Back-to-back threes by Jordann Plummer (St. Louis, Mo.) and Amber Wollschlager (Millbank, S.D.) tied the game at 63 with eight minutes remaining. The Lady Bears answered with a 10-0 run that gave them an 81-71 advantage with a minute to play. Junior Kristin Turk (Des Moines, Iowa) scored Drake's final seven points, and led the team with a career-best-tying 24 points on a personal-best seven-of-10 shooting from three point range.

Plummer finished the game with 19 points, her highest offensive output since scoring 20 against Wichita State Jan. 9, 2010. The senior added two steals, tying her with Stephanie Schmitz for fifth on the all-time Drake steals list with 220. Wollschlager added 11, nine of which on three pointers.

The Lady Bears opened the second half with a 15-2 run that erased a 15-point Drake halftime advantage. The Bulldogs missed their first six shots during the run and didn't make a field goal until Plummer hit a runner in the lane at the 13:20 mark. A three by MSU's Busby three at 13:00 tied the game at 50.

Drake opened the first half with 10 unanswered points, but ceded the lead at the 11:48 mark when Missouri State completed a 13-2 run.

With the Bulldogs down one, 20-19, and nine minutes left in the half, Turk pulled off a five-point play to give Drake a four-point lead. Turk hit a three-pointer, was fouled, missed the free throw, but grabbed her own rebound and drained the putback to complete the play. The play accounted for five of Turk's 17 first half points and one of her five three pointers and helped spark a 15-2 Drake run highlighted by seven points from senior Monique' Jones (Lee's Summit, Mo.). The run gave Drake a 46-31 lead at the half.

Drake fell to 11-10 on the season and 4-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bulldogs host Evansville Feb. 11 at 7:05 p.m.