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Evansville Purple Aces at Drake Bulldogs

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Evansville Purple Aces
9-18, 3-8 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
80 - 85
Drake Bulldogs
17-10, 13-1 Home

Drake continues Evansville's MVC plight in 85-80 win

Evansville led 40-34 at halftime before Drake (17-10, 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference) started the second half with a 13-0 run and never trailed again. Sam Cunliffe's 3-pointer with a minute to go brought the Purple Aces (9-18, 0-14) within 72-76 but the Bulldogs made all eight of their foul shots in the last 46 seconds.

Roman Penn scored 19, Liam Robbins 15 and Garrett Sturtz 11 for Drake, which ended a two-game losing streak. The Bulldogs are at .500 in their last eight games.

Cunliffe led Evansville with 25 points, Evan Kuhlman 17 and K.J. Riley 10. Evansville has lost 28 of its last 33 conference games. Their 15-game losing streak includes a 65-60 loss against Illinois State in the first round of the MVC tournament last year.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 80 - 85
2nd 0:03 Jawaun Newton made Layup. 80 - 85
2nd 0:03 Jawaun Newton Offensive Rebound. 78 - 85
2nd 0:04 Shamar Givance missed Layup. 78 - 85
2nd 0:11 D.J. Wilkins made Free Throw. 78 - 85

Statistics

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27-56 FG 25-45
48 Field Goal % 56
13-27 3PT 3-12
48 Three Point % 25
13-14 FT 32-42
93 Free Throw % 76
19 Rebounds 35
4 Offensive Rebounds 10
15 Defensive Rebounds 25
16 Assists 12
6 Steals 5
0 Blocks 2
10 Turnovers 13
1 Team Turnovers 1
10 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
21 Points Off Turnovers 16
0 Fast Break Points 11
22 Points in Paint 38
25 Fouls 16
8 Largest Lead 11

Game Information

Venue: Knapp Center

Location: Des Moines, IA
Attendance: 4,067 | 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