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The Drake Bulldogs and Valparaiso Crusaders meet on Saturday afternoon for college basketball at the Valparaiso Athletics-Recreation Center.
The Drake Bulldogs appear to be unbeaten, sitting 17-0 the year after beating Illinois State 95:60 last time out. ShanQuan Hemphill leads the Bulldogs with 14.4 PPG and 5.5 RPG, while Roman Penn leads the Bulldogs at 12 , 5 PPG and 5.5 APG took 2nd place. D.J. Wilkins has 10.1 PPG to finish the trio of double-digit scorers for Drake by this point in the year, while Tremell Murphy has 9.2 PPG with 5.1 RPG and Garrett Sturtz 8.5 PPG and 4.9 RPG. Darnell Brodie leads the Bulldogs with 7.4 RPG on the glass this season. As a team, Drake averages 82.9 PPG at 51.2% from the field, 39% from the 3-point range, and 72% from the foul line, while 61.7 PPG at 39.1% from the field and 30.7% from the 3-point range are possible this season.
The Valparaiso Crusaders will try to get back on their feet after a 58:51 loss to Evansville in their last game. Ben Krikke leads the Crusaders with 12.4 PPG and 4.4 RPG, while Donovan Clay has 11.2 PPG with a team high of 5.2 RPG, making the Crusaders the only other double-digit scorer for Valpo to that point in the Lead season on the glass. Daniel Sackey also has a team high of 4.2 APG for the Crusaders this season. As a team, Valparaiso averages 66.9 PPG at 41.5% from the field, 28.4% from the 3-point range and 73.2% from the foul line, while 70 PPG from 44.2% from the field and 33.3% from the 3-point range this season.
Drake is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 street games and 52-24-2 ATS in their last 78 games overall, while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games after a win. Valparaiso has a total of 3-8 ATS in the last 11 games and 1-4 ATS in the last 5 games against a team with a winning record, while the deficit in the last 4 games is 4-0 after a loss. The road team is 3-1-1 ATS for the last 5 sessions between these two teams.
The Crusaders and the Scots are worth a look at home, especially as they’ll be trying to run the same game plan as the State of Illinois applied against Drake to put the Bulldogs into overtime earlier this week and break Drake’s unbeaten ATS record in the same game. However, if you can only get 51 points against Evansville, you will have a tough time against Drake and it’s already a step up in how efficiently Drake is offensive. I’ll drop the points with Drake at this point.
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