No. 11 seed Drake holds on after blowing big lead and beats Missouri 67-57 in March Madness opener
Associated PressWICHITA, Kan. — Bennett Stirtz scored 21 points and No. 11 seed Drake, a team relying heavily on Division II transfers, held on after blowing most of a 15-point lead to beat sixth-seeded Missouri 67-57 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. That’s kind of what we have to do, is just continue to grind and compete,” said McCollum, who won four D-II national titles at Northwest Missouri State before taking the Drake job last April. “It’s loser goes home, and we didn’t do enough to come away with a win.” As expected, the game was a stylistic clash: Drake and its nation-leading scoring defense trying to force a rock fight, and Missouri with its top-10 scoring offense trying to push the tempo whenever it had the chance. We had an opportunity to tie the game; that’s why we were down one.. We just didn’t make enough shots or have enough stops.” Takeaways Drake went 12 of 24 from the foul line but survived to snap a four-game losing streak in first-round NCAA Tournament games.
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