The Basics
Entering Friday afternoon only 33 unbeaten teams remained in NCAA Division I men's basketball, two of those squads will meet in the Knapp Center on Saturday when Louisiana and Drake clash.
 
Broadcast Information
The game will be broadcasted locally on Mediacom MC22 and stream online through ESPN+.
 
1350/102.1 ESPN Des Moines is back as the radio home of Drake Bulldog men's basketball. Michael Admire is back to describe the play-by-play action with analyst Paul Doerrfeld.

Scouting Louisiana
Louisiana is also off to a 5-0 start to the 2022-23 campaign. The Ragin' Cajuns won the Asheville Championship in Asheville, N.C., defeating Harvard (75-61) and East Tennessee State (81-77).

Louisiana is coming off a 76-72 overtime victory at SMU. The Ragin' Cajuns scored the final nine points in overtime. Jordan Brown matched his season-high of 26 points and hauled in eight rebounds. Lafayette, La., native Greg Williams Jr. added 19 points while sinking four 3-pointers and grabbing nine rebounds.

Brown, a junior forward averages a team-best 20.2 points per game and has registered 7.2 rebounds per game. Williams Jr. averages 12.8 points per game so far and has swatted away six shots.

Senior forward Terence Lewis II transferred from Jackson State and played against Drake last year on Dec. 16, 2021. Lewis II scored four points and pulled down eight rebounds in that contest. This season, Lewis II paces ULL with 9.8 rebounds per game and averages 14.0 points per game. He had a double-double of 23 points and 12 rebounds in Louisiana's 94-88 win over Louisiana Tech on Nov. 17.

The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2021-22 season with a 16-15 record including an 8-9 record in Sun Belt play.

Paradise Jam Recap
Drake is fresh off a Paradise Jam title in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tucker DeVries was named the Tournament MVP leading the Bulldogs to three wins over Buffalo, Wyoming and Tarleton State.
 
Drake held off Tarleton State for a 71-64 win in the Paradise Jam championship contest on Monday. Four Drake players scored in double figures (DeVries-22, Penn-14, Sturtz-13, Wilkins-11) while Sturtz recorded his first double-double of the season.
 
Tucker DeVries poured in a career-high 29 points as Drake held off Wyoming, 61-56 in the semifinal round of the Paradise Jam at the Sports and Fitness Center on Sunday. DeVries finished with 29 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field including a 4-of-6 clip beyond the arc. Sardaar Calhoun added nine points off the bench.
 
The Bulldogs clamped down to not allow a field goal in the final four minutes of the game and Roman Penn took control late in a comeback 80-72 victory over Buffalo in the quarterfinal round of the Paradise Jam at the Sports and Fitness Center on Friday (Nov. 18).
 
Literally Did Not Miss
DeVries was named MVC Player of the Week on Nov. 21 after averaging 21.7 points and 5.3 rebounds during a three-game span against Wofford, Buffalo and Wyoming.
 
Tucker DeVries could not miss in the championship game of the Paradise Jam on Monday (Nov. 21). After scoring a career-high 29 points the day before against Wyoming, DeVries finished 5-for-5 from the field including 4-for-4 from beyond the arc and 8-for-8 at the free throw line.
 
The performance marked only the second time in NCAA Division I this season that a player did not miss from the field, three-point range and the free throw line while scoring over 20 points. Previously accomplished by Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner versus Holy Cross on Nov. 14.
 
DeVries has been an incredibly efficient shooter so far this season (34-58 from the field in five games).
 
100
With Monday's Paradise Jam title game victory, Darian DeVries became the third coach in program history to earn 100 wins at Drake as he accomplished the feat in only 141 games.
 
Mr. Clutch
Fifth-year senior guard Roman Penn is like an old insurance policy, something Drake coach Darian DeVries can rely upon when help is needed.
For the second game in a row the all-Missouri Val- ley Conference performer rose to the occasion in the waning moments to preserve Drake's opening round 80-72 victory past Buffalo on Friday (Nov. 18).

Penn came off the bench, collecting 12 points and six assists in 23 minutes. He scored 10 points in the final 6:02 of the game. More importantly, he had five points, two rebounds and one assist in the last 2:08 hitting a layup that started an 8-0 run by Drake to end the game.

Penn made his season debut against Wofford Monday coming off the bench to ignite Drake to an 80-72 victory collecting nine points and five assists in 18 minutes.
He scored seven of Drake's last 12 points in a 2:54 span.

Up Next
The Bulldogs begin Missouri Valley Conference play at Indiana State on Wednesday, Nov. 30.