2016-17 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IOWA AT DRAKE I SUNDAY, DEC. 18, 2016 I KNAPP CENTER (DES MOINES, IOWA) I 2 PM CST | MEDIACOM MC22/THE VALLEY ON ESPN3 2016-17 COMPARISON After a break for final exams, the Drake 2016-17 SCHEDULE University women’s basketball team returns to the basketball court Sunday to host Iowa in a game November Drake Team Iowa presented by Collins Community Credit Union at 1 Winona State! W, 74-63 5-3 2016-17 Record 8-3 5 MidAmerica Nazarene! W, 106-62 2 p.m. in the Knapp Center. The in-state contest 11 at North Dakota W, 99-91 - Conference Record - will be broadcast on Mediacom MC22 and on the Bulldogs Nickname Hawkeyes 17 at Creighton L, 80-77 radio on 1350 ESPN Des Moines. 20 at Iowa State L, 75-67 Missouri Valley Conference Big Ten 27 Wyoming W, 63-50 Des Moines, Iowa Location Iowa City, Iowa Fans are encouraged to wear white for a 30 Northern Illinois W, 95-86 Jennie Baranczyk Head Coach Lisa Bluder “whiteout” and the first 500 fans in the building 76-59/5 seasons Record at School 331-191/17 seasons receive a rally towel as part of Drake’s Year of the December Same Career Record 687-333/33 seasons Fan. Free t-shirts will also be handed out while 3 at Green Bay L, 71-48 81.4 Points/Game 78.2 supplies last. 6 at Nebraska W, 84-70 70.8 Opp. Points/Game 62.2 8 Clarke W, 118-43 +10.6 Scoring Margin +16.0 18 Iowa 2 p.m. .482 FG% .493 In its last game on Dec. 8, Drake cruised past 21 vs. Auburn@ 3 p.m. .408 Opp. FG% .347 Clarke, 118-43, in the program’s annual “Pack the 22 Eastern Washington or Tulane@ TBA .322 3FG% .351 Knapp for Character” Kids Game presented by 30 at Wichita State* 7 p.m. .347 Opp. 3FG% .251 the YMCA of Greater Des Moines. Nearly 3,000 .790 FT% .703 local elementary and middle school students January 38.8 Rebounds/Game 42.7 were treated to a fun day of educational activities 1 at Missouri State* 2 p.m. 36.1 Opp. Rebounds/Game 35.0 and Bulldog basketball for the annual game that 6 Evansville* 7 p.m. +2.6 Rebounding Margin +7.7 took place for the fourth-straight season. 8 Southern Illinois* 6 p.m. 13 at Bradley* 7 p.m. 21.6 Assists/Game 18.3 15 at Illinois State* 2 p.m. 16.1 Turnovers/Game 17.6 Drake had five players finish in double-figure 20 Loyola* 7 p.m. +1.0 Turnover Margin -2.5 points in the big win over the Crusaders led by 22 Indiana State* 2 p.m. 10.1 Steals/Game 7.6 senior Lizzy Wendell’s game-high 25 points as 27 at UNI* 7 p.m. 3.3 Blocks/Game 3.5 the team scored the second-most points in a THE SERIES game in program history. 11 Bulldogs played at February Overall Tied, 24-24 least eight minutes and everyone scored at least 3 at Southern Illinois* 6 p.m. Last 10 Meetings Iowa, 10-0 two points. 5 at Evansville* 1 p.m. In Des Moines, Iowa Tied, 11-11 10 Illinois State* 7 p.m. In Iowa City, Iowa Iowa, 13-10 The all-time series with Iowa is tied at 24-24, 12 Bradley* 2 p.m. Neutral Site Drake, 3-0 17 at Indiana State* 6 p.m. but the Hawkeyes have won 14-straight games 19 at Loyola* 1 p.m. Last Drake Win Nov. 25, 2001 - 75-72 (OT) over the Bulldogs. However, the previous two 24 UNI* 7 p.m. Last Iowa Win Dec. 21, 2015 - 89-76 games between the teams have been competitive First Meeting Nov. 20, 1974 - Drake, 78-65 and high-scoring, including the last game in the March Last Meeting Dec. 22, 2015 - Iowa, 89-76 Knapp Center on Dec. 21, 2014. Iowa edged 2 Missouri State* 7 p.m. Most Drake Points 101, 1979 Drake, 100-98, as senior Caitlin Ingle had a half- 4 Wichita State* 2 p.m. Most Iowa Points 100, 2014 9-12 MVC Tournament# Fewest Drake Points 38,1988 court attempt at the buzzer to win the game that Fewest Iowa Points 56, twice fell just short of the rim. All Times Central Current Streak Iowa - 14 @ Tulane Classic (New Orleans, La.) * Missouri Valley Conference Game The Hawkeyes are led by former Drake head # MVC Tournament (Moline, Ill.) RADIO/WEBGAMEDAY INFORMATION INFORMATION coach Lisa Bluder, who coached Drake from Radio: 1350 ESPN Des Moines 1990-2000, leading the Bulldogs to three NCAA Radio Talent: Hunter Phillips, Randy Mauro tournaments and 188 victories. Drake head Radio Link: http://player.liquidcompass.net/KRNTAM coach Jennie Baranczyk was one of Bluder’s TV: Mediacom MC22 first recruits at Iowa and was a three-time TV Talent: Larry Morgan, Laura Leonard team captain for the Hawkeyes from 2000-04 TV Link: http://www.espn.com/watchespn/index/_/ and helped lead the Hawkeyes to three NCAA id/2946155/iowa-vs-drake tournaments. Baranczyk (Lillis) was an honorable Live Stats:drake.statbroadcast.com mention All-American in 2003 and a three-time In-Game Updates: @DrakeWBB (Twitter) All-Big Ten honoree. Bluder’s coaching staff Postgame Recap: www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com includes former Drake standouts, Jan Jensen and Jenni Fitzgerald. DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Three Hawkeyes average 10.0 or more points led Women’s Basketball Contact John Meyer by senior Ally Disterhoft at 17.3 points per game. Office 515-271-3740 Megan Gustafson is next at 16.0 points while Mobile 515-770-4190 pulling down a team-leading 10.5 rebounds per Drake Press Row Phone 515-271-4878 game. Email [email protected] Website GoDrakeBulldogs.com Facebook Drake University Women’s Basketball Instagram DrakeWBB Twitter DrakeWBB 2016-17 DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES AROUND THE VALLEY Drake Top-5 Career Points Sunday, Dec. 18 Name ....................................Points ............Games Evansville at Louisville............................1 p.m. Iowa at Drake ....................................... 2 p.m. 1. Lorri Bauman (1980-84) ....3,115 ...................130 DePaul at Loyola ....................................2 p.m. 2. Wanda Ford (1982-86) ......2,636 ................... 117 North Dakota at UNI ...............................2 p.m. 3. Sharon Upshaw (1976-80) 2,513 ...................127 4. Lizzy Wendell (2013- ........2,035 ...................104 Monday, Dec. 19 Southern Illinois at UMKC ......................3 p.m. 5. Jan Jensen (1987-91)........1,996 ...................121 Middle Tennessee at Missouri State .......6 p.m. Bradley at Valparaiso ..............................7 p.m. Drake Top-5 Career Assists Name ...................................Assists ...........Games Tuesday, Dec. 20 1. Connie Newlin (1978-82) .... 767 ....................136 Southern Illinois vs. South Dakota..........2 p.m. 2. Caitlin Ingle (2013- ........... 603 .....................104 Illinois State at Western Illinois ...............7 p.m. 3. Kay Riek (1980-84)............. 576 .....................125 4. Stephanie Schmitz (1998-2002) 546 .....................124 5. Jenni Fitzgerald (1986-90).. 516 .....................109 Welcome To An Exclusive Club 2016-17 MVC STANDINGS (AS OF DEC. 16) Senior Lizzy Wendell joined an exclusive Drake and Missouri Valley TEAM MVC Overall Conference group last week. Wendell eclipsed the 2,000-point mark Drake 0-0 5-3 with 18 points in the win at Nebraska. She is just the fourth Bulldog UNI 0-0 5-4 Southern Illinois 0-0 5-4 and seventh MVC player to score 2,000 or more points. Wendell is the Indiana State 0-0 5-5 first Drake player since Wanda Ford (1982-86) to accomplish the im- Evansville 0-0 4-5 pressive scoring feat. She has scored 10 or more points in 86-straight Wichita State 0-0 3-5 games and scored 2,035 career points in 104 games for a career scor- Illinois State 0-0 3-6 Missouri State 0-0 3-6 ing clip of 19.6 points per game. Bradley 0-0 2-6 Loyola 0-0 1-8 More Milestones Senior Caitlin Ingle accomplished a pair of career milestones. In the 2016-17 MVC PRESEASON MVC POLL Iowa State, Ingle surpassed 1,000 career points and in the Clarke School (1st-Place Votes) Points game she moved past 600 career assists. 1. Drake (34) 392 2. UNI (4) 317 3. Missouri State (2) 313 Coaching Milestone 4. Southern Illinois 306 Drake head coach Jennie Baranczyk earned her 75th career win in the 5. Wichita State 248 road victory at Nebraska. Baranzcyk started her head coaching career 6. Indiana State 199 at Drake in 2012, and is in her fifth season at the helm of the program. 7. Bradley 141 8. Illinois State 123 9. Evansville 109 Scoring, Scoring, Scoring 10. Loyola 52 Drake tallied 118 points in the win over Clarke on Dec. 8 in the pro- gram’s annual “Pack The Knapp For Character Kids Game” on Dec. 8. 2016-17 MVC PRESEASON FIRST TEAM The 118 points are the second most ever in Drake history and the third Lizzy Wendell, Drake (Preseason POY) most in MVC history. Drake made 48-of-78 shots and handed out 34 Caitlin Ingle, Drake assists in the win. Rangie Bressard, Wichita State Rishonda Napier, SIU Madison Weekly, UNI Down Goes Big Red Drake earned an 84-70 win at Nebraska on Dec. 6. The Bulldogs rallied from a 33-32 halftime deficit to take down the Cornhuskers for CATCH UP WITH DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL their first win in the series since 2002. The road game at Nebraska is WEEKLY RADIO SHOW the first of three games for the Bulldogs against Power 5 schools this •Join head coach Jennie Baranczyk and men’s head coach Jeff Rutter at Rookies Sports Bar & Grill every month.