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DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 15 • VS. INDIANA STATE • The Drake University men’s basketball team closes SCHEDULE Jan. 6, 2016 • 7 p.m. CST its two-game homestand on Wednesday when it hosts Indiana State in the first of two meetings this Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center November season. 7 McKENDREE (Exh.) W, 95-78 • Home court has been critical in the recent history 13 SIMPSON W, 97-52 between the two teams as Drake has won three of COMPARISON OT the last four meetings in the Knapp Center while the 16 at Tulane L , 79-74 Sycamores have won three of the last four meetings 21 UMKC L, 79-73 Drake Team Indiana State OT Des Moines, Iowa Location Terre Haute, Ind. on their home court. 23 vs. W. Kentucky! W , 81-79 Bulldogs Nickname Sycamores • The Bulldogs enter Wednesday’s contest with a 5-9 24 vs. Weber State! L, 74-58 Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley record and an 0-2 mark in MVC action after opening 25 vs. Pepperdine! W, 69-53 5-9 Record 7-7 the conference season with losses to Wichita State 28 UIC W, 83-62 0-2 Conference Record 1-1 and Illinois State. Ranking • The Sycamores are 1-1 in the MVC after defeating L2 Streak W1 Loyola on Saturday and 7-7 overall. December Ray Giacoletti Head Coach Greg Lansing • Drake’s 67-62 to Illinois State was its sixth loss of 5 at Bowling Green L, 75-63 29-47/3rd Record at School 101-78/6th the season by eight or fewer points. Drake’s average 9 DePAUL L, 74-71 200-170/13th Career Record 101-78/6th margin of defeat in those games is a scant 5.5 points 12 at Nevada L, 79-71 71.4 Points/Game 68.1 per game. 70.0 Opp. Points/Game 66.8 19 vs. Iowa$ L, 70-64 • Despite two subpar outings — relatively speaking – +1.4 Scoring Margin +1.3 22 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W, 87-70 from the three–point arc, Drake remains ninth in the .473 FG% .406 31 at Wichita State * L, 67-47 .443 Opp. FG% .412 nation in three-point accuracy at 42.4 percent … the .424 3FG% .312 Bulldogs also lead the league in three-point shooting. • The Bulldogs have shot 40 percent or better in 10 January .356 Opp. 3FG% .337 3 ILLINOIS STATE * L, 67-62 .703 FT% .674 of their 14 games this season and over the last three 34.1 Rebounds/Game 36.7 seasons, the team is 7-25 when failing to shoot 40 6 INDIANA STATE * 7 p.m. 33.4 Opp. Rebounds/Game 37.2 percent or better from the arc. 9 at UNI * 7 p.m. +0.7 Rebounding Margin -0.5 • In the last three meetings with Indiana State, Drake 12 at Evansville * 7 p.m. 13.0 Assists/Game 11.3 has shot 57.1 percent (28-of-49) from the arc. 17 SIU * 3 p.m. 13.1 Turnovers/Game 13.0 • Drake sophomore Reed Timmer is averaging 17.7 20 MISSOURI STATE * 7 p.m. -2.8 Turnover Margin +1.1 points per game this season, the 11th-most in the na- 3.8 Steals/Game 6.9 tion by a sophomore and most in the MVC. 23 at Loyola * 1 p.m. 1.9 Blocks/Game 2.6 • A Bulldog has scored 20 or more points 10 times 26 at Illinois State * 7 p.m. this season which already exceeds last year’s total. 30 BRADLEY * 2 p.m. ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES LEADERS February Television Mediacom MC22 / The Valley on ESPN3 2 at Indiana State * 6 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Morgan SCORING Analyst Adam Emmenecker GRAHAM WOODWARD 6 UNI * 1 p.m. G • 6-0 • 182 • RSo. • Edina, Minn. 9 WICHITA STATE * 7 p.m. Radio ESPN 1350-AM 13 at SIU * 3 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Cotlar 16.7 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 ESPN3/WatchESPN ACU 9-13 4-6 1-2 23 27 LOYOLA * 1 p.m. COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS at WSU 5-12 0-1 2-3 12 Ill. State 3-11 3-6 6-6 15 March 3-6 Arch Madness Drake Ty Patton Total 17-36 7-13 9-11 50/16.7 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 KALE ABRAHAMSON Moines, Iowa) Twitter @DUBulldogs/@TyPatton_Drake F • 6-8 • 218 • RJr. • W. Des Moines, Iowa * MVC Contest All times central Indiana State Ace Hunt 6.0 RPG Office 812-237-4161 GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS Mobile 812-243-5568 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total • Half-Price Wednesday - Mention E-mail [email protected] ACU 0 8 8 “Half-Price Wednesday” and pur- Website www.gosycamores.com chase General Admission tickets at at WSU 0 2 2 half price. Valid day of game only. Ill. State 2 6 8 Total 2 16 18/6.0 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 29-47 (3rd season) Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls to earn a Career Record 200-170 (13th 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 1,193-1,420 (.459) since 1947 when it was a NAIA program. MVC Record 553-823 (.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 5-9 .357 0-2 .000 (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) Total 29-47 .387 12-27 .324 NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) NIT Appearances 3 University of Utah, Head Coach, 2004-06 (1964, 1981, 1986) Year Record Pct.