EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Led by a pair of 20-point scorers, Evansville handed the Drake University men's basketball team an 84-65 loss Tuesday evening at the Ford Center.
Drake (5-12, 0-5 MVC) trailed by 16 points at halftime and despite shooting 50 percent in the second half could not catch an Evansville (15-3, 4-1 MVC) squad that scored 50 points in the paint and held a nine-rebound advantage. The Purple Aces got 24 points from the Missouri Valley Conference's leading scorer, D.J. Balentine, and a 21-point, 14-rebound performance from center Egidijus Mockevicius.
The Bulldogs were led by Reed Timmer's (New Berlin, Wis.