DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 8 | VS. CHICAGO STATE | DEC. 20, 2020 • The Drake University men’s basketball team returns SCHEDULE Dec. 20, 2020 • 2 p.m. home, where it has won 22-straight non-conference Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center games to host Chicago State. November • The Bulldogs are 7-0 for the first time in 41 years 25 at Kansas State! W, 80-70 and just the third time in program history. 27 vs. South Dakota! W, 69-53 COMPARISON • The team’s 7-0 start is one win shy of the program record 8-0 start that the 1970-71 team enjoyed. December Drake Team Chicago State • Drake’s seven win are tied for the most in the nation 3 OMAHA W, 87-66 Des Moines, Iowa Location Chicago. Ill. and the Bulldogs are one of four teams that are 7-0 Bulldogs Nickname Cougars or better. 6 ST. AMBROSE W, 97-53 Missouri Valley Conference Western Athletic • Drake is coming off a 75-57 win at South Dakota, 9 MCKENDREE W, 90-66 7-0 Record 0-8 the team’s fourth-biggest margin of victory in a road 13 AIR FORCE W, 81-53 Conference Record game since 2009-10. 18 at South Dakota W, 75-57 --/-- Ranking • Roman Penn led the Bulldogs in that win with 25 20 CHICAGO STATE 2 P.M. W7 Streak L8 points, one shy of matching a career high. Penn also 22 NORTH DAKOTA 6 P.M. Darian DeVries Head Coach Lance Irvin ranks 23rd nationally in assists with 6.4 per game. 27 at Indiana State Noon 51-24/3rd Record at School 7-62/3rd • Drake is outscoring opponents by an average of 28 at Indiana State 4 p.m. 51-24/3rd Career Record 7-62/3rd 23 points per game and has won all seven game by double-digits. It is the first time in program history 82.7 Points/Game 54.0 January 59.7 Opp. Points/Game 85.9 Drake has won seven-straight games by 10 or more points. 3 SIU* 2 p.m. +23.0 Scoring Margin -31.9 • The Bulldogs have scored 80 or more points in 4 SIU* 6 p.m. 0.521 FG% .352 five of their seven games to average 82.7 points per 0.372 Opp. FG% .517 10 LOYOLA* 5 p.m. game, the 52nd best average in the nation. 0.404 3FG% .247 11 LOYOLA* 6 p.m. • That offense has been fueled by 52.1 percent 0.321 Opp. 3FG% .390 17 at Missouri State* 2 p.m. shooting, the 18th best mark in the nation. Drake shot 18 at Missouri State* 7 p.m. 0.710 FT% .702 47.1 percent at South Dakota, snapping a four-game 21 at UNI* TBA 38.9 Rebounds/Game 26.5 streak of the team shooting 50 percent or better. 30.4 Opp. Rebounds/Game 41.9 • Drake’s dominant win over Air Force was head 30 ILLINOIS STATE* 4 p.m. +8.4 Rebounding Margin -15.4 coach Darian DeVries’ 50th at the helm of the 31 ILLINOIS STATE* 2 p.m. 16.6 Assists/Game 9.8 Bulldogs. He needed just 74 games to reach the mile- 12.3 Turnovers/Game 15.4 stone, the quickest Drake coach to do so and fastest February +2.9 Turnover Margin -3.9 among active Valley head coaches by eight games. 6 at Valparaiso* 1 p.m. 8.4 Steals/Game 5.3 • Drake has had a different leading scorer in six of its 10 at Valparaiso* 1 p.m. 3.4 Blocks/Game 1.6 seven wins. 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+ 26 at Bradley* 7 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Morgan Analyst Adam Emmenecker ROMAN PENN 27 at Bradley* 7 p.m. G • 6-0 • 180 • RJr. Radio ESPN 1350-AM / 102.1-FM 16.3 PPG March Play-by-play Michael Admire 4-7 MVC Tournament Analyst Laura Leonard Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts McKendree 6-10 1-1 0-0 13 ! - Little Apple Classic Streaming Video ESPN+ / ESPN.com/Watch Air Force 5-9 1-3 0-0 11 * MVC Contest COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS at S. Dakota 7-10 1-2 10-11 25 All times central Total 18-29 3-6 10-11 49/16.3 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. Chicago State Jim Christman 6.3 RPG Office 402-649-8062 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total Cell 847-560-1300 E-mail [email protected] McKendree 2 1 3 Website www.GoCSUCougars.com Air Force 4 5 9 at S. Dakota 2 5 7 Total 8 11 19/6.3 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 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 51-24 (3rd season) won 44 games to mark the fourth-most success- his time on the Creighton staff under both Dana Career Record 51-24 (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 1,270-1,500 (.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.