Drake’s Tucker DeVries has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year for the second straight season. DeVries was the top scorer in conference play at 23 and-a-half points per game and finished in the top 10 in rebounding and steals and feels his role changed this season.
DeVries led a Drake team with 10 new players to a 25-6 regular season record.
Drake is the two seed in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis and opens Friday night against Evansville who downed Illinois State 59-53 on Thursday. The Bulldogs won the tournament a year ago as the two seed.
