DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 26 | AT MISSOURI STATE | FEB. 12, 2020 • The Drake University men’s basketball team plays SCHEDULE Feb. 12, 2020 • 7 p.m. its second straight road game Wednesday evening November Springfield, Mo. • JQH Arena when it visits Missouri State. 2 UPPER IA. (EX) W, 95-88 7 KENNESAW ST. W, 86-55 • Under head coach Darian DeVries, the Bulldogs COMPARISON have only suffered back-to-back losses once. 11 at Cincinnati L, 81-59 • In Drake’s last two losses, its opponents have shot 13 KANSAS CITY W, 76-58 Drake Team Missouri State 24-of-39 (.615) from three-point range. Des Moines, Iowa Location Springfield, Mo. 17 SIMPSON W, 98-53 • Drake, the defending regular-season MVC Cham- 21 LEHIGH W, 74-58 Bulldogs Nickname Bears pions, is a game ahead of Missouri State as teams Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley 25 vs. Miami Univ.! L, 67-59 begin jockeying for Arch Madness seeding in the final 26 vs. Northeastern! W, 59-56 16-9 Record 11-14 three weeks of the season. 6-6 Conference Record 5-7 • Drake is 2-6 in road games this season with a 27 vs. Murray State! W, 63-53 Ranking 23-point MVC road win at Evansville to its credit. L1 Streak L1 • Drake currently leads the Valley in 2-point shoot- December Darian DeVries Head Coach Dana Ford ing percentage in league games this season at 55.3 3 MILWAUKEE W, 56-53 40-19/2nd Record at School 27-30/2nd percent. 7 SEMO W, 78-73 40-19/2nd Career Record 84-95/6th • Sophomore Liam Robbins has scored in double 14 at No. 14/12 Dayton L, 78-47 70.4 Points/Game 67.6 figures in 15 of the last 17 games including a career- 17 MOUNT MARTY W, 92-74 66.5 Opp. Points/Game 67.4 high 29 points against Bradley last week. 21 at Air Force W, 85-80 3.9 Scoring Margin 0.2 • Robbins recently became the school record holder 31 at Bradley* L, 80-72 0.464 FG% 0.432 for blocks in a season and now has 70 blocks. He 0.415 Opp. FG% 0.427 ranks 12th nationally in blocks per game with 2.8 per 0.344 3FG% 0.337 game. January 0.360 Opp. 3FG% 0.338 • Roman Penn ranks 23rd nationally in assists with 4 INDIANA STATE* W, 80-76 0.708 FT% 0.744 6.0 per game this season. He has had six or more 7 LOYOLA* W, 65-62 33.9 Rebounds/Game 36.4 assists in 16 games has a 36-to-6 assist-to-turnover 11 at Valparaiso* L, 66-61 ratio in the last seven games. 31.8 Opp. Rebounds/Game 31.4 16 ILLINOIS STATE* W, 84-74 • Drake has had eight or fewer turnovers in five of 2.1 Rebounding Margin 4.9 19 at SIU* L, 66-49 its last eight games. In league games, Drake’s 16.7 15.8 Assists/Game 11.8 assists per game are nearly three more than the next 22 at Evansville* W, 73-50 12.6 Turnovers/Game 13.7 closest team and the Bulldogs boast the league’s top 26 MO. STATE* W, 71-69 -0.2 Turnover Margin -1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.44 in league games. 29 at Indiana State* L, 58-56 5.7 Steals/Game 6.0 LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS 3.6 Blocks/Game 2.6 February ON THE AIR SCORING 1 SIU* L, 79-72 5 BRADLEY* W, 73-60 Television ESPN+ LIAM ROBBINS 8 at UNI* L, 83-73 Play-by-play Analyst F • 7-0 • 235 • So. 12 at Missouri State* 7 p.m. 18.0 RPG 16 EVANSVILLE* 3 P.M. 19 VALPARAISO* 7 P.M. Radio ESPN 1350-AM Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts Play-by-play Michael Admire 22 at Illinois State* 3:30 p.m. Analyst Paul Doerrfeld SIU 4-11 0-0 0-0 8 25 at Loyola* 7 p.m. Bradley 9-12 1-1 10-11 29 29 UNI* TBA Streaming Video ESPN+ at UNI 8-16 0-2 1-2 17 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Total 21-39 1-3 11-13 54/18.0 March 5-8 MVC Championship Drake Ty Patton REBOUNDING Office 515-271-3014 Mobile 205-310-1271 LIAM ROBBINS ! - Gulf Coast Showcase * MVC Contest E-mail [email protected] F • 7-0 • 235 • So. Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com All times central Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake 7.0 RPG Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total Missouri State Rick Kindhart SIU 1 4 5 Office Phone 417-836-4585 Bradley 5 2 7 Mobile 417-849-5865 E-mail [email protected] at UNI 3 3 6 Website www.missouristatebears.com Total 9 9 18/6.0 Twitter @MissouriStBears 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 Director of Athletics Brian Hardin Faculty Athletics Rep. Megan Brown Coaching Staff Head Coach Darian DeVries MVC COACH OF THE YEAR Alma Mater UNI, 1998 Record at Drake 40-19 (2nd season) RETURNS FOR SECOND SEASON Career Record 40-19 (2nd season) Assistants Matt Woodley Darian DeVries, the 2018-19 Missouri Valley three straight seasons. Larry Blunt Conference Coach of the Year, is in his second At Creighton, DeVries worked closely with the season as the head coach of the Drake men’s Bluejay backcourt and did much of the scouting Marty Richter basketball program. of the opposition. DeVries also played a signifi- Director of Operations Matt Gatens The longtime assistant from Creighton took cant role in the recruitment of future standouts, Graduate Managers Nick Norton the reins of the Bulldog program in March, 2018, including five-star center Justin Patton in 2015, Brady Ellingson and inherited a roster with just one returning who redshirted before turning into the No. 16 starter and three returning contributors. He overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Chi- quickly assembled a talented roster and let that cago Bulls. Team Information squad to its first regular-season Missouri Valley In 2011-12, the Bluejays tied a school record 2018-19 Record 24-10 Conference title since 2008 and the program’s with 29 wins and followed that with 28 and 27 2018-19 MVC Record/Finish 12-6/T-1st 12th all-time postseason appearance. wins in the successive seasons as part of a span 2018-19 H/A/N Record 13-2/7-6/4-2 Under his guidance, the Bulldogs led the Val- of 18 20-win seasons in his 20 years in Omaha. ley in scoring at 75.4 points per game to rack up Before joining the staff at then Missouri Val- Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 24 wins and record the program’s sixth 20-win ley Conference member Creighton in 1998, he Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/3 season and third-most wins in school history. already had an extensive background in the Val- Newcomers 8 DeVries’ first recruiting class at Drake included ley as a starter at UNI under coach Eldon Miller. a junior college All-American, graduate transfers DeVries ranks 31st all-time in career scoring at with all-conference pedigrees, a 7-footer and in- UNI with 1,084 points and was twice an MVC Program History ternational talent. That roster eventually earned Scholar-Athlete Team selection. The two-time All-Time Record 1,179-1,496 (.459) eight All-MVC honors, including MVC Defensive UNI captain led the Panthers in three-point MVC Record 586-871 (.403) Player of the Year Nick McGlynn. shooting three years and converted on 44 per- MVC Tournament Record 18-40 (.327) His first team began the season by winning cent of his attempts as a senior with 3.1 assists the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic to con- per game. MVC Titles 8 (4 Outright/4 Shared) clude the non-conference schedule with a 12-4 DeVries graduated from UNI in 1998 with (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008, 19) record before amassing a 12-6 mark in confer- a B.A. in elementary education and a minor MVC Tournament Titles 1 ence action. in physical education. He earned his master’s (2008) Before taking over the Bulldogs’ program, degree in college counseling from Creighton in DeVries was an assistant coach at Creighton 2000. NCAA Appearances 4 University for 17 years and spent 20 total sea- DeVries was a standout athlete in high school (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) sons on staff with the Bluejays. During that span, at Aplington-Parkersburg (Iowa), and in the NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) he helped guide the Bluejays to 19 postseason spring of 2015 was inducted into the IHSAA Hall NIT Appearances 3 appearances and 12 NCAA Tournament berths. of Fame for his playing prowess. The oldest of (1964, 1981, 1986) DeVries, 44, was one of the longest-tenured five siblings, DeVries’ family boasts a tremen- men’s basketball assistant coaches at one dous academic pedigree with all five competing NIT Record 1-3 (.250) school in the nation and assisted the Bluejays collegiately. His brother, Jared, was an All- in their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in American on the football team at the University Media Relations the last seven years before earning the Drake of Iowa and was a 12-year member of the Detroit Basketball Contact Ty Patton position.