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Last year the Shocks suffered their worst loss of the season at UNI losing by 80-48. Two days later they faced a Bradley team in Peoria that had defeated them by 20 earlier in the year in Wichita.
The Shocks responded with a 70-68 upset win to break a long MVC road losing streak.
Granted this is pretty much a totally different roster for the Shocks but it is the same coaching staff and I have feeling that Jody has their full attention at this point.
Drake has 2 Seniors and 2 Juniors (1 of which is a JUCO transfer who doesn't play much). So the experience factor should not be nearly as significant as it was vs Creighton.
However, Rachel Hackbarth, a 6'2" Sophomore post, put up 28 points in Drake's 88-84 win over MSU on Friday. She was 12-14 from the field and 4-5 from the line.
Looks like Drake is somewhat similar to the Shocks in that they are little up and down this year. They lost on the road to UMKC who the Shocks defeated in the Bahamas. That was their season opener so its been a while. A couple of games later they had a nice 78-75 win over Iowa State. More recently they lossed by 19 on the road to Illinois State and followed that up with a 14 point road win over Indiana State.
I'm not expecting a win (although I think they are capable of beating Drake), but I do expect that the Shocks will play much better than they did against Creighton assuming their self-confidence has not been damaged to greatly. Haleigh needs to stay out of foul trouble.
The Shocks responded with a 70-68 upset win to break a long MVC road losing streak.
Granted this is pretty much a totally different roster for the Shocks but it is the same coaching staff and I have feeling that Jody has their full attention at this point.
Drake has 2 Seniors and 2 Juniors (1 of which is a JUCO transfer who doesn't play much). So the experience factor should not be nearly as significant as it was vs Creighton.
However, Rachel Hackbarth, a 6'2" Sophomore post, put up 28 points in Drake's 88-84 win over MSU on Friday. She was 12-14 from the field and 4-5 from the line.
Looks like Drake is somewhat similar to the Shocks in that they are little up and down this year. They lost on the road to UMKC who the Shocks defeated in the Bahamas. That was their season opener so its been a while. A couple of games later they had a nice 78-75 win over Iowa State. More recently they lossed by 19 on the road to Illinois State and followed that up with a 14 point road win over Indiana State.
I'm not expecting a win (although I think they are capable of beating Drake), but I do expect that the Shocks will play much better than they did against Creighton assuming their self-confidence has not been damaged to greatly. Haleigh needs to stay out of foul trouble.
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