The Drake University men's basketball team travels to UMKC for the first time in the program's history to take on the Kangaroos on Tuesday, Nov. 15, evening in Municipal Auditorium. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.

Tuesday's game will be the Bulldogs' first visit to the Kangaroos' home court. Drake leads the all-time series, 5-1, but dropped last year's meeting, 79-73, in the Knapp Center in what was the first meeting between the two programs since 1985.

Drake opened its season on Friday evening with a 79-74 loss to South Dakota at the Knapp Center. Junior Reed Timmer led the Bulldogs in the loss with 17 points while newcomer T.J. Thomas added 13 points and eight rebounds. C.J. Rivers and Graham Woodward also scored in double figures with 10 points each as the Bulldogs shot 47.3 percent.

UMKC returns home after falling at No. 22 Creighton on Friday evening, 89-82, despite outscoring the Bluejays in the second half, 48-34. Martez Harrison, the 2014-15 WAC Player of the Year, led the Kangaroos in the loss with 17 points, four assists and five steals.

The last time Drake and UMKC met, Reed Timmer scored 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting while UMKC's LaVell Boyd scored 16. Both players will be back on the court for this season's meeting.

Boyd and Harrison were preseason All-Western Athletic Conference picks for UMKC with Harrison earning first team honors and Boyd being selected to the second team. The Kangaroos were picked fifth in the preseason WAC poll and return three starters from last year's 14-19 team.

Following Tuesday's game, the Bulldogs return home to host Simpson College on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2:05 p.m.