three Point % 35
19-28 FT 18-24
68 Free Throw % 75
46 Rebounds 46
16 Offensive Rebounds 9
30 Defensive Rebounds 37
13 Assists 20
8 Steals 3
5 Blocks 10
12 Turnovers 12
2 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Off Turnovers 13
10 Fast Break Points 2
30 Points in Paint 28
17 Fouls 21
10 Largest Lead 8

Game Information

Venue: CEFCU Arena

Location: Normal, IL
Attendance: 5,028 | 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