The Drake Bulldogs had five players reach double figures in a 86-75 win over Illinois State on Wednesday night. Roman Penn and Tucker DeVries both scored 16 points, Garrett Strurtz added 12, DJ Wilikins dropped in 11, and Tremell Murphy had 10.

Penn had missed seven games due to a foot injury but he returned an reached a major career milestone on Wednesday. Penn topped the 1,000 career point total with a late basket down low. Penn had notched 780 of those points with Drake after playing his freshman season at Siena.

Illinois State got within a single point early in the second half and cut the lead to four late before Penn helped seal the win.

Drake improved to 12-5 overall and 3-1 in the Valley. Next up for the Bulldogs is a road trip to face Southern Illinois next Monday at 7:00 p.m.