DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL GAMES 12-13 | VS. SIU | JAN. 3-4, 2021 • The Drake University men’s basketball team begins SCHEDULE Jan. 3-4, 2021 • 5/6 p.m. 2021 with a perfect 11-0 record, the best in program Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center history. November • The Bulldogs put that record and a 2-0 mark in The 25 at Kansas State! W, 80-70 Valley on the line with a two-game series against 7-1 27 vs. South Dakota! W, 69-53 COMPARISON SIU. • Drake’s 11 wins are the most in the nation and the December Drake Team SIU Bulldogs are the only 11-0 team in the country and 3 OMAHA W, 87-66 Des Moines, Iowa Location Carbondale, Ill. one of 15 unbeaten teams. Bulldogs Nickname Salukis • Drake is 2-0 in the Valley standings for the first time 6 ST. AMBROSE W, 97-53 Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley since 2017-18. Drake swept Indiana State to open the 9 MCKENDREE W, 90-66 11-0 Record 7-1 league season, marking the first time since 1969-70 13 AIR FORCE W, 81-53 2-0 Conference Record 1-1 Drake has been 2-0 in the league with a pair of road 18 at South Dakota W, 75-57 RV/RV Ranking --/-- wins. 20 CHICAGO ST. W, 111-67 W11 Streak L1 • Drake won its first 10 games by double-digits and 22 NORTH DAKOTA W, 88-55 Darian DeVries Head Coach Bryan Mullins ranks 10th nationally in scoring margin at 23.9 points 27 at Indiana State W, 81-63 55-24/3rd Record at School 23-17/2nd per game. 28 at Indiana State W, 73-66 55-24/3rd Career Record 23-17/2nd • The Bulldogs are seventh nationally in field goal percentage at 53.1 percent and 11th in three-point 84.7 Points/Game 77.1 January 60.8 Opp. Points/Game 66.8 accuracy at 41.7 percent. • D.J. Wilkins has led the three-point barrage, ranking 3 SIU* 5 p.m. 23.9 Scoring Margin 10.4 10th nationally at 52.7 percent this season. 4 SIU* 6 p.m. 0.531 FG% 0.493 • Drake returns home where it recently put the finish- 0.388 Opp. FG% 0.423 10 LOYOLA* 5 p.m. ing touches on an active 23-game non-conference 0.417 3FG% 0.419 11 LOYOLA* 6 p.m. win streak. Under head coach Darian DeVries, the 0.316 Opp. 3FG% 0.361 17 at Missouri State* 2 p.m. Bulldogs are 33-4 at the Knapp Center. 18 at Missouri State* 7 p.m. 0.691 FT% 0.756 • The Bulldogs have scored 80 or more points in eight 21 at UNI* 6 p.m. 38.5 Rebounds/Game 32.1 of their 11 games to average 84.7 points per game, 28.8 Opp. Rebounds/Game 33.5 the 24th best average in the nation. 30 ILLINOIS STATE* 4 p.m. 9.7 Rebounding Margin -1.4 • Drake has had a different leading scorer in six of its 31 ILLINOIS STATE* 2 p.m. 16.6 Assists/Game 15.4 11 wins. 12.3 Turnovers/Game 11.0 • Drake’s dominant win over Air Force was head February -3.4 Turnover Margin 3.3 coach Darian DeVries’ 50th at the helm of the 6 at Valparaiso* 1 p.m. 8.5 Steals/Game 6.6 Bulldogs. He needed just 74 games to reach the 10 at Valparaiso* 1 p.m. 2.6 Blocks/Game 2.9 milestone, the quickest Drake coach to do so. 13 EVANSVILLE* 4 p.m. ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS 14 EVANSVILLE* 3 p.m. SCORING 17 UNI* 7 p.m. Television ESPNU (Sun.) / CBS Sports Network (Mon.) 26 at Bradley* 7 p.m. Play-by-play Mike Monaco / Alex Del Barrio Analyst Kevin Lehman / Tim Doyle SHANQUAN HEMPHILL 27 at Bradley* 7 p.m. F • 6-6 • 195 • Sr. Radio ESPN 1350-AM / 102.1-FM 15.7 PPG March Play-by-play Michael Admire 4-7 MVC Tournament Analyst Paul Doerrfeld Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts N. Dakota 8-13 0-1 3-4 19 ! - Little Apple Classic Streaming Video ESPN.com/Watch / CBSSports.com at. Ind. State 8-15 0-0 0-0 16 * MVC Contest COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS at. Ind. State 3-8 0-0 6-8 12 All times central Total 19-36 0-1 9-12 37/15.7 Drake Ty Patton Mobile 205-310-1271 E-mail [email protected] REBOUNDING Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com DARNELL BRODIE Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake F • 6-10 • 275 • Jr. SIU John Lock 7.7 RPG Mobile 309.333.0132 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total E-mail [email protected] Website SIUSalukis.com N. Dakota 3 4 7 at Ind. State 1 7 8 at Ind. State 3 5 8 Total 7 16 23/7.7 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 DEVRIES ENTERS THIRD SEASON Director of Athletics Brian Hardin AFTER HISTORIC FIRST TWO Faculty Athletics Rep. Megan Brown Darian DeVries, the 2018-19 Missouri Valley DeVries was one of the longest-tenured men’s Coaching Staff Conference Coach of the Year, enters his third basketball assistant coaches at one school in Head Coach Darian DeVries season as the head coach of the Drake men’s the nation and assisted the Bluejays in their fifth Alma Mater UNI, 1998 basketball program. NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven In his first two seasons, the Bulldogs have years before earning the Drake position. During Record at Drake 55-24 (3rd season) won 44 games to mark the fourth-most success- his time on the Creighton staff under both Dana Career Record 55-24 (3rd season) ful two-year period in program history. Altman and Greg McDermott, the program ac- Assistants Larry Blunt During his second season he guided the cumulated a record of 460-211 and 231-129 in Marty Richter Bulldogs to the program’s second-straight 20- conference games. win season which marked the first time since Under his guidance, Creighton had 15 first- Matt Gatens 1971 the program had won 20 or more games team all-conference selections, six conference Director of Operations Brady Ellingson in consecutive seasons and just the third time it Players of the Year, three Newcomers of the Graduate Manager Anthony Murphy had occurred in program history. Nearly a third of Year, three Freshmen of the Year and three the Bulldogs’ 20-win seasons have come under Defensive Players of the Year. CU has also had DeVries’ leadership. six All-American honorees in that time, including Team Information The 2019-20 season ended in the MVC Tour- Doug McDermott, the first player in 30 years to 2019-20 Record 20-14 nament semifinals for the second-straight sea- be named a First Team All-American by the AP in 2019-20 MVC Record/Finish 8-10/8th son as the Bulldogs clipped No. 1 seed UNI in three straight seasons. 2019-20 H/A/N Record 14-2 / 2-10 / 4-2 the quarterfinals to become the first No. 8 seed Before joining the staff at then Missouri Val- to upend a No. 1 seed in tournament history. ley Conference member Creighton in 1998, he Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 That team set a school record for blocks in already had an extensive background in the Val- Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/4 a season with 132, surpassing the mark of 130 ley as a starter at UNI under coach Eldon Miller. Newcomers 5 set in his first season. Additionally, the 2019-20 DeVries ranks 31st all-time in career scoring at team’s 237 three-pointers were the eighth most UNI with 1,084 points and was twice an MVC in season. The team recorded 279 three-pointers Scholar-Athlete Team selection. The two-time Program History in his first season at the helm, the fourth-most in UNI captain led the Panthers in three-point All-Time Record 1,274-1,500 (.459) Drake history. shooting three years and converted on 44 per- MVC Record 590-874 (.403) The longtime assistant from Creighton took cent of his attempts as a senior with 3.1 assists MVC Tournament Record 20-41 (.333) the reins of the Bulldog program in March, 2018, per game. and inherited a roster with just one returning DeVries graduated from UNI in 1998 with MVC Titles 8 (4 Outright/4 Shared) starter and three returning contributors. He a B.A. in elementary education and a minor (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008, 19) quickly assembled a talented roster and let that in physical education. He earned his master’s MVC Tournament Titles 1 squad to its first regular-season Missouri Valley degree in college counseling from Creighton in (2008) Conference title since 2008 and the program’s 2000. 12th all-time postseason appearance. DeVries was a standout athlete in high school NCAA Appearances 4 Under his guidance, the Bulldogs led the Val- at Aplington-Parkersburg (Iowa), and in the (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) ley in scoring at 75.4 points per game to rack up spring of 2015 was inducted into the IHSAA Hall NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) 24 wins and record the program’s sixth 20-win of Fame for his playing prowess.