CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Drake University women's basketball team begins the second portion of its Missouri Valley Conference schedule on Friday night when it visits Southern Illinois. Tipoff at SIU arena is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on The Valley on ESPN3 and on the radio on 1350 ESPN Des Moines.
Drake is coming off an 88-79 win at UNI on Jan. 27 that lasted two overtimes and featured 16 ties and 12 lead changes between the top two MVC teams. Drake improved to 16-4 overall and 9-0 in the MVC with the road victory to take sole possession of first place in the conference standings.