NORMAL, Ill. – Drake women's basketball opened the 2022-23 Missouri Valley Conference season with an 87-76 loss at last year's Hoops in the Heartland champion Illinois State.
Forwards Anna Miller and Maggie Bair were shining stars for the Bulldogs in Drake's comeback attempt. Miller posted a team-high 19 points for her first double-double of the year and fifth of her career. Bair added 13 points while leading all players on the glass with 12 boards.
Drake started the scoring just six seconds into the game as Katie Dinnebier hauled in the jump ball from Bair and fed it right back to the senior post for a deuce.