DEPAUL 2018-19 GAME INFORMATION 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DEPAUL November 7 Bethune-Cookman (FS1)...... W, 80-58 VS. 12 Morgan State (FS1)...... W, 91-63 Gavitt Tipoff Games (, Ill.) USF 15 Penn State (FS1)...... W, 72-70 (OT) DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Date...... Wednesday, April 3 USF BULLS 24 at Notre Dame (ACC)...... L, 95-70 Overall...... 18-16 Time...... 7 p.m. Overall...... 23-13 ...... McGrath-Phillips Arena 28 Cleveland State (FS2)...... W, 83-73 BIG EAST...... 7-11 Arena AAC...... 8-10 AP Poll...... -- Location...... Chicago, Ill. AP Poll...... -- Coaches Poll...... -- TV...... ESPNU Coaches Poll...... -- December NET (thru March 17).....102 Play-by-Play: Roy Philpott // Analyst: Tim McCormick NET (thru March 17)...... 99 3 Florida A&M (FS1)...... W, 65-50 Last Game...... L, 63-61 at Online Audio...... DePaul All-Access Last Game...... W, 63-61 vs. 8 at Northwestern (BTN)...... L, 75-68 USF (April 1) Play-by-Play: Dave Bernhard // Analyst: Dave Corzine USF (April 1) 12 Chicago State (FS1)...... W, 104-70 Next Game...... April 5 vs. Online Video...... WatchESPN Next Game...... April 5 at DePaul (if necessary) 14 UIC (FS1)...... W, 90-70 USF (if necessary) Live Stats...... www.depaulbluedemons.com 19 Incarnate Word (FS2)...... W, 81-71 22 Boston College (FS1)...... L, 65-62 LAST GAME STARTERS NEED TO KNOW 29 Xavier* (FS1)...... L, 74-65 Lyrik SHREINER u Game two of the best-of-three finals for the January 0 G // 6-3 // 190 // Jr. 2019 Roman Invitational is 33 games... first start vs. Coastal 2 at Villanova* (FS1)...... L, 73-68 Carolina... career high 6 assists vs. set for Wednesday in Chicago. USF won the 6 Seton Hall* (FS1)...... W, 75-74 Chanticleers... 9p vs. Longwood. opening game, 63-61, in Tampa on Monday. 12 at #24/23 St. John’s* (CBSSN)...... W, 79-71 PPG RPG APG MPG FG% An if necessary game three will take place on 16 Butler* (FS1)...... L, 87-69 Friday in Chicago. 19 at Seton Hall* (FS1)...... W, 97-93 1.8 1.7 1.2 13.2 .350 23 at #12/11 Marquette* (FS1)...... L, 79-69 27 at Providence* (FS1)...... L, 70-67 Paul REED u DePaul and USF meet for the 29th time and 4 F // 6-9 // 210 // So. this week’s games are the first since the 2012- 30 #14/14 Villanova* (CBSSN)...... L, 86-74 BIG EAST Most Improved Player... 24p vs. Coast Carolina... 23p/12r vs. 13 season. The programs were in Conference February Longwood... 17p/10r vs. CMU. USA together from 1995-05 before both were 2 Providence* (FS1)...... W, 67-55 PPG RPG APG MPG FG% in the BIG EAST together from 2005-13. The 9 at Xavier* (FS1)...... W, 74-62 Blue Demons hold a 15-13 advantage in the 11.9 8.3 0.9 26.1 .552 12 #10/10 Marquette* (FSN)...... L, 92-73 series. The last meeting was an 83-73 win for 16 at Butler* (FS1)...... L, 91-78 Eli CAIN the Bulls in Tampa on March 3, 2013. 20 Creighton* (FSN)...... L, 79-67 11 G // 6-6 // 200 // Sr. 27 at Georgetown* (CBSSN)...... L, 82-73 9th on DePaul scoring list... 4th in 3FG... 20p/7a/6r vs. Central Michigan... u USF defeated Stony Brook (82-79 (OT)), March 23p at St. John’s. Utah Valley (66-57) and Loyola Marymount 3 St. John’s* (FS1)...... W, 92-83 PPG RPG APG MPG FG% (56-47) to reach the CBI final while DePaul 6 Georgetown* (FS1)...... W, 101-69 knocked off Central Michigan (100-86), Long- 13.4 3.2 3.4 34.5 .425 9 at Creighton* (FS1)...... L, 91-78 wood (97-89) and Coastal Carolina (92-87). BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) Femi OLUJOBI 13 at St. John’s (FS1)...... L, 82-74 25 F // 6-9 // 258 // Sr. u Roman CBI (Chicago, Ill.) 23 starts... 23 dbl-fig games... DePaul is playing its second season at 20 Central Michigan...... W, 100-86 18p/8r vs. Coastal Carolina... 23p/10r Wintrust Arena in Chicago’s South Loop. The 25 Longwood (NBCSCH+)...... W, 97-89 vs. St. John’s... 20p/8r vs. Villanova. award-winning facility features 10,387 seats in- 27 Coastal Carolina (BEDN)...... W, 92-87 PPG RPG APG MPG FG% cluding 22 suites and 479 premium club seats. The state-of-art facility also holds NBA-level 12.7 5.4 1.0 25.5 .610 April locker rooms and training facilities for the De- 1 at USF (ESPNU)...... L, 63-61 Paul men’s and women’s basketball programs. 3 USF (ESPNU)...... 7 p.m 31 G // 6-6 // 215 // Sr. 5 USF (ESPNU) (if necessary)...... 6 p.m 3rd on DePaul 3FG list... 38p/5r * game // all times Central // rank- vs. Longwood... 33p/6r vs. Central u Head coach Dave Leitao is in his fourth ings = AP/Coaches // Non-FS1/FS2/ESPN TV: FSN = FOX Michigan... 43p vs. St. John’s. season of his second stint at DePaul. He led Sports Networks (Chicago affiliate: The U Too) | CBSSN = PPG RPG APG MPG FG% the program from 2002-05 before returning in CBS Sports Network | BTN = Big Ten Network | ACC = ACC Network Extra | NBCSCH+ = NBC Sports Chicago Plus | 19.9 6.0 2.3 37.1 .439 March 2015. BEDN = BIG EAST Digital Network/FOX Sports Go OFF THE BENCH DePaul Athletics Communications Sullivan Athletics No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG MPG 2323 N. Sheffield Ave. 2 Jaylen Butz F 6-9 224 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. 7.1 5.9 23.0 Chicago, IL 60614 3 Devin Gage G 6-2 195 So. Chicago, Ill. 8.8 3.0 29.8 P: (773) 325-7546 5 Jalen Coleman-Lands G 6-4 185 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 9.6 2.8 29.9 12 Jason Malonga F 6-4 180 So. Bolingbrook, Ill. 0.0 0.0 1.1 Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell 21 Flynn Cameron G 6-3 198 Fr. Auckland, New Zealand 1.5 0.9 8.6 E-mail: [email protected] 22 George Maslennikov F 6-10 234 Fr. Odessa, Ukraine 0.4 0.4 2.3 www.depaulbluedemons.com 23 Mick Sullivan F 6-8 241 Fr. Aurora, Ill. 0.5 0.8 1.5 Twitter: @Greg_Greenwell 33 John Diener G 6-5 203 Fr. Cedarburg, Wis. ------35 Pantelis Xidias G 5-9 155 Fr. Michigan City, Ind. 0.0 0.0 0.8 1,466 ALL-TIME VICTORIES // 23 20-WIN SEASONS // 22 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES // 19 ALL-AMERICANS GAME THIRTY-FIVE VS. USF // CBI FINALS GAME TWO Starters: DePaul meets USF in game two of the finals of the Roman College Basketball Invitational on Wednesday night. The CBI features a best-of-three final series that opened with a 63-61 win for USF at Yuengling Center on Monday. Both teams won three games to reach the finals DePaul defeating Central Michigan, Longwood and Coastal Carolina while USF knocked off Stony Brook, Utah Valley and Loyola Marymount. Start time Wednesday at McGrath-Phillips Arena is set for 7 p.m. The game can be seen on MEDIA INFORMATION ESPNU with Roy Philpot (play-by-play) and Tim McCormick (analyst) calling the action. The game Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell can also be seen online at WatchESPN. Live audio streaming will be available on DePaul All-Access Office: (773) 325-7546 with Dave Bernhard (play-by-play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) on the call. In-game updates can be E-mail: [email protected] followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops and live stats are available at depaulbluedemons.com. Twitter: @Greg_Greenwell USF is 23-13 this season and finished 8-10 in the American Athletic Conference. The Bulls en- ter the game following the 63-61 win against DePaul in game one of the CBI finals. The Blue De- Interviews: All interviews with DePaul student-ath- mons are 18-16 and went 7-11 in the BIG EAST. DePaul head coach Dave Leitao is in his seventh letes and coaches can be arranged through the season at DePaul and his fourth since returning to the program after leading the Blue Demons athletics communications office. Normally, DePaul three postseasons in three years from 2002-05. Overall, the 2018-19 campaign is Leitao’s 13th players and coaches will be available before practice the day before a game. Contact Greg as a head coach at the collegiate level. USF is led by Brian Gregory who is in his second season Greenwell for the latest practice schedule and leading the Bulls and 15th season overall as a head coach at the collegiate level. media availability. CBI Setup: The Roman College Basketball Invitational is a 16-team postseason BIG EAST Teleconference: The BIG EAST will hold tournament that is hosted at on-campus facilities. In its 12th year, the format teleconference with all 10 of the league’s coaches. consists of eight first round games, four quarterfinal matchups and two semifi- Media representatives wishing to join the telecon- nals before a best-of-three series between the two final teams. ference can contact the BIG EAST office for more Following the quarterfinal round, the bracket was reorganized for the semi- information. finals that were played on Wednesday and Thursday. DePaul and USF play in a The Dave Leitao Show: The Dave Leitao Show on best-of-three series on April 1, 3 and if necessary, 5 to decide the tournament champion. WSCR (670 AM) will air on a weekly basis through- out the season starting in November. Most shows McGrath in March: DePaul is 15-3 all-time in games at McGrath-Phillips Arena with this Wednes- are at 9:30 p.m. CT on 670 The Score and 670the- day’s contest as the fourth game in Lincoln Park since December 2016. Prior to Wintrust Arena score.com. The November schedule includes Nov. opening for the 2017-18 season, DePaul would play select non-conference games on campus. 9, 14, 20 and 27 followed by December dates of DePaul also hosted a first round NIT game at McGrath-Phillips Arena with an 83-71 win over Dec. 4, 11, 18 and 27. The 2019 schedule features Hofstra on March 14, 2007. Jan. 8, 18, 22 and 31 along with Feb. 7, 15, 19 and 26. March 5 is the final date. All dates and times are subject to change. Reed Named BIG EAST’s Most Improved: Paul Reed’s breakout season was recognized by the head coaches of the BIG EAST Conference as they voted the sophomore as the league’s Most E-Mail Distribution: Basketball releases, game Improved Player. Reed is the first DePaul player to win the award after nearly averaging a dou- notes and media advisories can be obtained via ble-double over 18 conference games this season with 13.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. e-mail by requesting to be added to the distribu- A year ago in 17 conference games, Reed averaged 5.1 points and 4.1 rebounds while shoot- tion list. Include media outlet and phone number ing .557 (39-70) from the field, .250 (3-12) from three- range and .500 (6-12) from the free when requesting access to this media-only e-mail throw line in 12.9 minutes per game. In 18 BIG EAST game this season, he improved his averages list. Contact Greg Greenwell with requests or questions. with 13.3 points and a BIG EAST-best 9.0 rebounds per game while shooting .544 (93-171) from the field, .563 (9-16) from three-point range and .917 (44-48) from the line in 27.9 Online: For the latest on DePaul basketball go to: minutes per game. www.depaulbluedemons.com. For scoring updates In all regular season games, the Orlando native leads the league with 8.2 rebounds per game and in-game notes: www.twitter.com/Greg_Green- and is averaging 11.2 points per game. A year ago, he averaged 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 9.9 well. For BIG EAST information: www.bigeast.org minutes per game. He posted six double-doubles this season and had five other games either a and www.twitter.com/BIGEASTMBB. point or a shy of a double-double. WHY BLUE DEMONS? In 1900, when the first athletic team to represent Postseason Honors for Strus: DePaul senior guard Max Strus has picked up three postseason DePaul University was organized, the monogram honors as he was most recently named second team All-District 5 by the NABC. The NABC recog- “D” was selected for the uniforms. This originated nition followed second team All-BIG EAST honors and first team Google Cloud Academic All-Dis- the nickname “D-men” which evolved into “De- trict recognition. mons.” The blue, which combines with Demons, Strus was named to the five-player first team for District 5 as a Google Cloud Academic All-Dis- signifies loyalty and was chosen in 1901 by a vote trict honoree. Academically, Strus is a graduate student at DePaul after completing his undergrad- of the student body. uate degree in Business Administration in June 2018. He is enrolled in graduate school at DePaul in the Sport, Fitness and Recreation Leadership program. He is a two-time Academic All-BIG EAST honoree and member of the NABC Honors Court. District 5 covers programs in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio and joining Strus on the first team is Marcus Bartley from Southern Illinois, Loyola’s Clayton Custer, Western Michigan’s Seth Dugan and Kobe Webster from Western Illinois. Following a vote of the league’s 10 head coaches, Strus was named second team All-BIG EAST and is the first DePaul player to be named to a first or second All-BIG EAST team since Draelon Burns in 2008. He was a three-time BIG EAST Player of the Week selection during the season and was also named to the league’s weekly honor roll earlier in the final week. Burns was a second team honoree in 2008 while Wilson Chandler and Sammy Mejia earned second team recognition in 2007. Burns (2007), Cleveland Melvin (2012) and Billy Garrett Jr. (2015) were also named hon- orable mention All-BIG EAST.

GAME THIRTY-FIVE VS. USF // CBI FINALS GAME TWO GAME THIRTY-FIVE VS. USF // CBI FINALS GAME TWO Most recently, the Hickory Hills native added a second team All-Dis- trict honor by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Overall this season, Strus has totaled 578 points which puts him at No. 11 on the single-season scoring list. In his two seasons on the court at DePaul, he has accumulated 1,009 points to ranked 45th on the all- time scoring list and his 180 career three-pointers are ranked third in school history. USF BULLS 2018-19 STAT COMPARISON Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul’s 63-61 loss at USF on Monday DePaul USF in game one of the finals of the CBI. 18-16, 7-11 BIG EAST Record 23-13, 8-10 AAC u The 63-61 loss drops DePaul to 18-16 this season... USF is now 23-13. 78.1 Scoring Offense 71.6 u DePaul’s 61 points were the lowest this season... fewest in a game 75.8 Scoring Defense 66.3 since an 82-57 loss at Creighton on Feb. 27, 2018. +2.3 Scoring Margin +5.3 u The team has scored 2,656 points this season for a new school re- 37.4 Rebounds/Game 38.8 cord... the previous mark was 2,639 by the 1978-79 squad. 31.6 Opp. Rebounds/Game 32.1 u Eli Cain moved into ninth place on DePaul’s all-time scoring list... he +5.9 Rebounding Margin +6.7 has 1,640 points. .474 Pct. .427 u Femi Olujobi reached double figures for the 49th time in his career .450 Opp. Field Goal Pct. .421 (23 at DePaul/26 at North Carolina A&T). .348 3pt. Field Goal Pct. .328 u Paul Reed grabbed at least 10 rebounds for the 13th time this 6.8 3pt. FG/Game 6.9 season... he has 10 or more boards in three of four CBI games... Reed .372 Opp. 3pt. Field Goal Pct. .323 moved into a tie for 10th on the season blocked shots record list... he 9.4 Opp. 3pt. FG/Game 6.4 has 50 blocked shots... three steals match his career high (third time). .729 Free Throw Pct. .644 u Max Strus reached double figures for the 26th straight game... has 14.4 Assists/Game 13.7 scored at least 10 points in 56 of 64 games at DePaul... Strus moved into 3.2 Blocked Shots/Game 3.3 34th on the scoring chart... he has 1,178 points. 6.3 Steals/Game 8.1 u DePaul holds a 15-13 advantage... USF has won nine straight in the 13.6 Turnovers/Game 15.8 series. 1.1 /Turnover Ratio 0.9

Sort Of, But Not Really: One of the oldest records in the DePaul record THE OPPONENT book is ’s 53 points in a NIT game at Madison Square Gar- USF stands at 23-13 overall and finished 8-10 in the American Athletic den against Rhode Island on March 21, 1945. The closest any player has Conference during the season... the Bulls defeated Stony Brook, 82-79 gotten to that mark was Stanley Brundy and with 47-point in overtime, in the CBI first round on March 20... in the quarterfinals efforts once each in their careers. on March 25, USF knocked off Utah Valley, 66-57, before a 56-47 win Max Strus matched Mikan’s 53-point output in a 40-minute span, but over Loyola Marymount in the semifinals... David Collins leads the it was over two games against St. John’s and Georgetown. Strus scored team with a scoring average of 15.9 points per game... Laquincy Ride- 36 in the second half against the Red Storm on Sunday before following au adds 12.8 points per game while Alexis Yetna averages 12.0 points that with 17 points in the first half against Georgetown on Wednesday. per game... head coach Brian Gregory is in his second season at USF... DePaul head coach Dave Leitao is 3-2 all-time against USF. More Strus Scoring: In back-to-back games against St. John’s and Georgetown, Max Strus totaled 73 points with games of 43 and 30 THE SERIES points against St. John’s and Georgetown. He is the first player since Wednesday is the 29th meeting between the programs... DePaul Draelon Burns in Nov. 2007 to record back-to-back games with at least holds a 15-13 advantage in the series... this week marks the first 30 points and just the eighth player in program history to accomplish meetings since an 83-73 win for USF in Tampa on March 3, 2013... the feat. DePaul’s last win in the series was a 69-61 decision on Feb. 9, 2008... In the first two games of the CBI, Strus totaled 71 points with games the Bulls have won nine straight over the Blue Demons. of 33 and 38 points. In the process, he joined Mark Aguirre as the only players in program history to back-to-back 30-plus games twice in a LAST FIVE MEETINGS season which he did during the 1979-80 campaign. Date H/A/N W/L Score Series The last player with three straight games of at least 30 points scored March 9, 2010 MSG L 49-58 15-9 was George Mikan at the end of the 1944-45 season when he posted Feb. 26, 2011 H (AA) L 76-86 15-10 games of 33 points against West Virginia, 53 against Rhode Island and Jan. 22, 2012 H (AA) L 59-75 15-11 34 against Bowling Green State in March 1945. March 3, 2013 A L 73-83 15-12 April 1, 2019 A (CBI) L 61-63 15-13 It Could Happen: With two three-pointers, the team (230 3FG) moves AA = Allstate Arena | MSG = Madison Square Garden (BIG EAST Tournament) up to second on the season team three-pointer list... the school record is 248 set in 2014-15... Max Strus needs 43 points to join Mark Aguirre EAST games, Paul Reed went 44-of-48 (.917) at the free throw line. as the only players in program history with 700 points in a season... Agu- irre did it twice with 767 points in 1978-79 and 749 in 1979-80... with 22 Light It Up: The Blue Demons turned in three BIG EAST games this points, Strus reaches the 1,200-point plateau in two seasons. season with at least 90 points including recent games that saw DePaul finish with 92 points against St. John’s and 101 against Georgetown. The Trendy: DePaul has outrebounded the opponent in 25 of 36 games... Blue Demons also defeated Seton Hall in January by a score of 97-93. the Blue Demons are 18-7 in those games and 0-9 when getting outre- Prior to this season, DePaul produced just five total conference bounded... only Stanley Brundy has recorded a better season field goal games with 90 or more points and only the 2013-14 season produced percentage than Femi Olujobi’s .610 (155-254) mark this season... in BIG multiple games. That season saw a pair of overtime games with 90

GAME THIRTY-FIVE VS. USF // CBI FINALS GAME TWO GAME THIRTY-FIVE VS. USF // CBI FINALS GAME TWO DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS (18-15, 7-11 BIG EAST) NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous) Pronunciation 0 Lyrik Shreiner G 6-3 190 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Hillcrest Academy/Cal State Northridge) Lyric Shriner 2 Jaylen Butz F 6-9 224 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (North Side) 3 Devin Gage G 6-2 195 So. Chicago, Ill. (Curie) 4 Paul Reed F 6-9 210 So. Orlando, Fla. (Wekiva) 5 Jalen Coleman-Lands G 6-4 185 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (La Lumiere/Illinois) 11 Eli Cain G 6-6 200 Sr. Willingboro, N.J. (St. Benedict’s Prep) 12 Jason Malonga G 6-4 180 So. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Benet Academy) 13 Darious Hall* F 6-7 200 So. Little Rock, Ark. (Mills University Studies/Arkansas) 15 Carte’Are Gordon* F 6-9 230 Fr. St. Louis, Mo. (Webster Groves/Saint Louis) Car-tee-are 21 Flynn Cameron G 6-3 198 Fr. Auckland, New Zealand (Hillcrest Christian College (Australia)) Flin 22 George Maslennikov F 6-10 234 Fr. Odessa, Ukraine (Holy Spirit Prep (Ga.)) Mass-len-uh-kov 23 Mick Sullivan F 6-8 241 Fr. Aurora, Ill. (Marmion Academy) 25 Femi Olujobi F 6-9 258 Sr. Long Island, N.Y. (Brentwood/North Carolina A&T) Fem-ee O-looj-uh-bee 31 Max Strus G 6-6 215 Sr. Hickory Hills, Ill. (Stagg/Lewis) Stroos 33 John Diener G 6-5 203 Fr. Cedarburg, Wis. (Cedarburg) Dee-ner 35 Pantelis Xidias G 5-9 155 So. Michigan City, Ind. (La Lumiere) Pan-tell-ees X-zee-dee-us Head Coach: Dave Leitao Assistant Coaches: Tim Anderson, Bill Courtney, Shane Heirman Director of Basketball Operations: Billy Garrett Director of Community, Corporate and Professional Relations: Kevin Edwards Special Assistant to Head Coach/Assistant Director of Basketball Operations: Matt Fleming Video Coordinator: Lucas Shapiro *sitting out 2018-19 season under NCAA transfer guidelines or more and a single 90-plus game occurred in 2017-18, 2007-08 and percentage of .906 (29-32). 2005-06. The 2005-06 game was DePaul’s highest-scoring BIG EAST u DePaul’s 67-55 win against Providence on Feb. 2 was the best defen- game with a 108-69 win over Syracuse on March 2, 2006. sive effort by the Blue Demons in a BIG EAST game since holding Mar- quette to 50 points in a 51-50 victory on Jan. 20, 2010. It was the ninth It’s Been A While: Long-standing notables that have occurred during the BIG EAST game that DePaul held an opponent to 55 or fewer points. 2018-19 season: u DePaul swept two BIG EAST opponents (St. John’s and Seton Hall) for u The 22-point win over Bethune-Cookman and the 28-point margin the first time since the league went to a complete round-robin format in of victory against Morgan State marked two occurrences that haven’t 2013-14. happened since the start of the 1999-2000 season for the Blue Demons. u The 13 wins at home and the seven BIG EAST wins are the most since u DePaul opened the season with back-to-back wins by at least 20 the 2006-07 team posted 14 home victories and nine BIG EAST victories. points for the first time since season-opening wins over Howard (105- u DePaul’s appearance in the CBI marks the first postseason for the Blue 61) and American-Puerto Rico (114-69) to start the 1999-00 season. Demons since reaching the quarterfinals of the 2007 NIT. u The combined margin of victory of 50 points in the first two games this season is the most in back-to-back games since the 1999-00 team Long Rangers: The Blue Demons have knocked down at least one combined for a margin of 89 points in the games against Howard and three-pointer in 804 straight games... DePaul’s last game without a American-Puerto Rico. three was over 25 years ago on Feb. 16, 1993 against UAB at Allstate u Max Strus was named BIG EAST Player of the Week marking the first Arena... the current streak started against Notre Dame on Feb. 21, 1993. time since December 2007 that a DePaul player earned the league’s weekly honor. He added the recognition a second and third time to WWWWWWWWWWWWintrust Arena: Now 12-6 at home, DePaul’s become the first player in program history with three weekly honors. eight straight wins at Wintrust Arena to open the season marked the u DePaul’s wins over Chicago State (104-70) and UIC (90-70) were the best home start since the 1999-00 team won its first eight outings. The first back-to-back games with 90 points scored in each game since the last team to start 9-0 at home was the 1991-92 team that won its first 2006-07 season. That season saw a 90-62 win against California on Dec. 12 home games. DePaul’s 15 home wins this season are the most since 23 and a 97-67 victory against Northwestern State on Dec. 29. the 1989-90 team won 15 games on its home court. u DePaul’s 8-0 start at home marked the first time since the 1999-00 season that the Blue Demons opened the home schedule with eight BIG EAST Recognition Routine: Four different players have been rec- straight victories. ognized by the conference office this season with weekly honors. Max u The 79-71 win at No. 24/23 St. John’s was the first win over a ranked Strus has been selected as the BIG EAST Player of the Week three times opponent since a 77-70 victory against No. 11/11 Providence on Feb. 2, on Nov. 19, Dec. 17 and March 4 and honor roll once while Eli Cain, Femi 2016 at Allstate Arena. It was also the first road win over a ranked oppo- Olujobi and Paul Reed have all be picked for the weekly honor roll. Cain nent since a 64-60 win at No. 24/24 Seton Hall on Jan. 22, 2015. earn league honors on Dec. 3 while Olujobi has posted a pair of weekly u The 97-93 win at Seton Hall was the first win while allowing 90 or honors on Dec. 10 and Jan. 14 before Reed earned honor roll mention more points since a 99-94 win in double overtime at Butler on Jan. 9, twice in three weeks on Jan. 21 and Feb. 4. 2014. The last win in regulation was a 102-95 victory against Chicago State on Dec. 10, 2011. Extra Frames: DePaul’s 72-70 overtime win against Penn State on Nov. u The Seton Hall game also marked the first time since Dec. 7, 2014 that 15 marked the first overtime victory since a 71-67 decision against St. DePaul posted a game of .500/.500/.900 with a field goal percentage John’s on Jan. 18, 2015... the win snapped a three-game losing streak in of .525 (31-59), three-point percentage of .545 (6-11) and a free throw overtime contests... overall, DePaul is 41-42 all-time in overtime games.

GAME THIRTY-FIVE VS. USF // CBI FINALS GAME TWO GAME THIRTY-FIVE VS. USF // CBI FINALS GAME TWO Wintrust Arena in Year Two: The new home of DePaul basketball opened its doors in the 2017-18 in Chicago’s McCormick Square neigh- DAVE LEITAO borhood. The 10,387-seat facility near McCormick Place in the South HEAD COACH // 7TH SEASON AT DEPAUL Loop area of the city is a joint project between the City of Chicago, the Dave Leitao was named DePaul’s head Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, and DePaul University. It coach on March 29, 2015 and returned to Chi- features state-of-art amenities for the DePaul men’s and women’s bas- cago following a very successful three-year stint ketball programs as well as fans in attendance with over 400 club seats with the Blue Demons from 2002-05. Leitao’s and 22 suites. three-year run saw three postseason appear- The arena was honored with the prestigious American Architecture ances that included a 2004 Conference USA Award that also included U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. In Decem- title and trip to the second round of the NCAA ber 2017, the facility hosted both the No. 1-ranked women’s and men’s Tournament. teams in the country as the Connecticut women visited Wintrust Arena The New Bedford, Mass. native left DePaul following the 2004-05 on Dec. 8 followed by the Villanova men’s team on Dec. 27. Upcom- season and accepted the head coach position at Virginia. With the ing major basketball events at the facility include the 2019 BIG EAST Cavaliers, he made three postseason appearances in four seasons and Women’s Basketball Tournament, the 2019 NCAA Women’s Basketball was the 2007 ACC Coach of the Year. Regional and when the 2020 NBA All-Star Game visits Chicago, Wintrust In 13 career seasons as a collegiate head coach, Leitao holds a re- Arena will host the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game along with practices for cord of 190-210. Of the 13 seasons as a head coach, he has led teams the Rising Stars and All-Star Game squads. to seven postseason tournaments including advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament at both DePaul (2004) and Virginia Transferable: The 2018-19 DePaul roster features six players that started (2007). Over his seven seasons at DePaul, Leitao holds a record of 105- their collegiate careers at different programs. Max Strus played his first 115. two seasons at NCAA Division II Lewis University before sitting out the Most recently, Leitao was an assistant coach at Missouri and Tulsa 2016-17 season under NCAA guidelines. Jalen Coleman-Lands played his under Frank Haith. Missouri posted back-to-back 20-win seasons in his first two seasons at Illinois and sat out the 2017-18 season as a transfer. time in Columbia that included one NCAA and one NIT appearance. In Femi Olujobi is a graduate transfer with immediate eligibility for 2018- his final season at Tulsa, Leitao helped the Golden Hurricane to 23 wins 19 after completing his undergraduate degree at North Carolina A&T. and a NIT berth. Following the 2014-15 season, Leitao was ranked No. Lyrik Shreiner is a graduate transfer with two seasons of eligibility after 20 in the Basketball Times list of the top 50 assistant coaches in the playing at TCU (2015-16) and Cal State Northridge (2017-18). Darious nation. Hall (Arkansas) and Carte’Are Gordon (Saint Louis) are sitting out the Before making the first move to DePaul in 2002, Leitao spent six 2018-19 season under NCAA transfer rules. seasons as the associate head coach at Connecticut. During those six campaigns, the Huskies experienced unprecedented success compiling Trio of Signees Land DePaul Nationally Ranked Class: DePaul head a 156-51 (.754) record highlighted by capturing the 1999 NCAA Cham- coach Dave Leitao signed Markese Jacobs, Oscar Lopez and Romeo pionship with a thrilling 77-74 victory over Duke. He also helped guide Weems during the early signing period and the trio will join the men’s the Huskies to three other appearances in the NCAA Tournament, basketball program starting with the 2019-20 season. The class is ranked reaching the Elite Eight twice and the second round once. Connecticut as high as No. 17 nationally and represents the top recruiting class also reached the NIT semifinals and NIT second round in that time among the programs in the state of Illinois. Following the first day of the span. signing period on Nov. 14, the class is ranked No. 17 by ESPN.com, No. Leitao got Connecticut’s run to the 1999 NCAA title off on the right 19 by 247Sports.com and No. 26 by Rivals.com. foot when he filled in for head coach Jim Calhoun, who had taken ill Lopez is a 6-4 guard from Torrance, Calif., that transferred to Hillcrest prior to the game, in the 91-66 opening round win over Texas-San Prep in Arizona for his senior season. At Bishop Montgomery, he led Antonio. the Knights to a 28-2 record and also played for West Coast Elite on the Leitao spent two seasons as the head coach at his alma mater, AAU circuit. Lopez averaged 9.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists Northeastern. In his first year (1994-95), he directed the Huskies to a per game in 11 games in the Under Armour Association while shooting record of 18-11, which was the biggest one-season turnaround in the .575 (42-73) from the field, .409 (9-22) from three-point range and .929 nation, and into the North Atlantic Conference Tournament Champion- (13-14) from the free throw line. He’s ranked among the top 35 players ship game. He compiled an overall two-year record at Northeastern of in California and the top 50 shooting guards nationally. 22-35. Described as the most exciting player in Illinois, Jacobs is an electric Leitao graduated from Northeastern in 1983 with BS degree in 5-10 guard from Chicago’s Uplift Community High School. He picked up Business Administration. He and his wife Joyce are the proud parents All-State and All-Area honors as a junior after averaging 18.4 points, 3.1 of three sons, David III, Reese and Tyson. David played for the Blue De- assists and 2.4 steals per game. ESPN.com ranks Jacobs No. 11 nation- mons while Reese is a redshirt freshman tight end at Texas who played ally among point guard and 84th overall in its top 100 rankings. He’s in 13 games for the Longhorns during the 2018 season. also No. 8 among point guards and 94th overall in the 247Sports.com composite and Rivals.com has Jacobs at 124th overall and No. 20 in the com slots him at No. 50 overall and No. 11 among power forwards. point guard rankings. Jacobs played for Mac Irvin Fire on the Nike EYBL Entering his senior season at New Haven High School, he started all circuit where he averaged 14.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists. 78 games and totaled 1,498 points, 868 rebounds, 359 assists, 352 The cornerstone of the 2019 class is Weems who is a consensus top steals and 185 blocks. Weems averaged 23.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, 5.3 50 national recruit from New Haven, Mich. A do-it-all guard/forward assists, 4.8 steals and 2.0 blocks per game as a junior to lead New Haven at 6-7, Weems has won two gold medals with USA Basketball at the to a 26-1 record and the state tournament Class B semifinals. 2017 FIBA Americas U16 Championship and 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup. As Michigan’s top player, Weems is a two-time Associated Press Class B Player of the Year and an Associated Press, Detroit Free Press and Detroit News Class B first team All-State honoree. He’s ranked nationally by ESPN.com at No. 46 overall and eighth among small forwards. Rivals. com has Weems listed at No. 47 and 10th at his position and 247Sports.

GAME THIRTY-FIVE VS. USF // CBI FINALS GAME TWO DePaul Basketball DePaul Combined Team Statistics (as of Apr 01, 2019) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 18-16 15-6 3-10 0-0 CONFERENCE 7-11 4-5 3-6 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 11-5 11-1 0-4 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 31 Max Strus 33-33 1224 37.1 219-499 .4 3 9 106-287 .3 6 9 113-134 .8 4 3 38 160 198 6.0 97 1 75 65 16 32 657 19.9 11 Eli Cain 34-34 1172 34.5 157-369 .4 2 5 61-166 .3 6 7 81-118 .6 8 6 12 96 108 3.2 97 6 117 80 10 42 456 13.4 25 Femi Olujobi 34-23 867 25.5 155-254 .6 1 0 14-31 .4 5 2 108-154 .7 0 1 66 116 182 5.4 82 0 32 62 9 18 432 12.7 04 Paul Reed 34-26 889 26.1 160-290 .5 5 2 14-34 .4 1 2 71-88 .8 0 7 87 194 281 8.3 85 3 31 58 50 34 405 11.9 05 Jalen Coleman-Lands 9-9 269 29.9 25-75 .3 3 3 14-56 .2 5 0 22-28 .7 8 6 2 23 25 2.8 15 1 12 15 0 10 86 9.6 03 Devin Gage 32-32 952 29.8 108-268 .4 0 3 11-47 .2 3 4 53-71 .7 4 6 17 79 96 3.0 73 0 129 76 4 42 280 8.8 02 Jaylen Butz 33-11 759 23.0 95-160 .5 9 4 0-0 .0 0 0 45-80 .5 6 3 71 125 196 5.9 73 0 37 45 17 19 235 7.1 00 Lyrik Shreiner 33-2 434 13.2 21-60 .3 5 0 4-21 .1 9 0 14-20 .7 0 0 14 43 57 1.7 40 0 39 31 2 6 60 1.8 21 Flynn Cameron 26-0 223 8.6 14-36 .3 8 9 6-17 .3 5 3 6-9 .6 6 7 9 15 24 0.9 31 0 18 16 0 9 40 1.5 23 Mick Sullivan 4-0 6 1.5 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 2-4 .5 0 0 1 2 3 0.8 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.5 22 George Maslennikov 9-0 19 2.1 1-4 .2 5 0 0-2 .0 0 0 1-2 .5 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 4 0 0 2 1 1 3 0.3 12 Jason Malonga 7-0 8 1.1 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 35 Pantelis Xidias 5-0 4 0.8 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 62 38 100 10 Total...... 34 6826 955-2015 .4 7 4 230-661 .3 4 8 516-708 .7 2 9 379 894 1273 37.4 599 11 490 463 109 214 2656 78.1 Opponents...... 34 6820 901-2001 .4 5 0 321-862 .3 7 2 455-621 .7 3 3 294 780 1074 31.6 642 - 474 422 105 229 2578 75.8

TEAM STATISTICS DPU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2656 2578 11/07/18 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W 80-58 3710 Points per game 78.1 75.8 11/12/18 MORGAN ST. W 91-63 3664 Scoring margin +2.3 - 11/15/18 PENN ST. Wot 72-70 3926 FIELD GOALS-ATT 955-2015 901-2001 11/24/18 at Notre Dame L 70-95 6751 Field goal pct .4 7 4 .4 5 0 11/28/18 CLEVELAND ST. W 83-73 3741 3 POINT FG-ATT 230-661 321-862 12/03/18 FLORIDA A&M W 65-50 3763 3-point FG pct .3 4 8 .3 7 2 12/08/18 at Northwestern L 68-75 7039 3-pt FG made per game 6.8 9.4 12/12/18 CHICAGO ST. W 104-70 3729 FREE THROWS-ATT 516-708 455-621 12/14/18 UIC W 90-70 4136 Free throw pct .7 2 9 .7 3 3 12/19/18 INCARNATE WORD W 81-71 3705 F-Throws made per game 15.2 13.4 12/22/18 BOSTON COLLEGE L 62-65 4741 REBOUNDS 1273 1074 * 12/29/18 XAVIER L 65-74 5632 Rebounds per game 37.4 31.6 * 01/02/19 at Villanova L 68-73 6501 Rebounding margin +5.9 - * 01/06/19 SETON HALL W 75-74 4068 ASSISTS 490 474 * 01/12/19 at St. John's W 79-71 5602 Assists per game 14.4 13.9 * 01/16/19 BUTLER L 69-87 4616 TURNOVERS 463 422 * 01/19/19 at Seton Hall W 97-93 9023 Turnovers per game 13.6 12.4 * 01/23/19 at Marquette L 69-79 14283 Turnover margin -1.2 - * 01/27/19 at Providence L 67-70 12009 Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 1.1 * 01/30/19 VILLANOVA L 74-86 5002 STEALS 214 229 * 02/02/19 PROVIDENCE W 67-55 5173 Steals per game 6.3 6.7 * 02/09/19 at Xavier W 74-62 10242 BLOCKS 109 105 * 02/12/19 MARQUETTE L 73-92 6836 Blocks per game 3.2 3.1 * 02/16/19 at Butler L 78-91 9100 ATTENDANCE 83964 124996 * 02/20/19 CREIGHTON L 67-79 4238 Home games-Avg/Game 21-3998 13-9615 * 02/27/19 at Georgetown L 73-82 5176 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0 * 03/03/19 ST. JOHN'S W 92-83 5376 * 03/06/19 GEORGETOWN W 101-69 4756 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals * 03/09/19 at Creighton L 78-91 17083 DePaul 1267 1385 4 2656 ! 03/13/19 at St. John's L 74-82 19812 Opponents 1201 1375 2 2578 % 03/20/19 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W 100-86 1173 % 03/25/19 LONGWOOD W 97-89 1040 % 03/27/19 COASTAL CAROLINA W 92-87 939 & 04/01/19 at USF L 61-63 2375

* = BIG EAST Conference game ! = BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) % = Roman College Basketball Invitational (Chicago, Ill.)