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Illinois State beats Drake to stay unbeaten in MVC

NORMAL, Ill. — Deontae Hawkins scored 19 points and Illinois State pulled away in the second half to beat Drake, 72-58 Saturday to keep its Missouri Valley Conference record unblemished.

Graham Woodward hit a 3-pointer with one second left in the first half to get Drake within four at intermission, 30-26. But the Bulldogs got no closer in the second half after Billy Wampler’s 3-pointer made it 46-42 with just more than 10 minutes left.

Phil Fayne’s layup with 8:04 remaining gave the Redbirds a 10-point lead and DJ Clayton’s tip-in off an offensive rebound pushed the lead to 14.

Clayton finished with 15 points off the bench for Illinois State (16-4, 8-0). MiKyle McIntosh added 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds.

Drake was held to just 30.5 shooting from the field (18 of 59), including 10 of 32 from long range.

Reed Timmer and Woodward each had 13 points to lead the Bulldogs.

Illinois St. 72, Drake 58

At Normal, Ill.

DRAKE (6-14) — Thomas 2-7 2-4 7, McGlynn 0-1 2-2 2, Timmer 3-8 5-6 13, Arogundade 1-8 2-2 5, McMurray 1-5 0-0 3, Schlatter 3-6 0-0 7, Wampler 2-12 0-0 6, Enevold 0-1 0-0 0, Rivers 1-3 0-0 2, Woodward 5-8 1-1 13. TOTALS 18-59 12-15 58.

ILLINOIS ST. (16-4) — Fayne 3-5 3-4 9, Hawkins 7-10 3-5 19, McIntosh 3-13 5-6 12, Lee 0-6 4-6 4, Wills 2-5 0-0 5, Ndiaye 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 1-1 0-0 2, Evans 2-5 0-0 6, Clayton 6-10 2-2 15. TOTALS 24-55 17-23 72.

Halftime–Illinois St. 30-26. 3-Point Goals–Drake 10-32 (Timmer 2-4, Woodward 2-5, Wampler 2-9, Thomas 1-1, Schlatter 1-2, McMurray 1-4, Arogundade 1-5, Rivers 0-2), Illinois St. 7-22 (Hawkins 2-4, Evans 2-4, Clayton 1-2, McIntosh 1-4, Wills 1-4, Lee 0-4). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Drake 32 (Thomas 8), Illinois St. 35 (McIntosh 9). Assists–Drake 10 (Timmer 3), Illinois St. 15 (Lee 5). Total Fouls–Drake 18, Illinois St. 12. A–8,123.

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