Maggie Bair

DES MOINES — Behind a career-high nine assists from Grace Berg and a second-consecutive double-double by Maggie Bair, the Drake women’s basketball team defeated Valparaiso, 77-67, on Friday night at the Knapp Center.

Berg tallied 15 points while Bair recorded game-highs of 16 points (on 8-of-9 shooting), 10 rebounds and three blocked shots.

Drake (14-10, 12-5) finished with 25 assists on 30 field goals while ending the game with its third-best field-goal shooting percentage (58.8) of the season.

Sarah Beth Gueldner provided three 3-pointers and 13 points off the bench for Drake, which snapped Valparaiso’s four-game winning streak.

Shay Frederick led the Crusaders (11-11, 7-8) with 16 points and five assists.

Drake concludes the regular season with a rematch against Valparaiso today at 3 p.m.

Drake 77, Valparaiso 67

VALPARAISO (11-11, 7-8) — Ellenson 3-7 0-0 8, Morrison 3-9 0-2 8, White 2-9 9-13 15, Frederick 6-13 0-0 16, Weinman 5-11 1-3 12, VanKempen 0-1 0-0 0, Dunson 1-4 0-0 2, Gunn 1-2 0-0 2, Earnest 0-0 1-2 1, Sheehan 1-2 0-0 2, Zacker 0-0 0-0 0, Johnston 0-0 1-2 1. TOTALS 22-58 12-22 67.

DRAKE (14-10, 12-5) — Wooldridge 2-4 3-3 8, Burich 3-3 2-2 8, Berg 5-10 5-6 15, Monahan 2-5 1-2 5, Collier 8-9 0-0 16, Becker 0-4 0-0 0, Gueldner 5-9 0-0 13, McAulay 2-2 0-0 5, Negaard 0-0 0-0 0, Mertz 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 30-51 12-15 77.

VALPO 14 20 15 18 — 67

DRAKE 20 14 25 18 — 77

3-Point Goals–Valpo 11-32 (Frederick 4-9, Ellenson 2-3, White 2-5, Morrison 2-7, Weinman 1-4, VanKempen 0-1, Sheehan 0-1, Dunson 0-2), Drake 5-14 (Gueldner 3-7, Wooldridge 1-1, McAulay 1-1, Becker 0-1, Berg 0-2, Monahan 0-2). Rebounds–Valpo 22 (Morrison 4), Drake 41 (Bair 10). Assists–Valpo 12 (Frederick 5), Drake 25 (Berg 9). Total Fouls–Valpo 19, Drake 14. Fouled out–none. A–317.