DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 22 | VS. UNI • The Drake University men’s basketball team returns SCHEDULE Jan. 28, 2017 • 1 p.m. CST to the hospitable environs of the Knapp Center on November Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center Saturday to host UNI in the second meeting between the two teams this season. 11 SOUTH DAKOTA L, 79-74 15 at UMKC L, 68-62 • The Bulldogs have won two of their last three games COMPARISON and five-straight games at the Knapp Center dating 19 SIMPSON W, 76-61 back to Dec. 22. 24 vs. Iona ! L, 64-53 Drake Team UNI • In those five-straight home wins, the Bulldogs have Des Moines, Iowa Location Cedar Falls, Iowa 25 vs. UC Davis ! L, 64-58 averaged 93.2 points per game while shooting 49.2 Bulldogs Nickname Panthers 26 vs. UA Anchorage ! L, 74-69 percent from the floor and 45.7 percent from the arc. Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley 30 at DePaul L, 77-75 • On Tuesday, Drake earned its first road win in nearly 7-14 Record 9-11 two years and just its second-ever win at Missouri 5-4 Conference Record 4-5 State with a 72-71 overtime victory on the Bears’ December Ranking OT home court. 3 FRESNO STATE # L , 78-76 W1 Streak W4 • Reed Timmer scored 27 points, including the game- 10 JACKSON STATE L, 68-63 Jeff Rutter Head Coach Ben Jacobson winner, at MSU to give him six 20-point games this 17 vs. Iowa State $ L, 97-80 6-7/1st Record at School 229-128/11th season. The junior, who is enrolled in Drake’s doctor- 77-123/8th Career Record 229-128/11th 19 S. DAKOTA ST. L, 83-75 ate of pharmacy program, is averaging 20.0 points 73.9 Points/Game 64.5 22 MISS. VALLEY ST. W, 101-69 per game in the last three games and 18.7 points per 76.4 Opp. Points/Game 66.1 29 LOYOLA * W, 102-98 game in MVC action. -2.6 Scoring Margin -1.6 • The Bulldogs also rank second in scoring in MVC 0.428 FG% 0.406 games by averaging 76.6 points per game against January 0.451 Opp. FG% 0.441 conference foes. 1 at SIU * L, 83-69 0.355 3FG% 0.338 • Under head coach Jeff Rutter, the Bulldogs are 4 at Wichita State * L, 90-65 0.367 Opp. 3FG% 0.382 averaging 77.5 points per game and have made 8 EVANSVILLE * W, 88-76 0.749 FT% 0.746 nine or more three-pointers in nine of the 13 games. 35.6 Rebounds/Game 29.9 11 INDIANA STATE * W, 87-70 Under Rutter, the Bulldogs are 5-1 when scoring 80 37.5 Opp. Rebounds/Game 35.7 15 at UNI * L, 79-60 or more points and the team is 17-1 over the past four OT -1.9 Rebounding Margin -5.8 18 SIU * W , 88-84 seasons when hitting the 80-point mark. 13.5 Assists/Game 10.5 21 at Illinois State * L, 72-58 • Graham Woodward is coming off three strong 13.6 Turnovers/Game 12.0 OT games with 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting with eight 24 at Missouri State * W , 72-71 -0.7 Turnover Margin 3.0 assists in the last two games. His defense in the wan- 28 UNI * 1 p.m. 6.1 Steals/Game 7.5 ing minutes of the Missouri State game led to the win. 2.4 Blocks/Game 3.1 February LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS ON THE AIR 1 WICHITA STATE * 6 p.m. SCORING 4 at Bradley * 1 p.m. Television CBS Sports Network REED TIMMER 7 ILLINOIS STATE * 7 p.m. Play-by-play Brent Stover G • 6-1 • 185 • Jr. • New Berlin, Wis. 11 at Indiana State * 1 p.m. Analyst Jordan Cornette 14 at Evansville * 7 p.m. 18 MISSOURI STATE * 7 p.m. Radio ESPN 1350-AM 20.0 PPG 22 at Loyola * 7 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Cotlar Analyst Paul Doerrfeld Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 25 BRADLEY * 1 p.m. SIU 6-14 4-8 4-6 20 March Streaming Video at. Ill. State 3-8 2-4 5-6 13 2-5 at MVC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) at. Mo. State 10-18 3-7 4-4 27 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Total 19-40 11-19 13-16 60/20.0 ! - GCI Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Ak.) Drake Ty Patton # - MVC/MWC Challenge Office 515-271-3014 REBOUNDING $ - Hy-Vee Classic * MVC Contest Mobile 205-310-1271 T.J. THOMAS All times central E-mail [email protected] F • 6-8 • 205 • Jr. • Stone Mountain, Ga. Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake 9.0 RPG GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS UNI Colin McDonough Office 319-273-5456 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total • Blueout - all fans are encour- Mobile 319-415-4059 SIU 1 7 8 aged to wear blue. The first 1,000 students receive a free blue t-shirt E-Mail [email protected] at. Ill. State 5 3 8 Website www.unipanthers.com courtesy of Jethro’s BBQ. Twitter @UNIAthletics at. Mo. State 1 10 11 Total 7 20 27/9.0 WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 1 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSMB DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL Jeff Rutter, a veteran coach with vast experience in Iowa and the Missouri Valley conference, is in his fourth season QUICK FACTS at Drake. On Dec. 6, 2016, Rutter assumed head coaching duties after three-and-a-half years as an assistant coach. University Rutter came to Drake after seven seasons at Iowa State Location Des Moines, Iowa where he helped coach 13 all-Big 12 student-athletes and Founded 1881 aided in 46 wins, the third-best two-year win total in Cyclone Enrollment 5,015 history, resulting in a pair of NCAA Tournament berths. Rutter Nickname Bulldogs spent the first four seasons of his ISU tenure as an assistant Colors Blue & White coach before assuming the role of director of operations in Arena (Capacity): Knapp Center (7,152) the spring of 2010 under Fred Hoiberg. Conference Missouri Valley Conference Rutter gained three seasons of experience coaching in the Missouri Valley Conference as an assistant at UNI from President Marty Martin Head Coach 2003-06, where the Panthers compiled a 65-31 mark and Faculty Athletics Rep. TBD made three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances Jeff under head coach Greg McDermott. In his first season in Coaching Staff 2003-04, UNI won the MVC Tournament title and qualified Head Coach Jeff Rutter RUTTER for its first NCAA appearance since 1990. The following year Alma Mater Winona State, 1988 (2004-05), UNI earned its first ever at-large NCAA berth with First Season Record at Drake 6-7 (1st season) a No. 11 seed while posting a 21-11 record. The Panthers Career Record 77-123 (8th season) tied a school record in wins in Rutter’s final year at UNI with a 23-10 record. Assistants Dave Buchanan Three Panthers earned first-team all-Missouri Valley Conference honors four times in his three JR Blount seasons in Cedar Falls. In 2006, Rutter was honored by his peers by winning the NABC Literacy Brian Lucas Award, given annually to a coach who is committed to promoting education to children in local Director of Operations Chris McMahon schools and communities. Past winners of the prestigious award include Mike Krzyzewski, Gene Keady, Tubby Smith and Fran Fraschilla. Team Information Rutter’s career also includes a lengthy tenure as the head coach at Wisconsin-Parkside from 2015-16 Record 7-24 1996-2003 before joining McDermott’s staff. UW-P finished 15-13 overall his final season, its first 2015-16 MVC Record/Finish 2-16/10th winning record since 1988. In his first year as head coach in 1996-97, Rutter’s team stunned the No. 1 team in the nation, the University of Indianapolis, 63-45. In his second season, the team posted its 2015-16 H/A/N Record 5-9/0-12/2-3 first back-to-back double-digit win seasons in a decade. In 2001-02, UW-P was nationally ranked (No. Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 16) for the first time since the school joined the Division II ranks. Letterwinners Returning/Lost 9/3 At UW-P, Rutter developed the Adopt-a-Ranger program and the Junior Rangers built a strong Newcomers 4 connection with schools in the Racine-Kenosha area. His teams also posted some of the highest grade-point averages in the school’s 35-year basketball history. He assisted in developing corporate Program History sponsorship programs and was instrumental in the development of the Ranger Athletic Club and the All-Time Record 1,122-1,450 (.459) men’s basketball Dunk Club. MVC Record 559-842 (.403) Rutter has also taught at various levels, including serving as a clinical associate professor from MVC Tournament Record 17-36 (.327) 1996-2003 at UW-P, a lecturer at North Dakota State from 1990-95 and teaching at the elementary, junior and senior high school levels. MVC Titles 7 (4 Outright/3 Shared) He began his collegiate coaching career at North Dakota State from 1990-95 where the Bison (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008) posted a 43-17 mark and made two NCAA tournament appearances in his final two seasons there. MVC Tournament Titles 1 The Bison advanced to the “Sweet 16” with a 21-9 mark in 1993-94 before earning their first North (2008) Central Conference championship in 14 years with a 22-8 record in 1994-95.