EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Morgan Reid (Kansas City, Mo.) notched a double-double with 15 points and pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds but the Drake women's basketball team was defeated by a hot-shooting Evansville team, 68-62, in its Missouri Valley Conference opener Thursday night at the Ford Center.

Reid finished 6-of-10 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line for her third double-double of the season and added two assists. Kyndal Clark (Webb City, Mo.) scored a game-high 17 points and dished out a career-high six assists for the second-straight game.

Evansville (3-9, 1-0 MVC) knocked down 8-of-18 from behind the three-point line and scored 24 points off Drake's (5-7, 0-1 MVC) 21 turnovers. The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for the Bulldogs.

Four players led by Mallory Ladd's 16 points scored in double figures for the Purple Aces. Ladd, a transfer from Valparaiso, who became eligible three games ago, had 10 rebounds for her third straight double-double. Evansville outrebounded Drake, 37-33, with 13 offensive rebounds to 12 for Drake.

"I was disappointed with our rebounding effort tonight especially the six dead ball offensive rebounds we let go," Drake head coach Jennie Baranczyk said. "We need to be able to control the glass and get those balls and go in transition. We had 16 second chance points tonight but I'm not happy with the 15 we let Evansville have."

The Aces led 34-27 at halftime behind Taylor Ware and Ladd, who scored 12 points and eight points, respectively. The Bulldogs struggled with turnovers in the opening half committing 11, coming into the night they averaged 16.8 per game. Evansville scored 18 points off the turnovers in the half.

Drake cut Evansville's lead to 38-37 with 13:49 remaining in the second half after Carly Grenfell (York, Neb.) converted a layup but it would be as close as they would get the rest of the night. Chelsea Faulkenstein answered with her only three-pointer of the game on the next procession and the Aces later held a 65-52 lead with just 1:29 remaining, it's largest of the game, after Samantha Heck's trey.

The young Bulldogs didn't quit though and scored 10 points but the Aces made three free throws and the Bulldogs ran out of time. Drake finished 24-of-56 from the floor but only made 4-of-17 from the three-point line.

Next action for the Bulldogs will be this Saturday at Southern Illinois at 2:05 p.m. The Salukis are 3-9 overall and 0-1 MVC after losing to Creighton, 81-60, Thursday.

"We had some good shots that just didn't fall tonight especially behind the three-point line," Baranczyk said. "We have to refocus and get ready for Saturday's game against SIU."