MURRAY, Ky. — Fredrick King scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Murray State beat Drake 81-72 on Thursday night in a Missouri Valley Conference opener.

Layne Taylor scored 13 points for (9-3, 1-0). Javon Jackson finished with 11 points.

The Bulldogs (6-6, 0-1) were led in scoring by Jalen Quinn, who finished with 19 points. Okku Federiko and Jaehshon Thomas each finished with 17 points.

Murray State took the lead with 7:36 left in the first half and did not trail again. Taylor led the Bulldogs with 10 points in the first half to help put them ahead 36-30 at the break. King scored 11 second-half points.

Murray St. 81, Drake 72

DRAKE (6-6) — Exacte 3-7 4-4 10, Federiko 6-10 4-5 17, Alia 1-1 0-2 2, Larson 0-5 3-4 3, Quinn 7-17 4-6 19, Thomas 6-9 2-2 15, Shetlar 1-6 0-0 2, Goodbary 2-3 0-0 4, Appelhans 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 26-58 17-23 72.

MURRAY ST. (9-3) — Miller 3-6 1-2 10, Traynor 2-6 0-0 4, King 6-13 4-5 16, Jackson 3-9 4-4 11, Taylor 4-10 4-4 15, Courbon 1-2 3-4 5, Domon 1-4 7-8 9, Shorter 1-3 2-2 5, Tenner 0-1 1-2 1, Anderson 2-3 0-0 5, Vice 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-57 26-31 81.

Halftime–Murray St. 36-30. 3-Point Goals–Drake 3-16 (Quinn 1-2, Thomas 1-3, Federiko 1-4, Exacte 0-1, Goodbary 0-1, Larson 0-1, Shetlar 0-4), Murray St. 9-26 (Miller 3-6, Taylor 3-8, Anderson 1-1, Jackson 1-3, Shorter 1-3, Courbon 0-1, King 0-1, Traynor 0-1, Domon 0-2). Fouled Out–Alia, Jackson. Rebounds–Drake 28 (Larson 8), Murray St. 32 (King 11). Assists–Drake 9 (Larson 3), Murray St. 10 (King 3). Total Fouls–Drake 21, Murray St. 20.