DES MOINES, IOWA ?  The glass slipper fit and the Drake women's basketball team has become the Cinderella story of the season after beating Creighton, 65-64, in overtime to capture the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship Sunday while earning a berth in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

Sophomore Kelsey Keizer (Arnolds Park, Iowa/Okoboji), who was scoreless in regulation, scored all five of Drake's points in overtime, including a three-point basket with 55 seconds left which proved to be the difference in the game.

Drake, which was seeded No. 8 in the MVC Tournament, earned the league's automatic qualifying spot in the NCAA Tournament and will learn its fate on the NCAA Tournament bracket announcement, Selection Monday, live on ESPN at 7 p.m. Central time.

Drake matched Illinois State (2005) as the lowest seed to win the Valley tournament. The Bulldogs will make their 10th trip to the NCAA Tournament, but it will be their first appearance since 2002 when they reached the round of 16.

"We were not picked to win, we were not picked to go as far as we did," said Drake sophomore Lauren Dybing (Bloomington, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran), who scored 16 points, while being named to the MVC All-Tournament team. "It brought all of our confidence up, because we had nothing to lose. We could just go out there and play our hardest and that's what happened."

Junior Lindsay Whorton (Independence, Mo./Truman), who was named the outstanding player in the tournament and freshman Monique Jones (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit North) each had 17 points for Drake, which became the fourth straight host school to win the Valley tournament.

Sophomore Tori Runner (Saratoga, Wyo./Saratoga) grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, surpassing her previous career best of nine against Wichita State in Thursdays play-in round game. She finished with 32 rebounds in the tournament for an 8.0 average.

This marked the third time the championship game of the MVC Tournament went into overtime. In 1995, Drake beat Missouri State, 71-68 in Springfield, Mo., and in 1999 Evansville beat Creighton, 75-72, in Des Moines.

Drake was playing its fourth game in four days, while suiting up only eight players. The Bulldogs downed Wichita State Thursday night, top-seeded Southern Illinois Friday and finally No. 4 Evansville to advance to the championship on Sunday.

Drake was the No. 1 team in the Valley's preseason poll, but injuries derailed their season. Senior Jill Martin (Norwalk, Iowa/Norwalk) -- the preseason Player of the Year -- injured her back five games into the season, and sophomore Jordann Plummer (St. Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter) broke her foot on Dec. 5.

Junior Brandy Dahir (Carrollton, Texas/Creekview), the Bulldogs' leading scorer in Martin's absence and a first-team All-Valley pick, missed the conference tournament after being diagnosed with mononucleosis last week.

"I couldn't be more proud of this basketball team. They were just amazing today," said Drake coach Amy Stephens, whose team improved to 14-18. "I guess it was only fitting that we'd play that type of basketball game, because it's been that type of season. They just never quit."

After Keizer's heroics, Creighton (13-19) threw the ball away on its ensuing possession, but got the ball back with 25.7 left thanks to jump ball. Megan Neuvirth missed a lay-up that would have given Creighton the lead, and Chevelle Herring misfired at the buzzer to give Drake the win.

Drake had the ball with 26 seconds left in regulation and the game tied at 60. But Creighton forced a steal, sending guard Ally Thrall on a scramble to the hoop.

Drake put her on the line. Thrall, an 87 percent career free throw shooter, missed both free throws with 6.2 seconds left.

Whorton missed a three-point at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.

"We really tried to lose in as many ways as many ways as we possibly could in the last two minutes," Whorton said. "When we didn't, I think our team realized that we had a second chance."

Drake, which trailed by as much as 42-31, tied the game on a true basketball rarity -- the five-point play. Whorton let loose a three as Creighton, which had seven teams fouls, picked up another one away from the ball. Whorton's three-point fell through, and Jones hit both free throws to make it 55-all.

Trailing 55-48 with 6:08 left, Drake reeled off 12 straight points to grab a 60-55 lead. Whorton scored eight points to trigger the surge.

"For the first 32 minutes of the game they outplayed us, they outhustled us, and we just had to work through it as a team," Stephens said. "We've been in so many close games. We've been in worse situations than being down 11.

Whorton then nailed a three-point basket to give Drake the lead, and Jones followed with a putback to put the Bulldogs ahead, 60-55, with 2:02 left. Down 60-57 with 39.4 left, the Bluejays tied the game at 60 on a three-point play from Herring.

The Bulldogs, who trailed 29-23 at half, improved their record to 3-16 this season when coming from behind at half to win.

Whorton made 15 three-point baskets in the MVC Tournament and moved into sole possession of fourth place in the career three-point basket charts at Drake with 192.

Creighton controlled the game for the first 30 minutes, but Drake used a 10-2 run to pull within three. Jones cut Creighton's lead to 49-48 on a three-point play with 7:17 left.

Sara Cain scored a career-high 24 points to lead Creighton, which had a lot in common with Drake. The rebuilding Bluejays started the year 0-7, but beat second-seeded Illinois State and third-seeded Indiana State to reach the finals.

"Defensively in the second half they took a lot more things away from us. They made passes more difficult, and we really didn't get the opportunities in the second half that we did in the first half," Creighton coach Jim Flanery said.