The Drake University men's basketball team returns to the comfortable environs of the Knapp Center on Sunday, Jan.8, to host Evansville in the first of two meetings between the Bulldogs and Purple Aces this season. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. with the contest broadcast on The Valley on ESPN3 and on radio via ESPN Des Moines 1350-AM. The contest will be part of a doubleheader at the Knapp Center as Drake's women's basketball team hosts SIU at 6 p.m.
The Bulldogs and Purple Aces enter Sunday's matinee with matching 1-2 records in MVC action after both teams dropped their most recent MVC outings.