Yesufu scores 16 to lift Drake past D-III Simpson
DES MOINES — Joseph Yesufu had 16 points off the bench to carry Drake to a 98-53 win over Division III opponent Simpson (Iowa) on Sunday.
Jonah Jackson had 14 points for Drake (3-1). Roman Penn added 13 points and seven assists. Liam Robbins had 12 points and seven rebounds, Anthony Murphy 11 points and seven rebounds and Antonio Pilipovic 10 points.
Andrew Curran had 10 points to lead the Storm.
Drake matches up against Lehigh at home on Thursday.
DRAKE 98, SIMPSON 53
At Des Moines
SIMPSON (0-2) — Reiter 0-6 0-0 0, Janssen 1-5 0-0 3, Riordan 2-6 0-0 6, Lange 1-3 0-0 2, Wagner 1-6 0-0 3, Woglemuth 0-0 0-0 0, Thoms 0-2 0-0 0, Honz 4-5 0-0 8, Lister 2-5 0-0 6, Bacon 1-2 0-0 2, Musa 1-3 0-0 2, Curran 4-7 0-0 10, Chandler 1-4 0-2 2, Hinson 0-1 0-0 0, Seward 0-3 0-0 0, Yoder 3-5 0-0 9. TOTALS 21-63 0-2 53.
DRAKE (3-1) — Robbins 6-10 0-0 12, Wilkins 1-6 0-0 2, A.Murphy 5-6 0-0 11, Penn 6-8 0-0 13, Sturtz 2-4 3-4 7, Pilipovic 4-6 1-1 10, Jones 2-4 3-4 8, Yesufu 7-10 2-2 16, Jackson 4-8 2-3 14, Gholson 0-2 0-0 0, Barrett 2-2 0-0 5. TOTALS 39-66 11-14 98.
Halftime–Drake 53-35. 3-Point Goals–Simpson 11-28 (Yoder 3-5, Lister 2-3, Curran 2-4, Riordan 2-6, Wagner 1-3, Janssen 1-4, Seward 0-1, Lange 0-1, Chandler 0-1), Drake 9-25 (Jackson 4-8, Barrett 1-1, Penn 1-1, Jones 1-2, A.Murphy 1-2, Pilipovic 1-3, Robbins 0-1, Gholson 0-1, Wilkins 0-3, Yesufu 0-3). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Simpson 24 (Honz 5), Drake 39 (A.Murphy, Robbins 7). Assists–Simpson 10 (Curran 3), Drake 19 (Penn 7). Total Fouls–Simpson 13, Drake 8. A–2,528 (7,152).