MOLINE, IL – Isis Fitch led three Bradley student-athletes in double figures with 14 points and the sophomore forward matched her career-best with a game-high seven rebounds, but it was not enough to prevent No. 7 seed Drake (18-12) from earning a 71-56 win against the 10th-seeded Braves (4-24) in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Championship Thursday night at TaxSlayer Center.
Thursday's first-round meeting was a rematch of the 2021 MVC Women's Basketball Championship, which the Braves won to earn their first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. Bradley suited up only one player, senior guard Tatum Koenig, who played more than six minutes in last year's title game, however, and the youngest team in The Valley struggled to get their offense on track Thursday.