Drake’s injury woes at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament continue. Senior guard D.J. Wilkins will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a torn ACL in Saturday’s regular season finale. Last year standout point guard Roman Penn missed the tournament with a season ending foot injury as Drake lost to Loyola in the title game and in 2019 standout center Nick McGlynn suffered a knee injury in an opening round win over Illinois State and the Bulldogs had only six healthy players in a semifinal round loss to UNI.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries who says their only focus right now is finding a way to get past Southern Illinois in Friday night’s quarterfinal round.

Wilkins averaged just over 10 and-a-half points this season and was a member of the Missouri Valley All-Defensive team.