2017-18 Drake Women's Basketball
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2017-18 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNI AT DRAKE I FRIDAY, JAN. 19, 2018 I KNAPP CENTER (DES MOINES, IOWA) I 7 P.M. CST | VALLEY ON ESPN3 The Drake University women’s basketball team 2017-18 SCHEDULE 2017-18 COMPARISON closes its three-game homestand Friday night at the Knapp Center when the Bulldogs host UNI. November Tipoff against the Panthers is scheduled for 7 1 Grand View! W, 118-43 p.m. and is the Missouri Valley Conference’s 5 Truman State! W, 90-50 game of the week on ESPN3. 10 Milwaukee@ W, 77-73 Drake Team UNI 12 at No. 11 Oregon@ L, 110-77 11-7 2017-18 Record 8-9 Drake and UNI resume their rivalry that has 17 Liberty@ W, 96-68 6-0 Conference Record 4-2 seen the teams split the past six games in the 21 at Wyoming L, 75-61 Bulldogs Nickname Panthers series. Last season’s three games featured a 24 vs George Mason# L, 87-75 Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley total of three overtimes as the Bulldogs won 25 vs Mississippi Valley St# W, 96-60 Des Moines, Iowa Location Cedar Falls, Iowa all three contests, including a thrilling 74-69 30 Iowa State W, 83-80 Jennie Baranczyk Head Coach Tanya Warren overtime victory in the MVC title game in Moline, 110-68/6 seasons Record at School 194-148/11 seasons December Ill. This year in conference play, Drake is the top 4OT Same Career Record Same scoring team at 84.2 points per game while UNI 3 Creighton L, 108-100 83.3 Points/Game 62.4 5 Iowa Wesleyan W, 102-25 is the league-leader in scoring defense, holding 2OT 72.1 Opp. Points/Game 60.1 opponents to 54.2 points per game. 9 Nebraska L, 89-84 +11.3 Scoring Margin +2.4 17 South Dakota State L, 85-78 .469 FG% .375 Drake is coming off a 107-66 win over Evansville. 21 at No. 25 Iowa L, 79-66 .405 Opp. FG% .382 The 107 points were the most points scored 29 Valparaiso* W, 86-50 31 Loyola* W, 72-46 .339 3FG% .302 against an MVC opponent since the 1996-97 Drake team dropped 106 on Creighton on Jan. .307 Opp. 3FG% .278 January .745 FT% .695 27, 1997. The 107 points scored were the most by a Valley team since 1992 and is tied for the 5 at Missouri State* W, 80-68 40.7 Rebounds/Game 40.4 fourth highest single-game total in league history. 7 at Southern Illinois* W, 75-64 36.3 Opp. Rebounds/Game 36.3 12 Indiana State* W, 85-64 +4.4 Rebounding Margin +4.1 Over the past four seasons, Drake has ranked in 14 Evansville* W, 107-66 22.8 Assists/Game 14.3 the top 10 every season in the NCAA in assists 19 UNI* 7 p.m. 16.1 Turnovers/Game 15.5 per game. The Bulldogs are once again sharing 26 at Illinois State* 7 p.m. +0.1 Turnover Margin -1.6 the basketball as they entered the week No. 2 28 at Bradley* 2 p.m. 9.3 Steals/Game 6.1 in the country averaging 22.8 assists per game 3.3 Blocks/Game 2.0 narrowly behind No. 1 ranked, UConn (22.9), February THE SERIES while leading the nation in total assists with 410. 2 Southern Illinois* 7 p.m. Drake handed out 58 assists on 72 field goals 4 Missouri State* 2 p.m. Overall Drake, 59-24 in its last two games. The Bulldogs have five 9 at Evansville* 7 p.m. Last 10 Meetings Drake, 6-4 players in the top 15 in the MVC in assists per 11 at Indiana State* 1 p.m. In Des Moines, Iowa Drake, 33-8 game while no other team has more than two. 16 at UNI* 7 p.m. In Cedar Falls, Iowa Drake, 22-16 23 Bradley* 7 p.m. Neutral Site Drake, 4-0 Junior guard Sammie Bachrodt, a preseason All- 25 Illinois State* 2 p.m. Last Drake Win March 12, 2017 - 74-69OT MVC selection, has helped share the basketball Last UNI Win March 19, 2016 - 64-58 all season and fill out the scoresheet. Bachrodt March First Meeting Dec. 3, 1975 - UNI, 84-39 ranks second in the MVC in assists per game at 1 at Loyola* 7 p.m. Last Meeting March 12, 2017 - Drake, 74-69OT 4.1 and leads the league in assists/turnover ratio 3 at Valparaiso* 3 p.m. 8-11 TBA% TBA Most Drake Points 114, 1985 at 2.5. She nearly recorded a triple-double in the Most UNI Points 106, 1993 win over Indiana State on Jan. 12 finishing with All Times Central Fewest Drake Points 39, 1975 nine points, nine rebounds and seven assists. @ Preseason WNIT Bachrodt is also among the Valley leaders in # Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic (Boulder, Colo.) Fewest UNI Points 41, 1984 * Missouri Valley Conference Game Streak Drake - 3 steals (1.9, 3rd), three-pointers per game (1.8, % MVC Tournament (Moline, Ill.) 6th), field goal percentage (44.3, 7th), scoring GAMEDAYRADIO/WEB INFORMATION INFORMATION (10.9, 13th), three-point percentage (34.7, 13th) Video: The Valley on ESPN3 and is just outside the leaders in rebounding at Video Link: http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3245344/ 4.2 boards per game. northern-iowa-vs-drake-w-basketball Kennedy Kirkpatrick leads the Panthers in Radio: 1350 ESPN Des Moines scoring at 11.1 points per game. Megan Maahs is Radio Link: https://tunein.com/radio/Drake-IMG- the only player in the MVC averaging a double- Sports-Network-s273651/ double at 10.0 points and 10.2 rebounds per Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/drake/ game. Drake and UNI played two of the toughest wbball/media non-conference schedules in the nation with the In-Game Updates: @DrakeWBB (Twitter) Bulldogs’ at No. 19 and the Panthers’ at No. 30. Postgame Recap: www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com Following Friday’s game, Drake heads to Illinois State Friday, Jan. 26 for a 7 p.m. contest at DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Redbird Arena. Women’s Basketball Contact John Meyer Different Year, Same Story Office 515-271-3740 Drake, which under head coach Jennie Mobile 515-770-4190 Baranczyk, has led or ranked in the top 3 of Drake Press Row Phone 515-271-4878 the MVC in assists, assists/turnover ratio, field Email [email protected] goal percentage, scoring, scoring margin, Website GoDrakeBulldogs.com three-pointers made per game and three-point Facebook Drake University Women’s Basketball percentage each of the past three seasons. This Instagram DrakeWBB year is no different as Drake is the top scoring Twitter DrakeWBB team (83.3) and in scoring margin (+11.3), the top 2017-18 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES AROUND THE VALLEY shooting team in field goal percentage (46.9), offensive rebounds (13 rpg) and Friday, Jan. 19 rebounding margin (+4.4), three’s per game at 8.8, assists/turnover at 1.4, and Bradley at Indiana State .........................6 p.m. assists (22.8). In the MVC, Bachrodt is second in assists while Maddy Dean Loyola at Southern Illinois .....................6 p.m. and Maddie Monahan are fifth and sixth at 3.3 and 3.2.Brenni Rose is ninth Illinois State at Evansville .......................7 p.m. at 2.8 and Becca Hittner 13th at 2.7. In three-point percentage, senior Paige Valparaiso at Missouri State ...................7 p.m. Greiner is first at 55.9 percent while Hittner (11th, 35.6) & Bachrodt (13th, 34.7) UNI at Drake ......................................... 7 p.m. are in the top 15. Rhine ranks second in the MVC in scoring at 16.1 points per game while Hittner is narrowly behind her in third at 15.4 ppg. Rhine leads the Sunday, Jan. 21 Valley in field goal percntage at 56.1 and Hittner is third at 47.9 percent. Valparaiso at Southern Illinois .........11:30 a.m. Illinois State at Indiana State ..................1 p.m. More History Bradley at Evansville ..............................1 p.m. Drake, which set numerous program and MVC records during the 2016-17 Loyola at Missouri State .........................2 p.m. historic season, added one more record that was helped by last season’s tremendous success. With its Jan. 5 road win at Missouri State, Drake won Friday, Jan. 26 its 25th consecutive regular season Valley game to set a league record. The Missouri State at Southern Illinois ..........6 p.m. Bulldogs had been tied with Missouri State, which won 24 straight MVC games UNI at Bradley ........................................7 p.m. from 1999-2000. Drake’s impressive streak started on Feb. 26, 2016, and Evansville at Valparaiso ..........................7 p.m. included last season’s 18-0 mark in MVC play. Indiana State at Loyola ...........................7 p.m. Drake at Illinois State .......................... 7 p.m. Career Points Milestones 2017-18 MVC STANDINGS (AS OF 1/19) During the early portion of the MVC slate, several Bulldogs surpassed career point milestone numbers or moved closer to landmark totals. Bachrodt and TEAM MVC Overall Jonas have each surpassed 700 career points while Hittner exceeded 600 Drake 6-0 11-7 career points. Greiner surpassed 400 career points while Rhine needs to score Missouri State 5-1 9-8 nine points for 800. As of Jan. 18, junior Nicole Miller is just three points away Southern Illinois 4-2 9-8 from 500 points and Dean is just four points away from 1,000 career points.