Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Championship Sunday
The Drake Bulldogs (16-6, 7-4 MVC) continue their Missouri Valley Conference schedule on the road Sunday when visiting the Belmont Bruins (16-6, 9-2 MVC) in Nashville, Tennessee at the Curb Event Center Arena. Drake defeated Indiana State 70-68 on Tuesday night for their second consecutive victory and fifth win in the last six. Belmont defeated Evansville 73-64 on Wednesday night. The Bruins have won each of their last seven. Drake is fourth in the conference standings and Belmont is tied for first. Drake and Belmont are injury free.
The Drake Bulldogs are allowing an average of only 63.8 (43rd) points per game, while holding opponents to a field goal shooting percentage of 40.8% (53rd) and a three-point shooting percentage of 30.4% (45th). On offense, Drake is scoring an average of 73.8 (141st) points per game, while shooting 46.1% (101st) overall and 36.1% (77th) from three point land.
Tucker DeVries is the leading scorer for Drake with an average of 18.9 points per game and the guard is shooting 45.5% overall and 39.5% from long distance. Roman Penn is the second leading scorer with an average of 10.2 points per game and is shooting 47.1% overall while hitting 30.0% of his attempts from three-point land. Each of the next two high scorers for Drake are shooting 53.5% or higher. Penn is the leader in assists with an average of 5.1 dishes per contest . Drake averages 35.9 rebounds per game led by Darnell Brodie with an average of 7.2 boards per contest and Brody is also the swat leader with an average of 0.9 blocked shots per game. DeVries is the leader in steals with an average of 1.1 per contest.