WICHITA, KAN. - Wichita State took advantage of three straight Drake turnovers to break away from a 59-59 tie in overtime en route to a 66-63 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball victory Friday night.

After a jumper by Jordann Plummer (St. Louis, Mo.) tied the score at 59-59 with 4:02 left in overtime, the Bulldogs committed turnovers on their next three possessions. A basket by Morgan Boyd gave Wichita State a 61-59 lead it would never relinquish.

"I think defensively we played as well as we have this season," Drake coach Amy Stephens said. "It's just unfortunate that they got some key layups in those situations."

Plummer previously dropped in a two-footer to tie the game at 55 with one minute remaining in regulation. Shocker guard Jessica Diamond followed with a 15 footer to give Wichita State a 57-55 lead. Sophomore Rachael Hackbarth (Colgate, Wis.) hit a lay-in with 23 seconds left to tie the game at 57. Plummer stole the ball from Diamond at halfcourt with seven seconds left to set up the final play of regulation, but Drake's in-bound play to forward Stephanie Running (Oak Creek, Wis.), fell short to force the overtime period.

"She [Running] had four huge points in go-to situations," said Stephens, whose Drake overtime record fell to 5-6. "I thought she did some good things."

Hackbarth paced Drake with 16 points and 12 rebounds; her second career double-double.

The Bulldogs extended a solid 45-37 lead during the first 11 minutes of the second half, but Wichita State scored eight points in a single minute to cut the Drake lead to one, 45-44, with eight minutes remaining. Sheena Johnson's pair of free throws at the 7:53 mark, Wichita State's first of the game, captured the Shockers' first lead, 46-45, since the 11-minute mark in the first half.

Drake grabbed a 5-4 lead at the 16-minute mark of the first half, but Wichita State used a 12-0 run over the next five minutes to take a 16-5 lead with 11 minutes left. The Bulldogs battled back with help from a pair of baskets by Brittnye McSparron (Apple Valley, Minn.) to regain the lead, 22-21, with 5:45 remaining in the half.

A three by Amber Wollschlager (Milbank, S.D.) with 38 seconds remaining broke a five-minute scoring drought for Drake and a buzzer-beating shot by Plummer gave the Bulldogs  a 27-25 lead at halftime. Drake was outrebounded 10-4 during the contest's first eight minutes, but outboarded the Shockers 12-7 during the half's closing 12 minutes.

Drake fell to 11-9 on the season, 4-6 in the MVC. The Bulldogs travel to Springfield, Mo. to take on Missouri State Sunday at 2:05 p.m.