DES MOINES, Iowa — Drake entered the Associated Press Top 25 poll earlier Monday for the first time since March 17, 2008.
Senior forward Tremell Murphy scored a career-high 30 points as No. 25 Drake cruised past the Redbirds, 95-60, in a Missouri Valley Conference game.
"It was a good old-fashioned butt whipping there by a team that's really good," said ISU head coach Dan Muller. "I'm disappointed we couldn't follow up our best game with a better competitive effort.
"I thought at the start of the game we were in slow motion, but we had a chance.