2017-18 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE AT UNI I FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 2018 I MCLEOD CENTER (CEDAR FALLS, IOWA) I 7 P.M. CST | VALLEY ON ESPN3 The Drake University women’s basketball team 2017-18 SCHEDULE 2017-18 COMPARISON ends its three-game road trip Friday when it travels to UNI in Missouri Valley Conference November 1 Grand View! W, 118-43 action. Tipoff with the Panthers is scheduled 5 Truman State! W, 90-50 for 7 p.m. and the in-state rivalry game will be 10 Milwaukee@ W, 77-73 Drake Team UNI the MVC’s Game of the Week on The Valley on 12 at No. 11 Oregon@ L, 110-77 18-7 2017-18 Record 13-11 ESPN3. 17 Liberty@ W, 96-68 13-0 Conference Record 9-4 21 at Wyoming L, 75-61 Bulldogs Nickname Panthers Drake visits UNI in its only game this week. The 24 vs George Mason# L, 87-75 Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley Bulldogs beat the Panthers, 81-64, in the first 25 vs Mississippi Valley St# W, 96-60 Des Moines, Iowa Location Cedar Falls, Iowa meeting between the teams on Jan. 19 at the 30 Iowa State W, 83-80 Jennie Baranczyk Head Coach Tanya Warren Knapp Center. Friday’s game will be the 85th 117-68/6 seasons Record at School 199-150/11 seasons December all-time meeting between the longtime rivals who 3 Creighton L, 108-1004OT Same Career Record Same first played each in 1975 and have played at least 83.3 Points/Game 62.4 5 Iowa Wesleyan W, 102-25 2OT 69.3 Opp. Points/Game 58.5 twice every season since the 1984-85 campaign. 9 Nebraska L, 89-84 +14.0 Scoring Margin +3.9 Drake leads the all-time series, 60-24, and holds 17 South Dakota State L, 85-78 .488 FG% .382 a slight edge in the past 10 meetings, 6-4. 21 at No. 25 Iowa L, 79-66 .399 Opp. FG% .383 29 Valparaiso* W, 86-50 31 Loyola* W, 72-46 .365 3FG% .310 The Bulldogs are coming off a 2-0 road trip to .318 Opp. 3FG% .275 Indiana with blowout wins over Evansville and Indiana State. Drake shot 69.1 percent against January .760 FT% .694 5 at Missouri State* W, 80-68 39.7 Rebounds/Game 40.0 Evansville, made a school and MVC record 7 at Southern Illinois* W, 75-64 34.3 Opp. Rebounds/Game 34.8 20 three-pointers against the Purple Aces and 12 Indiana State* W, 85-64 +5.4 Rebounding Margin +5.2 followed that with a 56.9 shooting clip versus 14 Evansville* W, 107-66 23.0 Assists/Game 14.4 Indiana State. The shooting performance in 19 UNI* W, 81-64 15.8 Turnovers/Game 15.6 Evansville is the second highest single game 26 at Illinois State* W, 65-58 -0.3 Turnover Margin -1.1 mark in program history. Both performances 28 at Bradley* W, 84-75 8.9 Steals/Game 6.5 helped Drake rise to No. 6 in the nation in team 3.2 Blocks/Game 2.1 field goal percentage at 48.8. February 2 Southern Illinois* W, 84-73 THE SERIES 4 Missouri State* W, 84-65 Overall Drake, 60-24 Beginning with its Jan. 28 win at Bradley, Drake 9 at Evansville* W, 101-50 Last 10 Meetings Drake, 6-4 has had at least five or more score 10 or more 11 at Indiana State* W, 84-51 In Des Moines, Iowa Drake, 34-8 points in every win. In eight games this season, 16 at UNI* 7 p.m. In Cedar Falls, Iowa Drake, 22-16 Drake has had at least five record double digit 23 Bradley* 7 p.m. Neutral Site Drake, 4-0 points, including having six finish with 10 or more 25 Illinois State* 2 p.m. Last Drake Win Jan. 19, 2018 - 81-64 points in the win at Evansville. Last UNI Win March 19, 2016 - 64-58 March First Meeting Dec. 3, 1975 - UNI, 84-39 UNI has five wins in its past six contests since 1 at Loyola* 7 p.m. Last Meeting Jan. 19, 2018 - Drake, 81-64 the loss in Des Moines. Kennedy Kirkpatrick is 3 at Valparaiso* 3 p.m. 8-11 TBA% TBA Most Drake Points 114, 1985 the Panthers’ top scorer at 10.7 points per game. Most UNI Points 106, 1993 Sophomore Megan Maahs leads the league All Times Central Fewest Drake Points 39, 1975 @ Preseason WNIT in double-doubles this season with nine and is # Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic (Boulder, Colo.) Fewest UNI Points 41, 1984 almost averaging a double-double with 9.3 points * Missouri Valley Conference Game Streak Drake - 4 and a league-best 10.0 rebounds per game. % MVC Tournament (Moline, Ill.) GAMEDAYRADIO/WEB INFORMATION INFORMATION Video: The Valley on ESPN3 Following Friday’s road game, Drake returns to Video Link: http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3273690/ the Knapp Center to host Bradley Feb. 23 in the drake-vs-northern-iowa-w-basketball annual Pink Game presented by Mercy. Tipoff Radio: 1350 ESPN Des Moines with the Braves is set for 7 p.m. Radio Link: https://tunein.com/radio/Drake-IMG- Sports-Network-s273651/ Among the Nations Best Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/ Drake has shot up the leaders in several national broadcast/?id=191310 team statistical categories. The Bulldogs lead the In-Game Updates: @DrakeWBB (Twitter) nation in team assists with 574 and assists per Postgame Recap: www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com game at 23.0 while they rank sixth in field goal percentage at 48.8. Drake ranks 10th in scoring offense at 83.3, 11th in three-pointers made with DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 233, 13th in threes per game at 9.3, and 18th Women’s Basketball Contact John Meyer in three-pointers attempted at 639. Individually, Office 515-271-3740 Sara Rhine is 22nd in field goal percentage at Mobile 515-770-4190 57.5 and Becca Hittner is 17th in free throw Drake Press Row Phone 515-271-4878 percentage at 87.7. Email [email protected] Website GoDrakeBulldogs.com Different Year, Same Story Facebook Drake University Women’s Basketball Drake, which under head coach Jennie Instagram DrakeWBB Baranczyk, has led or ranked in the top 3 of the Twitter DrakeWBB MVC in assists, assists/turnover ratio, field goal 2017-18 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES AROUND THE VALLEY percentage, scoring offense, scoring margin, three-pointers made, threes per Friday, Feb. 16 game and three-point percentage each of the past three seasons. This year Evansville at Bradley ..............................7 p.m. is no different as Drake is the top scoring team and in scoring margin (+14.0), Indiana State at Illinois State ..................7 p.m. the best shooting team in field goal percentage, three-point percentage (36.5), Missouri State at Loyola .........................7 p.m. three-pointers made, three’s made per game, assists/turnover at 1.4, and Southern Illinois at Valparaiso ................7 p.m. assists at 23.0. The Bulldogs rank second in free throw percentage (76.0), Drake at UNI ......................................... 7 p.m. rebounding margin (+4.9) and steals (8.9). In the MVC individual leaders, Sunday, Feb. 18 Sammie Bachrodt is first in assists at 3.9 while Maddy Dean is fifth at 3.4, Southern Illinois at Loyola ......................1 p.m. Maddie Monahan sixth at 3.2, Brenni Rose seventh at 3.0 and Hittner 15th Indiana State at Bradley .........................2 p.m. at 2.6. Drake is the only team to have five in the assists leaders. In three-point Evansville at Illinois State .......................2 p.m. percentage, Rose is second at 44.6, Hittner (3rd, 39.8) & Bachrodt (8th, 36.5). Missouri State at Valparaiso ...................3 p.m. Rhine ranks second in the MVC in scoring at 15.8 while Hittner is fourth at 15.1, Bachrodt (17th, 10.2), Dean (22nd, 9.6) & Rose (25th, 8.8) round out the scoring Friday, Feb. 23 Valparaiso at Indiana State .....................6 p.m. leaders. Rhine leads the Valley in field goal percentage at 57.5 while Rose is Illinois State at UNI .................................7 p.m. third at 49.7 with Hittner in fourth at 48.4 and Bachrodt in eighth at 44.6. Hittner Loyola at Evansville ................................7 p.m. is second in free throw percentage at 87.7 percent (93-106) and Rhine seventh Southern Illinois at Missouri State ..........7 p.m. at 80.6 (87-108), but the duo have made the most free throws in the MVC. Bradley at Drake .................................. 7 p.m. Bachrodt is second in steals at 2.0 a game. In rebounding, Rhine is T-5th at 6.4 2017-18 MVC STANDINGS (as of 2/15) per game while Becca Jonas is 15th at 5.3 and Hittner 16th at 5.0. TEAM MVC Overall Bench Crew Drake 13-0 18-7 Drake’s bench has been great this season especially during MVC Play. This Missouri State 10-3 14-10 UNI 9-4 13-11 season, Drake’s bench has outscored its MVC opponents’ benches, 509- Southern Illinois 8-5 13-11 212, and in 12 out of 13 MVC contests the Bulldogs’ bench has outscored the Indiana State 6-6 8-15 opposing teams bench. Bradley 5-8 11-13 Illinois State 5-8 11-13 More History Valparaiso 4-8 11-12 Drake, which set numerous program and MVC records during the 2016-17 Loyola 3-9 5-18 historic season, added one more record that was helped by last season’s Evansville 0-12 3-20 tremendous success.