Drake storms back to beat Wichita State in First Four.
Drake b-ball fans sat tight 13 years for this. Whatever this was.
In the NCAA Tournament interestingly since 2008, the Drake Bulldogs rose up out of the disorder with a 53-52 success over Wichita State on Thursday night in the First Four.
The Bulldogs advance to play USC in a 6 versus 11 challenge on Saturday evening.
In a matchup that would have felt more comfortable fourteen days sooner in St. Louis, the previous Missouri Valley Conference adversaries met without precedent for a very long time. In contrast to their past 11 gatherings, the Bulldogs completed it. After Joseph Yesufu missed the front finish of a 1-and-1 with 5 seconds left, Wichita State had the ball down one with an opportunity to win. Alterique Gilbert pulled up — maybe a second sooner than he expected to — and released what might have been a match dominating three. All things being equal, the ball bobbed off the front of the edge, sending Drake into the West Region.
Here's the way we got to that last grouping:
The game was generally terrible
This game was repulsive for around 33 minutes. Wichita State played choking out protection and Drake offered itself no courtesies, making awful efforts and going significant length without field objectives. During one stretch in the main a large portion of, the Bulldogs missed 10 straight shots and were stuck on only six focuses. Even after they went on a rush to end the half and pull inside a point, they returned to their old propensities in the subsequent half, allowing Wichita State to broaden the lead once more. Darnell Brodie made a jumper 30 seconds into the subsequent half yet Drake didn't make another field objective for almost seven minutes
Tyson Etienne was a virtual non-factor on offense
The Shockers' driving scorer and the AAC co-Player of the Year didn't score a point until more than halfway during that time half when he split a couple of free tosses. By at that point, he was 0-6 from the field with three fouls and a turnover. He submitted his fourth only seconds after the fact and didn't score once more.
Etienne actually spread the word about his quality on the opposite end, assuming a vital part in a smothering cautious exertion.
On offense, Wichita State rather inclined toward Morris Udeze, who was almost relentless when he got looks, going 8-13 from the field with 22 focuses. Dexter Dennis (13) and Gilbert (10) were the Shockers' other twofold digit scorers.
Joseph Yesufu gave Drake its One Shining Moment
Regardless of what occurs from here, Drake is ensured a clasp on the current year's One Shining Moment montage. Yesufu tossed down the dunk of the competition up until now (two games in) here:
Toss me through the damn floor, Joseph.
As a matter of fact, Yesufu was likewise key to Drake's second-half rebound
By key I signify "it was basically Yesufu." He scored 10 focuses over a five-minute stretch that saw the Bulldogs go from down 10 to up one. At the point when Drake started to lead the pack on a layup from Darnell Brodie, it was its first benefit since the score was 5-2 — or since we were completely bolted on the consummation of the Texas Southern versus Mount St. Mary's down. Yesufu didn't have his most productive evening, yet he set up numbers and was grasp when his group required him. He played each of the 40 minutes and scored 21 focuses.
ShanQuan Hemphill is working his way back
Drake's driving scorer had not played since breaking his foot on Feb. 10 however played in this one regardless of simply getting back to rehearse this week. Lead trainer Darien DeVries said before the game that Hemphill's job would be negligible and he was not a factor in this game. Hemphill didn't begin, played 10 minutes, and went 1-3 from the field for three focuses.
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