2019-20 Drake Women's Basketball
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2019-20 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE AT SOUTH DAKOTA I WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13 I SANFORD COYOTE SPORTS CENTER (VERMILLION, S.D.) I 7 P.M. | ESPN+ 2019-20 STATS The Drake University women’s basketball team will 2019-20 SCHEDULE play its third-straight 2019 NCAA Tournament team October Wednesday night when it visits South Dakota. 29 Central Missouri! W, 92-59 Drake Team South Dakota Tipoff in Vermillion is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the November 2-0 19-20 Record 2-0 game will be streamed on ESPN+. 2 Simpson! W, 95-35 Conference Record 8 South Dakota State W, 74-67 RV (AP) Ranking (AP/USA Today) RV (AP) Drake (2-0) and South Dakota (2-0) resumed 10 Iowa State W, 86-81 Bulldogs Nickname Coyotes their rivalry last season as the Bulldogs claimed a 13 at South Dakota 7 p.m. Missouri Valley Conference Summit 16 Creighton 6 p.m. Des Moines, Iowa Location Vermillion, S.D. 76-64 win at the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs and 24 Western Illinois 2 p.m. Jennie Baranczyk Head Coach Dawn Plitzuweit Coyotes were picked No. 1 and 2, respectively, in 29 vs. Purdue 6:30 p.m. 154-76/8 seasons Record at School 82-22/4 seasons this season’s first espnW Mid-Major poll. 30 vs. TBA TBA Same Career Record 270-115/13 seasons December 80.0 Points/Game 73.0 Drake has a pair of home wins over South Dakota 1 vs. TBA TBA 74.0 Opp. Points/Game 68.0 State and Iowa State while South Dakota collected 5 Waldorf 11 a.m. +6.0 Scoring Margin +5.0 17 at Oklahoma 7 p.m. .492 FG% .466 two hard-fought road victories at Northeastern and Green Bay. Each team had players be named their 21 at Iowa 6 p.m. .467 Opp. FG% .432 29 at Northern Illinois 2 p.m. .362 3FG% .326 respective conference’s player of the week for their .318 Opp. 3FG% .326 great performances. Redshirt senior forward Sara January .697 FT% .745 Rhine collected her 11th career MVC Player of the 3 UNI* 6 p.m. 35.0 Rebounds/Game 37.0 10 at Missouri State* 7 p.m. Week award while senior guard Ciara Duffy earned 12 at SIU* 2 p.m. 30.5 Opp. Rebounds/Game 30.0 her fourth career Summit League Player of the +4.5 Rebounding Margin +7.0 17 Indiana State* 6 p.m. 20.5 Assists/Game 12.5 Week honor. averaged 24.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 19 Evansville* 2 p.m. 24 at Illinois State* 7 p.m. 14.5 Turnovers/Game 15.5 1.0 block and 1.0 steal while shooting a blistering 26 at Bradley 2 p.m. -0.5 Turnover Margin -4.0 71.3 percent from the field, 75.0 percent from 31 Valparaiso* 6 p.m. 7.5 Steals/Game 7.5 deep and 81.3 percent from the free throw line. 4.0 Blocks/Game 4.5 Duffy averaged 22.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.5 February assists in the first two games. Duffy is the Summit 2 Loyola* 2 p.m. THE SERIES 7 SIU* 6 p.m. Overall Drake, 6-4 League’s Preseason Player of the Year while 9 Missouri State* 2 p.m. Last 10 Meetings Drake, 6-4 Rhine’s teammate Becca Hittner is the preseason 13 at Evansville* 6 p.m. In Des Moines, Iowa Tied, 2-2 MVC Player of the Year. 15 at Indiana State* 1 p.m. In Vermillion, S.D. Drake, 3-2 20 Bradley* 6 p.m. Neutral Site Drake, 1-0 Following, Wednesday’s away game, Drake 22 Illinois State* 2 p.m. Last Drake Win Nov. 15, 2018 - 76-64 28 at Loyola* 7 p.m. Last South Dakota Win Dec. 3, 2015 - 92-87OT returns to the Knapp Center Saturday against First Meeting Nov. 23, 1979 - Drake, 94-57 former MVC rival Creighton (1-0). Tipoff with the March Last Meeting Nov. 15, 2018 - Drake, 76-64 longtime foes is scheduled for 6 p.m. 1 at Valparaiso* 1 p.m. Most Drake Points 114, 1981 6 at UNI* 6:30 p.m. Most South Dakota Points 89, 2015 12-15 MVC Tournament% TBA Fewest Drake Points 53, 2012 Creighton opened its 2019-20 campaign with a Fewest South Dakota Points 52 (Twice) All Times Central 67-54 win over Omaha. Last season, the Bulldogs ! Exhibition Current Streak Drake - 1 won 85-69 in Omaha in the 68th all-time meeting # Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Ill.) * Missouri Valley Conference Game and improved to 40-27 in the series that has % MVC Tournament (Moline, Ill.) GAMEDAYRADIO/WEB INFORMATION INFORMATION continued with one game every season since Stream: ESPN+ Creighton departed the MVC for the BIG EAST Stream Link: https://www.espn.com/ in 2013. The Bluejays host South Dakota State watch?id=f386eeee-4fa9-4c82-bad8-159c53f85f4e Tuesday night before they make the short trip to Radio: Praise 940 AM Live Stats: https://goyotes.com/sidearmstats/wbball/ Des Moines. media In-Game Updates: @DrakeWBB After playing four games in nine days, Drake Postgame Recap: www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com will enjoy a break before its next contest when Postgame Stats: www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com Western Illinois visits the Knapp Center Nov. 24. DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Great Start Women’s Basketball Contact John Meyer Drake won its fifth-straight season-opener with its Email [email protected] 74-67 home victory over 2019 Sweet 16 participant Mobile 515-770-4190 South Dakota State to start the 2019-20 campaign. Office 515-271-3740 The Bulldogs have won every opener since Drake Press Row Phone 515-271-4878 dropping the 2014-15 season-opener to South DU Events WiFi W3lc0m3Bulld0gF@ns Dakota. Website GoDrakeBulldogs.com Facebook Drake University Women’s Basketball Instagram DrakeWBB Battle with the Dakotas Twitter DrakeWBB The win over the Jackrabbits also snapped a two- 2019-20 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES AROUND THE VALLEY game losing streak in the series for the Bulldogs and evened it at 2-2. The two teams Wednesday, Nov. 13 Loyola at Eastern Illinois...........................12 p.m. resumed their rivalry in 2017-18 and SDSU won that meeting at the Knapp Center Evansville at SIUE ......................................7 p.m. and the one in Brookings, S.D. last season. Drake’s next game will be at SDSU’s UNI at Missouri ..........................................7 p.m. rival, South Dakota, on Wednesday night. The Bulldogs and Coyotes battled last year Drake at South Dakota ............................ 7 p.m. in Des Moines with Drake claiming a 76-64 win. South Dakota qualified for the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Thursday, Nov. 14 Indiana State at Western Illinois ............5:30 p.m. In-State Win Friday, Nov. 15 Drake held off a tough Iowa State team, another NCAA team last year, for an 86-81 Valparaiso at North Dakota State ...............7 p.m. win Sunday afternoon. The Bulldogs and the Cyclones matched the exact same score Saturday, Nov. 16 as last season at Hilton Coliseum in Ames but this time the Bulldogs came out on Eureka at Bradley .......................................1 p.m. top. The hard-fought win pulled Drake to within one game in the all-time head to head Illinois State at Illinois .................................2 p.m. series between the in-state rivals. Iowa State now holds a slight edge, 30-29, as the Tennessee Tech at SIU ...............................2 p.m. home team has won each of the last six games. Creighton at Drake .................................. 6 p.m. Previewing Drake Drake won its third-straight Missouri Valley Conference regular season title in 2018- 2019-20 MVC STANDINGS 19. It was the first three-peat in program history and just the fifth in MVC history. TEAM MVC Overall Drake qualified for its third-consecutive NCAA Tournament, the 13th time the Bulldogs Missouri State - 3-0 Drake - 2-0 made the tournament. This season, Drake is looking to make its fourth-straight NCAA Loyola - 2-0 Tournament appearance, which has never happened in school history. UNI - 2-0 Southern Illinois - 1-0 Hittner and Rhine are set for their final seasons at Drake. Last season, the decorated Bradley - 1-1 duo became just the second set of teammates to lead the Valley in scoring with Evansville - 1-1 Illinois State - 1-1 Hittner at a league-best 19.7 points point per game and Rhine next at 18.3 points. Indiana State - 1-1 Rhine with 1,702 career points and Hittner with 1,596 points will each strive for 2,000 Valparaiso - 0-1 career points, joining just four in program history and eight in MVC history to reach the impressive 2,000-point mark. Hittner, the back-to-back Jackie Stiles MVC Player MVC2019-20 PRESEASON MVC PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL POLL of the Year, can become just the third MVC player to win the award three times. Rhine School (1st-Place Votes) Points cracked the MVC’s all-time scoring list at No. 25. Brenni Rose is the other senior for 1. Drake (31) 359 Drake. Rose appeared in every game last year and was third on the team in assists 2. Missouri State (8) 329 3. UNI (1) 297 with 107. 4. Bradley 255 5. Southern Illinois 235 The three seniors along with Hannah Fuller and Maddie Monahan are Drake’s five 6. Illinois State 212 returners with the most game experience. Fuller played in 33 games last season while 7. Loyola 188 Monahan started every game.