Iowa beats Drake 71-67

Iowa beat Drake 71-67 tonight at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The win snaps Iowa's three-game losing streak to the Bulldogs.

Matt Gatens led Iowa with 18 points, while Anthony Tucker scored 17.

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Iowa sophomore Matt Gatens is on the free throw line. Iowa is up 69-67 with 12.6 seconds left.

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Drake's Seth VanDeest hit 1 of 2 free throws to cut Iowa's lead to 67-65 with 36.3 seconds left. Iowa has the ball.

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Iowa leads 66-62 with 1:27 left. Iowa guard Cully Payne missed a pair of free throws to put Iowa up by six. Drake has the ball.

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Drake has cut Iowa's nine-point lead to two points with 2:09 left

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Iowa men lead 64-59 with 3:12 left in the game.

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Iowa leads 57-47 with 7:58 left in the game.

Drake cut Iowa's lead to two points at 47-45 before Iowa went on a 10-2 run. Eric May hit a pair of layups, while Matt Gatens and Devan Bawinkel each hit 3-pointers over the run.

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Iowa scored nine points on four consecutive possessions to take a 43-38 lead with 14:53 left in the second half.

With Drake lead 36-34, center Jarryd Cole rebounded his own missed and knotted the score with an inside layup. Matt Gatens followed one possession later with a 3-pointer to give Iowa the lead.

Iowa sophomore forward Aaron Fuller, who started the second half, scored on a turnaround jumper and then with an inside move to push the lead to 43-36. Drake answered with a Frank Wiseler layup.

Iowa and Drake each shot 11 of 25 from the field, but Drake led 32-31 at halftime tonight at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Bulldogs (5-5) have hit 9 of 17 from 3-point range in the first half. Meanwhile Iowa (3-7) hit 6 of 16 beyond the 3-point arc.

Drake took a seven-point first-half lead at 23-16 with 8 minutes, 23 seconds left on a 3-pointer from Ryan Wedel. Iowa clawed back to knot the score at 26-26 on a pair of 3-pointers from freshman point guard Cully Payne.

Wedel and Iowa's Anthony Tucker each have three 3-pointers and lead their teams with nine points.

Drake has beaten Iowa each of the last three years.