DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL GAMES 24-25 | VS. EVANSVILLE | FEB. 21-22, 2021 • The Drake University men’s basketball team plays SCHEDULE Feb. 21/22, 2021 • 3 p.m./6 p.m. its 11th game in 26 days when it closes its home Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center schedule with a series against Evansville. November • The Bulldogs return home, where they are 39-5 over 25 at Kansas State! W, 80-70 the last three seasons and 12-1 this season. 27 vs. South Dakota! W, 69-53 COMPARISON • The Bulldogs’ 21 wins are tied for the fifth most in program history and mark just the second time in Drake Team Evansville school history that the Bulldogs have won 20 or more December Des Moines, Iowa Location Evansville, Ind. games in three-straight seasons. 3 OMAHA W, 87-66 Bulldogs Nickname Purple Aces • The Bulldogs’ 21 wins are tied with Gonzaga for the Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley second-most in the nation. The team’s 20-win season 6 ST. AMBROSE W, 97-53 21-2 Record 8-12 is the eighth in program history. 9 MCKENDREE W, 90-66 12-2 Conference Record 6-8 • The Bulldogs 21-2 start is the second-best in pro- 13 AIR FORCE W, 81-53 RV/RV Ranking --/-- gram history behind the 2007-08 team’s 24-2 start to W2 Streak L1 the season before dropping a third game. 18 at South Dakota W, 75-57 Darian DeVries Head Coach Todd Lickliter • Of those 21 wins five have come against Quad 1 20 CHICAGO ST. W, 111-67 65-26/3rd Record at School 8-25/2nd and 2 opponents in the NCAA NET Rankings with 22 NORTH DAKOTA W, 88-55 Drake having won 83.3 percent of its games against 65-26/3rd Career Record 226-180/14th 27 at Indiana State W, 81-63 78.7 Points/Game 64.5 Quad 1 and 2 foes. 63.4 Opp. Points/Game 68.8 • Drake’s last two wins moved Darian DeVries into 28 at Indiana State W, 73-66 seventh all-time in career wins at Drake with 65 wins 15.3 Scoring Margin -4.3 in just 91 total games with the Bulldogs. Friday, he 0.493 FG% 0.433 was named to the Naismith Coach of the Year Award January 0.407 Opp. FG% 0.505 watchlist. 3 SIU* W, 73-55 0.364 3FG% 0.377 • The Bulldogs’ 12-2 start to the conference season 4 SIU* W, 86-55 0.305 Opp. 3FG% 0.399 is the second-best in program history. The 2007-08 0.709 FT% 0.727 team won 14 league games before suffering its third 10 LOYOLA* PPD 37.6 Rebounds/Game 27.4 loss. 11 LOYOLA* PPD 31.3 Opp. Rebounds/Game 32.3 • The 12 conference wins are the third-most in pro- 17 at Missouri State* PPD 6.3 Rebounding Margin -4.9 gram history. 14.4 Assists/Game 12.2 • Drake has won by double-figures in 14 of its 23 18 at Missouri State* PPD 10.9 Turnovers/Game 11.6 games and has outscored opponents by an average 21 at UNI* PPD 3.0 Turnover Margin 0.3 of 15.3 points per game, the 12th-highest average in 26 at Missouri State* W, 68-61 7.8 Steals/Game 4.7 the nation. 27 at Missouri State* W, 78-73 3.0 Blocks/Game 2.5 OT ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS 31 ILLINOIS ST.* W , 78-76 Television MVC TV / ESPN+ SCORING February Play-by-play Mitch Holthus / Larry Morgan 1 ILLINOIS ST.* W, 95-60 Analyst Adam Emmenecker TREMELL MURPHY F • 6-6 • 210 • RSr. 6 at Valparaiso* W, 80-77 Radio ESPN 1350-AM / 102.1-FM 13.3 PPG 7 at Valparaiso* L, 74-57 Play-by-play Michael Admire 10 UNI* W, 80-59 Analyst Paul Doerrfeld Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts Loyola 3-6 1-2 2-2 9 13 LOYOLA* L, 81-54 Streaming Video FSGO.com / ESPN.com/watch Loyola 6-9 1-3 4-6 17 14 LOYOLA* WOT, 51-50 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS at UNI 5-9 2-5 2-2 14 17 at UNI* 7 p.m. Total 14-24 4-10 8-10 40/13.3 21 EVANSVILLE* 3 p.m. Drake Ty Patton Office 515-271-3014 REBOUNDING 22 EVANSVILLE* 6 p.m. Mobile 205-310-1271 26 at Bradley* 6 p.m. E-mail [email protected] DARNELL BRODIE 27 at Bradley* 7 p.m. Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com F • 6-10 • 275 • Jr. Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake 7.3 RPG March Evansville Bob Pristash Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total 4-7 MVC Tournament Office 812-488-2285 Loyola 0 4 4 Cell 812-266-5288 Email [email protected] Loyola 1 7 8 ! - Little Apple Classic at UNI 2 8 10 * MVC Contest Total 3 19 22/7.3 All times central 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 DEVRIES ENTERS THIRD SEASON Director of Athletics Brian Hardin AFTER HISTORIC FIRST TWO Faculty Athletics Rep. Megan Brown Darian DeVries, the 2018-19 Missouri Valley DeVries was one of the longest-tenured men’s Coaching Staff Conference Coach of the Year, enters his third basketball assistant coaches at one school in Head Coach Darian DeVries season as the head coach of the Drake men’s the nation and assisted the Bluejays in their fifth Alma Mater UNI, 1998 basketball program. NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven In his first two seasons, the Bulldogs have years before earning the Drake position. During Record at Drake 65-26 (3rd season) won 44 games to mark the fourth-most success- his time on the Creighton staff under both Dana Career Record 65-26 (3rd season) ful two-year period in program history. Altman and Greg McDermott, the program ac- Assistants Larry Blunt During his second season he guided the cumulated a record of 460-211 and 231-129 in Marty Richter Bulldogs to the program’s second-straight 20- conference games. win season which marked the first time since Under his guidance, Creighton had 15 first- Matt Gatens 1971 the program had won 20 or more games team all-conference selections, six conference Director of Operations Brady Ellingson in consecutive seasons and just the third time it Players of the Year, three Newcomers of the Graduate Manager Anthony Murphy had occurred in program history. Nearly a third of Year, three Freshmen of the Year and three the Bulldogs’ 20-win seasons have come under Defensive Players of the Year. CU has also had DeVries’ leadership. six All-American honorees in that time, including Team Information The 2019-20 season ended in the MVC Tour- Doug McDermott, the first player in 30 years to 2019-20 Record 20-14 nament semifinals for the second-straight sea- be named a First Team All-American by the AP in 2019-20 MVC Record/Finish 8-10/8th son as the Bulldogs clipped No. 1 seed UNI in three straight seasons. 2019-20 H/A/N Record 14-2 / 2-10 / 4-2 the quarterfinals to become the first No. 8 seed Before joining the staff at then Missouri Val- to upend a No. 1 seed in tournament history. ley Conference member Creighton in 1998, he Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 That team set a school record for blocks in already had an extensive background in the Val- Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/4 a season with 132, surpassing the mark of 130 ley as a starter at UNI under coach Eldon Miller. Newcomers 5 set in his first season. Additionally, the 2019-20 DeVries ranks 31st all-time in career scoring at team’s 237 three-pointers were the eighth most UNI with 1,084 points and was twice an MVC in season. The team recorded 279 three-pointers Scholar-Athlete Team selection. The two-time Program History in his first season at the helm, the fourth-most in UNI captain led the Panthers in three-point All-Time Record 1,285-1,502 (.459) Drake history. shooting three years and converted on 44 per- MVC Record 602-875 (.403) The longtime assistant from Creighton took cent of his attempts as a senior with 3.1 assists MVC Tournament Record 20-41 (.333) the reins of the Bulldog program in March, 2018, per game. and inherited a roster with just one returning DeVries graduated from UNI in 1998 with MVC Titles 8 (4 Outright/4 Shared) starter and three returning contributors. He a B.A. in elementary education and a minor (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008, 19) quickly assembled a talented roster and let that in physical education. He earned his master’s MVC Tournament Titles 1 squad to its first regular-season Missouri Valley degree in college counseling from Creighton in (2008) Conference title since 2008 and the program’s 2000. 12th all-time postseason appearance. DeVries was a standout athlete in high school NCAA Appearances 4 Under his guidance, the Bulldogs led the Val- at Aplington-Parkersburg (Iowa), and in the (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) ley in scoring at 75.4 points per game to rack up spring of 2015 was inducted into the IHSAA Hall NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) 24 wins and record the program’s sixth 20-win of Fame for his playing prowess.