DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 32 | VS. BRADLEY | MVC TOURNAMENT • The Drake University men’s basketball team begins SCHEDULE March 2, 2018 • 2:30 p.m. CST MVC Tournament play as the No. 4 seed, its highest November St. Louis, Mo. • Scottrade Center seed since 2007-08 and the fifth time the Bulldogs’ have been the No. 4 seed or better. 11 COE W, 101-54 17 vs. Wake Forest ! W, 77-74 • Drake has won three of its last five games and the COMPARISON Bulldogs have led for 33 or more minutes in each of 18 vs. Colorado ! L, 86-81 those three wins to stand at to finish the MVC season 19 vs. Drexel ! W2OT, 90-88 Drake Team Bradley at 10-8, for the team’s most MVC wins in a decade Des Moines, Iowa Location Peoria, Ill. 26 CHICAGO STATE W, 79-67 and 11th time in program history the Bulldogs have Bulldogs Nickname Braves 29 at Omaha L, 75-73 won 10 or more MVC games. Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley • The Bulldogs face Bradley in Friday’s quarterfinal 16-15 Record 19-12 December matchup. The two teams will have met in six of the 10-8 Conference Record 9-9 2OT last eight MVC Tournaments. 2 at Wyoming ^ L , 96-89 Ranking • During the regular-season, Drake swept the Braves 6 at South Dakota L, 93-65 L2 Streak L1 with a 66-64 and a 78-68 win. 9 OMAHA W, 93-74 Niko Medved Head Coach Brian Wardle • Reed Timmer, a first-team All-MVC selection closed 11 at Minnesota L, 68-67 16-15/1st Record at School 37-59/3rd the regular season with four-straight 20 points games 78-85/5th Career Record 132-124/8th 16 vs. Iowa $ L, 90-64 and averaged 28.3 points per game in those contests. 74.0 Points/Game 67.9 19 at S. Dakota State L, 87-74 • Timmer is Drake’s all-time scoring leader and ranks 73.5 Opp. Points/Game 64.9 22 UMES W, 81-57 19th in career scoring in MVC history with 1,956 0.5 Scoring Margin 3.0 28 BRADLEY* W, 66-64 points. 0.441 FG% 0.430 • Five of the team’s 10 conference wins have come 31 at SIU* W, 70-67 0.454 Opp. FG% 0.404 by four or fewer points. 0.371 3FG% 0.355 • Drake remains the top scoring team in the MVC at January 0.338 Opp. 3FG% 0.329 74.0 points per game. In its eight MVC losses, the 3 ILLINOIS STATE* W, 87-62 0.771 FT% 0.709 team has averaged 64.1 points per game. 33.7 Rebounds/Game 35.7 6 at Indiana State* W, 75-72 • Defensively, Drake is undefeated this year when 35.8 Opp. Rebounds/Game 33.5 10 at Valparaiso* L, 77-60 holding opponents below 40 percent shooting and -2.1 Rebounding Margin 2.2 13 EVANSVILLE* W, 81- 65 the team has held seven MVC opponents below 40 15.1 Assists/Game 13.8 16 at UNI* L, 68-54 percent shooting. 12.2 Turnovers/Game 13.5 • Drake ranks 19th nationally in free throw percent- 20 MISSOURI ST.* W, 61-58 0 Turnover Margin 0.5 age at 77.1 percent. Against MVC competition, the 24 LOYOLA* L, 80-57 5.9 Steals/Game 6.6 Bulldogs have shot 80 percent or better eight times. 27 at Evansville* L, 77-73 2.4 Blocks/Game 4.1 30 SIU* L, 78-67 LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS ON THE AIR SCORING February Television MVC TV | FS Midwest REED TIMMER 3 at Bradley* W, 78-68 Play-by-play John Rooney G • 6-1 • 185 • Sr. • New Berlin, Wis. 7 at Loyola* L, 72-57 Analyst Rich Zvosec 10 UNI* W, 71-64 14 INDIANA STATE* W, 90-76 Radio ESPN 1350-AM 24.7 PPG 18 at Missouri State* W, 67-63 Play-by-play Larry Cotlar OT Analyst Paul Doerrfeld Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 21 at Illinois State* L , 89-81 24 VALPARAISO* L, 69-64 at Mo. State 6-12 2-7 6-7 20 Streaming Video FSGO | ESPN3 at Ill. State 9-22 3-10 5-9 26 March Valparaiso 8-12 5-7 7-9 28 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS 2 vs. Bradley 2:30 p.m. Total 23-46 10-24 18-25 74/24.7 Drake Ty Patton ! - Paradise Jam (Lynchburg, Va.) Office 515-271-3014 REBOUNDING ^ - MVC/MWC Challenge Mobile 205-310-1271 $ - Hy-Vee Classic CASEY SCHLATTER * MVC Contest E-mail [email protected] F • 6-10 • 220 • RJr. • Iowa Falls, Iowa All times central Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake 6.3 RPG GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS Bradley Jason Veniskey Office 309-677-3636 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total Cell 585-615-5316 at Mo. State 2 9 11 E-mail [email protected] at Ill. State 1 3 4 Website www.bradleybraves.com Valparaiso 3 1 4 Total 6 13 19/6.3 WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 1 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSMB DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS University Location Des Moines, Iowa Founded 1881 Enrollment 5,015 Nickname Bulldogs Colors Blue & White Arena (Capacity): Knapp Center (7,152) Conference Missouri Valley Conference President Marty Martin Athletics Director Brian Hardin Faculty Athletics Rep. Steve Scullen Coaching Staff Head Coach Niko Medved HEAD COACH NIKO MEDVED Alma Mater Minnesota, 1994 THE NEW BULLDOG ON THE BLOCK Record at Drake 16-15 (1st season) Career Record 78-85 (5th season) • Head coach Niko Medved took the reins of • At Colorado State, the program rebounded from Assistants JR Blount the Drake University men’s basketball team on a seven-win season to a postseason appearance March 27, 2017 and has set a course to build the two years later, a 20-win season in 2011–2012, Dave Thorson Bulldogs’ program using the same formula he has and the first of back-to-back NCAA Tournament Ali Farokhmanesh had success with throughout his career. appearances for the Rams. Director of Operations Aaron Katsuma Video Coordinator Cory Marquardt • Medved spent the previous four seasons trans- • Medved's recruiting and coaching at Colorado forming Furman University’s basketball program State produced numerous standout players in- into a Southern Conference Champion and was cluding 2013 honorable mention AP All-American Team Information the 2017 Southern Conference Coach of the and first-team All-Mountain West Conference 2016-17 Record 7-24 Year. choice Colton Iverson, 2013 Mountain West Con- 2016-17 MVC Record/Finish 5-13/T-9th ference Sixth Man of the • Medved’s Furman Year Daniel Bejarano 2016-17 H/A/N Record 6-9/1-11/0-4 teams made back-to- and five other all-confer- Starters Returning/Lost 4/2 back postseason ap- ence performers. Letterwinners Returning/Lost 8/3 pearances, the first for I’M HERE TO Newcomers 6 the school in 40 years. • Before joining the staff at Colorado State, • Medved took over a Medved spent a season Program History seven-win team and as an assistant at the All-Time Record 1,138-1,474 (.459) built it into a 23-win University of Minnesota MVC Record 569-859 (.403) program. under Dan Monson fol- WIN MVC Tournament Record 17-38 (.327) lowing seven seasons • Medved coached as an assistant at Fur- MVC Titles 7 (4 Outright/3 Shared) back-to-back SoCon Players of the Year in Ste- man, including serving as Furman's interim head (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008) phen Croone and Devin Sibley, Jr. coach in the spring of 2006. MVC Tournament Titles 1 • His recruiting at Furman produced immedi- • Medved began his career at the University (2008) ate results with Sibley being named the SoCon of Minnesota in 1992, where he was a student NCAA Appearances 4 Freshman of the Year in 2015 and a total of four manager and assistant. He also served as the (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) student-athletes earning spots on the SoCon All- associate head coach at Macalester College from Freshman Team in the last three years. 1997–1999 and worked four years as an instruc- NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) tor at the prestigious Nike All-America camp. He NIT Appearances 3 • Prior to Furman, Medved spent six seasons as completed his B.S. in kinesiology in 1997 and his (1964, 1981, 1986) an assistant coach at Colorado State where he master's in sport management in 1999, both from NIT Record 1-3 (.250) helped engineer a similar turnaround under Head the University of Minnesota. Coach Tim Miles. Media Relations Basketball Contact Ty Patton Office 515-271-3014 Mobile 205-310-1271 E-mail [email protected] Press Row 515-271-4878 A PLAYER’S COACH Fax 515-271-3015 Under head coach Niko Medved’s leadership, Furman was one of only two Division I programs with Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com no players transferring from the program during the last three years. WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 2 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSMB DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL OVERALL • 16-15 HOME • 10-3 LAST GAME • L, 69-64, VS. VALPARAISO MVC • 10-8 AWAY • 4-9 LAST 5 • 3-2 NEUTRAL • 2-2 C.J. RIVERS LAST GAME: Had eight points and five boards with G • 6-2 • 187 • Sr. • Cahokia, Ill. two assists. CAREER HIGHS Pts: 13 - Indiana State, 1/6/16 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG NOTE: Is the only player in the Valley to lead his team 0 in rebounds, assists and steals ..