Bennett Stirtz - College Basketball News & Rumors

Drake basketball star Bennett Stirtz carries Bulldogs in first round of March Madness Drake basketball star Bennett Stirtz carries Bulldogs in first half of March Madness game vs. Missouri.

MARCH 21, 2025 • DESMOINESREGISTER.COM

Missouri Tigers and Drake Bulldogs square off in the opening round of NCAA Tournament

MARCH 19, 2025 • Associated Press

Drake Bulldogs are more bite than bark with a band of D2 transfers who followed their coach to Iowa

The stage is set for Drake to become one of those lovable March Madness underdogs

MARCH 18, 2025 • Associated Press

Ognacevic bounces back after missing season due to injury and leads Lipscomb into NCAA Tournament

Lipscomb forward Jacob Ognacevic remembers growing up in Sheboygan and cheering for his home-state team as Wisconsin made back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2014 and 2015

MARCH 17, 2025 • Associated Press

24 points in championship win Stirtz registered 24 points (7-13 FG, 5-7 3Pt, 5-6 FT), four rebounds, four assists, two blocks and one steal across 40 minutes during Sunday's 63-48 win over Bradley.

Impact Stirtz, recently named MVC Player of the Year, capped off a strong season of conference play with impressive play in the tournament setting as well. Across three tournament games, he averaged 21 points, two points better than his season average. Stirtz helped blow the game open with a personal 5-0 run in less than a minute of game time late in the second half against Bradley. He finished the regular season and conference tournament leading the team in scoring and assists, with averages of 19.1 points per game and 5.7 assists. The junior remains the team's best offensive option and best chance at making noise in the NCAA tournament with a ticket now punched.

MARCH 12, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Stirtz, Banks lead Drake past Bradley 63-48 for third straight Missouri Valley championship

Bennett Stirtz scored 24 points, Tavion Banks added 13 and top-seeded Drake defeated No. 2-seed Bradley 63-48 to win Arch Madness for the third consecutive time

MARCH 9, 2025 • Associated Press

Drake defeats Belmont 57-50 in Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinal

Bennett Stirtz, the Missouri Valley Conference player of the year, had 24 points to lead Drake to a 57-50 victory over Belmont in a conference tournament semifinal

MARCH 9, 2025 • Associated Press

Howard scores 21 off the bench, Drake defeats Southern Illinois 70-53 in MVC Tournament

Isaia Howard scored 21 points off of the bench to help lead the top-seeded Drake Bulldogs over the eighth-seed Southern Illinois Salukis 70-53 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tou...

MARCH 7, 2025 • Associated Press

Named MVC Player of the year Stirtz is the 2024-25 MVC Player of the Year, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.

Impact Stirtz is a Drake guard who logged 18.9 points, 5.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game during the Missouri Valley Conference's 2024-25 season. He led it in every aforementioned category, making him a landslide winner for the award.

MARCH 5, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Stirtz and Drake win 68-60 in OT against Missouri State

Bennett Stirtz scored 23 points and Tavion Banks added four points in the overtime as the Drake Bulldogs took down the Missouri State Bears 68-60 on Sunday

MARCH 2, 2025 • Associated Press

Missouri State takes on Drake after White's 20-point showing

MARCH 2, 2025 • Associated Press

Bennett Stirtz scores 26 to lead Drake over Northern Iowa 64-58 in OT CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Bennett Stirtz scored five of his 26 points in overtime to lead Drake to a 64-58 victory over Northern Iowa on Sund...

FEBRUARY 24, 2025 • THESTAR.COM

Stirtz scores 25 as Drake knocks off Illinois State 84-77 NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Bennett Stirtz scored 25 points as Drake beat Illinois State 84-77 on Wednesday night for their 11th straight win.

FEBRUARY 13, 2025 • THESTAR.COM

Stirtz's 20 help Drake knock off Northern Iowa 66-52 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points as Drake beat Northern Iowa 66-52 on Wednesday night to extend its win streak to sev...

JANUARY 30, 2025 • THESTAR.COM

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