TERRE HAUTE,
IND. --The Indiana State women's
basketball team went on an 11-0 run to open the second half en route to a 50-38
victory, spoiling Drake's Missouri Valley Conference opener Thursday.
The Bulldogs, who suffered their third straight loss, fell
to 6-6 entering a Saturday game against preseason league favorite Illinois State.
And for the third straight time, a scoring drought proved
costly for the Bulldogs who scored their fewest points ever in a Missouri
Valley Conference game.
After a layup by Lauren Dybing (Bloomington,
Minn./St. Croix Lutheran) gave Drake a 17-14 lead with 3:22 left in the first
half, the Bulldogs would not score again until a basket by Dybing with
13:45 remaining in the game.
Drake missed 11 shots, while committing four turnovers
during the 9 minute 38 second drought.
The Bulldogs finished the game shooting 34 percent from the
field (17-of-50), including 18.8 percent (3-of-16) from three point range.
Kristin Turk (Des Moines, Iowa/Lincoln) and Rachael Hackbarth (Colgate, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) led Drake with
eight points apiece and Hackbarth had a team-leading six rebounds.
Indiana
State, which averaged 7.3
three point baskets coming into the game, was held to three by the Drake
defense. Individual defensive performances by junior Drake guards Kaniesha Agee
(Kansas City, Mo./Pembroke
Hill) and Jordann Plummer (St. Louis,
Mo./Cardinal Ritter) held the
Sycamore's Kelsey Luna to one-of-six from three point. Luna averaged 3.2
three-pointers and was shooting 40.4 percent from three point entering the
game.
Drake held a 22-15 rebound advantage at the half but
finished the game being outrebounded by the Sycamores, 38-30.
