ESTERO, Fla. - Forty minutes of defense helped the Drake University men's basketball team overcome a slow offensive morning to defeat Northeastern, 59-56, Tuesday morning at the Gulf Coast Showcase.
Anthony Murphy led Drake's offense with a career-high 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting with three three-pointers while Roman Penn added 15 points and was 6-of-7 on critical free throws. However, as a team, Drake shot 32.2 percent and was 6-of-25 from the three-point arc.
"We just had a hard time getting into a flow offensively," said Drake head coach Darian DeVries.