Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley (18-15, 9-9)
Big Wins: 12/31 at Creighton (47-44), 3/9 vs Illinois State (56-54), 3/10 vs Wichita State (56-52)
Bad Losses: 11/12 at Illinois-Chicago (48-61), 1/29 Northern Iowa (77-82), 2/9 at Southern Illinois (59-63)
Coach: Amy Stephens (9 seasons at Drake)
Probable Starters:
Kyndal Clark, Freshman, Guard, 9.7 ppg, 2.1 apg
Carly Grenfell, Freshman, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 1.0 apg
Amber Wollschlager, Senior, Guard, 6.9 ppg, 2.1 apg
Morgan Reid, Sophomore, Guard, 5.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Rachael Hackbarth, Senior, Forward, 19.0 ppg, 11.6 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.5 spg
Key Roleplayers:
Liza Heap, Freshman, Guard, 1.5 ppg
Cara Lutes, Freshman, Forward, 0.8 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 60.8 (192nd in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.3 (164, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.0 (52, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.6 (252, 8)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.4 (283, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: N/A
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.9 (7)
Rebound Margin: 5.8 (29, 1)
Assists Per Game: 12.3 (191, 9)
Turnovers Per Game: 17.6 (187, 7)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
Drake 2008 NIT First Round win over Green Bay
Drake 2008 NIT Second Round loss to Illinois
Drake 2007 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Tennessee
Drake 2006 NIT First Round loss to Nebraska
Drake 2004 NIT First Round loss to Nebraska
Drake 2002 NCAA Round of 64 win over Syracuse
Drake 2002 NCAA Round of 32 win over Baylor
Drake 2002 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to South Carolina
*all team stats through 3/1
