The red-hot Drake University men's basketball team returns to the Knapp Center on Saturday, Dec. 29, for the team's final non-conference game of the 2018-19 season. Tipoff against Saturday's opponent, McKendree, is set for 2 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN3.
Drake returns to the hardwood with a 10-2 record and a Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic championship after defeating SIUE, Rider, New Mexico State and San Diego last week to win the program's first tourney title since 2013. Additionally, the team's 10 wins before the start of conference play are its most since 2007-08.
Drake won the Las Vegas Classic title dramatically with a 110-103 double-overtime win that saw Nick Norton (Bloomington, Ill.