DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Tyler Brown had 25 points, nine assists and four steals as Illinois State rallied late to defeat Drake 94-86 Wednesday night.
Jackie Carmichael added 23 points and John Wilkins had 18 for the Redbirds (14-10, 5-7 Missouri Valley), who have won five of their last six games after starting out 0-6 in conference play.
Richard Carter had 17 points and six assists, and Chris Hines scored 16 for Drake (11-12, 5-7), which had defeated the Redbirds 82-77 earlier this year.
Illinois State trailed by 17 points in the first half and didn't take its first lead until Jon Ekey hit a 3-pointer with 1:44 remaining to put the Redbirds ahead 85-84. That shot came amid 13 straight points by Illinois State that turned an 84-78 deficit into a 91-84 lead with 22 seconds left.
Drake led 51-40 at halftime after hitting 9 of 20 3-pointers in the opening period. The Bulldogs finished 12 of 28 beyond the arc.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Illinois State (14-10) « | 40 | 54 | 94 |
| Drake (11-12) | 51 | 35 | 86 |
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| Illinois State Redbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Carmichael, F | 31 | 7-14 | 9-11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| J. Wilkins, F | 26 | 6-9 | 5-5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| T. Brown, G | 35 | 7-18 | 9-10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| B. Allen, G | 30 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Hill, G | 29 | 0-1 | 9-10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Ekey | 23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| K. Keane | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Cousin | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Zeisloft | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-58 | 32-36 | 35 | 20 | 21 | 94 | |
| 48.3% | 88.9% | ||||||
| Drake Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Simons, F | 35 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| J. Clarke, F | 30 | 4-5 | 4-6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| S. VanDeest, C | 17 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| C. Hines, G | 33 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| R. Carter, G | 31 | 5-13 | 6-6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. King | 24 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| G. Ricks Jr. | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Jeffers | 9 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Mason | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 28-59 | 18-23 | 32 | 17 | 23 | 86 | |
| 47.5% | 78.3% | ||||||
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