Drake women's basketball team earns 20th victory of the season

The Drake women’s basketball team (20-5, 13-1) built a two-game lead in the the Missouri Valley Conference with a 77-71 win vs. Belmont on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.

Anna Miller and Katie Dinnebier each posted double-doubles. Miller led the team with 17 points and added 11 rebounds. Dinnebier scored 15 while dishing out 10 assists. Grace Berg also scored 15 points.

Courtney Becker rounded out Drake’s offensive leaders with 11 points and six boards. Ashley Iiams totaled eight to equal her career-high for the second-straight contest.

“What a road trip,” Drake coach Allison Pohlman said, referring to victories at Murray State and Belmont. “Today says a lot about our squad … I’m so proud of our bounce and our tenacity and our spirit to play right now. We had a lot of people step up and do some great things. We have some amazing women on our team and our coaching staff. Today we got back to better rebounding … shoring those sorts of things are some of the details that we have to make matter, especially on the road against good teams.”

Drake will return home next weekend to tip off a four-game homestand. The Bulldogs will start the stint in Des Moines on Thursday against Missouri State.

The Drake sports information department contributed this report.

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