Davante Drinkard

	Class: Sophomore
	Hometown: Toccoa, Ga.
	High School: Stephens County

	Height / Weight: 6-9 / 225
	Position: F
	Birthdate: 04/11/1992
	Experience: 1st

01/14/2012

Men's Basketball plays at No. 21 Creighton on Sunday

Game will be streamed on ESPN3

01/04/2012

Men's Basketball tops Bradley, 74-65, for second-straight victory.

Mamadou Seck led SIU with 15 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, marking his fourth double-double of the season.

12/25/2011

No. 14 Xavier outlasts Men's Basketball, 87-77

Freshman Dantiel Daniels scored a career-high 22 points for SIU.

12/23/2011

Late rally lifts Clemson past Men's Basketball in overtime

Salukis led by eight points with less than four minutes to play in regulation.

12/22/2011

Hot-shooting Kansas State downs Men's Basketball, 83-58

Justin Bocot scored 10 points to lead SIU in his first game since Nov. 25

2011-12 Season
Did not play during the fall semester, missing six games, in order to focus on academics...Also missed the last 10 games with a foot injury...Had a career-high 12-point outing at Bradley on Jan. 4, in which he made 6-of-7 shot attempts.

2010-11 Season
Played in every game except the season opener at Illinois...Started six games due to an injury to Gene Teague...Made his first-career start on Jan. 1 vs. UNI and scored as season-high five points in 26 minutes...Had a career-best five rebounds in 10 minutes vs. Bradley.

High School
Averaged 14.6 points, 13.9 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game in 2009-10, but missed the majority of the season -- all but eight games -- due to a broken foot.

Worth Knowing
Son of Orlando and Kim Drinkard...Father is deceased...Has two brothers and one sister...Born in Toccoa, Ga. on April 11, 1992.

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