The Drake University men's basketball team travels to Normal, Ill., to wrap up the season series with Illinois State on Tuesday evening. The game, scheduled for 7 p.m., will be broadcast on MVC TV affiliates including FOX Sports Midwest, FOX Sports Indiana Plus and FOX Sports Kansas City, Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus and ESPN3 outside the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.
The Bulldogs are aiming for their first MVC win of the season after starting the Valley season with eight-straight losses to fall to 5-15 overall following Saturday's 68-63 loss at Loyola.
Illinois State is 5-3 in the MVC this season and 11-10 overall following a victory over UNI Saturday. In the first meeting between the two teams, ISU rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to defeat Drake, 67-62, behind 28 points from DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell.
Drake's leading scorer, Reed Timmer, has two 20-point outings in the last three games after scoring 27 points against SIU and 21 versus Missouri State. He has now scored 20 or more points seven times this season.
Sophomore Ore Arogundade has scored a career-high 12 points in each of the Bulldogs' last two games. At Loyola, he led the Bulldogs with 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting. Meanwhile, the Redbirds are led by DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell's 15.0 points on 44.2 percent shooting.
Following Tuesday's game, the Bulldogs return home to host Bradley on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. The contest will be the first meeting between the Bulldogs and Braves this season.
