DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 23 | VS. SIU | FEB. 1, 2020 • The Drake University men’s basketball team returns SCHEDULE Feb. 1, 2020 • 5 p.m. to the Knapp Center where it has won 15-straight November Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center home games, the nation’s ninth-longest home win- ning streak. 2 UPPER IA. (EX) W, 95-88 7 KENNESAW ST. W, 86-55 • SIU visits the Knapp Center as the hottest team in COMPARISON the league, with four-straight wins in tow. That streak 11 at Cincinnati L, 81-59 began with a 66-49 victory over Drake in Carbondale, 13 KANSAS CITY W, 76-58 Drake Team SIU Jan. 19. Des Moines, Iowa Location Carbondale, Ill. 17 SIMPSON W, 98-53 • Drake is 11-0 at home this season and averaging 21 LEHIGH W, 74-58 Bulldogs Nickname Salukis 78.2 points per game while shooting 50.7 percent Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley 25 vs. Miami Univ.! L, 67-59 in the Knapp Center. Four of Drake’s five MVC wins 26 vs. Northeastern! W, 59-56 15-7 Record 12-10 have come at home. 5-4 Conference Record 6-3 • Drake is coming off a last-second, 58-56, loss at 27 vs. Murray State! W, 63-53 Ranking Indiana State in which the Bulldogs shot 47.6 percent, L1 Streak W4 its third-highest percentage in a loss this season. In December Darian DeVries Head Coach Bryan Mullins its four MVC losses, Drake is shooting 45.6 percent 3 MILWAUKEE W, 56-53 39-17/2nd Record at School 12-10/1st (94-of-206). 7 SEMO W, 78-73 39-17/2nd Career Record 12-10/1st • Drake has shot 48 percent or better in eight of its 14 at No. 14/12 Dayton L, 78-47 70.1 Points/Game 62.6 last 11 games and is shooting 296-of-619 (47.8 per- 17 MOUNT MARTY W, 92-74 65.5 Opp. Points/Game 60.3 cent) during that span. 21 at Air Force W, 85-80 4.6 Scoring Margin 2.3 • In the last three games, the Bulldogs have shot 44.1 31 at Bradley* L, 80-72 0.461 FG% 0.432 percent from the three-point arc with 26 makes. 0.410 Opp. FG% 0.421 • Sophomore Liam Robbins has scored in double 0.346 3FG% 0.333 figures in 13 of the last 14 games with three double- January 0.344 Opp. 3FG% 0.297 doubles in the last five games. During those 14 4 INDIANA STATE* W, 80-76 0.702 FT% 0.723 games, Robbins is shooting 52.7 percent. 7 LOYOLA* W, 65-62 34.4 Rebounds/Game 30.3 • Robbins recently became the school record holder 11 at Valparaiso* L, 66-61 for blocks in a season with 59. He ranks 17th nation 32.0 Opp. Rebounds/Game 34.8 16 ILLINOIS STATE* W, 84-74 • Roman Penn ranks 21st nationally in assists with 2.4 Rebounding Margin -4.5 19 at SIU* L, 66-49 6.1 per game this season. He has had six or more as- 15.9 Assists/Game 12.4 sists in 15 games this season and in eight of the last 22 at Evansville* W, 73-50 13.1 Turnovers/Game 12.5 nine games. Penn has a 20-to-4 assist-to-turnover 26 MO. STATE* W, 71-69 0.0 Turnover Margin 1.3 ratio in the last four games. 29 at Indiana State* L, 58-56 5.8 Steals/Game 6.5 LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS 3.5 Blocks/Game 2.0 February ON THE AIR SCORING 1 SIU* 5 P.M. 5 BRADLEY* 8 P.M. Television Mediacom MC22 ROMAN PENN 8 at UNI 3 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Morgan Analyst Adam Emmenecker G • 5-11 • 180 • R-So. 12 at Missouri State 7 p.m. 12.7 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 Evansville 5-11 3-3 1-1 14 25 at Loyola 7 p.m. Mo. State 5-13 2-3 5-7 17 29 UNI* TBA Streaming Video ESPN+ at Ind. State 3-8 1-4 0-0 7 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Total 13-32 6-10 6-8 38/12.7 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 8.3 RPG Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total SIU John Lock at Evansville 1 7 8 Mobile 309.333.0132 Mo. State 2 4 6 E-mail [email protected] Website SIUSalukis.com at Ind. State 0 11 11 Twitter @JTLock Total 3 22 25/8.3 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 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 39-17 (2nd season) RETURNS FOR SECOND SEASON Career Record 39-17 (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 1,178-1,494 (.459) eight All-MVC honors, including MVC Defensive UNI captain led the Panthers in three-point MVC Record 585-869 (.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.