Drake (4-5) vs. Dartmouth (3-7)
Knapp Center; Des Moines, IA
7:05 PM CST
No better way for Dartmouth to enjoy their week before Christmas than to make a trip to Iowa. On Sunday they played in Ames against Iowa St. The Big Green were defeated 71-42. Not a single Dartmouth player reached double figures. Leading scorer Jabari Trotter played 26 minutes but scored just 5 points shooting a cool 2-10 from the field.
Drake will try to regroup from a tough loss against Iowa. In a game where the Hawkeyes scored the first 14 points of the game, Drake tripped the deficit to 2 with 5:12 to go. That is as close as they got the rest of the way. Rayvonte Rice and Ryan Wedel each had 14 for the Bulldogs. Expect the Bulldogs to get back on the winning track tonight at home.
Wichita State (8-2) vs. Tulsa (5-5)
Intrust Bank Arena; Wichita, KS
7:00 CT
Wichita will open their fancy new arena tonight when they play host to Tulsa at 7:00 central. The Shockers are coming off a big win over the Tigers of LSU as Garrett Stutz hit a three-pointer with 7 seconds left to seal the victory. WSU got plenty of help in the victory as they had four players finish in double figures.
Tulsa, who is coming off a win of their own as they were able to beat Weber State 81-79. This will be an emotional game for the Shockers as their will be a lot of excitement in the air with the opening of Intrust Bank, and should be an easy win for the Shockers.