St. Louis, Missouri (RI) – Drake opened the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament with a convincing win.
Freshman Isaia Howard had a game high 21 points as the top seeded Bulldogs beat Southern Illinois 70-53 in St. Louis. The Bulldogs improve to 28-3 and will play in tomorrow’s semifinal round.
Drake got 31 points from its bench.
That’s Drake coach Ben McCollum. The Bulldogs also had 14 offensive rebounds.