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Drake vs. Missouri State Postgame Notes - March 5

TEAM NOTES
  • The Bulldogs improved their record to 25-3 – the third-most wins in school single-season history trailing the 26-5 record by the 1969 NCAA Final Four team and 28-5 mark by 2008 team which swept both the MVC regular season and post-season tournament titles.
  • Drake improved to 11-1 this season when Darnell Brodie collects eight or more rebounds. He had 10 today.
  • Drake owned a 40-37 halftime lead, improving its record to 20-1 when that happens.
  • Drake committed a season-low two turnovers, eclipsing the previous low of five at UNI. The two turnovers also the lowest turnover total in an MVC Tournament game in the past 20 years since that turnover record was kept. The previous low was three by UNI against Illinois State March 8, 2015.
  • The Bulldogs went more than 20 minutes without a turnover from the  8:58 mark in the first half until the  7:11 mark in the second half.
  • Drake was outrebounded, 36-32, for just the eighth time this season but did improve its record to 6-2 when that feat happens.
  • Drake is 8-0 when scoring between 70-79 points.
  • Drake outscored MSU in points off turnovers, 14-0. It marked the first time this season an opponent had failed to score any points off Drake miscues.
  • There were 16 lead changes—the most in any Drake game this season—compared to a combined six lead changes in the previous two meetings between the teams this season.
  • Drake's defense limited Isiaih Mosley, the leading scorer in the MVC (20.4 ppg), to just five points which was his second-lowest point total of the season.
  • Drake earned its first victory on a Saturday in three tries this season.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
  • Joseph Yesufu tallied a game-high 25 points, including the game-winning layup with 2.5 seconds left. It marked his fifth career 20-plus scoring game—all coming in the last six-game stretch. Yesufu led Drake with 14 in the first half which almost doubled his combined output of eight points in the previous two games (5, 3) vs. Missouri State.
  • It marked the sixth-straight game Yesufu reached double-digit scoring. Prior to that six-game stretch, he had eight career double-digit games.
  • Tremell Murphy earned his third career 20-plus scoring game with 20 points, including 10 in the first half.  He added seven rebounds.
  • In three career MVC Tournament games, including two in the 2019 tournament, Murphy is averaging 19.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, while shooting a sizzling 68.6 percent from the floor (24-35) in three career MVC Tournament games.
  • Darnell Brodie enjoyed his sixth career double-figure rebounding game with 10 boards.
  • Garrett Sturtz added nine points and nine rebounds.
 
MVC TOURNAMENT NOTES
  • This is Drake's second trip to the MVC Tournament championship, winning the title in 2008 with a 79-49 victory past Illinois State.
  • This marked the 26thtime the No. 2 seed has advanced to the championship of the MVC Tournament but the first time since 2017
  • Since the MVC Tournament moved to St. Louis in 1991, the No. 1 seed has faced the No. 2 seed in the championship game just 11 times in 30 previous tournaments with the No. 2 seed winning six times and the top seed winning five times
  • Appearing in the semifinal round for the third straight year, Drake improved its MVC Tournament record to 21-41, including a 2-1 record as the No, 2 seed and a 2-7 record in the semifinal round.
  • Darian DeVries, the 2021 MVC Coach of the Year, improved his MVC Tournament career coaching record to 4-2 while earning his first trip to the championship game
  • Drake's two turnovers were the lowest turnover total in an MVC Tournament game in the past 20 years. The previous low was three by UNI against Illinois State March 8, 2015.

SERIES NOTES
  • Drake moved to 21-44 in the all-time series against Missouri State, winning eight of the last nine meetings.
  • Drake, playing MSU for the first time in the MVC Tournament since 2016, earned its first victory against the Bears in three tournament matchups.
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Players Mentioned

Tremell Murphy

#2 Tremell Murphy

F
6' 6"
Redshirt Senior
Garrett Sturtz

#3 Garrett Sturtz

G
6' 3"
Junior
Joseph Yesufu

#1 Joseph Yesufu

G
6' 0"
Sophomore
Darnell Brodie

#51 Darnell Brodie

F
6' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Tremell Murphy

#2 Tremell Murphy

6' 6"
Redshirt Senior
F
Garrett Sturtz

#3 Garrett Sturtz

6' 3"
Junior
G
Joseph Yesufu

#1 Joseph Yesufu

6' 0"
Sophomore
G
Darnell Brodie

#51 Darnell Brodie

6' 10"
Junior
F