DES MOINES, IOWA -- Junior guard Andrew Warren scored a season-high 24 points, including 19 in the second half, as Bradley rallied from a five-point deficit to spoil Drake's Missouri Valley Conference opener, 67-59, Tuesday night at the Drake Knapp Center.

After a layup by Ryan Wedel (Minneapolis, Kan.) gave Drake a 39-34 lead with 12:22 left, Warren triggered a 16-7 run by scoring 13 points during a five-minute three-second stretch to give the Braves a 50-46 advantage it never relinquished.

Senior guard Josh Young (Lawton, Okla.)  led a balanced Drake attack with 14 points, including three three-point baskets. Young moved into sixth place on the school career scoring list with 1,479 points surpassing Wayne Kreklow who had 1,471 points from 1975-79.

Drake struggled from the floor, shooting just 34.4 percent making 21 of 61 shots.

The Bulldogs, who entered the game leading the MVC in three-point baskets (9.4), made nine treys tying the most Bradley has allowed an opponent this season.

"We had a tough night on the offensive end," said Drake head coach Mark Phelps, whose team suffered its third straight loss to fall to 5-8.

"I thought we had Warren guarded up," Phelps added. "He made some tough shots, was scoring in many ways.  Every time we looked
up he was scoring a basket."

The Bulldogs went nearly 4:44 without making a basket late in the game allowing Bradley to build a 59-49 lead before Young ended the drought with a three-point basket with 1:44 remaining.

Drake cut the deficit to six points on two occasions. But Bradley sealed the victory by making six free throws. The Braves shot a season-high 85.7 percent from the charity line making 18 of 21 shots compared to 8 of 10 shooting by Drake.

Freshman forward Aaron Hawley (Rogers, Ark.) came off the bench to add 11 points for Drake and a career-high eight rebounds and three steals.

Drake senior reserve guard Craig Stanley (Plano, Texas) tallied 10 points — all in the second half.

Freshman center Seth VanDeest (Bettendorf, Iowa) grabbed a career-high nine rebounds for Drake which was outrebounded, 39-36.

Drake senior forward Adam Templeton (Rapid City, S.D.) had seven points — all in the first half.  But he did not play the last 5:43 of the first period after collecting two fouls in a 12-second span.

The Bulldogs committed 13 turnovers for their highest total in the last seven games.

Drake will travel to Wichita State for Saturday, while Bradley hosts Southern Illinois on New Year's Day.