No. 20 Iowa State Is Upended by Drake

Carla Bennett had 15 points and Drake’s defense made three stands in the final minute as the Bulldogs defeated No. 20 Iowa State, 63-61, Wednesday night at Ames, Iowa.

Iowa State (1-1), which defeated Drake by 30 points each of the last two seasons, suffered its first loss in a nonconference regular-season game at home since Drake won at Hilton Coliseum on Dec. 7, 1994.

“We had a lot of wide-open shots that we missed,” said Iowa State Coach Bill Fennelly, who had been 39-0 against nonconference foes in the regular season. “With a team like we have, we have to execute to win and we didn’t do that.”

Anne O’Neil led Iowa State with 16 points.

Freshman Nicole Denmon added 14 points for Drake.

No. 8 Georgia 89, Georgia State 50 -- Kara Braxton had 20 points as the Bulldogs (2-0) cruised past the Panthers (1-2) at Atlanta.

No. 12 Texas Tech 81, Valparaiso 46 -- Jia Perkins scored 18 points as the Red Raiders (2-1) routed the Vikings (1-2) at Lubbock, Texas.

No. 14 Minnesota 84, Loyola 67 -- Lindsay Whalen scored 29 points to power the Gophers (3-0) past the Ramblers (0-2) at Chicago.

No. 19 Mississippi State 76, Houston 57 -- LaToya Thomas scored 31 points and Tan White had 29 to lead the Bulldogs (4-1) past the Cougars (1-2) at Houston.

No. 22 Brigham Young 67, Boise State 53 -- Jennifer Leitner had 18 points and 17 rebounds as the Cougars (2-0) rolled past the Broncos (1-2) at Provo, Utah.

No. 25 Cincinnati 73, Dayton 48 -- Debbie Merrill had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Bearcats (1-1) past the Flyers (1-2) at Cincinnati.