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2016-17 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MISSOURI STATE AT NO. 22/22 DRAKE I THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017 I KNAPP CENTER (DES MOINES, IOWA) I 7 PM CST I THE VALLEY ON ESPN3 2016-17 COMPARISON The No. 22/22 Drake University women’s 2016-17 SCHEDULE basketball team hosts Missouri State November Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the first of two 1 Winona State! W, 74-63 remaining games this regular season. The 5 MidAmerica Nazarene! W, 106-62 game will be broadcast on The Valley on 11 at North Dakota W, 99-91 No. 22/22 Drake Team Missouri State ESPN3 and on the radio on Praise 940. 17 at Creighton L, 80-77 23-4 2016-17 Record 16-11 20 at Iowa State L, 75-67 16-0 Conference Record 12-4 Drake clinched its first outright Missouri 27 Wyoming W, 63-50 Bulldogs Nickname Bears Valley Conference regular season 30 Northern Illinois W, 95-86 Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley championship since the 1999-2000 season Des Moines, Iowa Location Springfield, Mo. December with a 70-57 victory over UNI last Friday at 3 at Green Bay L, 71-48 Jennie Baranczyk Head Coach Kellie Harper the Knapp Center. The MVC regular season 94-60/5 seasons Record at School 72-53/4 seasons 6 at Nebraska W, 84-70 Same Career Record 239-182/13 seasons title is the first since 2007-08 (shared with 8 Clarke W, 118-43 82.6 Points/Game 64.0 Evansville and Illinois State) and the sixth 18 Iowa W, 81-76 63.0 Opp. Points/Game 61.5 overall for the program. 21 vs. Auburn@ L, 85-80 22 vs. Eastern Washington@ W, 93-78 +19.6 Scoring Margin +2.5 30 at Wichita State* W, 83-78 .492 FG% .382 Drake is the No. 1 seed for next week’s .380 Opp. FG% .389 Hoops in the Heartland Tournament, March 9-12, where the Bulldogs will try to win their January .354 3FG% .313 1 at Missouri State* W, 90-64 .304 Opp. 3FG% .294 first MVC Tournament title since 2007. If 6 Evansville* W, 82-65 .765 FT% .729 Drake wins the tournament in Moline, Ill., 8 Southern Illinois* W, 75-59 40.2 Rebounds/Game 40.1 it will be the first time since 1999-2000, 13 at Bradley* W, 93-60 33.6 Opp. Rebounds/Game 34.7 the program has claimed both the regular 15 at Illinois State* W, 87-36 +6.6 Rebounding Margin +5.4 season and MVC tournament titles in the 20 Loyola* W, 89-46 21.9 Assists/Game 11.5 same year. 22 Indiana State* W, 76-62 15.7 Turnovers/Game 15.7 27 at UNI* W, 88-792OT +2.0 Turnover Margin -0.3 With the win over UNI, Drake set the 11.4 Steals/Game 7.1 program record for the longest winning February 3.6 Blocks/Game 3.6 3 at Southern Illinois* W, 71-60 streak at 17-straight games, breaking a tie 5 at Evansville* W, 73-48 THE SERIES with the 1996-97 Drake team. The winning 10 Illinois State* W, 101-49 Overall Missouri State, 41-40 streak ranks fourth all-time in MVC history. 12 Bradley* W, 98-46 Last 10 Meetings Drake, 6-4 Wichita State has the top streak at 20 games 17 at Indiana State* W, 64-45 In Des Moines, Iowa Drake, 23-12 set back during the 2013-14 season. The 19 at Loyola* W, 86-42 In Springfield, Mo. Missouri State, 27-16 2016-17 Drake team, which is 16-0 in MVC 24 UNI* W, 70-57 Neutral Site Missouri State, 2-1 action, can be the first Valley team to ever Last Drake Win Jan. 1, 2017 - Drake, 90-64 go undefeated in MVC regular season play March Last Missouri State Win March 12, 2016 - 65-61 if it beats Missouri State and Wichita State. 2 Missouri State* 7 p.m. First Meeting March 3, 1983 - Drake, 98-70 4 Wichita State* 2 p.m. Three teams (Wichita State in 2014-15, UNI 10 TBD# 12 p.m. Last Meeting Jan. 1, 2017 - Drake, 90-64 in 2010-11 and Drake in 1997-98) have gone Most Drake Points 116, 1984 17-1 in league play since the MVC started in All Times Central Most Missouri State Points 105, 1999 @ Tulane Classic (New Orleans, La.) 1992-93, but no team has ever gone 18-0. * Missouri Valley Conference Game Fewest Drake Points 46, 2012 SIU went undefeated in conference play # MVC Tournament (Moline, Ill.) Fewest Missouri State Points 40, 2003 in back-to-back seasons in the 1980s but Streak Drake - 1 it was when teams played in the Gateway RADIO/WEBGAMEDAY INFORMATION INFORMATION Conference. Radio: Praise 940 Radio Talent: Hunter Phillips, Randy Mauro Missouri State will be either the second or Radio Link: http://player.liquidcompass.net/KRNTAM third seed at the MVC Tournament. The TV: The Valley On ESPN3 Bears need to win Thursday and then beat TV Talent: Larry Morgan, Molly Nelson UNI Saturday night for a chance to beat the TV Link: http://www.espn.com/watchespn/index/_/ Panthers in a tie-break should the two finish id/3007174/missouri-state-vs-21-drake with identical records. MSU has won 12 of its Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/ last 14 games. Junior Liza Fruendt leads the statmonitr/?id=146312 Bears in scoring at 15.5 points per game. In-Game Updates: @DrakeWBB (Twitter) Postgame Recap: www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com The Bulldogs will close out their regular season on Saturday against Wichita State at DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 2 p.m. After the game against the Shockers, Women’s Basketball Contact John Meyer Drake will honor its three seniors Caitlin Office 515-271-3740 Ingle, Cortni Rush and Lizzy Wendell. Mobile 515-770-4190 Drake Press Row Phone 515-271-4878 Email [email protected] Website GoDrakeBulldogs.com Facebook Drake University Women’s Basketball Instagram DrakeWBB Twitter DrakeWBB 2016-17 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES AROUND THE VALLEY Longest Active Winning Streaks (NCAA) Thursday, March 2 104 – UConn Southern Illinois at Indiana State ............6 p.m. 18 – Belmont Missouri State at Drake ....................... 7 p.m. 17 – Drake Evansville at Loyola ................................7 p.m. Wichita State at UNI ...............................8 p.m. Longest Active Home Winning Streaks (NCAA) 64 - UConn Saturday, March 4 27- UCLA Evansville at Indiana State .....................1 p.m. 24 - Bucknell Southern Illinois at Loyola ......................1 p.m. 23 - Montana State Illinois State at Bradley ...........................2 p.m. 16 - Drake, Duke, Radford Wichita State at Drake ......................... 2 p.m. Missouri State at UNI..............................8 p.m. Program Milestones • Along with their winning streak and MVC title, the Bulldogs have accomplished an Thursday-Sunday, March 9-12 impressive set of milestones this season: Missouri Valley Conference Tournament • Earned the program’s 800th win on Feb. 5 at Evansville. Drake’s 805 wins ranks Moline, Ill. in the top-40 nationally among Division I programs and is the most in the state of Iowa. • Setting the best-ever start to league play in MVC history at 13-0 when they beat Bradley on Feb. 12. • Locking up their third-consecutive 20-win season, the last time three-straight 20- 2016-17 MVC STANDINGS (AS OF MARCH 1) win seasons occured was 1999-2002. TEAM MVC Overall • Drake is ranked No. 22 in the latest Women’s Basketball AP Top 25 poll released Drake 16-0 23-4 Monday (Feb. 27). It is the first time since 1982-83 the Bulldogs have been ranked UNI 13-3 20-7 for three consecutive weeks in the poll. Drake’s ranking is also the highest for any Missouri State 12-4 16-11 MVC team since Missouri State appeared at No. 15 on March 13, 2001. Drake Wichita State 9-7 14-13 remained No. 22 in the latest USA Today Women’s Basketball Coaches Top 25 Southern Illinois 8-8 14-13 poll. The Bulldogs received 130 points in this week’s poll.. Indiana State 6-10 12-15 Bradley 6-11 10-18 Hanging A 100 Evansville 6-10 11-16 Drake scored 101 points against Illinois State on Feb. 10. It was the first time the Illinois State 4-13 7-21 Bulldogs scored 100 or more points on a MVC opponent since scoring 106 in a Loyola 1-15 2-25 win over former MVC member, Creighton, on Jan. 25, 1997. Drake nearly hit 100 points againast Bradley on Feb. 12 just missing the century mark with 98 points. 2016-17 MVC PRESEASON MVC POLL Had the Bulldogs hit 100 versus the Braves it would have been the first time since the 1980-81 season, a Drake team scored 100-plus points in consecutive games. School (1st-Place Votes) Points 1. Drake (34) 392 2. UNI (4) 317 National Leaders 3. Missouri State (2) 313 Caitlin Ingle ranks second in the nation in assists per game at 7.6 while Lizzy 4. Southern Illinois 306 Wendell’s scoring average of 20.9 points per game ranks 12th. Both marks lead 5. Wichita State 248 the MVC. 6. Indiana State 199 As a team, Drake is third in the nation in assists at 21.9 per game. The Bulldogs’ 7. Bradley 141 field goal percentage of 49.2 and scoring average of 82.6 ranks fifth and seventh 8. Illinois State 123 in the nation, respectively while their assist/turnover ratio of 1.40 is eighth, scoring 9.