DES MOINES, Iowa – No last second-heroics needed this time, just some solid defense down the stretch.

Isaiah Jackson put up a 21-point, 12-rebound double-double and the Drake men's basketball team clamped down on the defensive end to pull away from Green Bay 72-62 at the Knapp Center on Saturday night to remain unbeaten.

Tavion Banks added a career-high 19 points for the Bulldogs (11-0), one of just four unbeaten teams in Division I, and Cam Manyawu scored 16, including three key baskets after grabbing offensive rebounds in the final 6 minutes as Drake wrapped up the non-conference portion of its schedule.

Jackson was much more aggressive looking for his shot after totaling just 14 points in the previous five games. He made 9-of-12 shots, including his third 3-pointer of the season, and added three assists and two steals. His 21 points were a season high – his previous best had been nine – and the 12 rebounds matched his career high.

Banks went 8-for-12 from the field in reaching double figures for the fourth time in the last five games. He had scored only four points and shot 1-for-7 in Tuesday night's 73-70 overtime victory over Kansas State, which the Bulldogs won on Bennett Stirtz's 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds left.

Manyawu also shot it well, going 6-for-9 and grabbing seven rebounds – four on the offensive end. Stirtz scored 11 points and handed out six assists while playing all 40 minutes, the eighth time he has played the entire game this season. That includes all 45 minutes in the Kansas State victory.

Drake won for the 27th straight time at home, second-longest active streak in Division I, and ran its non-conference winning streak in the Knapp Center to 49.

The Bulldogs outrebounded the Phoenix 29-26, with 13 of those boards coming on the offensive end, which led to a 19-5 edge in second-chance points. Drake also had a commanding 48-26 edge in points in the paint, which helped them offset their season-worst 3-for-19 shooting from 3-point range.

Mac Wrecke's 19 points led Green Bay (2-12), which lost of the ninth straight time and played for the third time this season Anthony Roy, who shares the national scoring lead with a 27.5 average.
The Phoenix caused Drake problems for much of the game, often breaking down the defense to get shots inside before the Bulldogs stiffened down the stretch. Drake held Green Bay to three field goals in the last 13 ½ minutes and one of them came on a goal-tending call.

Jackson scored seven straight Drake points to put the Bulldogs ahead to stay after Green Bay took its only lead at 11-10 on Marcus Hall's 3-pointer with 14:14 left in the first half.
Banks converted a three-point play off a pass from Stirtz to start a 15-2 run that stretched the lead to 36-21 before Wrecke scored Green Bay's final nine points of the half to draw the Phoenix to 40-32 at the break.

Green Bay kept hanging around early in the second half, twice cutting the lead to three points and trailing just 56-52 with 7:58 to play. Jackson then buried his 3 and Manyawu went to work inside, scoring on a putback and grabbing another offense rebound and scooping in a shot, all in one motion. After Mitch Mascari knocked down a 3, Manyawu scored on a third follow shot, capping a 12-2 run that put the Bulldogs safely ahead at 68-54.

Manyawu then topped off the victory when Stirtz bounced a sweet little pocket pass to him and he slammed it home for the Bulldogs' final points.

"These games before break are very tricky," Drake head coach Ben McCollum said. "They are tough games to get yourself up for and I didn't think we had a great few practices leading up to it but, and I've said this before, you have to win when you don't play your best. We are seeing a variety of defenses. Teams don't want to guard us straight up, which is fine. It's twofold. One, we need to make sure that we as a staff have a solution to all the randomness that's going on because they just don't want to guard us. Two, we're able to win the games when they do that."

After a break for Christmas, Drake will return to Missouri Valley Conference action when Belmont visits the Knapp Center on Sunday, Dec. 29. That one tips off at 2 p.m. Drake started Valley play with a 66-60 victory at Valparaiso on Dec. 5.
 
Team Notes
•Drake's 11-0 start marks the second time a Bulldog team has won its first 11 games to open the season after the 2020-21 Drake team opened the season with an 18-0 mark.
•Drake is just one of four teams (Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee) remaining in NCAA Division I that are still undefeated.
•Drake is now tied with UConn owning the second longest NCAA Division I active home winning streak at 27 games.
•This marked Drake's 49th consecutive non-conference home victory. That is the third longest such streak in Missouri Valley Conference history.
•Ben McCollum earned his 405th career collegiate victory, improving his collegiate career coaching record to 405-91 in 16 years.
•Drake improved to 9-0 this season when leading at half with the 40 first-half points marking the second highest accumulated by the Bulldogs in the first period this season, trailing only 50 scored in the first half of its season opener against York.
•The Bulldogs shot 50 percent (28-56) from the floor, marking the fifth game Drake has shot 50 percent or better this season.
•Drake shot 53.6 percent (15-28) from the floor in the first half, marking the fourth straight game the Bulldogs shot 50 percent or better in the first half after hitting 61.9 percent at Valparaiso, 67.7 percent in the first half against St. Ambrose and 57.1 percent in the first half against Kansas State.
•Drake collected 10 steals, while scoring 14 points off 13 Green Bay turnovers. It marked the fourth game Drake has collected 10 or more steals this season.
•Drake out-rebounded Green Bay, 29-25.
•Drake grabbed 13 offensive rebounds, marking the eighth time in 11 games the Bulldogs had collected 10-plus offensive rebounds.
•One game after shooting a season-high 56.3 percent from three-point range (9-16) against Kansas State, Drake shot a season-low 15.8 percent beyond the arc (3-19)
•There were two lead changes and one tie in the game.
•Owning a 21-19 lead, Drake went on a 15-2 scoring outburst to enjoy a 36-21 lead it never relinquished. Tavion Banks (five), Bennett Stirtz (four) and Isaiah Jackson (four) combined for 13 points in the surge.
•For a 9-minute 15 second stretch in the second half (13:31 to 4:16) Drake limited Green Bay to just one basket with that coming on a goal-tending call.
 
Individual Notes
•Graduate guard Isiah Jackson became the fourth Drake player to collect a double-double this season scoring a season-high 21 points while collecting a season-high 12 rebounds. 
•Junior forward Tavian Banks added a career-high 19 points, including 11 in the first half.
•Sophomore forward Cam Manyawu had 16 points along with seven rebounds including six offensive.
•Sophomore guard Bennett Stirtz chipped in with 11 points and a game-high six assists. It marked the seventh time Stirtz had dished out six or more assists in a game.
•Jackson had 11 points in the first half, surpassing his combined entire output of eight points in his previous four games. He was 0-6 shooting from the floor in his last outing against Kansas State.
•Six of Manyawu's points came off offensive rebounds.
•Jackson (9-12) and Banks (8-12) were a combined 17-24 shooting while the rest of the Drake team shot a combined 11 of 32 from the floor.
•Stirtz, who ranks third in the NCAA in minutes played (37:21), played the entire 40 minutes, marking the eighth time he has played the whole game.
 
The Series
•Drake improved its series record to 3-1 against Green Bay with all three victories coming in Des Moines. This was the first meeting between the schools since a 2014 encounter in Green Bay.