THE BASICS
The Drake men's basketball team will return to the Knapp Center as Jackson State (Dec. 16 at 7 p.m.) and Chicago State (Dec. 19 at 2 p.m.) come to town in non-conference action.
After trailing Clemson, 70-60 with 4:20 left in its Holiday Hoopsgiving game in Atlanta on Saturday (Dec. 11), Drake outscored the Tigers 14-4 to close out regulation sending the game into overtime. Clemson won in overtime by a final score of 90-80. Tucker DeVries once again led the Bulldogs in scoring with 19 points and ShanQuan Hemphill added 15 points with a season-high eight rebounds.