DES MOINES, Iowa – Senior Becca Hittner equaled her career-high with 37 points, including making 18-of-18 free throws as the Drake University women's basketball team started Missouri Valley Conference play with a 104-87 in-state win over UNI Friday night in front of 3,712 fans at the Knapp Center.
Drake (9-4, 1-0 MVC), which scored a season high and the most points against an MVC opponent since 107 against Evansville in 2018, broke open the game with a scorching third-quarter when it scored a season-high 34 points. Sara Rhine and Kierra Collier were the other Bulldogs in double figures with 16 and 11 points, respectively.