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DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 22 | AT INDIANA STATE | JAN. 29, 2020 • The Drake University men’s basketball team closes SCHEDULE Jan. 26, 2020 • 3 p.m. the season series with Indiana State Wednesday November Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center evening in Terre Haute. The Bulldogs won the earlier meeting, 80-76, in Des Moines for the team’s fifth- 2 UPPER IA. (EX) W, 95-88 7 KENNESAW ST. W, 86-55 straight win over Indiana State. COMPARISON • Drake’s last road game was a 23-point win at 11 at Cincinnati L, 81-59 Evansville, the team’s biggest margin of victory in a 13 KANSAS CITY W, 76-58 Drake Team Indiana State road game in the last decade. Des Moines, Iowa Location Terre Haute, Ind. 17 SIMPSON W, 98-53 • Drake followed that win with its 15th-straight home 21 LEHIGH W, 74-58 Bulldogs Nickname Sycamores win Sunday against Missouri State. The 15-game Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley 25 vs. Miami Univ.! L, 67-59 home win streak is the 12th longest in the nation. 26 vs. Northeastern! W, 59-56 15-6 Record 11-8 • Drake has shot 48 percent or better in eight of its 5-3 Conference Record 4-4 last 10 and is shooting 276-of-577 (47.8 percent) dur- 27 vs. Murray State! W, 63-53 Ranking ing that span. W2 Streak W1 • Sophomore Liam Robbins has scored in double December Darian DeVries Head Coach Greg Lansing figures in 12 of the last 13 games with 20-point 3 MILWAUKEE W, 56-53 39-16/2nd Record at School 159-150/10th performances in three of the last 10 games with a 7 SEMO W, 78-73 39-16/2nd Career Record 159-1150/10th three double-doubles, including two in the Bulldogs 14 at No. 14/12 Dayton L, 78-47 70.8 Points/Game 70.1 last three outings. During those 13 games, Robbins is 17 MOUNT MARTY W, 92-74 65.8 Opp. Points/Game 68.1 shooting 52.5 percent. 21 at Air Force W, 85-80 5.0 Scoring Margin 2.0 • As a result, Drake is averaging 35.6 points per game 31 at Bradley* L, 80-72 0.461 FG% 0.460 in the paint in its last five outings. 0.411 Opp. FG% 0.450 • Robbins owns a share of the school record for 0.344 3FG% 0.386 blocks in a season with 56 blocks this season. He January 0.344 Opp. 3FG% 0.322 ranks 18th nationally in blocks with 2.67 per game 4 INDIANA STATE* W, 80-76 0.702 FT% 0.686 this season. 7 LOYOLA* W, 65-62 34.7 Rebounds/Game 32.5 • Drake has outscored 12 of its 19 Division I oppo- 11 at Valparaiso* L, 66-61 nents in the paint. 32.2 Opp. Rebounds/Game 32.7 16 ILLINOIS STATE* W, 84-74 • Roman Penn ranks 21st nationally in assists with 2.5 Rebounding Margin -0.2 19 at SIU* L, 66-49 6.2 per game this season. He has had six or more as- 15.9 Assists/Game 13.0 sists in 15 games including each of the last eight. 22 at Evansville* W, 73-50 13.0 Turnovers/Game 11.9 • Penn is averaging 15.5 points and 8.0 assists in the 26 MO. STATE* W, 71-69 -0.2 Turnover Margin 1.2 last two games with a 16-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. 29 at Indiana State* 6 p.m. 5.8 Steals/Game 5.8 LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS 3.6 Blocks/Game 3.2 February ON THE AIR SCORING 1 SIU* 5 P.M. 5 BRADLEY* 8 P.M. Television ESPN+ LIAM ROBBINS 8 at UNI 3 p.m. Play-by-play Brad Wells Analyst Adam Emmenecker F • 7-0 • 235 • So. 12 at Missouri State 7 p.m. 14.0 RPG 16 EVANSVILLE* 3 P.M. 19 VALPARAISO* 7 P.M. Radio ESPN 1350-AM Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts Play-by-play Michael Admire 22 at Illinois State 3:30 p.m. Analyst Paul Doerrfeld at SIU 6-12 0-2 5-7 17 25 at Loyola 7 p.m. at Evansville 6-17 0-0 4-4 16 29 UNI* TBA Streaming Video ESPN+ Mo. State 4-14 0-3 1-1 9 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Total 14-43 0-5 10-12 42/14.0 March 5-8 MVC Championship Drake Ty Patton REBOUNDING Office 515-271-3014 Mobile 205-310-1271 LIAM ROBBINS ! - Gulf Coast Showcase * MVC Contest E-mail [email protected] F • 7-0 • 235 • So. Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com All times central Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake 8.0 RPG Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total Indiana State Ace Hunt at SIU 2 8 10 Office 812-237-4161 at Evansville 1 7 8 Mobile 812-243-5568 E-mail [email protected] Mo. State 2 4 6 Website www.gosycamores.com Total 5 19 24/8.0 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 Director of Athletics Brian Hardin Faculty Athletics Rep. Megan Brown Coaching Staff Head Coach Darian DeVries MVC COACH OF THE YEAR Alma Mater UNI, 1998 Record at Drake 39-16 (2nd season) RETURNS FOR SECOND SEASON Career Record 39-16 (2nd season) Assistants Matt Woodley Darian DeVries, the 2018-19 Missouri Valley three straight seasons. Larry Blunt Conference Coach of the Year, is in his second At Creighton, DeVries worked closely with the season as the head coach of the Drake men’s Bluejay backcourt and did much of the scouting Marty Richter basketball program. of the opposition. DeVries also played a signifi- Director of Operations Matt Gatens The longtime assistant from Creighton took cant role in the recruitment of future standouts, Graduate Managers Nick Norton the reins of the Bulldog program in March, 2018, including five-star center Justin Patton in 2015, Brady Ellingson and inherited a roster with just one returning who redshirted before turning into the No. 16 starter and three returning contributors. He overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Chi- quickly assembled a talented roster and let that cago Bulls. Team Information squad to its first regular-season Missouri Valley In 2011-12, the Bluejays tied a school record 2018-19 Record 24-10 Conference title since 2008 and the program’s with 29 wins and followed that with 28 and 27 2018-19 MVC Record/Finish 12-6/T-1st 12th all-time postseason appearance. wins in the successive seasons as part of a span 2018-19 H/A/N Record 13-2/7-6/4-2 Under his guidance, the Bulldogs led the Val- of 18 20-win seasons in his 20 years in Omaha. ley in scoring at 75.4 points per game to rack up Before joining the staff at then Missouri Val- Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 24 wins and record the program’s sixth 20-win ley Conference member Creighton in 1998, he Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/3 season and third-most wins in school history. already had an extensive background in the Val- Newcomers 8 DeVries’ first recruiting class at Drake included ley as a starter at UNI under coach Eldon Miller. a junior college All-American, graduate transfers DeVries ranks 31st all-time in career scoring at with all-conference pedigrees, a 7-footer and in- UNI with 1,084 points and was twice an MVC Program History ternational talent. That roster eventually earned Scholar-Athlete Team selection. The two-time All-Time Record 1,178-1,493 (.459) eight All-MVC honors, including MVC Defensive UNI captain led the Panthers in three-point MVC Record 585-868 (.403) Player of the Year Nick McGlynn. shooting three years and converted on 44 per- MVC Tournament Record 18-40 (.327) His first team began the season by winning cent of his attempts as a senior with 3.1 assists the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic to con- per game. MVC Titles 8 (4 Outright/4 Shared) clude the non-conference schedule with a 12-4 DeVries graduated from UNI in 1998 with (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008, 19) record before amassing a 12-6 mark in confer- a B.A. in elementary education and a minor MVC Tournament Titles 1 ence action. in physical education. He earned his master’s (2008) Before taking over the Bulldogs’ program, degree in college counseling from Creighton in DeVries was an assistant coach at Creighton 2000. NCAA Appearances 4 University for 17 years and spent 20 total sea- DeVries was a standout athlete in high school (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) sons on staff with the Bluejays. During that span, at Aplington-Parkersburg (Iowa), and in the NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) he helped guide the Bluejays to 19 postseason spring of 2015 was inducted into the IHSAA Hall NIT Appearances 3 appearances and 12 NCAA Tournament berths. of Fame for his playing prowess. The oldest of (1964, 1981, 1986) DeVries, 44, was one of the longest-tenured five siblings, DeVries’ family boasts a tremen- men’s basketball assistant coaches at one dous academic pedigree with all five competing NIT Record 1-3 (.250) school in the nation and assisted the Bluejays collegiately. His brother, Jared, was an All- in their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in American on the football team at the University Media Relations the last seven years before earning the Drake of Iowa and was a 12-year member of the Detroit Basketball Contact Ty Patton position.