2018-19 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE AT IOWA STATE I SUNDAY, DEC. 16 I HILTON COLISEUM (AMES, IOWA) I 12 P.M. | CYCLONE TV Preview 2018-19 SCHEDULE 2018-19 STATS With finals week completed, the Drake University women’s November basketball team visits Iowa State Sunday at 12 p.m. in its lone 7 at Nebraska W, 83-77 game this week. Drake and Iowa State meet in the first of two 10 at Western Illinois W, 98-71 back-to-back in-state contests for the Bulldogs who host No. 16 15 South Dakota W, 76-64 Drake Team Iowa State Iowa Dec. 21 in their final non-conference game of the regular 18 CSUN W, 73-63 8-2 2018-19 Record 7-2 season. 22 Rutgers# W, 69-59 - Conference Record - 23 No.1 Notre Dame# L, 82-64 OT RV/25 Ranking (AP/USA Today) RV/RV Drake is coming off an 80-71 road loss at South Dakota State 24 No.13 South Carolina# W,90-85 Bulldogs Nickname Cyclones Dec. 8. The Jackrabbits led by 10 at halftime and had to fight 28 at Creighton W, 85-69 Missouri Valley Conference Big 12 off several rally attempts by the Bulldogs who multiple times Des Moines, Iowa Location Ames, Iowa trimmed their deficit to one-point. However, SDSU outscored December Jennie Baranczyk Head Coach Bill Fennelly Drake, 18-13, in the final period to win their second straight in 4 Clarke W, 91-43 the series between two team in the upper half of espnW’s mid- 8 at South Dakota State L, 80-71 133-71/7 seasons Record at School 486-255/24 seasons major rankings. Sara Rhine scored 22 points in the road defeat Same Career Record 652-308/31 seasons 16 at Iowa State 12 p.m. while Sammie Bachrodt tallied a season-high 18 points and 21 Iowa 6 p.m. 80.0 Points/Game 77.7 added five rebounds, four assists and four steals. 69.3 Opp. Points/Game 58.2 January +10.7 Scoring Margin +19.4 Iowa State crushed North Dakota, 87-35, in its last game. 4 at Bradley* 7 p.m. .477 FG% .449 Bridget Carleton, an honorable mention AP All-American 7 at Illinois State* 2 p.m. .389 Opp. FG% .332 last season, is averaging a team-leading 17.7 points and 8.9 11 Loyola* 6 p.m. .389 3FG% .317 rebounds per game. The Cyclones won the Preseason WNIT 13 Valparaiso* 2 p.m. .275 Opp. 3FG% .277 earlier this season. 18 at UNI* 7 p.m. .716 FT% .693 25 at Indiana State* 6 p.m. 40.1 Rebounds/Game 43.0 The in-state series between the Bulldogs and the Cyclones has 28 at Evansville* 1 p.m. 35.8 Opp. Rebounds/Game 38.1 been back-and-forth the past four seasons with home team +4.3 Rebounding Margin +4.9 winning each meeting. Iowa State holds a slight edge all-time, February 22.1 Assists/Game 15.7 29-28, in the series that started in 1975-76 and has featured at 1 Missouri State* 6 p.m. 16.9 Turnovers/Game 14.8 least one game between the two every season since. 3 SIU* 1 p.m. 8 at Valparaiso* 7 p.m. -2.4 Turnover Margin +1.2 Annual Kids Game 7.8 Steals/Game 6.8 11 at Loyola* 1 p.m. Drake hosted Clarke Dec. 4 in its sixth annual Kids Game. The 15 UNI* 6 p.m. 2.5 Blocks/Game 5.1 Bulldogs and Pride met for the fourth-time ever and second 22 Evansville* 6 p.m. THE SERIES time in the annual game that fills the Knapp Center with local 24 Indiana State* 1 p.m. Overall Iowa State, 29-28 elementary and middle schoool students. This year’s game Last 10 Meetings Iowa State, 7-3 was played in front of a record number of students, with nearly March In Des Moines Drake, 16-11 5,000 and a record crowd of 6,031. 1 at SIU* 6 p.m. In Ames, Iowa Iowa State, 17-9 3 at Missouri State* 1 p.m. Neutral Site Drake, 3-1 Revenge Win 7 Illinois State* 6 p.m. Last Drake Win Nov. 30, 2017 - 83-80 On Nov. 28, Drake defeated a familiar foe, their former MVC 9 Bradley* 2 p.m. Last Iowa State Win Nov. 20, 2016 - 75-67 rival, Creighton, with an 85-69 road victory that snapped a 14-17 MVC Tournament% TBA two-game losing streak to the Bluejays. The win is the 40th First Meeting Jan. 15, 1975 - Iowa State, 95-29 All Times Central Last Meeting Nov. 30, 2017 - Drake, 83-80 all-time for the Bulldogs in the series that started in 1977, # Vancouver Showcase (Vancouver, Canada) Most Drake Points 122, 1981 featured multiple games for many seasons when the teams * Missouri Valley Conference Game Most Iowa State Points 95, 1975 were conference mates and has continued every year since % MVC Tournament (Moline, Ill.) Fewest Drake Points 29, 1975 Creighton left the MVC for the BIG EAST in 2013, including Fewest Iowa State Points 36, 2003 last season’s four-overtime back-and-forth game at the Knapp Current Streak Drake - 1 Center. RADIO/WEB INFORMATION Hot Start GAMEDAY INFORMATION Drake at 8-2 is off to its best start of a season through 10 Video: Cyclones TV ($) games since the 1994-95 team won its first 13 games. Video Link: https://cyclones.com/watch/?Live=4602 Busy Month &category=Event&type=Live Drake played a program record eight games in the month of Radio: 1350 ESPN Des Moines November. The previous high for games in a month was seven TuneIn App: https://goo.gl/qkDWbi in Nov., 2013. Drake’s schedule in Decemeber will feature four Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/ non-conference games before MVC play starts in January, statmonitr/?id=237616 2019. In-Game Updates: Twitter @DrakeWBB Postgame Recap: www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com Welcome to the Club Junior Becca Hittner reached a career milestone in Drake’s win over Creighton. Hittner, who scored a game-high 23 points DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS in the victory, is the 32nd player in program history to surpass Women’s Basketball Contact John Meyer 1,000 career points and accomplished the feat on her first Office 515-271-3740 three-pointer of the game. The 2017 Jackie Stiles Player of the Mobile 515-770-4190 Year is averaging 16.2 points, which ranks fifth in the MVC. Drake Press Row Phone 515-271-4878 Exclusive Company Email [email protected] Hittner is one of five current MVC players who have scored Website GoDrakeBulldogs.com 1,000 or more points in a career. Two of her teammates, Maddy Facebook Drake University Women’s Basketball Dean and Sara Rhine, surpassed the mark last season and two Instagram DrakeWBB more of her teammates are working towards the impressive Twitter DrakeWBB accomplishment as well. Sammie Bachrodt and Becca Jonas 2018-19 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES AROUND THE VALLEY have 953 and 879, points respectively, as they work to join the group. Marquette is the only program Sunday, Dec. 16 this season with five current players who have all surpassed the 1,000 point mark. Drake at Iowa State................................ 12 p.m. UMKC at Loyola .......................................12 p.m. Upset Alert North Dakota State at Valparaiso ...............1 p.m. Drake closed the inaugural Vancouver Showcase with a 90-85 overtime victory over then No. 13 Gonzaga at Missouri State .........................2 p.m. South Carolina in the third place game. It is the highest ranked win over an opponent for the Bulldogs UNI at Iowa .................................................2 p.m. since the 2002-03 team defeated No. 7 Baylor in the second round of the 2003 NCAA Tournament. It Maryville at Illinois State ........................3:30 p.m. is also the first victory over the Gamecocks in four meetings. Monday, Dec. 17 Another Power 5 Win Indiana State at Butler ................................6 p.m. Drake, which rallied at Nebraska in the season opener, added a pair of Power 5 wins in Vancouver. Not only did the Bulldogs beat South Carolina of the SEC, but they rallied from a 15-point deficit Tuesday, Dec. 18 against Rutgers of the Big Ten for a 69-59 win to open the stacked tournament, which included six Southern Illinois at Murray State ................5 p.m. 2018 NCAA Tournament teams. Austin Peay at Evansville ...........................6 p.m. Back in the Polls Wednesday, Dec. 19 After receiving votes in the first three weeks of the season, Drake moved to No. 24 in Nov. 26 Bradley at Cleveland State .........................4 p.m. Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll and then moved up to No. 21 in the Dec. 3 AP poll. Minnesota State at UNI ..............................5 p.m. Valparaiso at IUPFW ..................................6 p.m. It is the highest ranking for the program since it closed the 2016-17 season at No. 20 in the final AP poll. It is the earliest Drake has been ranked in a season since the 2001-02 team ranked No. 24 in 2018-19 MVC STANDINGS (*as of 12/13) the Dec. 10, 2001 poll. The Bulldogs fell out of the AP Top 25 after their loss at SDSU, but are the top TEAM MVC Overall team receiving votes. Drake is still ranked No. 25 in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll. Bradley 0-0 7-0 Drake 0-0 8-2 Strength of Schedule Loyola 0-0 6-3 Drake has played one of the nation’s toughest schedules this season.