DES MOINES — Braden Appelhans scored 15 points off of the bench to lead Drake past Division-III Simpson College 89-51 on Monday inside the Knapp Center.

Appelhans shot 6 for 11, including 3 for 7 from beyond the arc for the Bulldogs (2-1). Jaehshon Thomas scored 14 points while shooting 4 for 12 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds and three steals. Okku Federiko had 12 points and shot 2 of 3 from the field and 8 of 9 from the free-throw line.

The Storm were led in scoring by Colton Rasmussen, who finished with eight points. Simpson also got eight points from Levi Gurwell. Cam Henderson had seven points and two steals.

Drake took the lead for good with 18:43 left in the first half. The score was 53-22 at halftime, with Appelhans racking up 10 points. Drake extended its lead to 69-28 during the second half, fueled by a 15-0 scoring run.

Drake 89, Simpson 51

SIMPSON (0-1) — Haupert 2-4 0-0 4, Averill 0-3 0-0 0, Gurwell 3-9 0-0 8, Henderson 3-11 0-0 7, Holley 1-3 0-1 2, Kasperbauer 1-2 1-1 3, Dzolota 0-2 0-0 0, Huston 2-5 1-2 6, Fuller 0-2 0-0 0, Gipple 2-7 0-0 6, Mertes 0-4 0-0 0, Rasmussen 3-5 0-0 8, Winter 1-3 0-0 3, Hughes 0-1 0-0 0, Dyvig 1-2 0-0 3, Seuferer 0-1 1-2 1, Kowalski 0-1 0-0 0, McDonald 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19-65 3-6 51.

DRAKE (2-1) — Exacte 3-4 3-4 10, Federiko 2-3 8-9 12, Alia 3-8 2-2 9, Quinn 4-10 0-0 8, Thomas 4-12 4-4 14, Shetlar 2-6 2-3 8, Appelhans 6-11 0-0 15, Carr 2-4 5-6 9, Goodbary 2-2 0-2 4. TOTALS 28-60 24-30 89.

Halftime–Drake 53-22. 3-Point Goals–Simpson 10-35 (Rasmussen 2-3, Gipple 2-6, Gurwell 2-6, Dyvig 1-1, Winter 1-1, Huston 1-4, Henderson 1-6, Averill 0-1, Fuller 0-1, Holley 0-1, Hughes 0-1, Kasperbauer 0-1, Seuferer 0-1, Mertes 0-2), Drake 9-28 (Appelhans 3-7, Thomas 2-5, Shetlar 2-6, Exacte 1-2, Alia 1-5, Quinn 0-3). Rebounds–Simpson 29 (Haupert, Huston, Fuller 4), Drake 44 (Exacte 8). Assists–Simpson 12 (Hughes 3), Drake 15 (Quinn 5). Total Fouls–Simpson 17, Drake 11. A–3,164 (7,152).