BROOKINGS, S.D. – The No. 21 Drake University women's basketball team couldn't overcome an early 14-point deficit in an 80-71 road defeat at South Dakota State Saturday afternoon at Frost Arena.
Drake (8-2), which trailed South Dakota State (6-3) by 14 points late in the second quarter, cut the deficit to one-point multiple times in the fourth quarter but couldn't get the lead.
Sara Rhine (Eldon, Mo.) scored a game-high 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting and pulled down seven rebounds. Sammie Bachrodt (Wichita, Kan.) equaled her season-high of 15 points and filled the stat sheet with five rebounds, four assists and four steals.