2020-2021 Drake Bulldogs

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2020-2021 Drake Bulldogs Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
22 Andrew Barrett Jr GF 6-5 190 - Rock Island (IL) United States Alleman High School
51 Darnell Brodie Jr F 6-10 275 - Newark (NJ) United States East Side High School
11 Bryceson Burns Fr GF 6-5 195 - Houston (TX) United States Westfield High School
41 Deven Dahlke Fr G 6-2 190 - Phoenix (AZ) United States St. Mary's High School
10 Okay Djamgouz Fr PG 6-5 190 - London Canada St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School
24 Nate Ferguson Fr F 6-8 220 - Lemont (IL) United States Lemont High School
25 Connor Gholson Jr G 6-3 182 - Newton (IA) United States Newton High School
4 Tank Hemphill Sr GF 6-6 200 Sep 10, 1997 Gary (IN) United States Michigan City High School
20 Jonah Jackson Sr G 6-3 205 - Merrillville (IN) United States Merrillville High School
21 Jordan Kwiecinski Fr F 6-9 210 - Wilmette (IL) United States Loyola Academy
2 Tremell Murphy Sr F 6-6 210 Apr 21, 1997 Griffith (IN) United States Griffith High School
12 Roman Penn Jr G 6-0 185 Sep 1, 1997 Calumet City (IL) United States Bosco Institute
13 Issa Samake Fr F 6-8 225 - Des Moines (IA) United States Grandview Park Baptist School
3 Garrett Sturtz Jr G 6-3 180 - Newton (IA) United States Newton High School
14 Noah Thomas Sr G 6-2 163 - Sydney Australia Oak Hill Academy
0 D.J. Wilkins Jr G 6-2 188 Oct 13, 1997 Merrillville (IN) United States Merrillville High School
23 Joseph Yesufu So G 6-0 180 Sep 17, 2000 Bolingbrook (IL) United States Bolingbrook High School

Recent Drake Bulldogs History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2022-2023 27-8 (15-5) 2nd (MVC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2021-2022 25-11 (13-5) 2nd (MVC) Runner Up CBI 2nd Rnd
2020-2021 26-5 (15-3) 2nd (MVC) Runner Up NCAA 1st Rnd
2019-2020 20-14 (8-10) 8th (MVC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 24-10 (12-6) 1st (MVC) 3rd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2017-2018 17-17 (10-8) 3rd (MVC) 2nd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2016-2017 7-24 (5-13) 9th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 7-24 (2-16) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 9-22 (6-12) 7th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 15-16 (6-12) 8th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 15-17 (7-11) 7th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 18-16 (9-9) 3rd (MVC) 2nd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2010-2011 13-18 (7-11) 7th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 14-19 (7-11) 8th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 17-16 (7-11) 8th (MVC) 1st Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2007-2008 28-5 (15-3) 1st (MVC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2006-2007 17-15 (6-12) 7th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 12-19 (5-13) 7th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 13-16 (7-11) 7th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 12-16 (7-11) 6th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 10-21 (5-13) 8th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A

2020-2021 Drake Bulldogs Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Tank Hemphill NABC All-District (16) First Team
Roman Penn NABC All-District (16) First Team
D.J. Wilkins NABC All-District (16) Second Team
Roman Penn MVC All-Conference First Team
Tank Hemphill MVC All-Conference Second Team
Tremell Murphy MVC All-Tournament Team
Joseph Yesufu MVC All-Tournament Team
Tank Hemphill MVC All-Defensive Team
Joseph Yesufu MVC Sixth-Man of the Year
Garrett Sturtz MVC All-Bench Team
Joseph Yesufu MVC All-Bench Team
Tank Hemphill MVC Newcomer of the Year
Darnell Brodie MVC All-Newcomer Team
Tank Hemphill MVC All-Newcomer Team
Joseph Yesufu MVC Most-Improved Team
Joseph Yesufu MVC Player of the Week (Feb 23, 2021)
Darnell Brodie MVC Newcomer of the Week (Feb 2, 2021)
Darnell Brodie MVC Newcomer of the Week (Feb 15, 2021)
Tank Hemphill MVC Newcomer of the Week (Dec 14, 2020)
Tank Hemphill MVC Newcomer of the Week (Dec 23, 2020)

2020-2021 Drake Bulldogs Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Yesufu D. Wilkins G. Sturtz T. Murphy D. Brodie
Rotation       T. Hemphill  
Lim PT C. Gholson J. Jackson I. Samake J. Kwiecinski  
Lim PT O. Djamgouz A. Barrett N. Ferguson    
Lim PT R. Penn B. Burns      
Lim PT   N. Thomas      

2020-2021 Drake Bulldogs Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Tank Hemphill 22 25.7 13.2 5.9 1.4 1.2 0.4 1.5
Joseph Yesufu 31 23.9 12.8 1.8 1.8 1.1 0.1 1.2
Roman Penn 24 26.9 11.2 3.2 5.5 1.4 0.0 2.2
D.J. Wilkins 31 29.4 10.1 1.8 2.1 0.7 0.1 0.9
Tremell Murphy 31 27.4 10.1 5.2 1.3 0.8 0.9 1.4
Garrett Sturtz 31 26.6 8.2 5.5 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.7
Darnell Brodie 31 23.0 7.7 7.3 1.0 0.4 0.5 1.5
Jonah Jackson 30 9.2 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
Nate Ferguson 23 10.2 2.5 1.5 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5
Issa Samake 27 9.5 2.1 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2
Okay Djamgouz 19 4.3 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3
Bryceson Burns 15 3.9 1.5 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.5
Jordan Kwiecinski 8 3.6 1.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0
Deven Dahlke 4 1.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Andrew Barrett 9 2.7 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1
Connor Gholson 14 2.6 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1

2020-2021 Drake Bulldogs Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Darian DeVries Head Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Creighton, 2001 to 2018)
Larry Blunt Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Canisius, 2016 to 2018)
Marty Richter Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Head Coach (Florida SouthWestern State, 2015 to 2018)
Matt Woodley Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Special Assistant to the Head Coach (Pittsburgh, 2017 to 2018)
Brian Hardin Athletic Director 2018-2019 Athletic Director (Ball State, 2014 to 2015)
Matt Gatens Director of Basketball Operations 2018-2019 N/A
Angie Dahl Head Athletic Trainer 2017-2018 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Drake, 2011 to 2017)
Mike Burch Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2014-2015 N/A