Drake wins at IUPUI

by **Drakey** » December 29th, 2013, 3:31 pm

The Bulldogs beat IUPUI on the road 75-52 for their final non-conference game. Led by 30 in the second half. Bulldogs are getting better.

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by **musiccitybulldog** » December 29th, 2013, 8:28 pm

..and better and better.

by **ACECARD** » December 29th, 2013, 9:35 pm

Drakey wrote:The Bulldogs beat IUPUI on the road 75-52 for their final non-conference game. Led by 30 in the second half. Bulldogs are getting better.

You can lose a lot of money using comparative scores, but the Aces beat IUPUI by only six on the the road. Is Drake 19 points better than the Aces? I hope not.

by **Dean Wormer** » December 30th, 2013, 9:23 am

ACECARD wrote:
Drakey wrote:The Bulldogs beat IUPUI on the road 75-52 for their final non-conference game. Led by 30 in the second half. Bulldogs are getting better.

You can lose a lot of money using comparative scores, but the Aces beat IUPUI by only six on the the road. Is Drake 19 points better than the Aces? I hope not.

You know the conference is sucking when we are using IUPUI as a measuring stick.....

by **DUBulldog** » December 30th, 2013, 10:04 am

Drakey wrote:The Bulldogs beat IUPUI on the road 75-52 for their final non-conference game. Led by 30 in the second half. Bulldogs are getting better.

DU led by 31 with about 6 minutes left.....I'm guessing it's been a lot of years since Drake has had a 30+ point lead on the road.

Looks like Blake Danielak didn't waste any time getting back into game shape. 10 points and 9 rebounds in only 14 minutes after missing the previous 8 games with mono.

Would have been even uglier for IUPUI if Rich Carter hadn't had an off game. Drake, as a team, really didn't shoot all that well (41.2%), and missed a lot of easy shots. Fortunately, it didn't matter.

by **Wufan** » December 30th, 2013, 11:30 am

DUBulldog wrote:
Drakey wrote:The Bulldogs beat IUPUI on the road 75-52 for their final non-conference game. Led by 30 in the second half. Bulldogs are getting better.

DU led by 31 with about 6 minutes left.....I'm guessing it's been a lot of years since Drake has had a 30+ point lead on the road.

Looks like Blake Danielak didn't waste any time getting back into game shape. 10 points and 9 rebounds in only 14 minutes after missing the previous 8 games with mono.

Would have been even uglier for IUPUI if Rich Carter hadn't had an off game. Drake, as a team, really didn't shoot all that well (41.2%), and missed a lot of easy shots. Fortunately, it didn't matter.

I've been very impressed with what Gia has done with Drake. He's getting a TON out of Carter, and added significant contributors in Danielak, Caird, and Daniels. Jensen looks like a player down the road and I know they have a nice class lined up for 2014-15.

by **BradleyFan71** » December 30th, 2013, 2:27 pm

Bradley lost a home game to IUPUI 66-72.

by **2livewu** » December 30th, 2013, 2:29 pm

41.2% and win on the road?

THAT is impressive.

by **DUBulldog** » December 30th, 2013, 2:34 pm

2livewu wrote:41.2% and win on the road?

THAT is impressive.

....and win by 23. I think that means that Drake did everything else (other than shoot) very well.

Giacoletti has these guys believing in each other and believing in the system. He puts guys in a position to utilize their strengths. I know that sounds extremely basic, but it simply hadn't happened at Drake over the previous five seasons.