DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Chris Hines had 21 points and made five 3-pointers to lead four Drake players scoring in double figures in an 83-69 victory against Evansville on Wednesday night.
Ben Simons added 18 points, Richard Carter 13 and Seth VanDeest 11 for the Bulldogs (8-9, 2-4 Missouri Valley).
Colt Ryan had 25 points with eight rebounds and went 16 for 16 at the free-throw line for the Purple Aces (11-7, 4-2). D.J. Balentine added 13 points and Ned Cox 12.
Drake, which shot 50.9 percent (29 of 57) from the floor, including 11 of 20 from 3-point range, took permanent control with a 20-4 run over an 8:07 stretch of the second half. Simons had seven points and Hines had two 3-pointers during the surge.
The Purple Aces, who defeated then-No. 23 Wichita State on Sunday, had a four-game winning streak snapped.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Evansville (11-7) | 38 | 31 | 69 |
| Drake (8-9) « | 39 | 44 | 83 |
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| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Ryan, F | 36 | 4-16 | 16-16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| L. Jones, F | 34 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 11 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| N. Cox, G | 32 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| T. Taylor, G | 26 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Balentine | 23 | 4-12 | 3-3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| J. Moore | 19 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| R. Sawvell | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Jahr | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Wing | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-58 | 26-28 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 69 | |
| 32.8% | 92.9% | ||||||
| Drake Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Simons, F | 30 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| J. Clarke, F | 25 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| S. VanDeest, C | 23 | 3-7 | 5-8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| C. Hines, G | 34 | 6-9 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| M. Mason, G | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Carter | 25 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| J. Jeffers | 16 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| J. King | 16 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| G. Ricks Jr. | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Ugbede | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-57 | 14-20 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 83 | |
| 50.9% | 70% | ||||||
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