Fresh off thrilling back-to-back wins at the Knapp Center, the Drake University men's basketball team takes to the road to face Illinois State Saturday at Redbird Arena. Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m. on the MVC TV network, including Fox Sports Midwest in Iowa.
Drake leaves campus tied with Indiana State for fifth place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings as it begins the stretch run of league play with an 8-7 league record following Wednesday's overtime win against Valparaiso.
Roman Penn drained the game-winning shot in that victory with 3.7 seconds left to cap an 18-point night in which he continued to increase his national ranking in assist-to-turnover ratio.