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DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 6 | AT OMAHA • The Drake University men’s basketball team plays SCHEDULE Nov. 29, 2017 • 7 p.m. CST its first true road game of the season Wednesday November Omaha, Neb. • Baxter Arena when it visits Omaha for the Bulldogs’ first-ever visit to the Mavericks’ home court. 11 COE W, 101-54 17 vs. Wake Forest ! W, 77-74 • The Bulldogs have won two-straight games to COMPARISON improve to 4-1 to start a season for the first time since 18 vs. Colorado ! L, 86-81 the 2013-14 and just the second time in the last 10 19 vs. Drexel ! W2OT, 90-88 Drake Team Omaha seasons. Des Moines, Iowa Location Omaha, Neb. 26 CHICAGO STATE W, 79-67 • In its last outing, Drake defeated Chicago State, 79- Bulldogs Nickname Mavericks 29 at Omaha 7 p.m. 67. Those 79 points were the team’s second-lowest Missouri Valley Conference Summit League scoring output of the season as the Bulldogs are 4-1 Record 0-7 December averaging an MVC best 85.6 points per game. In the Conference Record program’s last 25 games, the Bulldogs are averaging 2 at Wyoming ^ 5 p.m. Ranking 75.0 points per game. 6 at South Dakota 7 p.m. W1 Streak L7 • Drake has made 10 or more three-pointers in a 9 OMAHA 5 p.m. Niko Medved Head Coach Derrin Hansen game three times this season and 15 times in the 11 at Minnesota 7 p.m. 4-1/1st Record at School 197-173/12th past two seasons. Drake is converting at a 43.8 66-71/5th Career Record 197-173/12th 16 vs. Iowa $ 1 p.m. percent clip from the arc, the second-highest mark in 85.6 Points/Game 77.4 19 at South Dakota State 7 p.m. the Valley this season and the 14th best rate in the 73.8 Opp. Points/Game 92.4 22 UMES 7 p.m. nation. +11.8 Scoring Margin -15.0 28 BRADLEY* 7 p.m. • Junior Nick McGlynn is averaging 16.0 points and 0.459 FG% 0.442 10.3 points in the last three games with two doubles 31 at SIU* 3 p.m. 0.453 Opp. FG% 0.490 in that span and a third missed by just a rebound. He 0.438 3FG% 0.379 is the first Bulldog to average a double-double over a January 0.347 Opp. 3FG% 0.353 three-game span since Jordan Clarke did so at three 3 ILLINOIS STATE* 7 p.m. 0.798 FT% 0.689 different points during the 2012-13 season. 37.0 Rebounds/Game 34.1 6 at Indiana State* 1 p.m. • First-year head coach Niko Medved is off to a 4-1 33.0 Opp. Rebounds/Game 41.1 10 at Valparaiso* 7 p.m. start at the Bulldogs’ helm. Medved took the reins at +4.0 Rebounding Margin -7.0 13 EVANSVILLE* 2 p.m. Drake after four successful seasons as head coach 17.4 Assists/Game 14.3 16 at UNI* 7 p.m. at Furman University where he guided the program 11.2 Turnovers/Game 17.9 to back-to-back postseason appearances and was 20 MISSOURI STATE* 3 p.m. +1.6 Turnover Margin -3.6 named the 2017 Southern Conference Coach of the 24 LOYOLA* 7 p.m. 6.4 Steals/Game 7.3 Year. 27 at Evansville* 1 p.m. 2.4 Blocks/Game 2.1 30 SIU* 7 p.m. LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS ON THE AIR SCORING February Television None REED TIMMER 3 at Bradley* 7 p.m. Play-by-play G • 6-1 • 185 • Sr. • New Berlin, Wis. 7 at Loyola* 7 p.m. Analyst 10 UNI* 3 p.m. 14 INDIANA STATE* 7 p.m. Radio ESPN 1350-AM 24.3 PPG 18 at Missouri State* 3 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Cotlar Analyst Paul Doerrfeld Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 21 at Illinois State* TBA vs. Colorado 5-11 2-5 16-18 28 24 VALPARAISO* TBA Streaming Video The Valley on ESPN3 vs. Drexel 5-16 1-4 2-3 13 March Chicago St. 9-16 7-13 7-7 32 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS 1-4 MVC Tournament Total 19-33 10-22 25-28 73/24.3 Drake Ty Patton ! - Paradise Jam (Lynchburg, Va.) Office 515-271-3014 REBOUNDING ^ - MVC/MWC Challenge Mobile 205-310-1271 $ - Hy-Vee Classic NICK MCGLYNN * MVC Contest E-mail [email protected] F • 6-8 • 223 • Jr. • Stoughton, Wis. All times central Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake 10.3 RPG GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS Omaha Bonnie Ryan Office Phone 402-554-3267 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total Mobile 402-679-2912 vs. Colorado 3 7 10 E-mail [email protected] vs. Drexel 5 7 12 Website www.omavs.com Chicago St. 5 4 9 Total 13 18 31/10.3 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 Interim Athletic Director Megan Franklin 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 4-1 (1st season) Career Record 66-71 (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 1,126-1,461 (.459) built it into a 23-win University of Minnesota MVC Record 559-851 (.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 • 4-1 HOME • 2-0 LAST GAME • W, 79-67, VS. CHICAGO STATE MVC • 0-0 AWAY • 0-0 LAST 5 • 4-1 NEUTRAL • 2-1 NEXT GAME • DEC. 2 AT WYOMING C.J. RIVERS LAST GAME: Nearly had a double-double with nine G • 6-2 • 187 • Sr. • Cahokia, Ill. rebounds and eight assists. CAREER HIGHS Pts: 13 - Indiana State, 1/6/16 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG NOTE: Has a 47-to-23 A/T ratio in the last 19 games 0 ..