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Stirtz's 16 help Drake take down Evansville 63-40

AP
Jan 11, 2025

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Bennett Stirtz's 16 points helped Drake defeat Evansville 63-40 on Saturday night.

Stirtz had seven rebounds, six assists, and three steals for the Bulldogs (14-2, 4-2 Missouri Valley Conference). Daniel Abreu scored 12 points while shooting 4 for 10 (2 for 8 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line. Tavion Banks shot 2 of 9 from the field and 7 for 8 from the line to finish with 11 points.

Tayshawn Comer finished with 11 points for the Purple Aces (6-11, 3-3). Evansville also got 10 points from Cameron Haffner.

Drake took the lead with 5:07 left in the first half and never looked back. The score was 25-20 at halftime, with Stirtz racking up seven points. Drake extended its lead to 44-21 during the second half, fueled by a 19-1 scoring run. Stirtz scored a team-high nine points in the second half as their team closed out the win.

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1st Half
EVAN
Aces
20
DRAKE
Bulldogs
25

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Bulldogs gains possession)
19:33	+2	Bennett Stirtz makes two point layup	0-2
18:57		Tayshawn Comer misses two point jump shot
18:55		Cam Manyawu defensive rebound
18:43	+2	Daniel Abreu makes two point layup	0-4
18:18		Tayshawn Comer misses three point jump shot
18:16		Bennett Stirtz defensive rebound
17:47		Bennett Stirtz misses two point jump shot
17:45		Isaiah Jackson offensive rebound
17:38		Cam Manyawu misses two point layup
17:36		Tayshawn Comer defensive rebound
17:24		Bennett Stirtz shooting foul (Cam Haffner draws the foul)
17:24		Cam Haffner misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:24		Cam Haffner misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:24		Cam Haffner offensive rebound
17:22		Cam Haffner misses two point layup
17:20		Joshua Hughes offensive rebound
17:15		Bennett Stirtz blocks Joshua Hughes's two point layup
17:13		Bennett Stirtz defensive rebound
17:01		Mitch Mascari misses three point jump shot
16:59		Purple Aces defensive rebound
16:32	+2	Cam Haffner makes two point jump shot	2-4
16:17		Bennett Stirtz misses three point jump shot
16:15		Cam Manyawu offensive rebound
16:01		Isaiah Jackson misses three point jump shot
15:59		Connor Turnbull defensive rebound
15:40		Joshua Hughes turnover (Cam Manyawu steals)
15:23	+3	Daniel Abreu makes three point jump shot (Bennett Stirtz assists)	2-7
14:55		Joshua Hughes misses three point jump shot
14:53		Connor Turnbull offensive rebound
14:49	+3	Cam Haffner makes three point jump shot (Joshua Hughes assists)	5-7
14:16		Isaiah Jackson misses three point jump shot
14:14		Joshua Hughes defensive rebound
13:58		TV timeout
13:44		Cam Haffner misses three point jump shot
13:42		Tavion Banks defensive rebound
13:15		Nate Ferguson misses two point jump shot
13:13		Tavion Banks offensive rebound
13:04		Tavion Banks misses two point tip layup
13:04		Joshua Hughes defensive rebound
12:48	+2	Tayshawn Comer makes two point layup	7-7
12:35		Isaia Howard misses two point jump shot
12:33		Tavion Banks offensive rebound
12:25	+2	Tavion Banks makes two point layup	7-9
12:17	+2	Tayshawn Comer makes two point layup	9-9
12:05		Isaia Howard misses two point layup
12:03		Nate Ferguson offensive rebound
11:55		Bennett Stirtz misses three point jump shot
11:53		Nate Ferguson offensive rebound
11:43		Tavion Banks misses two point jump shot
11:41		Connor Turnbull defensive rebound
11:36		TV timeout
11:17	+3	Kaia Berridge makes three point jump shot (Tanner Cuff assists)	12-9
11:03		Gui Tesch shooting foul (Nate Ferguson draws the foul)
11:03		Nate Ferguson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:03		Nate Ferguson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:03		Tanner Cuff defensive rebound
10:49	+2	Tayshawn Comer makes two point layup	14-9
10:30		Kael Combs turnover (Tayshawn Comer steals)
10:02		Tanner Cuff misses two point jump shot
10:00		Joshua Hughes offensive rebound
9:58		Joshua Hughes misses two point jump shot
9:56		Daniel Abreu defensive rebound
9:48		Daniel Abreu misses three point jump shot
9:46		Tanner Cuff defensive rebound
9:17		Tanner Cuff misses two point jump shot
9:15		Purple Aces turnover (shot clock violation)
9:02		Kael Combs misses two point jump shot
9:00		Cam Manyawu offensive rebound
8:58		Michael Day shooting foul (Cam Manyawu draws the foul)
8:58		Cam Manyawu misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:58	+1	Cam Manyawu makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-10
8:33		Tayshawn Comer offensive foul
8:33		Tayshawn Comer turnover (offensive foul)
8:15		Daniel Abreu misses three point jump shot
8:13		Gui Tesch defensive rebound
7:59		Connor Turnbull misses three point bank jump shot
7:57		Kael Combs defensive rebound
7:31	+3	Mitch Mascari makes three point jump shot (Cam Manyawu assists)	14-13
7:07		Kaia Berridge turnover (Cam Manyawu steals)
6:48		Gui Tesch personal foul (Cam Manyawu draws the foul)
6:48		TV timeout
6:42		Cam Manyawu turnover (traveling)
6:19	+2	Tayshawn Comer makes two point layup	16-13
6:01	+2	Bennett Stirtz makes two point layup	16-15
5:31		Connor Turnbull misses two point hook shot
5:29		Tavion Banks defensive rebound
5:07	+3	Bennett Stirtz makes three point jump shot	16-18
4:46		Tayshawn Comer misses two point jump shot
4:44		Daniel Abreu defensive rebound
4:33	+2	Kael Combs makes two point layup	16-20
4:33		Tayshawn Comer shooting foul (Kael Combs draws the foul)
4:33	+1	Kael Combs makes regular free throw 1 of 1	16-21
4:18	+2	Tanner Cuff makes two point layup	18-21
3:44		Bennett Stirtz misses three point jump shot
3:42		Tanner Cuff defensive rebound
3:41		Tavion Banks personal foul
3:41		TV timeout
3:27		Mitch Mascari personal foul
3:23		Joshua Hughes turnover (lost ball)
3:06		Tanner Cuff shooting foul (Tavion Banks draws the foul)
3:06	+1	Tavion Banks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-22
3:06	+1	Tavion Banks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-23
2:38	+2	Tayshawn Comer makes two point layup	20-23
2:19		Tavion Banks misses two point layup
2:17		Isaia Howard offensive rebound
2:02		Daniel Abreu misses three point jump shot
2:00		Mitch Mascari offensive rebound
1:46		Joshua Hughes personal foul (Daniel Abreu draws the foul)
1:46		Daniel Abreu misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:46		Tanner Cuff defensive rebound
1:28		Tayshawn Comer misses two point jump shot
1:26		Tavion Banks defensive rebound
0:57		Joshua Hughes blocks Daniel Abreu's three point jump shot
0:55		Tanner Cuff defensive rebound
0:39		Joshua Hughes misses three point jump shot
0:37		Bennett Stirtz defensive rebound
0:23		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:07		Daniel Abreu misses three point jump shot
0:05		Tavion Banks offensive rebound
0:04		Joshua Hughes personal foul (Tavion Banks draws the foul)
0:04	+1	Tavion Banks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-24
0:04	+1	Tavion Banks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-25
0:01		Tayshawn Comer misses two point layup
0:00		Kael Combs defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
EVAN
Aces
20
DRAKE
Bulldogs
38

Time		Play	Score
19:35	+2	Kael Combs makes two point jump shot (Bennett Stirtz assists)	20-27
19:06		Cam Haffner misses two point jump shot
19:04		Bennett Stirtz defensive rebound
18:40	+2	Cam Manyawu makes two point layup (Bennett Stirtz assists)	20-29
18:08		Cam Manyawu blocks Tayshawn Comer's three point jump shot
18:06		Bennett Stirtz defensive rebound
17:56	+3	Bennett Stirtz makes three point jump shot	20-32
17:54		Purple Aces 30 second timeout
17:54		TV timeout
17:43		Tayshawn Comer turnover (Daniel Abreu steals)
17:22		Connor Turnbull shooting foul (Cam Manyawu draws the foul)
17:22		Cam Manyawu misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:22		Cam Manyawu misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:22		Cam Haffner defensive rebound
16:55		Daniel Abreu personal foul
16:44		Tanner Cuff misses two point layup
16:42		Cam Manyawu defensive rebound
16:32		Joshua Hughes shooting foul (Cam Manyawu draws the foul)
16:32		Cam Manyawu misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:32	+1	Cam Manyawu makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-33
16:11		Cam Haffner turnover (Cam Manyawu steals)
15:47		Joshua Hughes blocks Mitch Mascari's three point jump shot
15:45		Bennett Stirtz offensive rebound
15:36		Bennett Stirtz turnover (Tanner Cuff steals)
15:31		TV timeout
15:23		Joshua Hughes turnover (Bennett Stirtz steals)
15:01		Kael Combs misses two point layup
14:59		Tavion Banks offensive rebound
14:41	+2	Tavion Banks makes two point layup (Bennett Stirtz assists)	20-35
14:13		Joshua Hughes turnover (Daniel Abreu steals)
13:43	+2	Bennett Stirtz makes two point jump shot	20-37
13:23		Mitch Mascari personal foul
13:17		Bennett Stirtz personal foul
13:07		Gui Tesch misses three point jump shot
13:05		Tavion Banks defensive rebound
12:48		Tanner Cuff personal foul (Tavion Banks draws the foul)
12:48		Tavion Banks misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:48	+1	Tavion Banks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-38
12:41		Tayshawn Comer misses two point layup
12:39		Tavion Banks defensive rebound
12:12		Tavion Banks misses two point layup
12:10		Gui Tesch defensive rebound
12:02		Tanner Cuff misses three point jump shot
12:00		Tavion Banks defensive rebound
11:33		Daniel Abreu misses three point jump shot
11:31		Tayshawn Comer defensive rebound
11:05		Kael Combs shooting foul (Tanner Cuff draws the foul)
11:05		TV timeout
11:05		Tanner Cuff misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:05	+1	Tanner Cuff makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-38
10:54	+2	Isaia Howard makes two point alley-oop dunk (Bennett Stirtz assists)	21-40
10:31		Michael Day offensive foul
10:09		Tavion Banks misses two point layup
10:07		Gui Tesch defensive rebound
9:59		Cam Haffner turnover (Bennett Stirtz steals)
9:54	+2	Bennett Stirtz makes two point dunk	21-42
9:47		Tavion Banks personal foul
9:43		Cam Haffner offensive foul
9:43		Cam Haffner turnover (offensive foul)
9:22	+2	Daniel Abreu makes two point layup	21-44
9:09	+3	Kaia Berridge makes three point jump shot (Tanner Cuff assists)	24-44
8:49		Joshua Hughes shooting foul (Daniel Abreu draws the foul)
8:49	+1	Daniel Abreu makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-45
8:49	+1	Daniel Abreu makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-46
8:41		Tavion Banks personal foul
8:38		Tayshawn Comer turnover (Isaia Howard steals)
8:32	+2	Isaia Howard makes two point dunk	24-48
8:19		Daniel Abreu shooting foul (Tayshawn Comer draws the foul)
8:19		Tayshawn Comer misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:19	+1	Tayshawn Comer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-48
8:02		Tavion Banks turnover (traveling)
7:54		Tayshawn Comer turnover (Bennett Stirtz steals)
7:44		Daniel Abreu turnover (Tanner Cuff steals)
7:41	+2	Tanner Cuff makes two point layup	27-48
7:41		Mitch Mascari shooting foul (Tanner Cuff draws the foul)
7:41		TV timeout
7:41	+1	Tanner Cuff makes regular free throw 1 of 1	28-48
7:09		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
6:55		Tanner Cuff misses three point jump shot
6:53		Tavion Banks defensive rebound
6:33		Tanner Cuff personal foul (Tavion Banks draws the foul)
6:33	+1	Tavion Banks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-49
6:33	+1	Tavion Banks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-50
6:20	+2	Connor Turnbull makes two point jump shot	30-50
6:00		Kael Combs misses two point layup
5:58		Cam Manyawu offensive rebound
5:47	+3	Daniel Abreu makes three point jump shot (Bennett Stirtz assists)	30-53
5:35		Tayshawn Comer turnover (lost ball)
5:11		Kaia Berridge shooting foul (Cam Manyawu draws the foul)
5:11	+1	Cam Manyawu makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-54
5:11		Cam Manyawu misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:11		Tanner Cuff defensive rebound
4:57	+3	Connor Turnbull makes three point jump shot (Tanner Cuff assists)	33-54
4:28		Joshua Hughes blocks Cam Manyawu's two point layup
4:26		Daniel Abreu offensive rebound
4:25		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
4:18		Tayshawn Comer turnover (Cam Manyawu steals)
4:12		Cam Manyawu misses two point layup
4:02		Bennett Stirtz offensive rebound
4:02	+2	Cam Haffner makes two point layup	35-54
4:02		Cam Manyawu shooting foul (Cam Haffner draws the foul)
4:02	+1	Cam Haffner makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-54
4:02	+2	Bennett Stirtz makes two point tip layup	36-56
3:38		Mitch Mascari misses three point jump shot
3:36		Kael Combs offensive rebound
3:35		Kael Combs misses two point layup
3:33		Tanner Cuff defensive rebound
3:31		Cam Manyawu blocks Tayshawn Comer's two point layup
3:29		Purple Aces offensive rebound
3:27		TV timeout
3:21		Tanner Cuff misses two point jump shot
3:19		Cam Manyawu defensive rebound
3:08		Mitch Mascari turnover (Joshua Hughes steals)
2:56		Connor Turnbull misses three point jump shot
2:54		Tayshawn Comer offensive rebound
2:48		Cam Haffner misses three point jump shot
2:46		Cam Manyawu defensive rebound
2:39		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
2:31		Tavion Banks misses three point jump shot
2:29		Isaia Howard offensive rebound
2:23	+3	Isaia Howard makes three point jump shot (Kael Combs assists)	36-59
2:02	+2	Cam Haffner makes two point layup	38-59
2:02		Kael Combs shooting foul (Cam Haffner draws the foul)
2:02		Cam Haffner misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:02		Tavion Banks defensive rebound
1:49	+2	Kael Combs makes two point layup	38-61
1:38	+2	Joshua Hughes makes two point jump shot (Tayshawn Comer assists)	40-61
1:22		Kael Combs misses two point jump shot
1:20		Kael Combs offensive rebound
1:18	+2	Kael Combs makes two point layup	40-63
1:09		Tayshawn Comer turnover (Kael Combs steals)
0:57		Kael Combs turnover (Cam Haffner steals)
0:47		Connor Turnbull misses two point jump shot
0:45		Tavion Banks defensive rebound
0:22		Tavion Banks misses three point jump shot
0:20		Daniel Abreu offensive rebound
0:02		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
0:00		End of period

Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)