George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – The Drake men's basketball team ran into a hot shooting Stephen F. Austin team, losing 92-68, in the semifinal round of the Cayman Islands Classic Monday afternoon at John Gray Gymnasium.

"That certainly wasn't what we were looking for today," head coach Darian DeVries said. "We just weren't where we needed to be today, so that was disappointing."
 
Drake (3-1) got out to an early 8-4 lead when Darnell Brodie drove the basket and put up a short jumper little less than four minutes into the contest. Tucker DeVries spun for a turnaround baseline jumper shot and a 23-19 edge with 5:30 remaining in the first half.
 
Stephen F. Austin (4-1) broke away for a 38-32 halftime lead, often limiting Drake to just one shot. The Bulldogs shot 32 percent from the floor in the second half (8-25).
 
Freshman guard Kevin Overton led Drake with 19 points, including 12 in the second half.
 
Trailing 53-39, Drake got into the bonus free throw situation early in the second half with 14:20 left but didn't capitalize.

"I thought we got off to a pretty good start and had pretty good possessions at both ends of the floor," Darian DeVries said. Then we just couldn't sustain it. It's a long season. You're going to have one or two like that. You try to minimize them as much as you can."
 
The Lumberjacks shot 63.0 percent from the field (34-54) and 60.9 percent from 3-point range (14-23).
 
Guard Atin Wright and forward Tucker DeVries scored 12 and 10 points, respectively, for Drake.
 
The Bulldogs will play either Akron or Utah State in the third place contest at 4 p.m. (CT) Tuesday.
 
TEAM NOTES

• The Bulldogs suffered their first loss of the season.
• Drake shot a season-low 38.9 percent (21-54) from the floor.
• Drake's neutral site record is 24-14 during the Darian DeVries era.
• The Bulldogs surrendered 14 made 3-pointers for the first time since Dec. 5, 2021, against St. Thomas.
• Today marked the first time this season that Drake did not score at least 85 points.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• Kevin Overton has scored at least 19 points in three consecutive games.
• Conor Enright has dished out at least four assists in back-to-back games.
• Tucker DeVries has 64 career double-digit scoring games.
• Atin Wright has scored in double figures 57 times in his career.

SERIES HISTORY

• In the first meeting since 2008, the Lumberjacks lead the all-time series, 2-0.