St. Thomas built an early 14-point lead and held on for a 21-14 win over the Drake Bulldogs on Saturday at Drake Stadium. Hope Adebayo carried the ball 23 times for 105 yards and 2 second quarter touchdowns to lead the Tommies to the win.

Drake climbed within 7 points twice in the second half but could never knot it up. Caden Meis caught a 6 yard touchdown pass from Ian Corwin with 5:26 left to make it a 21-14 game, but that’s how it would end.

St. Thomas improved to 6-3 in their first season at the FCS level. Drake falls to 2-7 on the year and will travel to face Davidson next Saturday at 12:00 p.m.