Drake takes a share of the Missouri Valley lead on the road to Northern Iowa Wednesday night. The Bulldogs have won five of the last six in the series but the last three meetings have gone to overtime.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries who expects another close game.

Drake won a double overtime thriller in Des Moines back on February first and UNI coach Ben Jacobson says Bulldog point guard Roman Penn was the difference when it counted.

The Panthers enter the contest on a five game losing skid.

Jacobson says in a jumbled Valley race it is the little things that make the difference.