DES MOINES — The Drake women’s basketball team held Belmont scoreless over the final 4 minutes, 20 seconds, to rally past the Bruins for a 69-65 win between Missouri Valley Conference frontrunners.

Drake (13-4, 6-0) outscored Belmont 12-3 over the final six minutes to hand the Bruins (12-5, 5-1) their first league loss.

A 23-13 fourth-quarter advantage got Drake over the top after having trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half.

Taylor McAulay led Drake with 17 points, Courtney Becker and Grace Berg added 16 apiece and the Bulldogs remained as the only unbeaten team in the MVC. Anna Miller added nine points.

Kendal Cheesman scored a game-high 18 points to lead Belmont.

Drake 69, Belmont 65

BELMONT (12-5, 5-1) — Jones 6-13 0-0 15, McGuff 4-5 0-0 11, Cheesman 8-15 0-0 18, Miller 2-10 0-0 4, Banks 4-13 2-2 12, Schoenwald 0-2 0-0 0, La Chapell 2-4 1-2 5, Hollifield 0-1 0-0 0, Harrison 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 26-63 3-4 65.

DRAKE (13-4, 6-0) — McAulay 7-12 1-1 17, Dinnebier 1-12 3-4 5, Miller 3-6 2-2 9, Becker 6-10 0-0 16, Berg 7-15 1-1 16, Fornshell 0-1 0-0 0, Iiams 0-1 0-0 0, Hawthorne 2-7 0-0 4, Dailey 1-2 0-0 2, Brown 0-3 0-0 0. TOTALS 27-69 7-8 69.

BELMONT 17 13 22 13 — 65

DRAKE 13 18 15 23 — 69

3-Point Goals–Belmont 10-25 (McGuff 3-3, Jones 3-8, Banks 2-5, Cheesman 2-6, Schoenwald 0-1, La Chapell 0-2), Drake 8-30 (Becker 4-5, McAulay 2-5, Miller 1-2, Berg 1-5, Fornshell 0-1, Iiams 0-1, Dailey 0-1, Hawthorne 0-3, Brown 0-3, Dinnebier 0-4). Rebounds–Belmont 33 (Miller 10), Drake 47 (Becker 9). Assists–Belmont 17 (Miller 5), Drake 19 (Dinnebier 9). Total Fouls–Belmont 18, Drake 10. Fouled Out–none. A–2,134.