The Basics
The Drake men's basketball team is back in the Knapp Center for its final home game in the month of November as it hosts Division III Buena Vista on Friday night. Tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
Bulldogs by the Numbers
In their last time out, the Bulldogs went on the road and came away with a victory against the Charleston Cougars on Monday, 71-62. Drake posted season highs in three-point baskets (11), three-point field goal percentage (.355) and assists (16) against Charleston improving to 4-0 inside TD Arena after winning the Charleston Classic title last season.

Senior transfer Jalen Quinn leads the Bulldogs in scoring through the first five games of the season averaging 15.2 points per game. However, Quinn has done most of his damage in the second half of games this season.

Over the course of the first five games, Quinn has flipped the switch in the latter parts of games and is averaging 11.4 points per game in the second half/overtime. In Drake's last game against Charleston, the senior scored all 17 of his points in the second half to lift the Bulldogs over the Cougars. He also scored 17 second half points in the season opener against Northern Arizona after scoring just three in the first half.
 
Drake Leaders
Jalen Quinn l 15.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 3.2 apg
Okku Federiko l 13.0 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 1.8 blks
Wilguens Jr. Exacte l 10.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.6 apg

Scouting Buena Vista
The Beavers are in the beginning stages of their season and have gone 1-1 over their first two games taking a loss to the College of St. Scholastica and defeating Minnesota-Morris at the Central Bank Classic. Last season, Buena Vista went 12-13 overall and 5-11 in league play. It missed out on the conference tournament by just one game, and eight of those 13 losses last season came by eight points or less. This season, Buena Vista was picked to finish seventh in the American Rivers Conference Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll.

The Beavers are under the leadership of first-year head coach, Jeff Horner. Horner, a former standout player at the University of Iowa, takes over the program this season after having spent the previous seven years as head coach at DII Truman State University where he went 121-78 overall.

Friday is the second all-time meeting between Drake and Buena Vista. The only prior matchup between the Bulldogs and the Beavers occurred on Nov. 8, 2018, with Drake winning by score of 98-52 from Des Moines.

Buena Vista Leaders
Adam Bryte l 19.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.0 stl
Carter Sievers l 16.5 ppg, 4.5 apg, 3.5 rpg
Jackson Jones l 14.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, .579 FG%
 
Up Next
Drake will make the trip down to the Sunshine State and compete in the Emerald Coast Classic from Destin, Fla., Nov. 28-29. The Bulldogs will open the multiple team event against the LSU Tigers on Friday with tipoff scheduled for 8:30 p.m. CT. That contest will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
Drake will play Georgia Tech or DePaul on Saturday at either 3:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. depending on the result of Fridays game.