CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Drake University women's basketball team defeated Southern Illinois, 71-64, on Saturday afternoon at SIU Arena in the final regular season game.
Drake improved to 21-8 and 14-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference with the hard-fought win over a tough SIU (19-11, 12-6 MVC) squad. The Bulldogs clinched the No. 2 seed at next week's MVC Tournament, held March 10-13 at the iWireless Center in Moline, Ill.
"Today was a gut check for us because I thought a lot of things went really well and some things didn't," said Drake head coach Jennie Baranczyk.