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Illinois State Redbirds at Drake Bulldogs

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Illinois State Redbirds
13-9, 2-6 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
69 - 55
Drake Bulldogs
16-6, 9-2 Home

Illinois St. pulls away early in 2nd half, beats Drake 69-55

Milik Yarbrough added 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Illinois State (13-9, 6-3 Missouri Valley Conference), which has won four of its last five games. Keyshawn Evans chipped in with 11 points. Copeland, Yarbrough and Evans combined to make all nine of the Redbirds' 3-pointers. Fayne posted his sixth game of the season with 20-plus points.

Nick McGlynn had 15 points and seven rebounds to lead Drake (16-6, 5-4). Tremell Murphy added 11 points, and Brady Ellingson scored nine points on three 3-pointers.

Fayne scored eight points during a 13-4 surge to open the second half that stretched the Redbirds' lead to 45-31 with 15 minutes remaining. Fayne's dunk with 5:47 left made it 64-43.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 69 - 55
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 69 - 55
2nd 0:03 Brady Ellingson made Three Point Jumper. 69 - 55
2nd 0:04 Brady Ellingson Offensive Rebound. 69 - 52
2nd 0:09 Anthony Murphy missed Three Point Jumper. 69 - 52

Statistics

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28-55 FG 21-52
51 Field Goal % 40
9-20 3PT 6-23
45 Three Point % 26
4-5 FT 7-12
80 Free Throw % 58
34 Rebounds 28
5 Offensive Rebounds 6
29 Defensive Rebounds 22
9 Assists 10
3 Steals 3
5 Blocks 4
11 Turnovers 11
1 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Off Turnovers 11
0 Fast Break Points 4
30 Points in Paint 22
13 Fouls 8
23 Largest Lead 8

Game Information

Venue: Knapp Center

Location: Des Moines, IA
Attendance: 3,511 | 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