NCAAB

Drake Bulldogs at Evansville Purple Aces

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Drake Bulldogs
26-3, 9-1 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
65 - 61
Evansville Purple Aces
11-19, 7-9 Home

Abreu's 19 lead Drake over Evansville 65-61

Abreu added five rebounds for the Bulldogs (26-3, 16-3 Missouri Valley Conference). Tavion Banks scored 15 points and added five rebounds. Bennett Stirtz had 14 points and shot 5 of 10 from the field, including 1 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 3 from the line.

Tayshawn Comer led the Purple Aces (11-19, 8-11) in scoring, finishing with 20 points. Evansville also got 14 points from Tanner Cuff. Gabriel Pozzato also had nine points, six rebounds and four assists.

Drake went into halftime leading 38-27. Abreu scored 11 points in the half. Abreu's layup with 9:04 left in the second half gave Drake the lead for good at 50-49.

NEXT UP

Both teams close out the regular season on Sunday. Drake hosts Missouri State and Evansville plays Illinois State on the road.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 65 - 61
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 65 - 61
2nd 0:02 Bennett Stirtz made Free Throw. 65 - 61
2nd 0:02 Bennett Stirtz made Free Throw. 64 - 61
2nd 0:02 Foul on Gabriel Pozzato. 63 - 61

Statistics

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22-54 FG 22-47
41 Field Goal % 47
6-22 3PT 6-18
27 Three Point % 33
15-18 FT 11-14
83 Free Throw % 79
30 Rebounds 31
9 Offensive Rebounds 6
21 Defensive Rebounds 25
16 Assists 12
10 Steals 2
3 Blocks 6
8 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 1
8 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Off Turnovers 10
11 Fast Break Points 11
22 Points in Paint 32
13 Fouls 14
11 Largest Lead 2

Game Information

Venue: Ford Center

Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 4,526 | 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