The win, the Bulldogs’ seventh straight in this event, ran the team’s record to 28-3, with a 2:30 p.m. semifinal awaiting Saturday against Belmont. It came about because Drake forced 15 turnovers and held the eighth-seeded Salukis (14-19) to a season-low point total.
The top seed in Arch Madness takes the court in St. Louis for the first time on Friday as the Drake Bulldogs face the Southern Illinois Salukis.
The Southern Illinois Salukis battle the Drake Bulldogs in the Missouri Valley Conference quarter-finals. Can the underdogs keep the game close or will it be a blowout? Meanwhile, the Tennessee State Tigers take on the SIU Edwardsville Cougars in the Ohio Valley Conference semi-finals.