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Women’s Basketball Advances to MVC Semifinals with 86-58 Win over Valparaiso

MOLINE, Ill. – The top-seeded Drake University women's basketball team advanced to its fourth-straight Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinal with an 86-58 quarterfinals win over Valparaiso Friday afternoon.

Drake (26-5) will play the winner of No. 4 Illinois State and Bradley, which followed today's game, Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

Four Bulldogs finished in double figures led by Becca Hittner's (Urbandale, Iowa) game-high 18 points. Maddy Dean (Jordan, Minn.) finished with 16 points while Sara Rhine (Eldon, Mo.