DES MOINES, Iowa – Katie Dinnebier celebrated Drake’s recognition of 50 years of intercollegiate women’s basketball with a career game. It just wasn’t enough. Iowa offset Dinnebier’s 40 points with balance and strong inside play and beat the Bulldogs 86-73 in front of a packed house at the Knapp Center on Sunday afternoon.

Dinnebier did all she could to keep her team afloat, scoring 28 of Drake’s 38 points in the second half and finishing one point short of the single-game high for an NCAA Division I player this season. She went 8-for-17 from the field, including 7-of-15 from 3-point range, and made 17 of her 20 free throws while drawing 13 fouls.

The 3-pointers and free throws also were career highs, with the 17 free throws matching the third-best total in Drake history and tying the Division I high for the season.  Her previous best had been 32 points against Murray State last February.

It’s the first 40-point game for a Drake player since Lizzy Wendell scored 43 against Missouri State on Jan. 30, 2015.

No other Drake player scored more than seven points, however, and the Hawkeyes never trailed after running off the final 10 points of the first half to take a 45-35 lead into the break. Courtney Becker had seven points and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (2-2), while Abbie Aalsma, Grace Kuntson and Anna Miller each scored six. Miller grabbed 10 rebounds but endured a tough afternoon shooting the ball, finishing 1-for-17.

Drake scored 26 points off Iowa’s season-high 17 turnovers, but the Bulldogs were outscored 46-10 in the paint and shot a season-low 28.6 percent from the field.

Drake, which lost at Creighton last Monday, will continue a challenging stretch of the schedule with a game at Iowa State next Sunday. The Bulldogs then play three games in San Juan, Puerto Rico and won’t play at home again until meeting North Dakota on Thursday, Dec. 12.