"Their bench murdered us. That's the story of the game, their bench," Bradley head coach Brian Wardle said. "Came in and just punked us in the paint. We got punked in the paint today." That ended the Braves 12-game home-court win streak.

The Drake women's basketball team lost its second-straight contest Saturday, falling to Murray State at the Knapp Center.

Here are three takeaways from Drake basketball's victory over Missouri Valley Conference opponent Illinois State.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Drake women collected their first loss in Missouri Valley Conference play on Thursday after they felll to Belmont, 80-65. The Bulldogs now stand at 11-6 and 5-1 in the MVC, and their hot streak comes to a close, losing their first game since playing Green Bay on Nov. 29.

The Indiana State men's basketball team dropped its fourth consecutive Missouri Valley Conference game Saturday night to the Drake Bulldogs 71-53 in a fast-paced and aggressive game inside Hulman Center.

The Drake Bulldogs' defense stifled the Indiana State Sycamores in Saturday night's Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball game at Hulman Center that the Sycamores dropped 71-53.

For the first time in program history Murray State women's basketball defeated Drake 81-59 in Des Moines, Iowa. The win secures a sweep of the Missouri

Even though Murray State had never won a women's basketball game in the state of Iowa within the Missouri Valley Conference before this week, Racer Head Coach

Tavion Banks scored 19 points to lead Drake to a 64-57 Missouri Valley Conference win over Bradley at Carver Arena on Wednesday. The Valley-leading Braves, the top-shooting three-point team in the country,

DES MOINES, Iowa — A short-handed Illinois State basketball team came up just short in an extremely difficult venue Wednesday. With eight scholarship players available, the Redbirds dropped a 66-62 Missouri Valley Conference game to Drake in the Bulldogs' 30th win in their past 31 games at Knapp Center.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A short-handed Illinois State basketball team came up just short in an extremely difficult venue Wednesday.

Mitch Mascari scored 19 points to help Drake defeat Indiana State 71-53 on Saturday night.Mascari finished 5 of 7 from 3-point range and 4 for 5 from the free-throw line for the Bulldogs (16-2, 6-2 Missouri Valley Conference).