2015-16 Drake Women's Basketball
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2015-16 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE AT ILLINOIS STATE I FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 2016 I REDBIRD ARENA (NORMAL, ILL.) I 7 P.M. CST | THE VALLEY ON ESPN3 2015-16 COMPARISON Previewing The Game 2015-16 SCHEDULE The Drake University women’s basketball team visits Illinois State on Friday night in the first of five November Drake Team Illinois State 3 Grand View (Exh.) W, 96-46 remaining road games for the Bulldogs to close the 8 Simpson (Exh.) W, 94-61 16-6 2015-16 Record 6-15 regular season. Drake and Illinois State will tipoff at 9-2 Conference Record 4-6 15 Iowa State W, 74-70 Bulldogs Nickname Redbirds 7 p.m. Friday night with the contest broadcast via On 18 at Wisconsin W, 89-70 Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley The Valley On ESPN3. 22 North Dakota W, 73-63 24 Creighton W, 81-72 Des Moines, Iowa Location Normal, Ill. In its last game, Drake raced past Missouri State by 28 vs. Tulsa! W, 91-80 Jennie Baranczyk Head Coach Barb Smith 29 at UNLV! W, 76-68 64-52/4 seasons Record at School 18-63/3 seasons a score of 95-72 on Sunday to take sole possession Same Career Record 67-149/8 seasons of first place in the Missouri Valley Conference. The December 80.6 Points/Game 57.2 Bulldogs used a dominating 21-2 scoring run in the 3 at South Dakota L, 92-87OT 69.7 Opp. Points/Game 66.6 second quarter to break open a close game as the 6 Green Bay L, 86-61 +10.9 Scoring Margin -9.3 team finished with the most points scored all season 11 William Penn W, 100-61 .472 FG% .363 versus an MVC opponent. 19 at Northern Illinois L, 87-73 .370 Opp. FG% .431 22 at No. 25 Iowa L, 89-76 .329 3FG% .263 .310 Opp. 3FG% .318 Junior Lizzy Wendell and sophomore Paige Greiner January 74.6 FT% .640 fueled the decisive run with Wendell pouring in seven 1 Southern Illinois* L, 77-67 42.0 Rebounds/Game 35.6 points and Greiner knocking down three three- 3 Evansville* W, 94-52 37.5 Opp. Rebounds/Game 38.2 pointers during the stretch. Wendell went on to score 8 at Missouri State* W, 82-75 +4.5 Rebounding Margin -2.6 a game-high 25 points while Greiner finished with 10 at Wichita State* W, 87-56 18.6 Assists/Game 8.6 15 Indiana State* W, 80-55 nine points. Junior Caitlin Ingle recorded her third 17 Illinois State* W, 76-41 17.8 Turnovers/Game 19.9 points/assists double-double of the season with 16 24 UNI* L, 79-73 -2.4 Turnover Margin -1.8 points and 10 assists. 29 at Bradley* W, 76-64 9.4 Steals/Game 10.0 31 at Loyola* W, 81-65 4.1 Blocks/Game 1.5 Drake ranks 10th in the nation with its league-best THE SERIES 80.6 points per game scoring clip while also ranking February 5 Wichita State * W, 81-59 Overall Drake, 37-35 10th in the country and pacing the MVC in field goal 7 Missouri State* W, 95-72 Last 10 Meetings Drake, 6-4 percentage at 47.2. The impressive scoring mark is 12 at Illinois State* 7 p.m. In Des Moines, Iowa Drake, 21-13 10.0 points more than the next closest team in the 14 at Indiana State* 1 p.m. In Normal, Ill. Illinois State, 21-13 MVC, Missouri State (70.6). As a team, the Bulldogs 19 at UNI* 7 p.m. Neutral Site Drake, 3-1 also share the basketball, averaging an MVC-high 26 Loyola* 7 p.m. Last Drake Win Jan. 17, 2016 - 75-41 28 Bradley* 2 p.m. Last Illinois State Win Jan. 3, 2014 - 80-71 18.6 assists per game, which is eighth in the nation. First Meeting Dec. 7, 1981 - Drake, 74-53 March Last Meeting Jan. 17, 2016 - Drake, 75-41 Illinois State is coming off a 73-62 home win over 3 at Evansville* 7 p.m. Most Drake Points 105, 1995 Indiana State, and the Redbirds have won three of 5 at Southern Illinois* 2 p.m. Most Illinois State Points 88, 2008 their last five games. Drake defeated Illinois State 10-13 MVC Tournament# TBA Fewest Drake Points 45, 2011 by a score of 76-41 back on Jan. 17 in Des Moines All Times Central Fewest Illinois State Points 41, 2016 as the Bulldogs lead the all-time series, 37-35. The * Missouri Valley Conference Game Streak Drake - 4 ! Lady Rebel Roundup (Las Vegas, Nev.) longtime MVC rivals have played at least twice # MVC Tournament (Moline, Ill.) RADIO/WEBGAMEDAY INFORMATION INFORMATION annually every season since the 1981-82 season. RADIO: 1350 ESPN Des Moines RADIO TALENT: Ric Silvestrini, Jackson Dahlquist The Bulldogs will close the weekend at Indiana State RADIO STREAM: http://player.liquidcompass.net/ on Sunday afternoon. The contest in Terre Haute, KRNTAM Ind., will start at 1 p.m. CST and be shown on The THE VALLEY ON ESPN3: http://es.pn/20jIqDu Valley On ESPN3. LIVE STATS: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/ statmonitr.php?gid=illst Team Ball In-Game Updates Via Twitter: @DrakeWBB The Bulldogs are one of two league teams to have four players averaging double figures, including Wendell’s league-leading 20.3 points per game clip and sophomore Maddy Dean is next at 12.8 (13th DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS in MVC) followed by freshman Sara Rhine’s 12.6 Women’s Basketball Contact John Meyer average (15th in MVC) and Ingle at 10.0 ppg (21st Office 515-271-3740 in MVC). Drake is the only Valley team to have three Mobile 515-770-4190 players rank in the top-10 in field goal percentage, led Press Row Phone 515-271-4878 by Rhine’s league-best 62.1 percent. Ingle is fifth at Email [email protected] 52.0 percent while Wendell checks in at 7th at 47.1 Website GoDrakeBulldogs.com percent. Facebook Drake Athletics Instagram DUBulldogs Led by Ingle’s league-leading 6.7 assists per game Twitter @DUBulldogs mark, the Bulldogs are the only MVC team to have 2014-15 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES AROUND THE VALLEY three rank in the top-10 with Ingle joined by Dean (2.9 apg, T-10) and Wendell (2.9 FRIDAY, FEB. 12 UNI at Indiana State ...............................6 p.m. apg, T-10). Bradley at Wichita State .........................7 p.m. Loyola at Missouri State .........................7 p.m. Streaks Snapped Drake at Illinois State .......................... 7 p.m. The road victories at Missouri State and Wichita State to open MVC play snapped SUNDAY, FEB. 14 six-game losing streaks at each school as the Bulldogs were road winners in Drake at Indiana State ......................... 1 p.m. Springfield, Mo. and Wichita, Kan., for the first time since the 2008-09 season, Southern Illinois at Evansville .................1 p.m. also the last season the Bulldogs earned a sweep on the always tough trip to the Bradley at Missouri State........................2 p.m. Loyola at Wichita State ...........................2 p.m. two schools. The wins at the home arena’s of the Lady Bears and Shockers also UNI at Illinois State .................................7 p.m. give fourth-year head coach Jennie Baranczyk at least one win at all nine MVC opponent’s arenas. FRIDAY, FEB. 19 Missouri State at Southern Illinois ..........6 p.m. Illinois State at Bradley ...........................7 p.m. Getting Buckets Indiana State at Loyola ...........................7 p.m. In her third season as a Bulldog, Lizzy Wendell continues to post impressive Wichita State at Ev .................................7 p.m. scoring numbers as evident by her league-leading 20.3 scoring average, which Drake at UNI ......................................... 7 p.m. ranks 24th in the nation. The Blue Springs, Mo., native has scored 20 or points in a game 43 times in her career, dropped in 30 or more points an incredible seven times and has poured in a career-high 43 points twice. Also impressive is Wendell’s 2015-16 MVC STANDINGS (AS OF FEB. 11 ) current streak of 67 games of recording 10 or more points in a contest. The last TEAM MVC Overall time, she failed to hit 10 points in a game was all the way back on Jan. 23, 2014 Drake 9-2 16-6 Missouri State 8-3 15-8 against Loyola when she finished with nine points. Northern Iowa 8-3 13-9 Loyola 8-3 12-10 Wendell, who also led the conference in scoring as a sophomore at 21.8 points a Southern Illinois 7-4 14-9 game, is not just a scorer as evident by her finishing in the top-10 of several non- Indiana State 5-5 9-12 scoring statistical categories in 2014-15. This season she is averaging 4.5 rebounds Illinois State 4-6 6-15 a game, which is just outside of the Valley’s Top-20 leaders while also handing out Bradley 2-9 6-16 2.9 assists a game (T-10th in MVC) and snagging 1.9 steals a game (5th in MVC). Wichita State 2-9 5-17 She is shooting 31.3 percent from three (14th in MVC), 47.1 percent from the floor Evansville 1-10 2-20 (7th in MVC) and 76.9 percent from the free throw line (8th in MVC). She is 11th all- 2015-16 MVC PRESEASON MVC POLL time at Drake and 23rd all-time in the MVC in scoring with 1,659 career points, and School (1st-Place Votes) Points 33rd in the nation among active Division I scoring leaders.