Articles Tagged: Drake Bulldogs

Without second-leading scorer Bowen Born (illness), Northern Iowa fell short to Drake in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball game at Knapp Center Saturday night, 77-63.

Three days after a flat loss to Kansas State, Kate Martin’s career-high 25 points ignited No. 2 Iowa in 113-90 women’s basketball win over Drake.

Photos from the Hawkeyes’ commanding 113-90 point win against their Iowa rival Drake.

Time, television and notes for Sunday’s women’s basketball game between No. 2 Iowa and Drake.

Women’s basketball: After suffering its first loss Thursday against Kansas State, No. 2 Iowa looks to bounce back Sunday against Drake.

Iowa State women’s basketball went ice cold in the second quarter against Drake, but rallied to make it a game.

Iowa State’s freshmen accounted for well above 50 percent of the team’s points, rebounds, made 3-pointers, rebounds and assists in Monday’s win over Butler. Sunday, the Cyclones take on a Drake team that has won 20 or more games in eight of the past nine seasons and has been tabbed to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference.

From Coe’s potential for a big weekend to Cornell’s John Smith posting big games to Wartburg and Central battling atop the American Rivers Conference standings, here are five notable things in Iowa small college football this weekend.

Coe and Wartburg battle with first place in the American Rivers Conference at stake. Cornell looks to return to .500. Upper Iowa and Drake open conference play. Here are five things to watch In non-FBS Iowa college football this week.

Lisa Bluder, Jan Jensen and Jenni Fitzgerald have been “best friends” for decades. It was Bluder who convinced the Jensen and Fitzgerald to make the move with her from Drake to Iowa in 2000. That history is making this year’s Final Four run extra special.

The added energy of a rivalry game did not outweigh defensive miscues as Northern Iowa lost its sixth straight game, 82-74, to Drake Wednesday night at McLeod Center.

Five-game losing streaks are never timely, but Northern Iowa’s recent run of poor play elicited the word “weird” from men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson ahead of the Panthers’ rivalry game against Drake Wednesday night.

Bowen Born forced two overtime periods with buzzer-beating 3-pointers, but his Northern Iowa men’s basketball team still came up short at Drake, 88-81, Wednesday at Knapp Center.

UNI guard Maya McDermott — who made a game-winning floater against the Bulldogs at Knapp Center on January 11 — once again sent the Bulldogs home with a loss with another floater at the buzzer for a 49-47 win.

Northern Iowa and Drake among three teams tied for third place in the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball standings. The rivals meet Wednesday night in Des Moines.