Illinois State Redbirds at Drake Bulldogs
· NCAA Women's Basketball
61 - 88
Rhine, Hittner lead Drake's rout of Illinois State women
Rhine had a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds. She opened the game with an assist on a 3-pointer by Maddie Monahan and kept doing things right. She made 7 of 9 shots, including a season-high 3-for-3 from 3-point distance, and made all four of her free throws.
The Bulldogs (24-5, 16-1 MVC) are one game ahead of Missouri State (15-2) with one game to play. Bradley visits Drake on Saturday when the Bulldogs will go for their ninth regular-season MVC title.
Monahan had 12 points and three assists for Drake. Hittner added five assists and she and Monahan were both 5-of-5 from the free-throw line as the Bulldogs made 19 of 21. It wasn't just free throws that kept falling as Drake shot 60 percent overall and 54 percent (7 of 13) from 3-point range to go with the 91 percent from the line. Drake had 22 assists on 31 made baskets.
Tete Maggett scored 16 points and Simone Goods added 15 for the Redbirds (17-11, 10-7). Illinois State shot 32 percent overall.
Drake scored 52 points in the second half after already leading by 15 at halftime, 36-21.
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Statistics
 ILST |
DRKE |
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|---|---|---|
| 19-60 | FG | 31-52 |
| 32 | Field Goal % | 60 |
| 3-14 | 3PT | 7-13 |
| 21 | Three Point % | 54 |
| 20-28 | FT | 19-21 |
| 71 | Free Throw % | 90 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 16 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 13 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 9 | Assists | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 9 | Points Off Turnovers | 28 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 42 |
| 21 | Fouls | 20 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 31 |
Game Information
Location: Des Moines, IA
Attendance: 3,555 | Capacity:
2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray State | 19-1 | - | 31-4 |
| Belmont | 16-4 | 3 | 20-12 |
| Illinois State | 13-7 | 6 | 24-14 |
| Bradley | 13-7 | 6 | 20-13 |
| Northern Iowa | 13-7 | 6 | 18-14 |
| Drake | 10-10 | 9 | 12-20 |
| UIC | 9-11 | 10 | 14-18 |
| Southern Illinois | 7-13 | 12 | 10-20 |
| Indiana State | 5-15 | 14 | 10-22 |
| Evansville | 5-15 | 14 | 10-25 |
| Valparaiso | 0-20 | 19 | 0-32 |