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Bulldogs Open NCAA Tournament Play Versus Six-Time National Champion Tennessee

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Bulldogs Open NCAA Tournament Play Versus Six-Time National Champion Tennessee

Doing what no one outside of its own basketball family thought was probable, Drake shocked the Missouri Valley Conference with an improbable run to four straight victories en route to claiming the league's tournament crown and its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2002. The reward for their efforts is the opportunity to shine in the national spotlight as the Bulldogs get the rare chance to play Tennessee, the six-time NCAA champions and legendary Hall of Fame head coach Pat Summitt. Game time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. with KRNT (1350 AM) carrying the radio broadcast beginning with the pregame show starting at 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 and ESPNU will televise the tilt with Linda Cohn and Fran Fraschilla calling the action and Wendy Nix serving as the sideline reporter.

THE SERIES
The Bulldogs will be meeting Tennessee for the first time in school history. This marks only the third time that Drake has met a school from Tennessee, as the Blue and White have posted a pair of victories over Memphis

PREVIEWING THE LADY VOLS
Tennessee comes into Sunday's (March 18) contest at 28-3 overall after falling 63-54 to LSU in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament on March 3. Sophomore Candace Parker, one of the leading contenders for national player of the year, is recording a team-leading 19.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. She leads the SEC in scoring and blocked shots (2.70). The Lady Vols are also getting double-figure scoring efforts from senior Sidney Spencer and junior Alexis Hornbuckle at 11.6 and 10.7 points per game. Tennessee is averaging 74.3 points, while surrendering 56.8 tallies per contest, the 27th-best mark in the NCAA this season.

ON THIS DATE IN BULLDOG HISTORY
Drake takes to the court for the third time in school history on March 18 when the Bulldogs battle Tennessee. The Blue and White have gone 1-1 in the previous two games.

CINDERELLA WEARS BLUE
The glass slipper fit and the Drake women's basketball team has become the Cinderella story of the season after beating Creighton, 65-64, in overtime to capture the 2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship March 11 while earning a berth in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

Sophomore Kelsey Keizer (Arnolds Park, Iowa/Okoboji), who was scoreless in regulation, scored all five of Drake's points in overtime, including a three-point basket with 55 seconds left which proved to be the difference in the game.

Drake, which was seeded No. 8 in the MVC Tournament, earned the league's automatic qualifying spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Drake matched Illinois State (2005) as the lowest seed to win the Valley tournament. The Bulldogs will make their 10th trip to the NCAA Tournament, but it will be their first appearance since 2002 when they reached the round of 16.

“We were not picked to win, we were not picked to go as far as we did,” said Drake sophomore Lauren Dybing (Bloomington, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran), who scored 16 points, while being named to the MVC All-Tournament team. “It brought all of our confidence up, because we had nothing to lose. We could just go out there and play our hardest and that's what happened.”

Junior Lindsay Whorton (Independence, Mo./Truman), who was named the outstanding player in the tournament and freshman Monique' Jones (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit North) each had 17 points for Drake, which became the fourth straight host school to win the Valley tournament.

Sophomore Tori Runner (Saratoga, Wyo./Saratoga) grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, surpassing her previous career best of nine against Wichita State in an opening round game. She finished with 32 rebounds in the tournament for an 8.0 average.

It marked the third time the championship game of the MVC Tournament went into overtime. In 1995, Drake beat Missouri State, 71-68 in Springfield, Mo., and in 1999 Evansville beat Creighton, 75-72, in Des Moines.

Drake was playing its fourth game in four days, while suiting up only eight players. The Bulldogs downed Wichita State, top-seeded Southern Illinois and finally No. 4 Evansville to advance to the championship.

Drake was the No. 1 team in the Valley's preseason poll, but injuries derailed its season. Senior Jill Martin (Norwalk, Iowa/Norwalk) -- the preseason Player of the Year -- injured her back five games into the season, and sophomore Jordann Plummer (St. Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter) broke her foot on Dec. 5.

Junior Brandy Dahir (Carrollton, Texas/Creekview), the Bulldogs' leading scorer in Martin's absence and a first-team All-Valley pick, missed the conference tournament after being diagnosed with mononucleosis last week.

“I couldn't be more proud of this basketball team. They were just amazing,” said Drake coach Amy Stephens, whose team improved to 14-18. “I guess it was only fitting that we'd play that type of basketball game, because it's been that type of season. They just never quit.”

After Keizer's heroics, Creighton (13-19) threw the ball away on its ensuing possession, but got the ball back with 25.7 left thanks to a jump ball. Megan Neuvirth missed a lay-up that would have given Creighton the lead, and Chevelle Herring misfired at the buzzer to give Drake the win.

Drake had the ball with 26 seconds left in regulation and the game tied at 60. But Creighton forced a steal, sending guard Ally Thrall on a scramble to the hoop.

Drake put her on the line. Thrall, an 87 percent career free throw shooter, missed both free throws with 6.2 seconds left.

Whorton missed a three-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.

“We really tried to lose in as many ways as we possibly could in the last two minutes,” Whorton said. “When we didn't, I think our team realized that we had a second chance.”

Drake, which trailed by as much as 42-31, tied the game on a true basketball rarity -- the five-point play. Whorton let loose a three as Creighton, which had seven teams fouls, picked up another one away from the ball. Whorton's three-point fell through, and Jones hit both free throws to make it 55-all.

Trailing 55-48 with 6:08 left, Drake reeled off 12 straight points to grab a 60-55 lead. Whorton scored eight points to trigger the surge.

“For the first 32 minutes of the game they outplayed us, they outhustled us, and we just had to work through it as a team,” Stephens said. “We've been in so many close games. We've been in worse situations than being down 11."

Whorton then nailed a three-point basket to give Drake the lead, and Jones followed with a putback to put the Bulldogs ahead, 60-55, with 2:02 left. Down 60-57 with 39.4 left, the Bluejays tied the game at 60 on a three-point play from Herring.

The Bulldogs, who trailed 29-23 at half, improved their record to 3-16 this season when coming from behind at half to win.

Whorton made 15 three-point baskets in the MVC Tournament and moved into sole possession of fourth place in the career three-point basket charts at Drake with 192.

Creighton controlled the game for the first 30 minutes, but Drake used a 10-2 run to pull within three. Jones cut Creighton's lead to 49-48 on a three-point play with 7:17 left.

Sara Cain scored a career-high 24 points to lead Creighton, which had a lot in common with Drake. The rebuilding Bluejays started the year 0-7, but beat second-seeded Illinois State and third-seeded Indiana State to reach the finals.

“Defensively in the second half they took a lot more things away from us. They made passes more difficult, and we really didn't get the opportunities in the second half that we did in the first half,” Creighton coach Jim Flanery said.

ALL-TOURNAMENT LAURELS PLENTIFUL FOR DRAKE
Lindsay Whorton was named the outstanding player in the 2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament after averaging 17.0 points, while making 15 three-point baskets in four games.

Equally impressive was Lauren Dybing, who was also named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament team after averaging 15.0 points in four games, while shooting 63.1 percent from the floor (24-38).

DRAKE NCAA TOURNAMENT FACTS
? Drake will be making its 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. But this will mark the first time the Bulldogs have played in the event since 2002 when they were a No. 7 seed and advanced to the Sweet 16 in Raleigh, N.C.
? The Bulldogs own a 6-9 record in the NCAA Tournament, recording their highest finish in their first appearance in 1982, when as a No. 4 seed they advanced to the Elite Eight before falling to Maryland, 89-78, in the West Regional final in Stanford, Calif.
? In its last appearance in the NCAA Tournament, Drake claimed 2002 first-round and second-round victories past Syracuse (87-69) and then No. 7 ranked Baylor (76-72), respectively, en route to advancing to the East Regional where it lost to South Carolina (79-65).
? Drake's other NCAA Tournament appearances occurred in 1984 (first round), 1986 (second round), 1995 (second round), 1997 (first round), 1998 (first round), 2000 (first round), 2001 (first round).
? This marks the first time Drake has ever been a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament. However, Drake has played a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, knocking off Long Beach State, 91-78, in the 1982 West Regional semifinal round in Stanford, Calif.
? Drake owns a 4-10 record against teams from the Southeastern Conference: 0-1 vs. Alabama; 1-2 vs. Arkansas; 0-1 vs. Auburn; 0-1 vs. Florida; 1-0 vs. Georgia; 1-0 vs. Kentucky; 0-1 vs. LSU; 1-1 vs. Mississippi; 0-3 vs. South Carolina.
? Drake has a 2-2 record vs. SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament, beating Kentucky (73-70) in first round of the 1986 NCAA Tournament before falling to Ole Miss (84-71) in the second round. The Bulldogs beat Ole Miss, 87-81, in overtime in the first round of the 1995 NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs fell to South Carolina, 79-65, in the semifinal round of the 2002 East Regional in Raleigh, N.C.
? The Drake basketball program has won 20 or more games on 17 occasions.

AN NCAA RECORD BREAKER
Drake's Lorri Bauman set a number of NCAA Tournament records that still stands today, scoring 50 points in the 1982 NCAA West Regional against Maryland on the strength of 21 field goals. She also holds the benchmark for most field goals attempted in a game (35), highest free-throw percentage in a single game (16-for-16 versus Ohio State, 1982) and highest scoring average in a single tournament (37.6). The only other player to average better than 30 points in a single tournament was Sheryl Swoopes in 1993 (35.4). For her efforts in leading Drake to the Elite Eight, Baumann was named the 1982 West Region Most Outstanding Player.

THE BULLDOGS' MARCH TO THE BALL
? Drake's road to the 2007 NCAA Tournament is the Cinderella story of the season. Suiting up only eight players while missing three starters with season ending injuries or illness, the Bulldogs had to win four games in four days at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, last weekend.
? Drake matched Illinois State (2005) as the lowest seed (No. 8) ever to win the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament when the Bulldogs beat Creighton, 65-64, March 11.
? The Bulldogs downed Wichita State (78-63) in the opening round, top-seeded Southern Illinois (59-47) in the quarterfinal round, and Evansville (61-58) in the semifinal round.
? Drake was the No. 1 team in the MVC preseason poll, but injuries derailed their season. Jill Martin (Norwalk, Iowa/Norwalk), the preseason MVC Player of the Year, was averaging 20.0 points before injuring her back five games into the season. She was redshirted, along with Jordann Plummer who broke her foot on Dec. 5.
? Brandy Dahir, the team's leading scorer (17.1 avg.) in Jill Martin's absence and a first team All-MVC pick, missed the MVC Tournament after being diagnosed with mononucleosis.
? Lindsay Whorton was named the outstanding player in the 2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament after averaging 17.0 points, while making 15 three-point baskets in four games, including four in the tournament finale.

BULLDOGS' RECORD IN NCAATOURNAMENT BY SEED
When Drake is seeded 4 2-1
When Drake is seeded 5 1-2
When Drake is seeded 7 2-2
When Drake is seeded 8 0-1
When Drake is seeded 10 1-1
When Drake is seeded 12 0-1
When Drake is seeded 13 0-1

DRAKE'S RECORD IN NCAA TOURNAMENT VERSUS SEED
When Opponent is seeded 1 1-0
When Opponent is seeded 2 1-3
When Opponent is seeded 3 0-1
When Opponent is seeded 4 0-2
When Opponent is seeded 5 1-1
When Opponent is seeded 7 1-0
When Opponent is seeded 9 0-1
When Opponent is seeded 10 1-0
When Opponent is seeded 12 1-1

HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE?
The Bulldogs made it four straight tournament titles captured by the host school of the State Farm MVC Tournament as Missouri State won the 2004 and 2006 crowns, while Illinois State won the 2005 title.

This year marked the fourth time Drake had hosted the entire MVC Tournament. But the Bulldogs had been eliminated in the quarterfinal round each of the previous three times, being upset by Creighton, 70-68, in 1996; falling to Creighton, 73-62, in 1999; and losing to eventual champion Missouri State, 61-59, in 2003.

DAHIR TO MISS NCAA TOURNAMENT DUE TO ILLNESS
Drake head women's basketball coach Amy Stephens announced on March 8 that women's basketball junior Brandy Dahir would be unavailable for the Bulldogs for the 2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference due to illness. She again will not suit up when the Bulldogs battle No. 4 Tennessee on Sunday (March 18).

“We feel badly because Brandy has had a terrific junior year, but at the same time our kids have learned this year what it means to play through adversity and we will continue to work through this as well,” Stephens commented.


TRIO OF BULLDOGS COLLECT ALL-LEAGUE ACCOLADES
Drake was well represented when the MVC announced its annual postseason awards on March 7.

Tabbed as first-team selection was Brandy Dahir, who has started all 27 games she has appeared in and entered MVC tournament play leading the Bulldogs in scoring (17.1) and rebounding (5.5). She sits among the league leaders in five statistical categories, including scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage (.521), offensive rebounds (2.11) and minutes played.

Her selection marks the third consecutive season a Drake player has been honored on the first team All-MVC unit, as Jill Martin was tabbed in each of the last two campaigns.

In the midst of her finest season at Drake, Lindsay Whorton is averaging 14.5 points and 3.5 rebounds a game en route to collecting honorable mention laurels. The numbers were even more impressive in Valley play as she registered 14.9 points a tilt.

Capping a brilliant rookie campaign with All-Freshmen team accolades was Monique' Jones, who averaged 8.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in 16 MVC contests. In 29 games overall, she is registering 8.2 points, while ranking third on the team in rebounding (5.2).

BULLDOG TRIOS EARNS ACADEMIC LAURELS
Led by Lindsay Whorton, three Drake women's basketball student-athletes were among those honored when the Missouri Valley Conference named its 2007 Scholar-Athlete squads.

Whorton was named a first-team selection for the second consecutive year, becoming the only repeat first team honoree in the Valley this season. Collecting honorable mention laurels were Brandy Dahir and Kelsey Keizer.

An ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII first team women's basketball team award winner, Whorton boasts a 4.00 grade point average with a double major in secondary education and English.

Dahir maintains a 3.23 grade point average in secondary education.
In the midst of a stellar sophomore campaign, Keizer is recording 5.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. She has appeared in all 32 contests for Drake, including 20 starts.

Keizer is majoring in accounting management and holds a 3.94 grade point average.

DAHIR BECOMES 18TH MEMBER OF 1,000-POINT CLUB AT DRAKE
Brandy Dahir became the 18th player in Drake history to reach the 1,000-point career-scoring plateau by making a jumper with 5:13 left in the first half of the Bulldogs' contest with Evansville on Feb. 18. In the midst of the finest season of her collegiate career, Dahir joined teammate Martin in this exclusive club. She became the second active Bulldog to do so against the Purple Aces as Martin turned the feat on Jan. 19, 2006. Dahir has amassed 463 points this season, more than in either of her first two campaigns at Drake.

WHORTON MAKES IT THREE
Lindsay Whorton entered the Bulldogs's March 1 tilt versus Illinois State 23 points shy of becoming the 19th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. She joined that exclusive club when she connected on a free throw with 1.3 seconds remaining in the Bulldogs' game with the Redbirds for her 23rd and final point. Through 32 games, Whorton has amassed a career season-high 464 points this season.

A NIGHT OF MILESTONES
January 25 was a night of milestones across the collegiate coaching ranks as at least three college coaches registered their 250th career victory, including Amy Stephens. The win came in her 347th contest guiding her teams and she is 258-103 (.715) in her 12th season. Also recording their milestone triumph on Jan. 25 was Illinois State's women's coach Robin Pingeton and Detroit's men's coach Perry Watson.

DRAKE ADDS ANOTHER DOUBLE-FIGURE WIN CAMPAIGN
With its win at Missouri State on Feb. 25, Drake registered its 10th victory of the season. The win extended the Bulldogs' streak of consecutive double-figure victory campaigns to 20, the longest active streak in the Missouri Valley Conference.

THE REST OF THE STORY
Famed radio broadcaster Paul Harvey is known for the segment “The Rest of the Story,” and for the Bulldogs there is much more to the story of their season than meets the eye. Picked to win the conference prior to the campaign, Drake has been decimated by injuries and illness all season long. Through 32 games, the Blue and White have lost 71 player games to injury and/or illness and the number keeps growing with every contest.

SUPER SOPHOMORES
One needs to look no further than the boxscores from the 2007 MVC Tournament to measure the impact of Drake's sophomore quartet of Ashleigh Brady (Lubbock, Texas/Frenship), Lauren Dybing, Kelsey Keizer and Tori Runner on the Bulldogs' run to the tournament title. The group accounted for 49.4 percent of the squad's scoring and 57.0 percent of their rebounding output in four tournament games.

BRADY SHINING FOR BULLDOGS
Arguably one of Drake's unsung hero over its last eight games has been Ashleigh Brady. In eight games, including six starts, Brady has contributed 8.0 points per game, while connecting on 45.2 percent of her attempts from the floor. She came off the bench at Wichita State (Feb. 23) to register 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting to help spark the Bulldogs to their first road victory of the season. A nine-point effort versus Missouri State (Feb. 25) followed in Drake's triumph over the Bears, while she tallied 11 against Indiana State (March 3).

CHARTING SOME TRENDS
? The Bulldogs shot 33.3 percent from beyond the arc at home, while connecting on 30.0 percent on the road. Three-pointers made are also affected as the Blue and White made 3.6 at home and 2.5 away from the Knapp Center.
? Ninety-three of Tori Runner's 126 rebounds have come at home. She pulled down 5.9 caroms in the Knapp Center, while registering 3.1 on the road.
? Helping lead the Bulldogs to a 11-8 mark at home was Kaniesha Agee. She recorded 3.3 assists in 19 home contests, while firing out 2.0 per game away from the Knapp Center.
? Drake currently has two players (Agee and Brady) posted positive assist/turnover ratios at home this season. On the road, the number remains the same as Agee, Lindsay Whorton and freshman Michelle Anderson (Camden Point, Mo./North Platte) each have at least as many assists as turnovers.
? Drake was 5-1 at home when scoring 70 points or more and 1-0 when surpassing 80 points.
? The active career leader in blocked shots for the Bulldogs is Dahir with 36. This season, all but five of her 13 rejections have come on the road. Ironically, all five of her home blocks have come in the last two regular season games.
? Opponents connected on 3.8 triples per game in 19 games at the Knapp Center against the Bulldogs, while on their homecourt, the number jumped to 4.8.
? Drake outscored the opposition at home by 3.9 points a tilt.
? Kelsey Keizer is pulling down 6.8 rebounds per contest in 11 road games, while registering just 4.8 caroms in 19 home contests.
? Dahir posted nearly as many offensive rebounds (42) as defensive (51) caroms at home this season. On the road, her boards are decidedly defensive, 35-14.
? Led by 48 from Whorton, Drake made 69 three-pointers at home and only 27 away from home.
? Opponents made (137-187) more free throws in conference road games than Drake attempted (84-of-131).
? Drake connected on better than 65 percent (.652) of its attempts at the charity stripe in home league tilts, well above its 65.0 percent mark for the season.
? The Bulldogs were outscored by the opposition in the first half of their nine home MVC games, 267-258. In the second stanza, they were outscored 288-286.
? While she led the team in assists in conference home games, Agee shot just 25.0 percent (9-for-36) from the field in those games as compared to a .354 percentage on the road.

ONE YEAR AGO
A year ago, the Bulldogs' season was complete at 17-12 following a 62-59 setback at Nebraska in the Women's NIT. Jill Martin, Lindsay Whorton and Linda Sayavongchanh paced Drake with 20, 13 and 12 points, respectively.

NATIONALLY SPEAKING
Drake entered the week ranked 13th in turnovers per game (14.3) in the latest NCAA team statistics.

MARCH HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO BULLDOGS
The Bulldogs have made the most of March over the years, producing a 82-46 all-time record in the month. The Blue and White are 29-7 at home, 18-21 on the road and 36-17 at neutral sites.

TENNESSEE CONNECTIONS
? There is a unique connection between Drake head coach Amy Stephens to the Tennessee women's basketball program. While a prep star at Alliance High School in Alliance, Neb., former Nebraska assistant and current Lady Vol associate head coach Holly Warlick played an integral role in the recruitment of Stephens as a student-athlete to the University of Nebraska.
? Drake assistant sports information director Anthony Reynolds is a graduate of UT-Martin, the same alma mater as Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt.
? Fellow assistant sports information director Sean Palchick is a disciple of legendary Tennessee media relations director Debby Jennings, serving as a media relations graduate assistant from 1998-2000.

DRAKE WITH A WIN AGAINST TENNESSEE
? Becomes only the second No. 16 seed in NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament history to defeat a No. 1 seed.
? Improves to 7-9 all-time in NCAA Tournament history.
? Beats a No. 1 seed for the second time in school history.
? Defeats a Southeastern Conference school for the first time since edging Ole Miss in the first round of the 1995 NCAA Tournament, 87-81 in overtime.
? Wins five consecutive games for the first time since last season.

A LITTLE OFF THE WALL
? Drake is 2-1 all-time in the NCAA Tournament in games decided by five points or less.
? Four of the Bulldogs' tournament appearances have come on even-numbered days, with Drake going 1-3.
? Drake was 7-2 in home televised games this season, including wins over Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 19), Oregon State (Dec. 17), Wichita State (Jan. 25), Missouri State (Jan. 27), Evansville (March 10) and Creighton (Feb. 9 and March 11).
? Under Stephens, the Bulldogs are 33-27 in their next contest following a victory and are 31-11 in the same scenario after Martin has led the team in scoring.

TEAM TIDBITS
? Lindsay Whorton's 192 career triples are good for fourth place all-time at Drake.
? Dahir surpassed 400 career rebounds and Whorton 300 versus Evansville (Feb. 18).
? In league-only games, seven of the nine active Drake players were ranked in at least one statistical category in the final MVC stats.
? The Bulldogs have garnered 22, 20-point performances this season, including 10 from Dahir, seven from Whorton, three by Jill Martin and one courtesy of Ashleigh Brady and Kelsey Keizer. A year ago, the Blue and White had players surpass the 20-point plateau 15 times.
? Eight times this season a Drake player has connected on double-digit shots from the floor for the Bulldogs. Dahir has accomplished this versus Missouri State (March 1), Northern Iowa (Feb. 1), Wichita State (Jan. 25), Oregon State (Dec. 17) and at Iowa State (Dec. 5), while Brady turned the feat against UW-Milwaukee (Nov. 17) shooting 10-of-17 and Whorton versus Illinois State (March 1) and Southern Illinois (Jan. 20). A year ago, the Blue and White registered two such contests as Martin and Linda Sayavongchanh each drained 10 or more shots in a game.
? Drake's eight turnovers versus both Marshall and UWM matched a single-game low in four seasons under Stephens. The Bulldogs have finished with single-digit turnovers on seven occasions, including limiting their miscues to eight in a 82-74 victory over Bradley (Jan. 27, 2005).
? Whorton was selected as the State Farm/MVC Women's Basketball Player of the Week (Jan. 29). It marked the second time this season that a Drake player has won the honor.
? The Missouri Valley Conference announced Feb. 26 that Jones was selected as the State Farm/MVC Women's Basketball Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 26).
? The Bulldogs' current freshman class was ranked in the nation's top-50 according to Blue Star Basketball Magazine. The class features Kaniesha Agee, Michelle Anderson, Katie DeWitt (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial) and Jones.
? Martin sat in 13th place in school history with 1,358 points. She was two points shy of surpassing Julie Rittgers (1991-95) for 12th place in school scoring annals and nine tallies shy of supplanting Kristi Kinne (1991-95) for 11th place. A year ago, she became the 17th player in the Drake scoring annals to surpass the 1,000-point plateau when she recorded her 1,000th career point at Evansville on Jan. 19, 2006.
? Martin was ranked among the top-10 in school history in rebounds (704) and scoring (14.4) and rebounding averages (7.5).

TWO INK NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT WITH DRAKE WBB
Drake head women's basketball coach Amy Stephens has announced the signings of Claire Janusz (Chicago, Ill./Resurrection) and Kristin Turk (Des Moines, Iowa/Lincoln) to national letters of intent to join the Bulldog program.

Janusz, a 6-5 center, a three-year starter connected on better than 62 percent of her shots from the floor as a junior and helped spark her Resurrection High School team to a 22-9 mark.

Turk, a 5-8 shooting guard, helped guide Des Moines Lincoln High School to a 16-6 mark and its sixth consecutive league title as a junior as she recorded 26.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. Her 26.5 scoring average a season ago marked the highest of any player in class 4A and represented the second-best mark in any class in the state of Iowa. A two-time first team all-state selection by the IGCA, she has twice been honored as an all-conference selection.

BULLDOGS ON THE WEB
Information on the Drake Bulldogs, all other Missouri Valley Conference teams and the league is available to members of the media at all times via the Internet.

Drake's Athletic Website may be found at www.DrakeBulldogs.org. The site will include current statistics and game notes as well as other pertinent information about Bulldog basketball and all other varsity teams.

SPRUCING UP THE KNAPP
Fans attending the Drake game against Missouri State on Jan. 27 noticed some changes in the Drake Knapp Center.

A new Daktronics scoreboard with video capabilities was unveiled. In addition, a new Musco Lighting system has been installed. Patrick McManus with Audio Art also has upgraded the sound system.

UP NEXT
A victory moves Drake into the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2001-02 campaign.
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Players Mentioned

Kaniesha Agee

#35 Kaniesha Agee

G
5' 8"
Freshman
Michelle Anderson

#50 Michelle Anderson

F
6' 3"
Freshman
Ashleigh Brady

#4 Ashleigh Brady

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5' 10"
Sophomore
Brandy Dahir

#42 Brandy Dahir

F
6' 1"
Junior
Lauren Dybing

#34 Lauren Dybing

G
6' 2"
Sophomore
Monique

#45 Monique' Jones

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5' 10"
Freshman
Kelsey Keizer

#24 Kelsey Keizer

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6' 1"
Sophomore
Jill Martin

#40 Jill Martin

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6' 2"
Senior
Jordann Plummer

#21 Jordann Plummer

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5' 6"
Sophomore
Lindsay Whorton

#15 Lindsay Whorton

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6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Kaniesha Agee

#35 Kaniesha Agee

5' 8"
Freshman
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Michelle Anderson

#50 Michelle Anderson

6' 3"
Freshman
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Ashleigh Brady

#4 Ashleigh Brady

5' 10"
Sophomore
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Brandy Dahir

#42 Brandy Dahir

6' 1"
Junior
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Lauren Dybing

#34 Lauren Dybing

6' 2"
Sophomore
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Monique

#45 Monique' Jones

5' 10"
Freshman
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Kelsey Keizer

#24 Kelsey Keizer

6' 1"
Sophomore
F
Jill Martin

#40 Jill Martin

6' 2"
Senior
F
Jordann Plummer

#21 Jordann Plummer

5' 6"
Sophomore
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Lindsay Whorton

#15 Lindsay Whorton

6' 0"
Junior
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