Welcome to live, Super Tuesday coverage of the Drake-Illinois St primary from Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena in Normal, IL.

15th-ranked Drake is undefeated in Missouri Valley play at 11-0, while ISU is second at 7-3.

Drake has won 19 straight overall and is one of the nation's biggest surprises. They are seventh in the nation in three pointers made per game with 9.5. They are led in scoring by sophomore Josh Young at 16.1 ppg. The Bulldogs are also an excellent FT shooting team. Only one player in their nine-man rotation shoots below 71% (Brent Heemskerk, 47%)

ISU has lost three of five entering this game, but stgaring forward Anthony Slack missed two and a half of those games with a shoulder injury. He returned with a 12 rebound performance against Missouri St on Saturday.

The Redbirds leading scorer is Osiris Eldridge, a sophomore, with 15.2 ppg.

Drake won the first meeting on January 19th by a score of 79-73 in Des Moines. In spite of that, exit polling shows Illinois St as a 3.5 point favorite.

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