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Women’s Basketball Edged By Missouri State, 65-61, In MVC Tournamnt Semifinals

MOLINE, ILL. – A pair of free throws with 22 seconds remaining by Missouri State helped edge the Drake University women's basketball team, 65-61, in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on Saturday at the iWireless Center.

Drake (22-9) held a 61-60 lead with 1:44 remaining after Sara Rhine (Eldon, Mo.) made a pair of free throws. Rhine, the MVC Freshman & Sixth Player of the Year, paced the Bulldogs with 19 points and 13 rebounds to record her fifth career double-double.

Drake forced a Missouri State (23-9) miss on the possession after Rhine's free throws.