OMAHA, NEB. --  The Drake women's basketball team survived a five minute 28-second span without a basket late in the game to escape with a 51-44 Missouri Valley Conference victory past Creighton in the first college women's basketball game ever played at the Qwest Center.

Drake, avenging a 68-65 home setback to Creighton Jan. 31, moved to 17-10 overall, while moving into third place in the league with an 11-5 mark. Creighton fell to 17-10, including a 12-4 second-place conference record.

“I am so proud of our teams' effort and determination”, said Drake head coach Amy Stephens, whose team snapped a two-game losing streak.

After a layup by senior forward Lauren Dybing (Bloomington, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran) gave Drake a 41-28 lead with 6:16, the Bulldogs would not make another basket until junior forward Monique' Jones (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit North) hit a layup with 47 seconds left.

"That was the dagger by Jones to put us up by seven," added Stephens.

During the drought, Creighton whittled away from a 42-28 deficit to pull within 42-38 with 2:32 left. But the Bulldogs sealed the victory by making seven of 10 free throws in the final minute.

Drake rallied from a 21-15 halftime deficit earning the comeback victory with junior starting point guard and leading scorer, Jordann Plummer (St. Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter) watching most of the second half from the sideline after she collected her fourth foul. She played a season-low 16 minutes before fouling out.

“I loved how they responded to the challenges all week in practice and that carried over after playing a terrible first half, we came out in the second half and played our game,” added Stephens.

Jones had her fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Dying added another double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, including 11 points and five rebounds in the second half.

Freshman Rachael Hackbarth (Colgate, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) came off the bench to collect a career-high 14 points and nine rebounds.

Drake shot 35.6 percent (16-of-45), including 45.8 percent (11-of-24) in the second half.

Creighton shot a season-low 21.9 percent on 16-of-73. The Bluejays, who average 7.2 three-pointers per game, made a season-low two.

The Bulldogs grabbed a season-high 52 rebounds, edging Creighton 52-45 on the boards.

Drake wraps up the regular season, hosting league-leading Illinois State, Thursday (March 5) and Indiana State, Saturday (March 7). Game times are scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and 2:05 p.m., respectively.