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DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 6 • VS. PEPPERDINE • #DUVSPEPP • The Drake University men’s basketball team plays SCHEDULE Nov. 25, 2015 • 5 p.m. CST its final game at the Gulf Coast Challenge Wednes- day in the third-place game against Pepperdine at 5 Estero, Fla. • Germain Arena November p.m. CST. 7 McKENDREE (Exh.) W, 95-78 • Wednesday’s game will be available to view via the 13 SIMPSON W, 97-52 BD Global Sports YouTube channel. COMPARISON OT • The Bulldogs advanced to the third-place game 16 at Tulane L , 79-74 via an 81-79 overtime win over Western Kentucky 21 UMKC L, 79-73 Drake Team Pepperdine OT Des Moines, Iowa Location Malibu, Calif. to open the tournament, followed by a 74-58 loss to 23 vs. W. Kentucky! W , 81-79 Bulldogs Nickname Waves Weber State on Tuesday evening. 24 vs. Weber State! L, 74-58 Missouri Valley Conference West Coast • Tuesday’s loss was courtesy of 34 points from 25 vs. Pepperdine! 5 p.m. 2-3 Record 2-3 Weber State’s Jeremy Senglin. Senglin and guard 28 UIC 2 p.m. Conference Record McKay Cannon combined to shoot 12-of-18 from Ranking three-point range. L1 Streak L1 • In the Bulldogs’ overtime win against WKU, Kale December Ray Giacoletti Head Coach Marty Wilson Abrahamson scored a career-high 41 points on 5 at Bowling Green 3 p.m. 26-41/3rd Record at School 57-70/5th 13-of-23 shooting. In addition to setting a Gulf Coast 9 DePAUL 7 p.m. 197-164/13th Career Record 60-80/6th Showcase record, that total tied for the seventh high- 12 at Nevada 6 p.m. 76.6 Points/Game 72.6 est total in school history and the highest since 1981. 72.6 Opp. Points/Game 65.6 19 vs. Iowa$ 3:30 p.m. • Last season, the Bulldogs scored 70 or more points +4.0 Scoring Margin +7.0 22 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 7 p.m. just eight times all season. This season they have hit .484 FG% .432 31 at Wichita State * 1 p.m. .428 Opp. FG% .394 that mark in four of their five games to date. • Graham Woodward posted another solid shooting .415 3FG% .329 January .347 Opp. 3FG% .211 night on Tuesday, going 7-of-12 from the field after a .750 FT% .625 7-of-13 night on Monday. On the season, he is 26-of- 3 ILLINOIS STATE * 1 p.m. 36.0 Rebounds/Game 42.2 53 to average 14.4 points per game. 6 INDIANA STATE * 7 p.m. 35.6 Opp. Rebounds/Game 37.2 • Heading into the 2015-16 season, 13 of the 14 9 at UNI * 7 p.m. 180 Rebounding Margin +5.0 players on the roster were recruited by Giacoletti and 12 at Evansville * 7 p.m. +0.4 Assists/Game 14.0 staff, including two returning players that earned 17 SIU * 3 p.m. 12.4 Turnovers/Game 14.4 a combined three All-Missouri Valley Conference 20 MISSOURI STATE * 7 p.m. 66 Turnover Margin -0.2 honorees. 0.9 Steals/Game 7.2 • As a freshman, Timmer earned MVC All-Freshman 23 at Loyola * 1 p.m. 4.0 Blocks/Game 2.2 and All-Newcomer honors by leading Drake in scoring 26 at Illinois State * 7 p.m. with 11.5 points and 2.4 assists per game. 30 BRADLEY * 2 p.m. ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES LEADERS February Television None 2 at Indiana State * 6 p.m. Play-by-play SCORING Analyst KALE ABRAHAMSON 6 UNI * 1 p.m. F • 6-8 • 218 • RJr. • W. Des Moines, Iowa 9 WICHITA STATE * 7 p.m. Radio ESPN 1350-AM 13 at SIU * 3 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Cotlar 23.3 PPG 17 EVANSVILLE * 8 p.m. Analyst Paul Doerrfeld 20 at Bradley * 8 p.m. Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 24 at Missouri State * 7 p.m. Streaming Video http://youtube.com/bdglobalsports UMKC 5-13 1-7 7-9 18 27 LOYOLA * 1 p.m. COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS vs. WKU 13-23 4-10 11-11 41 vs. Weber 4-14 3-9 0-0 11 March 3-6 Arch Madness Drake Ty Patton Total 22-40 8-26 18-20 70/23.3 Office 515-271-3014 ! Gulf Coast Challenge (Estero, Fla.) Mobile 205-310-1271 REBOUNDING E-mail [email protected] $ Hy-Vee Big Four Classic (Des Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com JACOB ENEVOLD Moines, Iowa) Twitter @DUBulldogs/@TyPatton_Drake C • 7-0 • 246 • Jr. • Lunderskov, Denmark * MVC Contest All times central Pepperdine Roger Horne 5.0 RPG Office Phone 310-506-4455 GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS Mobile 805-279-4551 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total E-mail [email protected] Website www.pepperdinesports.com UMKC 4 3 7 Twitter @pepperdineroger vs. WKU 1 3 4 vs. Weber 1 3 4 Total 6 9 15/5.0 WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 1 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSMB DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL Ray Giacoletti was introduced as the 26th head coach in Drake men’s basketball history during a press conference on QUICK FACTS March 28, 2013. In his first season at the helm of the Bulldogs, he led the University squad to a 10-3 start to the season that included the Fresno Location Des Moines, Iowa State Classic championship and a program-record five wins Founded 1881 in the month of November. The team finished his first season Enrollment 5,348 with a 15-16 record. Nickname Bulldogs In his second season, he coached an uneven roster that Colors Blue & White included five seniors and five freshmen to a 9-22 mark. The Arena (Capacity): Knapp Center (7,152) team continued to develop throughout the season, winning Conference Missouri Valley Conference five of its final 10 regular-season games. Giacoletti served as an assistant coach at Gonzaga Univer- President Earl F. ‘Marty’ Martin Head Coach sity for six seasons (2007-13), where he helped lead the pe- Faculty Athletics Rep. Renae Chesnut rennial basketball power to six straight NCAA appearances, Ray five West Coast Conference titles and a 163-41 (.799) record Coaching Staff during his time on campus in Spokane, Wash. Head Coach Ray Giacoletti GIACOLETTI In 2012-13, Gonzaga marched to a 32-3 record and spent Alma Mater Minot State, 1985 the final three weeks of the season ranked No. 1 in both the Third Season Record at Drake 26-41 (2nd season) Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls to earn a Career Record 197-164 (12th season) No. 1 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament. Giacoletti came to Gonzaga with 10 total years of head Assistants Jeff Rutter coaching experience and a three-year tenure as the head coach at the University of Utah where he Todd Townsend led the Utes to a 29-6 record in his first season to tie for the third-most wins in program history and Dave Buchanan advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. That squad won 18-straight games to win the Director of Operations JR Blount Mountain West Conference regular-season title and recorded the best league record to date (13-1) in Video Coordinator Chris McMahon the six-year history of the league. As a result, Giacoletti was named the NABC District 13, USBWA District 8, and Mountain West Team Information Conference Coach of the Year. Sophomore center Andrew Bogut became Utah’s first consensus 2014-15 Record 9-22 National Player of the Year, winning the John R. Wooden Award, Naismith, National Association of Basketball Coaches and Associated Press Player of the Year honors. In three seasons on the Utah 2014-15 MVC Record 6-12 bench, he amassed a 54-40 record. 2014-15 H/A/N Record 8-6/1-11/0-5 Prior to taking the reins at Utah, he served as the head coach at Eastern Washington University Starters Returning/Lost 4/3 where he went 69-50 in four seasons, the best mark of any coach in the school’s NCAA Division I Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/4 history. He guided the Eagles to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004, as well as the Newcomers 7 Big Sky Conference regular-season and tournament titles. In each of Giacoletti’s first three years, the Eagles placed second in the Big Sky during the regular season and advanced to the tournament Program History championship game. In 2002-03, Giacoletti led EWU to the NIT for the program’s first postseason bid All-Time Record 1,190-1,414 (.459) since 1947 when it was a NAIA program. MVC Record 553-820 (.403) MVC Tournament Record 17-36 (.327) MVC Titles 7 (4 Outright/3 Shared) CAREER HEAD COACHING HISTORY AND RESULTS (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008) Drake University, Head Coach, 2013-Present MVC Tournament Titles 1 Year Record Pct. MVC Record Pct. Postseason/Honors (2008) 2013-14 15-16 .484 6-12 .333 NCAA Appearances 4 2014-15 9-22 .290 6-12 .333 2015-16 2-3 .400 (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) Total 26-41 .384 12-24 .333 NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) NIT Appearances 3 University of Utah, Head Coach, 2004-06 (1964, 1981, 1986) Year Record Pct. MW Record Pct. Postseason/Honors NIT Record 1-3 (.250) 2004-05 29-6 .829 13-1 .929 NCAA Sweet 16 2005-06 14-15 .483 6-10 .375 Media Relations 2006-07 11-19 .367 6-10 .375 Basketball Contact Ty Patton Total 54-40 .574 25-21 .543 Office 515-271-3014 Eastern Washington University, Head Coach, 2000-03 Mobile 205-310-1271 Year Record Pct.