DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. USC | NCAA TOURNAMENT | MARCH 20, 2021 • Thursday night, Drake earned its 26th win, tying the SCHEDULE March 20, 2021 • 3:30 p.m. CDT mark for second-highest win total in a season set by Indianapolis, Ind. • Bankers Life Fieldhouse the 1968-69 NCAA Final Four team which posted a November 26-5 mark. 25 at Kansas State! W, 80-70 • Drake, under two-time MVC Coach of the Year Dar- 27 vs. South Dakota! W, 69-53 COMPARISON ian DeVries, has won 70 games over the last three seasons, the most in any three-year period in school No. 11 Drake Team No. 6 USC history December Des Moines, Iowa Location Los Angeles, Calif. • Saturday’s first-round matchup against USC is the 3 OMAHA W, 87-66 Bulldogs Nickname Trojans first meeting between the schools since the Bulldogs 6 ST. AMBROSE W, 97-53 Missouri Valley Conference Pac-12 beat USC, 80-70, in the quarterfinal round of the 1975 9 MCKENDREE W, 90-66 26-4 Record 22-7 National Commissioners Invitational in Louisville, Ky. 13 AIR FORCE W, 81-53 15-3 Conference Record 15-5 • Drake’s thrilling 53-52 First Four win made the RV/RV Ranking 23/23 Bulldogs 6-0 in games decided by five or less points 18 at South Dakota W, 75-57 W1 Streak L1 this season. 20 CHICAGO ST. W, 111-67 Darian DeVries Head Coach Andy Enfield • It also marked the sixth time Drake has come from 22 NORTH DAKOTA W, 88-55 70-28/3rd Record at School 154-109/8th behind to win after trailing by 10 or more points in a 27 at Indiana State W, 81-63 game. 70-28/3rd Career Record 195-137/10th 28 at Indiana State W, 73-66 76.6 Points/Game 74.8 • Drake’s defense held Wichita State to 52 points to 64.2 Opp. Points/Game 65.1 tie the Shockers’ season low. • Drake junior guard DJ Wilkins led that defense by 12.4 Scoring Margin 9.7 January holding Tyson Etienne, the co-American Athletic Con- 0.491 FG% 0.467 3 SIU* W, 73-55 ference Player of the Year with a 17.7 ppg average, 0.419 Opp. FG% 0.394 4 SIU* W, 86-55 to a season-low one point. Etienne was 0-for-6 from 0.370 3FG% 0.348 the floor. 10 LOYOLA* PPD 0.312 Opp. 3FG% 0.342 • Joseph Yesufu scored a game-high 21 points in the 11 LOYOLA* PPD 0.710 FT% 0.647 win for his sixth career 20-plus scoring game, all of 17 at Missouri State* PPD 36.0 Rebounds/Game 39.5 which have come in the last eight games. Yesufu, 18 at Missouri State* PPD 31.1 Opp. Rebounds/Game 32.3 who scored 14 points in the second half, added two 21 at UNI* PPD 4.9 Rebounding Margin 7.2 steals, marking his ninth game with multiple steals, 13.7 Assists/Game 13.7 including his fourth straight contest. 26 at Missouri State* W, 68-61 10.4 Turnovers/Game 12.4 • Darnell Brodie grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, 27 at Missouri State* W, 78-73 2.4 Turnover Margin -0.5 marking his eighth double-figure rebounding game of 31 ILLINOIS ST.* WOT, 78-76 7.0 Steals/Game 4.8 the season, including his fourth straight contest. 3.0 Blocks/Game 5.3 February ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS 1 ILLINOIS ST.* W, 95-60 Television TNT SCORING 6 at Valparaiso* W, 80-77 Play-by-play Brian Anderson 7 at Valparaiso* L, 74-57 Analyst Jim Jackson JOE YESUFU 10 UNI* W, 80-59 G • 6-0 • 180 • So. Sideline Allie LaForce 13 LOYOLA* L, 81-54 19.3 PPG 14 LOYOLA* WOT, 51-50 Local Radio ESPN 1350-AM / 102.1-FM Play-by-play Michael Admire Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 17 at UNI* W, 77-69 Analyst Paul Doerrfeld vs. MSU 8-23 1-4 8-10 25 21 EVANSVILLE* W, 85-71 vs. Loyola 4-15 2-6 2-2 12 22 EVANSVILLE* W, 74-63 National Radio Westwood One / SiriusXM 137/207/967 vs. WSU 8-21 3-9 2-3 21 26 at Bradley* W, 80-71 Play-by-play Dave Pasch Total 20-59 6-19 12-15 58/19.3 Analyst Danny Manning 27 at Bradley* L, 67-61 REBOUNDING March COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS DARNELL BRODIE 5 vs. UNI Canceled Drake Ty Patton F • 6-10 • 275 • Jr. 6 vs. Missouri State W, 71-69 Office 515-271-3014 11.0 RPG 7 vs. Loyola L, 75-65 Mobile 205-310-1271 18 vs. Wichita State W, 53-52 E-mail [email protected] Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total 20 vs. USC 3:30 p.m. CDT Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com vs. MSU 2 8 10 Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake vs. Loyola 3 8 11 ! - Little Apple Classic vs. WSU 3 8 11 * MVC Contest Total 8 25 33/11.0 All times central WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 1 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSMB DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 RADIO/TV HEADSHOT ROSTER 0 1 2 3 4 10 D.J. WILKINS JOSEPH YESUFU TREMELL MURPHY GARRETT STURTZ SHANQUAN HEMPHILL OKAY DJAMGOUZ G • 6-2 • 179 • Jr. G • 6-0 • 180 • So. F • 6-6 • 210 • RSr. G • 6-3 • 175 • Jr. F • 6-6 • 195 • Sr. G • 6-5 • 170 • RFr. Merrillville, Ind. Bolingbrook, Ill. Griffith, Ind. Newton, Iowa Gary, Ind. Toronto, Canada Merrillville Bolingbrook Griffith Newton Michigan City 11 12 13 14 20 21 BRYCESON BURNS ROMAN PENN ISSA SAMAKE NOAH THOMAS JONAH JACKSON JORDAN KWIECINSKI G/F • 6-5 • 190 • Fr. G • 6-0 • 180 • RJr. F • 6-8 • 220 • RFr. G • 6-2 • 163 • Sr. G • 6-3 • 210 • Sr. F • 6-9 • 195 • Fr. Houston, Texas Calumet City, Ill. Des Moines, Iowa Sydney, Australia Merrillville, Ind. Chicago, Ill. Westfield Bishop Noll Grand View Christian Merrillville Loyola Academy 22 24 25 41 51 HC ANDREW BARRETT NATE FERGUSON CONNOR GHOLSON DEVEN DAHLKE DARNELL BRODIE DARIAN DEVRIES G • 6-5 • 183 • Jr. F • 6-7 • 195 • RFr. G • 6-3 • 182 • RJr. G • 6-2 • 185 • Fr. F • 6-10 • 275 • Jr. • Third Season Rock Island, Ill. Lemont, Ill. Newton, Iowa Phoenix, Ariz. Newark, N.J. • 2018-19 MVC Coach Alleman Lemont Newton St. Mary’s Newark East Side of the Year • 2020-21 MVC Coach of the Year • 70-28 Overall • 70-28 at Drake • 7th in career wins at Drake WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 362 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 IN THIRD SEASON Director of Athletics Brian Hardin AFTER HISTORIC FIRST TWO Faculty Athletics Rep. Megan Brown Darian DeVries, the 2018-19 and 2020-21 ence action. Coaching Staff Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Before taking over the Bulldogs’ program, Head Coach Darian DeVries is in his third season as the head coach of the DeVries was an assistant coach at Creighton Alma Mater UNI, 1998 Drake men’s basketball program. University for 17 years and spent 20 total sea- In his first three seasons, the Bulldogs have sons on staff with the Bluejays. During that span, Record at Drake 70-28 (3rd season) won 70 games, to tie for the most of any three- he helped guide the Bluejays to 19 postseason Career Record 70-28 (3rd season) year period in school history and just the second appearances and 12 NCAA Tournament berths. Assistants Larry Blunt time the program has recorded three-straight DeVries was one of the longest-tenured men’s Marty Richter 20-win seasons. basketball assistant coaches at one school in Of the eight 20-win seasons in program his- the nation and assisted the Bluejays in their fifth Matt Gatens tory, three have come under DeVries, including NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven Director of Operations Brady Ellingson 24 wins in both 2018-19 and 2020-21 to tie for years before earning the Drake position. During Graduate Manager Anthony Murphy the third-most in program history. In 2020-21 he his time on the Creighton staff under both Dana also tied a school record with 15 MVC wins. Altman and Greg McDermott, the program ac- During his second season he guided the cumulated a record of 460-211 and 231-129 in Team Information Bulldogs to the program’s second-straight 20- conference games. 2019-20 Record 20-14 win season which marked the first time since Under his guidance, Creighton had 15 first- 2019-20 MVC Record/Finish 8-10/8th 1971 the program had won 20 or more games team all-conference selections, six conference 2019-20 H/A/N Record 14-2 / 2-10 / 4-2 in consecutive seasons and just the third time it Players of the Year, three Newcomers of the had occurred in program history. Nearly a third of Year, three Freshmen of the Year and three Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 the Bulldogs’ 20-win seasons have come under Defensive Players of the Year. CU has also had Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/4 DeVries’ leadership. six All-American honorees in that time, including Newcomers 5 The 2019-20 season ended in the MVC Tour- Doug McDermott, the first player in 30 years to nament semifinals for the second-straight sea- be named a First Team All-American by the AP in son as the Bulldogs clipped No.