COLUMBIA, Missouri – Graduate guard Maddie Petersen paced the Bulldogs with a

season high 22 points in their 83-78 overtime win over Missouri in the first round of the WNIT Thursday evening.

The Bulldogs had a shaky start as they scored a season low 10 points in the first quarter. Freshman forward Anna Miller put a stop to the Tigers three minute 10-0 that started the game.

Junior Sarah Beth Gueldner was hot from the arc as she made her first three of the night with 90 seconds left in the first quarter. A minute later, junior Megan Meyer fired a three to decrease the Tiger’s lead to a single digit.

The Bulldogs went on an 8-0 run to start the second quarter

With 3:25 left in the first half, Drake took its first lead of the night after Gueldner hit her second three and junior Maggie Bair made a layup less than 30 seconds later.

The two teams continued to battle for the last 3:20 before Petersen made a layup to give Drake a one point lead going into halftime.

The second half was back and forth as the Bulldogs continued to battle the Tigers. Gueldner was the game changer for the Bulldogs as she continued to nail shots from beyond the arc.

She finished with a season high 17 points, shooting 5-for-7. The junior added four rebounds and two assists.

Redshirt-junior Grace Berg, who joined the Bulldogs in spring 2019 from Mizzou, recorded a season high seven assists. She added four rebounds to the books.

Berg played the first two minutes without her left shoe after it fell off and the game did not have a stoppage for her to put it on.

With 3:58 to go in the third quarter, Bair drained a three to increase the Bulldogs lead to four points.

She, alongside fellow junior Megan Meyer each recorded 15 points in the Bulldogs win.

Petersen drained back-to-back threes to help the Bulldogs go into overtime.

Meyer started to secure the Bulldogs win with a layup and Petersen drained her fourth three of the night to increase the Bulldogs lead to four.

The Bulldogs advance to the second round of the WNIT and will face UNI