2016-17 Drake Women's Basketball
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2016-17 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT I NO. 20/18 DRAKE AT NO. 24/RV KANSAS STATE I BRAMLAGE COLISEUM (MANHATTAN, KAN.) I MARCH 18 I 3 P.M. I ESPN2/ESPN3 2016-17 COMPARISON 2016-17 Highlights 2016-17 SCHEDULE • 11th NCAA Tournament appearance and first November trip since 2007. 1 Winona State! W, 74-63 • Claimed its first Missouri Valley Conference 5 MidAmerica Nazarene! W, 106-62 regular season title since 2008 and the first 11 at North Dakota W, 99-91 Drake Team Kansas State outright title since 2000. The Bulldogs clinched 17 at Creighton L, 80-77 28-4 2016-17 Record 22-10 the championship with their win over UNI on Feb. 20 at Iowa State L, 75-67 18-0 Conference Record 11-7 24. 27 Wyoming W, 63-50 Bulldogs Nickname Wildcats • Drake swept the conference regular season 30 Northern Illinois W, 95-86 Missouri Valley Conference Big 12 and tournament titles this year. Previously the Des Moines, Iowa Location Manhattan, Kan. accomplishment last occurred in 2000 and has December Jennie Baranczyk Head Coach Jeff Mittie 3 at Green Bay L, 71-48 happened four times (1997, 1998) in program 6 at Nebraska W, 84-70 99-60/5 seasons Record at School 60-37/3 seasons history. Same Career Record 438-255/22 seasons 8 Clarke W, 118-43 83.1 Points/Game 68.1 • The Bulldogs’ 28 victories are tied for the 18 Iowa W, 81-76 64.3 Opp. Points/Game 62.5 single-season mark in program history with the 21 vs. Auburn@ L, 85-80 22 vs. Eastern Washington@ W, 93-78 +18.8 Scoring Margin +5.6 1981-82 and 1978-79 teams. 30 at Wichita State* W, 83-78 .489 FG% .420 • Since the start of the Missouri Valley Conference in the 1992-93 season, Drake is the .382 Opp. FG% .383 January .365 3FG% .333 first team to go through MVC play unscathed at 18-0. 1 at Missouri State* W, 90-64 .307 Opp. 3FG% .316 6 Evansville* W, 82-65 .742 FT% .680 • Riding a 22-game winning streak. The winning 8 Southern Illinois* W, 75-59 39.9 Rebounds/Game 37.5 streak is a program record and the Valley’s all- 13 at Bradley* W, 93-60 35.0 Opp. Rebounds/Game 35.7 time longest winning streak. The winning streak 15 at Illinois State* W, 87-36 +4.9 Rebounding Margin +1.8 is only behind UConn (106) for second longest 20 Loyola* W, 89-46 21.8 Assists/Game 14.6 active streak going into tournament. 22 Indiana State* W, 76-62 15.5 Turnovers/Game 14.8 • Went a perfect 13-0 at home. It is just the 27 at UNI* W, 88-792OT +2.1 Turnover Margin +0.8 second time in program history a team went 11.4 Steals/Game 8.2 undefeated at home during the regular season, February 3.4 Blocks/Game 4.3 3 at Southern Illinois* W, 71-60 joining the 1978-79 team. 5 at Evansville* W, 73-48 THE SERIES • Had a program-record 6,456 fans attend the 10 Illinois State* W, 101-49 Overall Kansas State, 12-5 Feb. 24 win over UNI at the Knapp Center. On 12 Bradley* W, 98-46 Last 10 Meetings Kansas State, 7-3 the season, Drake had a league-high 38,849 fans 17 at Indiana State* W, 64-45 In Des Moines, Iowa Drake, 4-2 and 2,988 fans per game average to sit at the top 19 at Loyola* W, 86-42 In Manhattan, Kan. Kansas State, 7-0 of the MVC attendance standings. 24 UNI* W, 70-57 Neutral Site Kansas State, 3-1 • Team earned the program’s 800th win on Feb. Last Drake Win Nov. 22, 1998 - 88-67 5 at Evansville. Drake’s 810 wins ranks in the top- March Last Kansas State Win Dec. 9, 2000 - 69-63 40 nationally among Division I programs and is 2 Missouri State* W, 98-91 First Meeting March 10, 1978 - Kansas State, 66-52 4 Wichita State* W, 105-89 the most in the state of Iowa. 10 Illinois State# W, 64-40 Last Meeting Dec. 9, 2000 - Kansas State, 69-63 • Set the best-ever start to league play in MVC 11 Wichita State# W, 86-68 Most Drake Points 94, 1981 history at 13-0 when they beat Bradley on Feb. 12 UNI# W, 74-69 Most Kansas State Points 89, 1980 12. 18 Kansas State^ 3 p.m. Fewest Drake Points 52, 1978 • Locked up their third-consecutive 20-win Fewest Kansas State Points 59, 1999 All Times Central season, the last time three-straight 20-win @ Tulane Classic (New Orleans, La.) Streak Kansas State - 2 seasons occurred was 1999-2002. * Missouri Valley Conference Game RADIO/WEB INFORMATION # MVC Tournament (Moline, Ill.) GAMEDAY INFORMATION • Ranked No. 20 in the final Women’s Basketball ^ NCAA Tournament (Manhattan, Kan.) Radio: 1350 ESPN Des Moines AP Top 25 poll released (March 13). It is the first Radio Talent: Hunter Phillips, Randy Mauro time ever the Bulldogs have been ranked for five Radio Link: http://player.liquidcompass.net/KRNTAM consecutive weeks in the poll. Drake’s ranking is TV: ESPN2 & ESPN3 also the highest for any MVC team since Missouri TV Talent: Brenda VanLengen & Carol Ross State appeared at No. 15 on March 13, 2001. TV Link: http://www.espn.com/watchespn/index/_/ Drake ranked No. 18 in the final USA TODAY Top id/2972561/ncaa-womens-basketball-championship- 25 poll (March 13) and were in that poll for four- presented-by-capital-one consecutive seasons. Live Stats: http://www.statbroadcast.com/ncaa/site.php?sid=wksu • Closed the regular season with the fourth- In-Game Updates: @DrakeWBB (Twitter) longest home winning streak in the nation at 18 Postgame Recap: www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com games. DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • Seniors Caitliln Ingle and Lizzy Wendell are at or near the top of Drake’s all-time assists and Women’s Basketball Contact John Meyer scoring charts, respectively. Ingle is the school’s Office 515-271-3740 all-time assists leader with 779 and Wendell is Mobile 515-770-4190 third all-time in scoring with 2,534 career points. Drake Press Row Phone 515-271-4878 • Wendell is third all-time in career scoring Email [email protected] avgerage at 19.8, three-pointers with 228 and Website GoDrakeBulldogs.com steals with 254. She is eighth in career blocks Facebook Drake University Women’s Basketball with 61. Ingle is 10th in career steals with 182 Instagram DrakeWBB and 24th in scoring with 1,290 points. Twitter DrakeWBB 2016-17 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2017 NC AA Division I Women's B AS K E TB AL L C HAMPIONS HIP National National National First Round Second Round Regionals Regionals Second Round First Round Semifinals Championship Semifinals UConn (32-0) 1 1 Notre Dame (30-3) 18-Mar, 11 a.m. ESPN2 17-Mar, 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Albany (NY) (21-11) 16 16 Robert Morris (22-10) Syracuse (21-10) 8 20-Mar 19-Mar 8 Green Bay (27-5) Storrs 18-Mar, 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 17-Mar, 5 p.m. ESPN2 Iowa St. (18-12) 9 9 Purdue (22-12) Dame Notre Texas A&M (21-11) 5 25-Mar 24-Mar 5 Ohio St. (26-6) 18-Mar, 9 p.m. ESPN2 17-Mar, 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 Penn (22-7) 12 12 Western Ky. (27-6) UCLA (23-8) 4 20-Mar 19-Mar 4 Kentucky (21-10) 18-Mar, 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 17-Mar, Noon ESPN2 Lexington Los Angeles Boise St. (25-7) 13 Bridgeport Lexington 13 Belmont (27-5) 27-Mar 26-Mar West Virginia (23-10) 6 6 North Carolina St. (22-8) 17-Mar, 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 17-Mar, Noon ESPN2 Elon (27-6) 11 11 Auburn (17-14) Maryland (30-2) 3 19-Mar 19-Mar 3 Texas (23-8) 17-Mar, Noon ESPN2 17-Mar, 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 Austin College Park Bucknell (27-5) 14 14 Central Ark. (26-4) Temple (24-7) 7 25-Mar Dallas 24-Mar 7 Kansas St. (22-10) 18-Mar, 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 April 2 18-Mar, 4 p.m. ESPN2 Oregon (20-13) 10 10 Drake (28-4) Duke (27-5) 2 20-Mar 20-Mar 2 Stanford (28-5) Durham 18-Mar, 9 p.m. ESPN2 Dallas 18-Mar, 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 Dallas Manhattan Hampton (20-12) 15 Marc h 31 Marc h 31 15 New Mexico St. (24-6) Baylor (30-3) 1 8 p.m. E S P N 6 p.m. E S P N 1 South Carolina (27-4) 18-Mar, 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 NATIONAL CHAMPION 17-Mar, 5 p.m. ESPN2 Texas Southern (23-9) 16 16 UNC Asheville (19-14) LSU (20-11) 8 20-Mar 19-Mar 8 Arizona St. (19-12) Waco 18-Mar, 9 p.m. ESPN2 17-Mar, 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Columbia California (19-13) 9 9 Michigan St. (21-11) 24-Mar 25-Mar Tennessee (19-11) 5 5 Marquette (25-7) 18-Mar, 4 p.m. ESPN2 18-Mar, 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 Dayton (22-9) 12 12 Quinnipiac (27-6) Louisville (27-7) 4 20-Mar 20-Mar 4 Miami (FL) (23-8) Louisville 18-Mar, 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 18-Mar, 4 p.m.