NCAAB Game Recap - Evansville at Drake
Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:00 PM EST

SDSU
72
Bois
55
F
Vill
76
Temp
56
F
Utah
62
Oreg
80
F
Iowa
58
Minn
55
F
Cin
70
ECU
67
F(OT)
Monm
72
Niag
77
F
Ind
65
Mich
89
F
Albany
66
Maine
60
F
Maris
70
Iona
78
F
Tul
57
WichSt
82
F
Duques
59
Ford
54
F
IL-C
73
NoKY
43
F
IUPUI
66
WriSt
106
F
Fairf
44
StPet
61
F
Manh
52
Sien
65
F
Colg
80
LoyMD
84
F
Mem
61
UConn
64
F
IPFW
64
SDSt
75
F
Evans
80
Drake
85
F
Quin
63
Rider
79
F
MOSt
71
IndSt
58
F
Denv
62
NebOm
85
F
NCSU
68
BC
71
F
AzSt
80
Cal
75
F

Feb 16, 2020, 4:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

Evansville

40

40

80

Drake

34

51

85

Drake continues Evansville's MVC plight in 85-80 win
Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:25 PM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Anthony Murphy posted career highs scoring 20 points and grabbing 13 rebounds and Drake beat Evansville 85-80 on Sunday.

Evansville led 40-34 at halftime before Drake (17-10, 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference) started the second half with a 13-0 run and never trailed again. Sam Cunliffe's 3-pointer with a minute to go brought the Purple Aces (9-18, 0-14) within 72-76 but the Bulldogs made all eight of their foul shots in the last 46 seconds.

Roman Penn scored 19, Liam Robbins 15 and Garrett Sturtz 11 for Drake, which ended a two-game losing streak. The Bulldogs are at .500 in their last eight games.

Cunliffe led Evansville with 25 points, Evan Kuhlman 17 and K.J. Riley 10. Evansville has lost 28 of its last 33 conference games. Their 15-game losing streak includes a 65-60 loss against Illinois State in the first round of the MVC tournament last year.

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Leaders

Evansville PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
S. Cunliffe 25 0 1 6 1 0
E. Kuhlman 17 0 2 3 1 0
Drake PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
A. Murphy 20 0 2 13 1 0
R. Penn 19 0 5 6 2 0

Team Comparison

Evans Drake
Points For 80 85
Field Goals 27/56-48% 25/45-56%
Three Pointers 13/27-48% 3/12-25%
Free Throws 13/14-93% 32/42-76%
Offensive Rebounds 4 10
Defensive Rebounds 15 25
Rebounds 21 37
Blocks 0 2
Steals 6 5
Turnovers 10 13
Personal Fouls 25 16
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2019-20 Reg Season - Drake Leads Series 2-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Wed Jan 22 Drake 73 @ Evans 50 L. Robbins 16 S. Givance 9
Sun Feb 16 Evans 80 @ Drake 85 S. Cunliffe 25 A. Murphy 20

Game Information

Stadium: Knapp Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Attendance: 4,067
Game Time: