DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 10-11 | AT INDIANA STATE | DEC. 27-28, 2020 • The Drake University men’s basketball team begins SCHEDULE Dec. 27-28, 2020 • Noon / 4 p.m. Valley play with a two-game series at Indiana State Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center Dec. 27-28. November • This marks the third-straight season Drake has 25 at Kansas State! W, 80-70 begun the league season on the road. 27 vs. South Dakota! W, 69-53 COMPARISON • The Bulldogs begin conference play with the top record in the nation at 9-0 to set a program record for December Drake Team Indiana State the best start in history and mark the first time Drake 3 OMAHA W, 87-66 Des Moines, Iowa Location Terre Haute, Ind. has started league play undefeated since 1960-61. Bulldogs Nickname Sycamores • Drake’s nine wins are tied for the most in the nation 6 ST. AMBROSE W, 97-53 Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley and the Bulldogs are one of two 9-0 teams. 9 MCKENDREE W, 90-66 9-0 Record 3-2 • All nine of Drake’s wins have come by double-digits 13 AIR FORCE W, 81-53 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 to mark the first time Drake has won nine-straight 18 at South Dakota W, 75-57 --/-- Ranking --/-- games by double figures. The Bulldogs are the first 20 CHICAGO ST. W, 111-67 W9 Streak W2 team since Ohio State in 2010-11 to win nine-straight 22 NORTH DAKOTA W, 88-55 Darian DeVries Head Coach Greg Lansing non-conference games by 10 or more points and fin- 27 at Indiana State Noon 53-24/3rd Record at School 169-156/11th ish the non-conference season undefeated. 28 at Indiana State 4 p.m. 53-24/3rd Career Record 169-156/11th • The Bulldogs have scored 80 or more points in seven of their nine games to average 86.4 points per 86.4 Points/Game 69.2 January 60.0 Opp. Points/Game 69.4 game, the 26th best average in the nation. Drake’s average margin of victory of 26.4 points ranks 11th. 3 SIU* 2 p.m. 26.4 Scoring Margin -0.2 • That offense has been fueled by 53.6 percent 4 SIU* 6 p.m. 0.536 FG% .418 shooting, the eighth best mark in the nation. Drake 0.377 Opp. FG% .463 10 LOYOLA* 5 p.m. has shot 50 percent or better in six of the last seven 0.423 3FG% .260 11 LOYOLA* 6 p.m. games and 47 percent in the lone game it did not shot 0.301 Opp. 3FG% .380 17 at Missouri State* 2 p.m. 50 percent or better. 18 at Missouri State* 7 p.m. 0.695 FT% .748 • Drake has had a different leading scorer in six of its 21 at UNI* TBA 39.6 Rebounds/Game 31.8 nine wins. D.J. Wilkins and Shanquan Hemphill are 29.1 Opp. Rebounds/Game 37.2 the only two to lead Drake in scoring more than once. 30 ILLINOIS STATE* 4 p.m. 10.4 Rebounding Margin -5.4 • Drake’s dominant win over Air Force was head 31 ILLINOIS STATE* 2 p.m. 17.3 Assists/Game 12.2 coach Darian DeVries’ 50th at the helm of the 12.2 Turnovers/Game 14.0 Bulldogs. He needed just 74 games to reach the mile- February 3.7 Turnover Margin +4.4 stone, the quickest Drake coach to do so and fastest 6 at Valparaiso* 1 p.m. 9.0 Steals/Game 8.0 among active Valley head coaches by eight games. 10 at Valparaiso* 1 p.m. 3.2 Blocks/Game 3.0 13 EVANSVILLE* 4 p.m. ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS 14 EVANSVILLE* 3 p.m. SCORING 17 UNI* 7 p.m. Television ESPN+ (Sunday) / ESPN3 (Monday) 26 at Bradley* 7 p.m. Play-by-play Luke Martin Analyst Matt Renn SHANQUAN HEMPHILL 27 at Bradley* 7 p.m. F • 6-6 • 195 • Sr. Radio ESPN 1350-AM / 102.1-FM 17.3 PPG March Play-by-play Michael Admire 4-7 MVC Tournament Analyst Paul Doerrfeld Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts at S. Dakota 4-6 0-0 4-6 12 ! - Little Apple Classic Streaming Video ESPN+ / ESPN.com/Watch Chi. State 9-10 0-0 3-5 21 * MVC Contest COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS N. Dakota 8-13 0-1 3-4 19 All times central Total 16-28 13-23 4-5 52/17.3 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. 7.7 RPG Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total at S. Dakota 2 5 7 Chi. State 4 5 9 N. Dakota 3 4 7 Total 9 14 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 53-24 (3rd season) won 44 games to mark the fourth-most success- his time on the Creighton staff under both Dana Career Record 53-24 (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 1,272-1,500 (.459) Drake history. shooting three years and converted on 44 per- MVC Record 588-874 (.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.