2018-19 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CLARKE AT DRAKE I TUESDAY, DEC. 4 I KNAPP CENTER (DES MOINES, IOWA) I 11 A.M. | ESPN3 2018-19 STATS Annual Kids Game 2018-19 SCHEDULE Drake hosts Clarke in its sixth annual “Kids Game” today. November The Bulldogs and Pride are meeting for the fourth-time ever 7 at Nebraska W, 83-77 and second time in the annual game that fills the Knapp 10 at Western Illinois W, 98-71 Center with local elementary and middle schoool students. 15 South Dakota W, 76-64 Drake Team Clarke 18 CSUN W, 73-63 7-1 2018-19 Record 7-2 22 Rutgers# W, 69-59 “Kids Game” All-Time History (Attendance) - Conference Record 3-2 23 No.1 Notre Dame# L, 82-64 OT 21/24 (AP/USA Today) Ranking - 2013 – SIUE - W 87-71 (3,561) 24 No.13 South Carolina# W,90-85 Bulldogs Nickname Pride 2014 – Northwestern College - W 102-58 (4,734) 28 at Creighton W, 85-69 Missouri Valley Conference Heart of America 2015 – William Penn - W 100-61 (4,711) Des Moines, Iowa Location Dubuque, Iowa 2016 – Clarke – W 118-43 (4,369) December Jennie Baranczyk Head Coach Courtney Boyd 2017 – Iowa Wesleyan – W 102-25 (4,615) 4 Clarke 11 a.m. 132-70/7 seasons Record at School 27-13/2 seasons 8 at South Dakota State 2 p.m. Same Career Record NA Revenge Win 16 at Iowa State 12 p.m. 21 Iowa 6 p.m. 79.8 Points/Game 76.9 Drake defeated a familiar foe in its lone action last week. 71.2 Opp. Points/Game 62.0 The Bulldogs used a big fourth quarter to pull away from January +8.5 Scoring Margin +14.9 their former MVC rival, Creighton, for an 85-69 road victory 4 at Bradley* 7 p.m. .472 FG% .390 that snapped a two-game losing streak to the Bluejays. The 7 at Illinois State* 2 p.m. .398 Opp. FG% .373 win is the 40th all-time for the Bulldogs in the series that 11 Loyola* 6 p.m. .395 3FG% .294 started in 1977, featured multiple games for many seasons 13 Valparaiso* 2 p.m. .271 Opp. 3FG% .325 when the teams were conference mates and has continued 18 at UNI* 7 p.m. .705 FT% .679 every year since Creighton left the MVC for the BIG EAST 25 at Indiana State* 6 p.m. 41.1 Rebounds/Game 50.8 in 2013, including last season’s four-overtime back-and- 28 at Evansville* 1 p.m. 35.4 Opp. Rebounds/Game 36.8 forth game at the Knapp Center. +5.8 Rebounding Margin +16.9 February 22.1 Assists/Game 13.2 1 Missouri State* 6 p.m. Hot Start 3 SIU* 1 p.m. 17.1 Turnovers/Game 20.1 Drake at 7-1 is off to its best start of a season through eight -3.6 Turnover Margin -0.6 8 at Valparaiso* 7 p.m. 6.9 Steals/Game 11.6 games since the 1994-95 team won its first 13 games. 11 at Loyola* 1 p.m. 15 UNI* 6 p.m. 2.1 Blocks/Game 3.9 Busy Month 22 Evansville* 6 p.m. THE SERIES Drake played a program record eight games in the month 24 Indiana State* 1 p.m. Overall Drake, 3-0 of November. The previous high for games in a month Last 10 Meetings Drake, 3-0 was seven in Nov., 2013. Drake’s schedule lightens in March In Des Moines, Iowa Drake, 3-0 1 at SIU* 6 p.m. Decemeber with just four non-conference games before 3 at Missouri State* 1 p.m. In Dubuque, Iowa MVC play starts in January. Neutral Site 7 Illinois State* 6 p.m. Last Drake Win Dec. 8, 2016 - 118-43 9 Bradley* 2 p.m. Last Clarke Win Welcome to the Club 14-17 MVC Tournament% TBA First Meeting Nov. 21, 1975 - Drake, 42-23 Junior Becca Hittner reached a career milestone in Drake’s All Times Central Last Meeting Dec. 8, 2016 - Drake, 118-43 win over Creighton. Hittner, who scored a game-high 23 # Vancouver Showcase (Vancouver, Canada) Most Drake Points 118 (2016) points, is the 32nd player in program history to surpass * Missouri Valley Conference Game Most Clarke Points 43 (2016) 1,000 career points and accomplished the feat on her first % MVC Tournament (Moline, Ill.) Fewest Drake Points 42 (1975) three-pointer of the game. She equaled her season-high Fewest Clarke Points 22 (1976) and four away from her career-best behind a great shooting Current Streak Drake - 3 day, going 5-of-9 from the floor, 3-of-3 from behind the RADIO/WEB INFORMATION 3-point line and 10-of-12 from the free throw line. Hittner GAMEDAY INFORMATION added four rebounds, three assists and two steals in 28 Video: ESPN3 minutes in the victory over the Bluejays. Video Link: http://www.espn.com/watch/_/ id/3460337/clarke-vs-drake Exclusive Company Radio: 1350 ESPN Des Moines Hittner is one of five current MVC players who have scored TuneIn App: https://goo.gl/qkDWbi 1,000 or more points in a career. Two of her teammates, Live Stats: https://godrakebulldogs.com/ Maddy Dean and Sara Rhine, surpassed the mark last sidearmstats/wbball/summary season and two more of her teammates are working In-Game Updates: Twitter @DrakeWBB towards the impressive accomplishment as well. Sammie Postgame Recap: www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com Bachrodt and Becca Jonas have 945 and 879, points respectively, as they work to join the group. Marquette is DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS the only program this season with five players who have all surpassed the 1,000 point mark. Women’s Basketball Contact John Meyer Office 515-271-3740 Upset Alert Mobile 515-770-4190 Drake closed the Vancouver Showcase with a 90-85 Drake Press Row Phone 515-271-4878 overtime victory over then No. 13 South Carolina in the third Email [email protected] place game. It is the highest ranked win over an opponent Website GoDrakeBulldogs.com for the Bulldogs since the 2002-03 team defeated No. 7 Facebook Drake University Women’s Basketball Baylor in the second round of the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Instagram DrakeWBB It is also the first victory over the Gamecocks in four Twitter DrakeWBB meetings. 2018-19 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES AROUND THE VALLEY Another Power 5 Win Tuesday, Dec. 4 Drake, which rallied at Nebraska in the season opener, added a pair of Power 5 wins in Clarke at Drake .......................................11 a.m. Vancouver. Not only did the Bulldogs beat South Carolina of the SEC, but they rallied from a Western Illinois at Bradley ........................11 a.m. Austin Peay at Illinois State ........................7 p.m. 15-point deficit against Rutgers of the Big Ten for a 69-59 win to open the stacked tournament, South Dakota at Missouri State ..................7 p.m. which included six 2018 NCAA Tournament teams. North Dakota at UNI ...................................7 p.m. Back in the Polls Wednesday, Dec. 5 After receiving votes in the first three weeks of the season, Drake moved to No. 24 in Nov. 26 UIC at Evansville ........................................6 p.m. Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll. The Bulldogs moved up to No. 21 in the Dec. Indiana State at Illinois ...............................7 p.m. 3 AP poll. Thursday, Dec. 6 It is the highest ranking for the program since it closed the 2016-17 season at No. 20 in the final SIUE at Loyola............................................7 p.m. AP poll. This is the earliest Drake has been ranked in a season since the 2001-02 team ranked Friday, Dec. 7 No. 24 in the Dec. 10, 2001 poll. Illinois State at Northern Kentucky .............6 p.m. Northern Illinois at SIU................................7 p.m. Strength of Schedule Drake has played one of the nation’s toughest schedules this season. The Bulldogs’ RPI is No. 12 through games played as of Dec. 2. 2018-19 MVC STANDINGS (*as of 12/3) Player of the Week x3 TEAM MVC Overall On Nov. 26, Rhine was named the MVC Player of the Week for the third straight week after her Bradley 0-0 6-0 Drake 0-0 7-1 stellar play in the three games at Vancouver where she averaged 20.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and Indiana State 0-0 4-1 1.0 steal per game. This season, Rhine leads the MVC in scoring at 17.8 points per game, ranks Loyola 0-0 4-2 third in rebounding at 8.6 and fifth in shooting percentage at 52.9. She is the first Bulldog to win UNI 0-0 4-3 MVC Player of the Week three-straight times since former standout Lizzy Wendell accomplished Southern Illinois 0-0 3-4 the feat during the 2016-17 season. Rhine and Wendell (2015-16) are also the only players Valparaiso 0-0 3-5 in MVC history to win the award each of the first three weeks of a season. Rhine has won six Illinois State 0-0 2-4 career player of the week awards, which already ranks tied for ninth all-time in league history. Missouri State 0-0 1-4 Evansville 0-0 1-5 Player of the Week Domination Rhine’s third MVC Player of the Week is the 27th MVC Player of the Week award for a Drake MVC2018-19 PRESEASON MVC PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL POLL player since Drake head coach Jennie Baranczyk took over in 2012-13.