ORLANDO, FLA. — Drake saw two shots come up short in the final 10 seconds suffering a 57-54 loss to North Texas in the seventh-place game of the ESPN Events Invitational Sunday.
It was the first meeting between these schools since 1984 when North Texas played in the Missouri Valley Conference.
North Texas advanced to the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
Trailing 55-54, the Bulldogs had two opportunities to take the lead in the waning seconds but Tremell Murphy had a shot blocked by Thomas Bell with 10 seconds left. Then following a Drake time out with eight seconds remaining the Bulldogs' Tucker DeVries missed a three-point shot from the right wing with two seconds left.