Illinois State vs. Drake men’s basketball tickets still available for Wednesday, February 12
The Drake Bulldogs (21-2, 11-2 MVC) face a fellow MVC squad, the Illinois State Redbirds (15-9, 7-6 MVC), on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at CEFCU Arena. The game will start at 9:00 PM ET and is available via Gray.
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- Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- How to watch on TV: Gray
- Location: Normal, Illinois
- Venue: CEFCU Arena
- Tickets: Buy tickets here
Illinois State leaders
- So far this season, Chase Walker posts 15.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, shooting 59.8% from the field.
- Offensively, Johnny Kinziger records 14.6 points and 3.4 assists per contest.
- Dalton Banks posts 9.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per contest. Defensively, he posts 1.8 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
- On a per-game basis, Ty Pence is posting 7.3 points.
- Landon Wolf is posting 7.3 points, 1.0 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game this season.
Drake leaders
- On the hardwood, Bennett Stirtz averages 18.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game, shooting 49.7% from the field and 35.1% from downtown with 1.5 made 3-pointers per game.
- Cam Manyawu accumulates 7.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game, shooting 55.6% from the floor.
- Daniel Abreu has put up 10.9 points per contest this season.
- From an offensive standpoint, Mitch Mascari averages 11.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. At the other end, he posts 1.1 steals and 0.0 blocked shots.
- So far this season, Tavion Banks averages 9.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. Defensively, he puts up 0.7 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
Illinois State vs. Drake stats breakdown
- The Redbirds are making 48.7% of their shots from the field, 5% higher than the Bulldogs allow to opponents (43.7%).
- Illinois State is 14-5 against the spread and 15-5 straight up when shooting better than 43.7% from the field.
- The Bulldogs’ 49.1% shooting percentage from the field is only 3.9% higher than the Redbirds have given up.
- Drake is 10-5 against the spread and 16-1 overall when shooting higher than 45.2% from the field.
- The Redbirds average 30.5 rebounds, 2.0 more than the Bulldogs’ average.
- The Redbirds are the 284th-ranked rebounding team in the country, and the Bulldogs are 340th.
- The 77.0 points the Redbirds average are 19.5 more than the Bulldogs give up.
- The Bulldogs’ 70.6 points per game are just 1.4 fewer than the Redbirds allow.