Drexel transfer guard Jason “Deuce” Drake announced his commitment to Indiana today.
A 6-foot-2, 195-pound native of Oak Park, Michigan, Drake has two seasons of eligibility remaining. According to the Portal Report, he also had interest from St. John’s, Pittsburgh, St. Joseph’s, Temple, UCF, Duquesne, Indiana State, Dayton, Youngstown State, New Mexico State, UCSB, South Florida and Western Kentucky.
As a junior at Drexel, Drake started all 33 games and averaged 11.1 points, 3.1 assists and three rebounds in 26.1 minutes per game.
Drake is the seventh portal addition this spring for the Hoosiers, joining Tucker DeVries, Conor Enright, Reed Bailey, Lamar Wilkerson, Jasai Miles and Tayton Conerway. Indiana now has eight scholarship players on its roster for next season.
Moving forward, the expectation is for the Hoosiers to add to the frontcourt as Bailey is currently the only player on the roster taller than 6-foot-7.
Last season at Drexel, Drake shot 39.6 percent on 3s on 101 attempts and 86.5 percent from the free-throw line on 74 attempts.
Drake had four games with 20 or more points, including a pair of 25-point games for the Dragons. He had 25 points against William & Mary on February 6 and just over a month later, 25 again on March 8 against Elon in the CAA conference tournament. The Michigan native scored in double figures 17 times.
He made three 3-pointers in a game six times. He’s a career 38.7 percent 3-point shooter at the Division I level in two seasons at Cleveland State (2022-23) and Drexel.
Drake spent the 2023-24 season at Butler Community College in Kansas. He averaged 9.6 points, 3.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds while shooting 42 percent on 3s.
As a true freshman at Cleveland State in the 2023-23 season, Drake averaged 1.6 points in 5.6 minutes per game.
Drake played his prep career at Ferndale High School and also played for The Family on the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) circuit.
Here is his bio from Drexel:
2023-24 / Sophomore (at Butler Community College)
• Played in 31 games and started 27 times
• Averaged 9.6 points, 3.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game
• Shot 47 percent from the floor and better than 42 percent from behind the arc…was a 73 percent shooter from the line
• Scored in double figures 15 times, including a 21-point performance at Northwest Kansas Technical College
2022-23 / Freshman (at Cleveland State)
• Appeared in 17 games in his only season at the school
• Scored a Division I career-high 11 points against Baldwin-Wallace, Ppicked up a pair of assists in that game and also had two at Western Michigan
• Had nine points at IUPUI and made six 3-pointers.
Background
• Graduated from Ferndale High School
• Played four years of varsity basketball
• Led his team to back-to-back Michigan High School Athletic Association Division II Final Fours in 2021 and 2022
• Was an All-Michigan selection as a junior and senior…was also named All-Metro and All-County
• Selected to his conference’s All-Tournament teams
• Resides in Oak Park, Mich.
Personal: Son of Jason Drake and Tiffany Baylis…has a brother and a sister…plans to major in communication.
(Photo credit: Drexel Athletics)
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