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DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 5 | VS. CHICAGO STATE • The Bulldogs return to the Knapp Center after going SCHEDULE Nov. 26, 2017 • 2 p.m. CST 2-1 in last weekend’s Paradise Jam to take third place November Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center in the eight-team tournament. • The Bulldogs opened the tournament with a win 11 COE W, 101-54 17 vs. Wake Forest ! W, 77-74 over Wake Forest, followed by a 5-point loss to tour- COMPARISON nament champion Colorado and a double-overtime 18 vs. Colorado ! L, 86-81 win against Drexel. 19 vs. Drexel ! W2OT, 90-88 Drake Team Chicago State • The Bulldogs welcome Chicago State to the Knapp Des Moines, Iowa Location Chicago, Ill. 26 CHICAGO STATE 2 p.m. Center for the eighth all-time meeting in the series Bulldogs Nickname Cougars 29 at Omaha 7 p.m. with Drake holding a 7-0 advantage in the series. The Missouri Valley Conference Western Athletic series has been a high scoring one for the Bulldogs 3-1 Record 2-6 December with three 100-point games against the Cougars, Conference Record including a 123-point performance, Drake’s third-most 2 at Wyoming ^ 5 p.m. Ranking point in a game. 6 at South Dakota 7 p.m. W1 Streak L2 • The Bulldogs have made 15 or more three-pointers 9 OMAHA 5 p.m. Niko Medved Head Coach Tracy Dildy twice this season and rank eighth in the nation in 11 at Minnesota 7 p.m. 3-1/1st Record at School 55-176/7th three-point percentage at 45.5 percent. The Bulldogs 65-71/5th Career Record 55-176/7th 16 vs. Iowa $ 1 p.m. have shot 38.5 percent or better from three-point 87.2 Points/Game 71.8 19 at South Dakota State 7 p.m. range in four of the past five seasons. 75.5 Opp. Points/Game 83.8 22 UMES 7 p.m. • First-year head coach Niko Medved is off to a 3-1 +11.8 Scoring Margin -12.0 28 BRADLEY* 7 p.m. start at the Bulldogs’ helm. Medved took the reins at 0.455 FG% 0.413 Drake after four successful seasons as head coach 31 at SIU* 3 p.m. 0.457 Opp. FG% 0.474 at Furman University where he guided the program 0.455 3FG% 0.264 to back-to-back postseason appearances and was January 0.330 Opp. 3FG% 0.401 named the 2017 Southern Conference Coach of the 3 ILLINOIS STATE* 7 p.m. 0.787 FT% 0.671 Year. 38.2 Rebounds/Game 35.6 6 at Indiana State* 1 p.m. • Anchoring the roster is senior Reed Timmer, a pre- 33.0 Opp. Rebounds/Game 40.4 10 at Valparaiso* 7 p.m. season first-team All-MVC selection. He ranks eighth +5.3 Rebounding Margin -4.8 13 EVANSVILLE* 2 p.m. all-time in scoring at Drake with 1,434 career points 17.0 Assists/Game 13.8 16 at UNI* 7 p.m. and his 132 career three-pointers are tied for 11th in 11.8 Turnovers/Game 16.0 the Drake record book. Timmer averaged 23.3 points 20 MISSOURI STATE* 3 p.m. +2.5 Turnover Margin +1.3 per game at the Paradise Jam to earn all-tournament 24 LOYOLA* 7 p.m. 8.0 Steals/Game 8.9 honors. 27 at Evansville* 1 p.m. 2.3 Blocks/Game 2.4 30 SIU* 7 p.m. LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS ON THE AIR SCORING February Television/Internet Mediacom MC22 REED TIMMER 3 at Bradley* 7 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Morgan G • 6-1 • 185 • Sr. • New Berlin, Wis. 7 at Loyola* 7 p.m. Analyst Adam Emmenecker 10 UNI* 3 p.m. 14 INDIANA STATE* 7 p.m. Radio ESPN 1350-AM 23.3 PPG 18 at Missouri State* 3 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Cotlar Analyst Paul Doerrfeld Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 21 at Illinois State* TBA vs. WFU 9-15 6-8 5-6 29 24 VALPARAISO* TBA Streaming Video The Valley on ESPN3 vs. Colorado 5-11 2-5 16-18 28 March vs. Drexel 5-16 1-4 2-3 13 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS 1-4 MVC Tournament Total 19-32 9-17 21-27 70/23.3 Drake Ty Patton ! - Paradise Jam (Lynchburg, Va.) Office 515-271-3014 REBOUNDING ^ - MVC/MWC Challenge Mobile 205-310-1271 $ - Hy-Vee Classic NICK MCGLYNN * MVC Contest E-mail [email protected] F • 6-8 • 223 • Jr. • Stoughton, Wis. All times central Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake 8.0 RPG GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS Chicago State Corey Miggins Office 773-995-2217 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total Cell vs. WFU 1 1 2 E-mail [email protected] vs. Colorado 3 7 10 Website www.GoCSUCougars.com vs. Drexel 5 7 12 Total 9 15 24/8.0 WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 1 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSMB DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS University Location Des Moines, Iowa Founded 1881 Enrollment 5,015 Nickname Bulldogs Colors Blue & White Arena (Capacity): Knapp Center (7,152) Conference Missouri Valley Conference President Marty Martin Interim Athletic Director Megan Franklin Faculty Athletics Rep. Steve Scullen Coaching Staff Head Coach Niko Medved HEAD COACH NIKO MEDVED Alma Mater Minnesota, 1994 THE NEW BULLDOG ON THE BLOCK Record at Drake 3-1 (1st season) Career Record 65-71 (5th season) • Head coach Niko Medved took the reins of • At Colorado State, the program rebounded from Assistants JR Blount the Drake University men’s basketball team on a seven-win season to a postseason appearance March 27, 2017 and has set a course to build the two years later, a 20-win season in 2011–2012, Dave Thorson Bulldogs’ program using the same formula he has and the first of back-to-back NCAA Tournament Ali Farokhmanesh had success with throughout his career. appearances for the Rams. Director of Operations Aaron Katsuma Video Coordinator Cory Marquardt • Medved spent the previous four seasons trans- • Medved's recruiting and coaching at Colorado forming Furman University’s basketball program State produced numerous standout players in- into a Southern Conference Champion and was cluding 2013 honorable mention AP All-American Team Information the 2017 Southern Conference Coach of the and first-team All-Mountain West Conference 2016-17 Record 7-24 Year. choice Colton Iverson, 2013 Mountain West Con- 2016-17 MVC Record/Finish 5-13/T-9th ference Sixth Man of the • Medved’s Furman Year Daniel Bejarano 2016-17 H/A/N Record 6-9/1-11/0-4 teams made back-to- and five other all-confer- Starters Returning/Lost 4/2 back postseason ap- ence performers. Letterwinners Returning/Lost 8/3 pearances, the first for I’M HERE TO Newcomers 6 the school in 40 years. • Before joining the staff at Colorado State, • Medved took over a Medved spent a season Program History seven-win team and as an assistant at the All-Time Record 1,125-1,461 (.459) built it into a 23-win University of Minnesota MVC Record 559-851 (.403) program. under Dan Monson fol- WIN MVC Tournament Record 17-38 (.327) lowing seven seasons • Medved coached as an assistant at Fur- MVC Titles 7 (4 Outright/3 Shared) back-to-back SoCon Players of the Year in Ste- man, including serving as Furman's interim head (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008) phen Croone and Devin Sibley, Jr. coach in the spring of 2006. MVC Tournament Titles 1 • His recruiting at Furman produced immedi- • Medved began his career at the University (2008) ate results with Sibley being named the SoCon of Minnesota in 1992, where he was a student NCAA Appearances 4 Freshman of the Year in 2015 and a total of four manager and assistant. He also served as the (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) student-athletes earning spots on the SoCon All- associate head coach at Macalester College from Freshman Team in the last three years. 1997–1999 and worked four years as an instruc- NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) tor at the prestigious Nike All-America camp. He NIT Appearances 3 • Prior to Furman, Medved spent six seasons as completed his B.S. in kinesiology in 1997 and his (1964, 1981, 1986) an assistant coach at Colorado State where he master's in sport management in 1999, both from NIT Record 1-3 (.250) helped engineer a similar turnaround under Head the University of Minnesota. Coach Tim Miles. Media Relations Basketball Contact Ty Patton Office 515-271-3014 Mobile 205-310-1271 E-mail [email protected] Press Row 515-271-4878 A PLAYER’S COACH Fax 515-271-3015 Under head coach Niko Medved’s leadership, Furman was one of only two Division I programs with Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com no players transferring from the program during the last three years. WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 2 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSMB DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL OVERALL • 3-1 HOME • 1-0 LAST GAME • W2OT, 90-88, VS. DREXEL MVC • 0-0 AWAY • 0-0 LAST 5 • 3-1 NEUTRAL • 2-1 NEXT GAME • NOV. 29 AT OMAHA C.J. RIVERS LAST GAME: Nearly had a double-double with 10 G • 6-2 • 187 • Sr. • Cahokia, Ill. points, nine rebounds, two assists and two steals. CAREER HIGHS Pts: 13 - Indiana State, 1/6/16 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG NOTE: Has a 39-to-21 A/T ratio in the last 18 games 0 ..