DEPAUL BIG EAST TOURNAMENT HISTORY & INFORMATION Manhattan Madness:The DePaul Blue Demons make their 13th appearance at Madison Square Garden for the BIG EAST Tournament. DePaul is 2-12 all-time in BIG EAST postseason play with a second-round appearance in 2009 and a quarterfinal appearance in 2014. The eighth-seeded Blue Demons dropped a 75-67 decision to ninth-seeded Villanova on March 7, 2007 in their first BIG EAST Tournament game. In 2009 as the 16th seed, DePaul topped ninth- seeded Cincinnati, 67-57, before falling in the second round to No. 8 seed Providence by a score of 83-74. In 2011, the first round saw ninth-seeded Connecticut defeat the 16th-seeded Blue De- mons, 97-71, as the Huskies won five games in five days to claim the tournament title. Six years ago as the No. 10 seed, DePaul knocked off seventh-seeded Georgetown, 60-56, before losing against second-seeded Creighton by a score of 84-62 in the quarterfinals. CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RECORD Conference Tournament History: The BIG EAST Championship is the third conference tournament W L Pct. for the men’s basketball program at DePaul University. Previously, the Blue Demons competed in Great Midwest 1 4 .200 postseason events in the Great Midwest Conference (1992-95) and Conference USA (1996-05). Conference USA 7 9 .438 DePaul holds a 10-25 all-time record in conference tourney action with two appearances in con- BIG EAST 2 12 .143 ference tournament championship games in 2000 and 2004. The Blue Demons dropped a 56-49 Totals 10 25 .286 decision to Saint Louis in the 2000 Conference USA title game before a 55-50 defeat against Cincin- nati in the 2004 Conference USA finals. In addition to those to championship game appearances, the Blue Demons also reached the semifinals in the 1992 and 1993 Great Midwest Tournaments. The Blue Demons went 1-4 in four Great Midwest Conference tournaments before playing 16 tournament games in Conference USA from 1995-05. The Blue Demons were the top seed in the 2004 Conference USA tournament before falling to Cincinnati. Since 2014 when the BIG EAST moved to a 10-school lineup, DePaul is 1-6 in the event with a win over Georgetown in the 2014 first round followed by six straight losses.

Notables: Since the BIG EAST reformatted to 10 teams, DePaul has faced Creighton, Georgetown, Marquette and Xavier in the confer- ence tournament... DePaul played Creighton in 2014 and 2015... the Blue Demons and Hoyas met in 2014 and 2016... DePaul played Xavier in 2017 and 2020 and Marquette in 2018... Marquette is DePaul’s most common opponent of all-time with 127 games, but the Blue Demon and Golden Eagles have played just three games in conference tournaments... DePaul’s most common all-time confer- ence tournament opponent is Cincinnati... the Blue Demons are 1-4 all-time against the Bearcats DAVE LEITAO AT THE in conference tournament action... DePaul is also 2-2 all-time against UAB, 1-2 against Marquette BIG EAST TOURNAMENT and Memphis and 0-3 against USF in league tournaments... the upset over ninth-seeded Cincin- Year Rec. Finish nati as the No. 16 seed in the 2009 BIG EAST Tournament marked the first time in conference 1987* 0-1 1st Round tournament play of such an occurrence... Will Walker’s 31 points and Dar Tucker’s 30 in the 1988* 1-1 2nd Round second round of the 2009 second-round game against Providence was the first time that two play- 1989* 0-1 Quarterfinals ers from the same team had scored at least 30 points in a BIG EAST Tournament game... in three 1990* 3-0 Champions tournament games, the Blue Demons have combined to shoot at least .833 from the 1991* 0-1 Quarterfinals line... DePaul shot .867 (13-15) against Connecticut in 2012, .842 (16-19) against Villanova in 2007 1992* 0-1 Quarterfinals and .833 (10-12) in 2013 against Rutgers. 1993* 0-1 Quarterfinals 1994* 1-1 Semifinals 1997* 0-1 1st Round BIG EAST Tournament Experience: The Blue Demons enter the 2020 tournament with six total 1998* 3-0 Champions games of BIG EAST Tournament experience on the active roster... Jaylen Butz and Paul Reed have 1999* 3-0 Champions played in two tournament games... Butz and Reed account for 65 of the 84 total minutes of BIG 2000* 3-1 Runner-Up EAST Tournament experience for DePaul... a year ago, Butz set a program record in a BIG EAST 2001* 0-1 1st Round Tournament game with 14 rebounds agianst St. John’s... the Blue Demons also tied a team tourna- 2002* 3-0 Champions ment record with 74 points against the Red Storm... DePaul head coach Dave Leitao is making his 2016 0-1 1st Round fifth appearance at the BIG EAST Tournament as a head coach... he has been a part of four tourna- 2017 0-1 1st Round ment titles while serving as an assistant coach (1986-94) and associate head coach (1996-02) at 2018 0-1 1st Round Connecticut... Leitao and Connecticut won the event in 1990, 1998, 1999 and 2002 while those 2019 0-1 1st Round teams combined for a 17-10 record during his time on the bench for the Huskies. Totals 17-14 *Assistant/Associate Head Coach at Connecticut

The BIG EAST Tournament history and information supplement is an accessory to game notes for each of DePaul’s BIG EAST Tournament games in the media room at Madison Square Garden and online at www.depaulbluedemons.com.

DEPAUL ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS // SULLIVAN ATHLETIC CENTER 2323 N. SHEFFIELD AVE. // CHICAGO, IL 60614 // P: (773) 325-7546 MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: GREG GREENWELL // E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB: WWW.DEPAULBLUEDEMONS.COM // TWITTER: @GREG_GREENWELL BIG EAST TOURNAMENT ROSTER DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous) 0 Markese Jacobs G 5-11 185 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Uplift Community) 1 Romeo Weems F 6-7 210 Fr. Detroit, Mich. (New Haven) 2 Jaylen Butz F 6-9 224 Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (North Side) 4 Paul Reed F 6-9 220 Jr. Orlando, Fla. (Wekiva) 5 Jalen Coleman-Lands G 6-4 185 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (La Lumiere/Illinois) 10 Lyrik Shreiner G 6-3 195 Sr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Hillcrest Prep/Cal State Northridge) 11 Charlie Moore G 5-11 180 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Morgan Park/Kansas) 12 Jason Malonga G 6-4 195 Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Benet Academy) 13 Darious Hall F 6-7 215 So. Little Rock, Ark. (Mills University Studies/Arkansas) 14 Nick Ongenda C 6-11 210 Fr. Mississauga, Ont. (Southwest Christian Academy (Ark.)) 15 Oscar Lopez Jr. G 6-4 200 Fr. Cypress, Calif. (Hillcrest Prep (Ariz.)) 20 Brendan Favre G 6-5 170 So. Vevey, Switzerland (IMG Academy (Fla.)) 21 Flynn Cameron G 6-3 198 So. Auckland, New Zealand (Hillcrest Christian College (Australia)) 23 Mick Sullivan F 6-8 241 So. Aurora, Ill. (Marmion Academy) 30 Sullivan Menard G 6-3 180 Fr. Wasilla, Alaska (Colony) 32 D.J. Williams G 6-7 215 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Simeon/George Washington) 35 Pantelis Xidias G 5-10 165 Jr. Michigan City, Ind. (La Lumiere)

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous) 2 Jaylen Butz F 6-9 224 Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (North Side) 21 Flynn Cameron G 6-3 198 So. Auckland, New Zealand (Hillcrest Christian College (Australia)) 5 Jalen Coleman-Lands G 6-4 185 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (La Lumiere/Illinois) 20 Brendan Favre G 6-5 170 So. Vevey, Switzerland (IMG Academy (Fla.)) 13 Darious Hall F 6-7 215 So. Little Rock, Ark. (Mills University Studies/Arkansas) 0 Markese Jacobs G 5-11 185 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Uplift Community) 15 Oscar Lopez Jr. G 6-4 200 Fr. Cypress, Calif. (Hillcrest Prep (Ariz.)) 12 Jason Malonga G 6-4 195 Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Benet Academy) 30 Sullivan Menard G 6-3 180 Fr. Wasilla, Alaska (Colony) 11 Charlie Moore G 5-11 180 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Morgan Park/Kansas) 14 Nick Ongenda C 6-11 210 Fr. Mississauga, Ont. (Southwest Christian Academy (Ark.)) 4 Paul Reed F 6-9 220 Jr. Orlando, Fla. (Wekiva) 10 Lyrik Shreiner G 6-3 195 Sr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Hillcrest Prep/Cal State Northridge) 23 Mick Sullivan F 6-8 241 So. Aurora, Ill. (Marmion Academy) 1 Romeo Weems F 6-7 210 Fr. Detroit, Mich. (New Haven) 32 D.J. Williams G 6-7 215 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Simeon/George Washington) 35 Pantelis Xidias G 5-10 165 Jr. Michigan City, Ind. (La Lumiere)

BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach: Dave Leitao Assistant Coaches: Tim Anderson, Shane Heirman, Marc Hsu 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 Graduate Assistants: Mitchell Bailey, Andrew Choi

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT CAREER STATISTICS JAYLEN BUTZ (2 games) Date Opponent G-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Reb Avg. PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg March 7, 2018 Marquette 1-0 5 -- 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 -- 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 -- March 13, 2019 St. John’s 1-0 26 -- 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 14 -- 3-0 5 3 0 1 2 -- Totals 2-0 31 1550 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 15 7.5 4-0 5 4 0 1 2 0.5

FLYNN CAMERON (1 game) Date Opponent G-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Reb Avg. PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg March 13, 2019 St. John’s 1-0 5 -- 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 -- 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 -- Totals 1-0 5 5.0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1.0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0

PAUL REED (2 games) Date Opponent G-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Reb Avg. PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg March 7, 2018 Marquette 1-0 16 -- 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 3 -- 4-0 1 0 0 0 4 -- March 13, 2019 St. John’s 1-1 18 -- 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 4 -- 2-0 0 0 0 0 8 -- Totals 2-1 34 17.0 4-9 .444 1-3 .333 3-5 .600 7 3.5 6-0 1 0 0 0 12 6.0

LYRIK SHREINER (1 game) Date Opponent G-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Reb Avg. PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg March 13, 2019 St. John’s 1-0 14 -- 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 -- 1-0 3 3 0 1 2 -- Totals 1-0 14 14.0 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1.0 1-0 3 3 0 1 2 2.0

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME BOX SCORES 2007 // 1ST ROUND 2009 // 1ST ROUND 1st 2nd OT Final 1st 2nd OT Final (9) Villanova 28 47 -- 75 (16) DePaul 25 42 -- 67 (8) DePaul 26 41 -- 67 (9) Cincinnati 27 30 -- 57 March 7, 2007  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y. March 10, 2009  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y.

Villanova (22-9) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN DePaul (9-23) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Scottie Reynolds, * 6-19 4-11 13-16 0-2-2 1 29 3 5 0 2 37 Dar Tucker, f 6-13 0-2 5-6 1-7-8 4 17 1 1 1 1 25 Reggie Redding, * 3-8 1-3 2-2 1-3-4 4 9 1 1 1 1 35 Mac Koshwal, f 5-9 0-0 2-4 3-6-9 2 12 5 4 0 0 40 Dante Cunningham, * 1-4 0-0 10-12 4-5-9 1 12 1 1 0 0 36 Matija Poscic, c 3-5 0-1 2-2 3-4-7 2 8 1 4 0 0 33 Curtis Sumpter, * 7-16 3-8 8-8 0-5-5 4 25 1 2 0 0 37 Jeremiah Kelly, g 4-8 4-6 0-1 0-4-4 1 12 3 4 0 2 39 Will Sheridan, * 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 4 0 0 0 0 1 31 Will Walker, g 8-15 0-3 1-2 0-1-1 3 17 0 2 0 3 40 Bilal Benn 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Michael Bizoukas 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Mike Nardi 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Devin Hill 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 Shane Clark 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 2 0 0 1 1 1 21 Mario Stula 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 Team 1-2-3 Team 5-7-12 4 Totals 17-47 8-22 33-38 8-23-31 16 75 6 10 2 5 200 Totals 26-53 4-14 11-17 12-32-44 13 67 10 19 2 6 200 .362 .364 .868 .491 .286 .647

DePaul (18-13) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Cincinnati (18-14) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Jabari Currie, * 1-6 0-5 0-0 0-2-2 2 2 2 4 1 0 20 Mike Williams, f 3-4 0-0 0-3 2-3-5 4 6 1 1 1 0 21 Draelon Burns, * 6-14 1-3 5-6 0-2-2 4 18 1 2 0 0 38 Rashad Bishop, f 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-3-3 2 6 1 0 2 0 24 Sammy Mejia, * 8-13 0-1 4-4 2-1-3 3 20 0 1 0 1 37 Yancy Gates, f 3-11 0-0 2-4 1-2-3 0 8 0 2 2 1 26 Wilson Chandler, * 6-18 2-5 4-4 3-2-5 4 18 0 2 0 1 39 Deonta Vaughn, g 6-21 2-9 1-1 2-3-5 4 15 4 5 0 4 38 Lorenzo Thompson, * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Larry Davis, g 2-9 0-3 0-0 2-1-3 3 4 0 1 0 1 28 Karron Clarke 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 4 0 0 0 1 0 15 Dion Dixon 2-7 1-5 1-2 1-1-2 1 6 2 1 0 0 25 Cliff Clinkscales 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-4-5 1 0 3 2 0 1 14 Darnell Wilks 3-7 2-4 0-0 2-2-4 3 8 3 2 0 1 17 Thijin Moses 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Branden Miller 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Adam Handler 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Anthony McClain 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Marcus Heard 1-2 0-0 3-5 2-4-6 5 5 0 1 0 1 20 Steve Toyloy 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 Keith Butler 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 3 4 0 0 2 0 14 Team 3-3-6 Team 3-5-8 Totals 24-67 5-22 4-10 15-20-35 20 57 11 12 5 7 200 Totals 24-60 3-16 16-19 14-23-37 27 67 6 12 4 4 200 .358 .227 .400 .400 .188 .842 Officials: Curtis Shaw, Ray Perone, Tim Clougherty | Attendance: 19,375 Officials: John Cahil, Reggie Rose, Curtis Shaw | Attendance: 19,594 NEW YORK - Will Walker and Dar Tucker scored 17 points apiece and DePaul NEW YORK - Scottie Reynolds hit free throw after free throw down the stretch, ended its 18-game losing streak with a 67-57 victory over Cincinnati on Tuesday showing the poise of a postseason-tested veteran. in the opening round of the Big East tournament. The freshman guard stepped up as Villanova’s big playmaker, scoring 29 The 16th-seeded Blue Demons (9-23) avoided the most losses in a season in points and making eight free throws in the last four minutes to lead the ninth- school history and advanced to the second round against eighth-seeded Provi- seeded Wildcats to a 75-67 victory over No. 8 seed DePaul in the opening round dence on Wednesday. of the Big East tournament Wednesday. Mac Koshwal had 12 points and nine rebounds for DePaul, which last won Sammy Mejia scored 20 points and Wilson Chandler and Draelon Burns each Dec. 28 against Alcorn State. had 18 for DePaul (18-13), which was playing in its first Big East tournament after Deonta Vaughn had 15 points for the Bearcats (18-14), who dropped to 0-3 joining the conference last season. all-time in the Big East tournament. Reynolds shot 6-of-19 from the field, including 4-of-11 from 3-point range, Cincinnati led 41-38 before the Blue Demons went on a 15-2 run during and was 13-of-16 from the foul line to tie a Villanova record for points in the Big which the Bearcats missed 13 of 14 shots from the field. East tournament. Kerry Kittles also scored 29 against Providence on March 11, Tucker, limited to five minutes in the first half because of foul trouble, scored 1995. all his points in the second half - nine in the final 5:30. Villanova (22-9) led 28-26 at halftime but came out shooting to start the second half. The Wildcats took a 39-28 lead -- their biggest -- on an 11-2 run that included two three-pointers by Sumpter and another by Reggie Redding. The Blue Demons kept chipping away, getting within three points three times, but just couldn’t make any big stops on the Wildcats. After Mejia got DePaul within five at 57-52 with a layup with 4:48 left, Reynolds made two free throws and then missed a 3 before Chandler hit one of his own to cut the Blue Demons’ deficit to 59-55 with 2:57 left. Redding’s jumper made it 61-55, but Mejia hit two free throws with 2:07 remaining to make it a four-point game. It was a foul shooting clinic from there, with Villanova going 14-of-18 from the line, including Reynolds’ 6-of-8, as the Wildcats sealed the victory. It was a good thing Villanova was so good from the foul line -- 33-of-38 compared to DePaul’s 16-of-19 -- because it shot just 17-of-47 (36.2 percent) from the field.

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME BOX SCORES 2009 // 2ND ROUND 2010 // 1ST ROUND 1st 2nd OT Final 1st 2nd OT Final (16) DePaul 31 43 -- 74 (16) DePaul 15 34 -- 49 (8) Providence 32 51 -- 83 (9) USF 30 28 -- 58 March 11, 2009  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y. March 9, 2010  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y.

DePaul (9-24) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN DePaul (8-22) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Dar Tucker, f 10-22 4-11 6-11 2-6-8 4 30 2 2 0 2 40 Mike Stovall, f 3-13 1-6 0-0 2-3-5 2 7 1 1 0 1 34 Mac Koshwal, f 1-4 0-0 0-0 4-1-5 4 2 1 2 0 3 28 Tony Freeland, f 3-8 0-0 1-2 4-5-9 2 7 1 2 0 1 27 Matija Poscic, c 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 23 Krys Faber, c 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Jeremiah Kelly, g 1-5 0-4 0-0 1-2-3 3 2 7 1 0 1 40 Jeremiah Kelly, g 2-7 1-3 0-0 0-0-0 4 5 2 1 0 0 31 Will Walker, g 11-24 6-13 3-6 0-4-4 3 31 0 3 0 0 40 Will Walker, g 8-24 4-14 0-0 2-3-5 3 20 2 1 0 1 38 Devin Hill 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 2 0 1 0 15 Michael Bizoukas 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 3 0 1 1 0 0 9 Mario Stula 3-4 3-3 0-0 1-0-1 3 9 0 1 1 0 14 Devin Hill 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Team 3-3-6 Nate Rogers 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 26-63 13-31 9-17 15-19-34 22 74 13 9 2 6 200 Mario Stula 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .413 .419 .529 Mac Koshwal 3-8 0-0 2-6 3-7-10 3 8 4 3 2 0 36 Team 6-2-8 1 Providence (19-12) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Totals 20-67 6-25 3-8 18-27-45 17 49 11 10 2 3 200 Geoff McDermott, f 3-5 0-0 2-4 2-7-9 1 8 3 0 0 4 34 .299 .240 .375 Jonathan Kale, f 3-6 0-0 1-2 1-7-8 5 7 0 0 0 0 23 Jeff Xavier, g 3-6 3-6 4-4 0-3-3 2 13 1 0 0 0 23 USF (19-11) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Sharaud Curry, g 8-14 5-8 4-4 1-1-2 1 25 2 3 0 1 38 Jarrid Famous, f 3-10 0-0 0-0 7-1-8 4 6 0 3 0 0 26 Weyinmi Efejuku, g 8-15 1-3 6-8 1-2-3 3 23 5 4 1 2 36 Toarlyn Fitzpatrick, f 2-5 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 3 4 0 0 3 0 26 Alex Kellogg 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Chris Howard, g 4-6 0-1 1-3 1-5-6 0 9 6 1 1 1 39 Marshon Brooks 1-1 0-0 1-3 1-2-3 1 3 1 0 0 0 19 Dominique Jones, g 8-16 0-5 4-7 0-9-9 1 20 4 3 1 4 37 Brian McKenzie 0-3 0-2 0-1 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 Mike Mercer, g 7-13 0-0 0-0 2-3-5 1 14 1 1 1 1 32 Randall Hanke 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 4 0 1 0 0 7 Anthony Crater 1-2 0-1 1-3 0-4-4 1 3 3 1 0 0 15 Team 3-3-6 1 Augustus Gilchrist 1-8 0-1 0-1 0-3-3 1 2 0 1 3 0 25 Totals 28-52 9-19 18-26 9-27-36 16 83 12 8 1 7 200 Team 2-1-3 .538 .474 .692 Totals 26-60 0-8 6-14 13-30-43 11 58 14 10 9 6 200 .433 .000 .429 Officials: Karl Hess, Reggie Greenwood, Wally Rutecki | Attendance: 19,375 Officials: Pat Driscoll, Jeff Clark, Tim Cloughtery | Attendance: 19,375 NEW YORK - Sharaud Curry scored 25 points and Providence held DePaul without a for nearly 8 minutes to beat the surprising Blue Demons 83-74 in the NEW YORK - Will Walker scored 20 points in his final collegiate game, but DePaul second round of the Big East tournament Wednesday. couldn’t overcome a 15-point deficit built by USF at halftime in the first round of Will Walker scored 31 points and Dar Tucker had 30 for the first time two the BIG EAST Championship on Tuesday. Dominique Jones led the Bulls with 20 teammates scored more than 30 in a Big East tournament game. It was also just points as they knocked of the Blue Demons, 58-49, at Madison Square Garden. the second game in school history with two players scoring 30 or more in a game. Tony Freeland put DePaul ahead with the first basket of the game, but USF Weyinmi Efejuku scored 23 and Geoff McDermott had eight points and nine answered with eight straight points to take an 8-2 lead on a basket by Jarrid rebounds to help eighth-seeded Providence (19-12) give the Friars their first Big Famous with 15:23 left in the first half. East Tournament win since 2003. Back-to-back scores by Mac Koshwal and Walker pulled DePaul (8-23) to The Friars took advantage of the Blue Demons’ lack of depth, denying DePaul within two before USF scored seven consecutive points capped by a Jones free a field goal for more than 8 minutes in the second half to turn a 62-59 deficit into throw for a 15-6 advantage. a 70-62 lead with 3:36 to play. The deficit increased to as many as 19 points with just under three minutes Walker, who played 40 minutes in each game, matched a career high with his left until intermission before USF (20-11) took a 30-15 lead at the end of the 31 points. But he went almost 13 minutes of the second half without a field goal first half. DePaul shot just .226 (7-31) from the field in the first half while the 15 until he made one of his six 3-pointers with less than 2 minutes to play. Tucker matched a season low for scoring in a half. also failed to score for nearly 9 minutes. DePaul outscored USF, 16-6, to start the second half and pulled to within five Mario Stula was 3-for-3 on 3-pointers for DePaul, which shot 13-for-31 points on a three-pointer by Jeremiah Kelly with 12:34 left. However, that would from behind the arc. The Blue Demons (9-24) had defeated Cincinnati for their be as close as the Blue Demons would get as USF scored eight in-a-row over the first conference win of the year in the first round of a tournament expanded to next three minutes. include all 16 teams. Walker knocked down four three-pointers to finish with 20 points and added Providence shot 50 percent in the first to half to take a 32-31 lead behind 16 five rebounds. Koshwal pulled down 10 rebounds and scored eight points while from Curry. DePaul grabbed eight offensive boards in the half but Curry made Freeland pulled down nine rebounds and score seven points. three 3-pointers down the stretch. Mike Mercer chipped in 14 points for USF and Chris Howard totaled nine The Blue Demons went up 55-51 with 11:15 left in the game behind two acro- points, six rebounds and six assists. batic drives by Tucker. But the second was the last field goal for the Blue Demons until Walker made his 3 with less than 2 minutes to play. In that span, DePaul made eight of 14 shots from the line. When DePaul went cold, Weyinmi and Jeff Xavier picked up their play. Xavier made two of his three 3-pointers and Weyinmi scored six points to help make it 72-63.

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME BOX SCORES 2011 // 1ST ROUND 2012 // 1ST ROUND 1st 2nd OT Final 1st 2nd OT Final (16) DePaul 28 43 -- 71 (16) DePaul 33 34 -- 67 (9) Connecticut 45 52 -- 97 (9) Connecticut 46 35 -- 81 March 8, 2011  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y. March 6, 2012  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y.

DePaul (7-24) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN DePaul (12-19) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Tony Freeland, f 1-9 0-0 6-8 3-1-4 4 8 0 3 1 3 33 Cleveland Melvin, f 8-20 1-3 2-3 6-3-9 2 19 2 0 0 2 35 Krys Faber, c 2-7 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 4 4 0 4 1 2 29 Krys Faber, c 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 4 0 1 0 1 0 20 Jeremiah Kelly, g 5-10 5-10 0-0 0-1-1 3 15 3 0 0 0 37 Jeremiah Kelly, g 1-7 0-4 0-0 2-1-3 3 2 2 2 0 1 26 Brandon Young, g 7-19 2-4 4-5 2-2-4 4 20 4 4 0 1 32 Brandon Young, g 1-9 0-4 4-4 0-2-2 2 6 1 3 0 1 30 Jimmy Drew, g 3-9 1-6 1-1 1-1-2 3 8 3 0 0 3 26 Charles McKinney, g 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 1 1 0 0 13 Michael Bizoukas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Worrel Clahar 1-3 1-1 5-5 0-1-1 4 8 0 0 0 0 10 Mike Stovall 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Derrell Robertson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Mario Stula 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Moses Morgan 7-15 5-6 0-1 1-2-3 0 19 2 0 0 1 24 Moses Morgan 5-11 1-3 3-5 1-1-2 4 14 1 3 0 1 25 Jamee Crockett 2-8 1-4 2-2 0-1-1 1 7 2 0 0 0 22 Team 2-0-2 1 Donnavan Kirk 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-5-6 5 4 0 1 2 2 17 Totals 23-67 9-24 16-21 10-12-22 25 71 11 14 2 10 200 Team 6-4-10 1 .343 .375 .762 Totals 23-71 8-22 13-15 17-22-39 22 67 11 8 3 8 200 .324 .364 .867 Connecticut (22-9) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Tyler Olander, f 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 Connecticut (19-12) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Roscoe Smith, f 2-5 0-1 4-4 2-5-7 1 8 1 4 2 0 27 Roscoe Smith, f 2-4 2-3 1-2 2-6-8 3 7 1 0 1 1 36 Charles Okwandu, c 3-3 0-0 1-1 0-0-0 1 7 0 2 1 0 13 Alex Oriakhi, f 4-7 0-0 1-3 3-4-7 2 9 1 0 4 0 27 Jeremy Lamb, g 7-11 1-2 4-4 1-2-3 2 19 2 2 3 0 30 Andre Drummond, c 6-13 0-0 0-6 3-2-5 0 12 0 1 4 0 29 Kemba Walker, g 8-15 0-3 10-12 1-6-7 1 26 5 4 0 1 36 Jeremy Lamb, g 10-18 3-6 2-4 0-5-5 2 25 4 4 0 0 39 Donnell Beverly 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 2 1 8 Shabazz Napier, g 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 4 5 6 0 0 0 16 Jamal Coombs-McDaniel 5-6 1-1 0-0 0-3-3 3 11 1 2 0 2 20 DeAndre Daniels 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Niels Giffey 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6 Niels Giffey 2-3 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 2 4 1 0 1 1 14 Shabazz Napier 3-4 0-1 5-6 0-2-2 2 11 8 3 0 4 27 Tyler Olander 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Kyle Bailey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan Boatright 5-9 2-2 7-9 1-4-5 1 19 7 4 0 0 33 Benjamin Stewart 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 0-6-6 Alex Oriakhi 5-9 0-0 3-3 6-13-19 3 13 0 1 1 0 25 Totals 31-58 8-13 11-24 11-31-42 14 81 20 9 10 2 200 Team 0-2-2 .534 .615 .458 Totals 33-55 2-8 29-32 10-36-46 16 97 18 20 9 8 200 .600 .250 .906 Officials: John Gaffney, Jeff Clark, Gene Steratore | Attendance: 20,057

Officials: John Gaffney, Tim Clougherty, Jeff Anderson | Attendance: 19,375 NEW YORK - Jeremy Lamb scored 25 points and Ryan Boatright added 19 to lead Connecticut to an 81-67 victory over the DePaul on Tuesday in the opening round NEW YORK - Kemba Walker scored 26 points and Connecticut won a Big East of the Big East tournament. tournament game for the first time in six years, beating DePaul 97-71 on Tuesday The ninth-seeded Huskies (19-12) will play eighth-seeded West Virginia in the in the opener of a conference showcase loaded with NCAA contenders. second round on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. Jeremy Lamb, playing on a sore knee, had 17 of his 19 points in the first Cleveland Melvin and Moses Morgan both had 19 points for the 16th-seeded half for the 21st-ranked Huskies (22-9), who got back on track after losing four Blue Demons (12-19), who closed the season losing 10 of their last 11. of their final five regular-season games. No. 9 seed UConn advanced to play The Huskies started shooting like a team destined to again do big things in Wednesday against No. 22 Georgetown, the No. 8 seed at Madison Square Gar- the postseason. They made their first seven 3-point attempts and were 7 of 9 den. from beyond the arc in taking a 46-33 lead. Alex Oriakhi, left out of the starting lineup following a recent slump, had 13 A 15-4 run to start the second half, capped by a 3 by Roscoe Smith, gave Con- points and 19 rebounds for UConn, which held a 46-22 edge on the glass. necticut a 61-37 lead with 14:47 to play. The Big East is expected to set a record by sending at least 10 of its 16 mem- Unlike last year when the Huskies went on to a 97-71 win, the Blue Demons bers, including Connecticut, to the NCAA tournament, expanded this year from found a way to make a game of it. An 11-0 run got DePaul within 63-51 with 65 to 68 teams. The number could reach 11 if Marquette gets off the bubble and 11:09 to play and the Blue Demons were able to get within 70-61 on a 3 by Mor- into the field. gan with 7:15 to play. Lamb’s big first half helped the Huskies build a 45-28 lead at the break, but Lamb had four points in a 6-0 run that got the Huskies straightened out and they got sloppy with the ball against DePaul’s full-court trap after halftime and the Blue Demons were never closer than 12 points the rest of the way. finished with a season-high 20 turnovers. The Huskies, who came in fourth in the country with 6.7 blocks per game, The 16th-seeded Blue Demons (7-24) twice cut the deficit to seven midway blocked 10 shots against DePaul with Drummond and Oriakhi getting four each. through the second half, but Walker and his young teammates held off DePaul DePaul shot just 32.4 percent from the field (23 of 71), the 12th time in the last and won going away. 21 games an opponent didn’t shoot 40 percent against the Huskies. Walker, a first-team all-Big East selection and a contender for national player of the year, left to a warm hand with 2:26 remaining. Brandon Young scored 20 points to lead the Blue Demons, who lost their last six games following their lone conference win of the season at Providence on Feb. 17. Jeremiah Kelly had 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting from 3-point range and Moses Morgan added 14 off the bench for DePaul, which played its final four games without leading scorer Cleveland Melvin. The 6-foot-8 freshman forward sprained his left thumb in a loss at St. John’s last month. Five players scored in double figures for Connecticut, which set a season high for points. Jamal Coombs-McDaniel and Shabazz Napier each scored 11.

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME BOX SCORES 2013 // 1ST ROUND 2014 // 1ST ROUND 1st 2nd OT Final 1st 2nd OT Final (14) DePaul 31 26 -- 57 (10) DePaul 23 37 -- 60 (11) Rutgers 32 44 -- 76 (7) Georgetown 25 31 -- 56 March 12, 2013  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y. March 12, 2014  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y.

DePaul (11-21) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN DePaul (12-20) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Cleveland Melvin, f 10-16 1-3 4-4 1-1-2 1 25 0 1 0 0 30 Tommy Hamilton, f 4-8 1-2 0-0 2-0-2 2 9 0 1 0 0 31 Donnavan Kirk, f 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 0 2 0 1 0 0 22 Forrest Robinson, f 5-6 4-5 0-0 1-4-5 4 14 0 0 0 2 25 Worrel Clahar, g 3-5 1-2 2-3 0-3-3 3 9 3 3 0 1 32 Billy Garrett, g 5-12 0-4 7-7 1-4-5 3 17 3 2 0 2 34 Brandon Young, g 6-15 1-5 2-3 2-2-4 1 15 4 2 0 1 29 Brandon Young, g 4-11 0-3 5-8 1-4-5 5 13 2 6 1 0 33 Charles McKinney, g 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 3 2 2 2 0 2 23 Durrell McDonald, g 1-6 0-4 0-0 1-2-3 1 2 1 0 0 1 29 Edwind McGhee 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Edwind McGhee 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Jodan Price 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Jamee Crockett 0-2 0-1 4-5 1-2-3 1 4 0 0 0 1 9 Derrell Robertson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 Charles McKinney 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 Cory Dolins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Greg Sequele 0-0 0-0 0-2 2-1-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 Moses Morgan 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 Sandi Marcius 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 Jamee Crockett 0-5 0-4 2-2 0-1-1 1 2 2 2 0 2 24 Team 2-1-3 1 Durrell McDonald 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 19-46 5-19 17-24 12-20-32 19 60 6 10 2 6 200 Peter Ryckbosch 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .413 .263 .708 Stuart Pirri 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Montray Clemons 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 Georgetown (17-13) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Team 0-0-0 Mikael Hopkins, f 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 Totals 22-53 3-18 10-12 6-14-20 11 57 12 12 3 6 200 Nate Lubick, f 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 2 0 1 0 0 14 .415 .167 .833 Jabril Trawick, f 4-9 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 3 8 3 1 0 4 39 D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, g 5-14 1-4 10-10 2-5-7 0 21 3 3 0 2 38 Rutgers (15-15) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Markel Starks, g 7-19 3-9 0-0 0-2-2 2 17 2 0 1 0 39 Austin Johnson, f 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 3 4 1 0 0 0 12 Reggie Cameron 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 Wally Judge, f 9-9 0-0 2-4 3-7-10 3 20 1 3 2 0 28 Aaron Bowen 3-5 1-1 1-3 6-3-9 4 8 0 2 0 0 25 Jerome Seagears, g 5-9 3-5 2-2 0-7-7 0 15 4 1 0 1 35 John Caprio 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Myles Mack, g 8-15 3-5 0-0 1-3-4 2 19 4 2 0 3 36 Moses Ayegba 0-0 0-0 0-3 1-2-3 4 0 1 1 0 0 24 Mike Poole, g 4-7 0-1 0-1 2-0-2 2 8 1 2 0 0 22 Team 4-3-7 1 Dane Miller 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 4 0 4 2 2 1 26 Totals 20-52 5-17 11-16 15-21-36 18 56 10 11 1 6 200 Malick Kone 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 2 0 1 7 .385 .294 .688 Derrick Randall 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 4 0 0 0 1 12 Kadeem Jack 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 2 4 0 2 1 0 20 Officials:Tim Clougherty, Gary Prager, Lamar Simpson | Attendance: 13,177 Vince Garrett 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Logan Kelley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 NEW YORK - Just over five hours after claiming the BIG EAST Rookie of the Year Team 2-0-2 1 award, DePaul freshman Billy Garrett Jr. led the 10th-seeded Blue Demons to a Totals 33-54 6-11 4-7 9-27-36 18 76 15 15 5 7 200 60-56 first-round win over No. 7 seed Georgetown on Wednesday night. The win .611 .545 .571 moves the Blue Demons into the quarterfinals against second-seeded Creighton on Thursday. Officials: Gene Steratore, Roger Ayers, Jeff Anderson | Attendance: 20,057 The Blue Demons trailed by eight points at 17-9 with just over 10 minutes left in the first half before an 11-0 run put them ahead by three following two free NEW YORK - Wally Judge was perfect and so was Rutgers for one of the rare throws from Brandon Young. Georgetown regained the lead late in the opening times this season. half and took a 25-23 advantage into intermission. Judge hit all nine of his shots and scored a season-high 20 points to go with Tommy Hamilton IV started strong in the second half and his seven points 10 rebounds, leading the Scarlet Knights to a 76-57 victory over DePaul on Tues- over the first three minutes pushed DePaul back ahead by three at 32-29. day night in the first round of the Big East tournament. Neither team led by more than for points over the next 11 minutes before Myles Mack added 19 points to help the No. 11-seeded Scarlet Knights (15- Forrest Robinson drained a pair of high-arching three-pointers and Garrett 15) advance to the second round of the nation’s showcase college basketball knocked down a jumper for an eight-point DePaul advantage at the four-minute tournament for only the sixth time in 14 trips to Madison Square Garden. Jerome mark. Seagears added 15 points and Mike Poole scored all eight of his after intermis- With DePaul holding a three-point lead with a minute left, Garrett and Jamee sion. Crockett combined to go 5-for-6 from the line to seal the 60-56 win over the Cleveland Melvin had 25 points for DePaul (11-21), which ended the season Hoyas. with only one win in its last 17 games - and it came against Rutgers. Garrett led DePaul (12-20) with 17 points while Robinson matched his career Rutgers won with phenomenal shooting and strong play underneath the high with 14 and Young scored 13 points. Georgetown (17-14) was led by 21 baskets, where it held a 36-20 rebounding edge. points from D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera and 17 from Markel Starks. The big difference was the shooting. The Scarlet Knights hit 23 of their first 33 shots, nearly 70 percent, with the remarkable statistic being their start to the Postgame Notes: DePaul advances in the BIG EAST Tournament for the second second half. After shooting nearly 61 percent in the first 20 minutes, they came time... the Blue Demons are 2-6 all-time in BIG EAST Tournament play and 10-19 out and hit nine of their first 10 after intermission with Judge scoring the first two overall in conference tournaments... the win snapped a five-game losing streak baskets inside. in the BIG EAST Tournament... Brandon Young passed George Mikan (1,870 Brandon Young added 15 points for DePaul, which was held to 41.6 percent pts., 1942-46) for fourth on DePaul’s all-time scoring list... Young fouled out for shooting. the first time in his 125 career games... Forrest Robinson scored a career-high Rutgers shot nearly 61 percent and outrebounded DePaul 17-8 in the first 14 points for the second time... DePaul ended a 14-game losing streak against half, with the margin coming courtesy of a last-second 3-pointer by Mack, who Georgetown... DePaul’s last win was a 78-51 decision on Jan. 22, 1994... the was 8 of 15 from the field. Hoyas hold a 23-7 lead in the all-time series... the win was the first this season The reason it was so close was Rutgers’ 11 turnovers, which led to a 13-2 Blue when DePaul was outrebounded (1-11 record). Demon advantage on points off the miscues.

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME BOX SCORES 2014 // QUARTERFINAL 2015 // FIRST ROUND 1st 2nd OT Final 1st 2nd OT Final (10) DePaul 29 33 -- 62 (10) Creighton 35 43 -- 78 (2) Creighton 49 35 -- 84 (7) DePaul 33 30 -- 63 March 13, 2014  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y. March 11, 2015  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y.

DePaul (12-21) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Creighton (14-18) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Tommy Hamilton, f 3-7 1-3 2-2 0-2-2 0 9 1 2 0 0 35 Rick Kreklow, f 1-5 0-3 2-2 2-1-3 4 4 0 2 0 0 21 Forrest Robinson, f 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Toby Hegner, f 2-2 1-1 3-4 1-2-3 3 8 0 1 0 1 12 Billy Garrett, g 2-8 0-3 3-4 0-1-1 4 7 0 2 0 1 31 Geoffrey Groselle, c 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 0 1 1 0 15 Brandon Young, g 7-18 1-3 7-10 2-6-8 0 22 2 1 0 3 36 Austin Chatman, g 2-8 0-2 7-8 1-4-5 1 11 5 0 0 1 37 Durrell McDonald, g 2-6 0-2 0-0 2-1-3 2 4 1 0 0 0 27 James Milliken, g 8-14 3-6 3-5 1-2-3 0 22 2 1 0 0 38 DeJuan Marrero 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Gabriel Connealy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Edwind McGhee 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 Devin Brooks 3-8 1-2 5-8 1-4-5 0 12 5 0 0 1 29 Jamee Crockett 4-9 3-7 2-2 1-4-5 1 13 1 0 0 0 24 Tyler Clement 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Peter Ryckbosch 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Avery Dingman 2-5 2-3 0-0 0-1-1 5 6 0 0 0 0 15 Charles McKinney 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 4 4 2 0 0 1 19 Will Artino 4-6 0-0 1-3 4-4-8 2 9 1 0 1 3 22 Greg Sequele 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 Zach Hanson 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 Sandi Marcius 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 Mobboluwaga Oginni 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 4-0-4 1 Team 1-1-2 Totals 21-55 6-22 14-18 11-15-26 15 62 7 8 0 5 200 Totals 25-52 7-17 21-30 12-23-35 16 78 14 5 2 6 200 .382 .273 .778 .481 .412 .700

Creighton (25-6) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN DePaul (12-20) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Doug McDermontt, f 14-22 7-10 0-2 1-4-5 2 35 3 0 0 1 32 Myke Henry, f 4-10 0-2 2-4 4-5-9 5 10 3 4 0 1 27 Ethan Wragge, f 2-3 2-3 0-0 2-6-8 1 6 0 0 0 0 26 Forrest Robinson, f 3-5 1-3 0-1 2-1-3 4 7 0 1 0 0 19 Austin Chatman, g 5-6 1-2 0-2 0-1-1 0 11 9 2 0 0 32 Jamee Crockett, f 5-9 1-2 4-5 1-1-2 4 15 0 2 0 1 28 Grant Gibbs, g 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 1 1 0 1 18 Billy Garrett, g 4-7 1-3 1-2 0-0-0 3 10 8 3 1 1 28 Jahenns Manigat, g 5-7 4-5 0-0 1-4-5 3 14 1 1 0 1 28 Aaron Simpson, g 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 Alex Olsen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 R.J. Curington 2-4 2-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 6 0 1 0 0 9 Devin Brooks 2-4 0-0 4-4 1-3-4 1 8 1 4 0 1 18 Darrick Wood 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 2 1 0 0 0 26 Avery Dingman 3-6 0-2 2-2 0-0-0 3 8 0 1 0 0 23 Tommy Hamilton 4-8 2-3 1-4 2-5-7 1 11 1 0 0 0 22 Will Artino 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 4 2 0 1 1 0 16 Rashaun Stimage 1-5 0-2 0-0 1-0-1 0 2 0 0 1 0 15 Zach Hanson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 David Molinari 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Geoffrey Groselle 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cory Dolins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 0-3-3 Durrell McDonald 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Totals 32-53 14-22 6-10 8-25-33 16 84 15 10 1 4 200 Joe Hanel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .604 .636 .600 Team 0-2-2 Totals 24-55 7-22 8-16 11-17-28 22 63 13 11 2 3 200 Officials: Jim Burr, James Breeding, Wally Rutecki | Attendance:13,807 .436 .318 .500

NEW YORK - Second-seeded Creighton knocked down 14 three-pointers and built Officials:Lamar Simpson, Brent Hampton, Brian O’Connell | Attendance: 12,588 a quick double-digit lead to defeat DePaul, 84-62, in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday. Brandon Young led DePaul with 22 points in his final NEW YORK - DePaul dropped a 78-63 decision to Creighton in the first round of game in a Blue Demon uniform. the BIG EAST Tournament on Wednesday night. Jamee Crockett led DePaul with BIG EAST Player of the Year Doug McDermott led the Bluejays early and often 15 points in his final game in a Blue Demon uniform. with 27 first-half points. The senior connected on 7-of-9 three-point attempts in Creighton, the tournament No. 10 seed, led early before a jumper by the first half as his third three of the night gave Creighton a 20-8 advantage with Rashaun Stimage gave DePaul a 12-11 advantage with 13:37 left in the first half. just over 13 minutes on the clock. The Bluejays answered with three straight three-pointers around a bucket from Two free throws by Billy Garrett Jr. pulled DePaul (12-21) to within eight at Billy Garrett Jr. with Avery Dingman’s three giving Creighton a six-point lead at 31-23 before Creighton outscored DePaul, 18-6, over the final five minutes to the 12-minute mark. take a 20-point lead at halftime. Seventh-seeded DePaul (12-20) managed to tie the score three times in The Blue Demons chipped away at the 20-point deficit early in the second the final seven minutes of the first half with a three-pointer by R.J. Curington half and a 19-9 run brought pulled DePaul within 10 points on a jumper by knotting the score at 33-33 with 48 seconds until intermission. Creighton then Tommy Hamilton IV. Hamilton’s bucket made the score 58-48 with 11 minutes converted on the final possession of the half and led by two at halftime. left in the game. A pair of Crockett jumpers early in the second half gave the Blue Demons a The two teams traded baskets over the next two possession before Creighton one-point advantage on two occasions in the first three minutes of the second (25-6) put the game away with a 12-2 run that pushed the advantage back to 20 half. DePaul couldn’t build on either lead before Creighton outscored DePaul, 18- points with just under six minutes left in the game. 7, over an eight-minute stretch to take a 10-point lead. Young concludes his DePaul career ranked in the top eight in school history in Creighton (14-18) led by as many as 16 points in the final minutes before scoring, field goals, field goal attempts, three-pointers, three-point attempts, free finishing with the 15-point decision. throws, free throw attempts, steals and assists. He also led the Blue Demons with Tommy Hamilton IV added 11 points and seven rebounds off the bench for eight rebounds and three steals in 36 minutes of action. DePaul while Myke Henry and Garrett each scored 10 points. Jamee Crockett added 13 points off the bench for DePaul and Hamilton Creighton was led by 22 points from James Milliken and 12 from Devin chipped in nine points. McDermott led all scorers with 35 points and Jahenns Brooks. Manigat added 14 for Creighton. Postgame Notes: DePaul is now 2-8 all-time in BIG EAST Tournament play and Postgame Notes: DePaul is now 2-7 all-time in BIG EAST Tournament play and 10- 10-21 overall in conference tournaments... Billy Garrett Jr.’s eight assists are the 20 overall in conference tournaments... Brandon Young finishes his career ranked most by a DePaul player in a BIG EAST Tournament game... Creighton won two of second in free throw attempts, third in scoring and field goal attempts, fourth three during the season... DePaul leads the series, 16-12. in assists and steals, fifth in free throws and field goals, seventh in three-point attempts and eighth in three-pointers (130 3FG)... Young passed Dave Corzine (1,896 pts., 1974-78) for third place on the all-time scoring list. THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME BOX SCORES 2016 // FIRST ROUND 2017 // FIRST ROUND 1st 2nd OT Final 1st 2nd OT Final (9) DePaul 24 29 -- 53 (10) DePaul 31 33 -- 64 (8) Georgetown 35 35 -- 70 (7) Xavier 30 45 -- 75 March 9, 2016  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y. March 8, 2017  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y.

DePaul (9-22) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN DePaul (9-23) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Myke Henry, f 4-5 0-0 0-1 4-1-5 4 8 0 4 0 1 20 Tre’Darius McCallum, f 5-11 0-1 2-4 5-6-11 3 12 3 2 1 2 34 Tommy Hamilton, c 0-2 0-0 4-4 1-4-5 4 4 0 0 0 0 17 Joe Hanel, f 0-2 0-0 1-4 2-1-3 4 1 0 0 1 0 22 Billy Garrett, g 2-10 0-1 0-3 0-4-4 3 4 1 3 1 0 34 Brandon Cyrus, g 4-6 1-2 0-0 3-3-6 0 9 0 2 0 3 29 Eli Cain, g 6-16 0-2 2-6 1-4-5 2 14 2 2 0 0 38 Billy Garrett, g 7-16 2-5 0-0 0-1-1 4 16 4 5 0 0 34 Aaron Simpson, g 2-6 2-4 0-0 1-4-5 3 6 0 3 0 1 19 Eli Cain, g 4-16 0-2 7-8 1-4-5 3 15 1 2 0 1 30 R.J. Curington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ R.J. Curington 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 2 4 1 0 0 1 9 Darrick Wood 3-10 0-1 0-0 1-3-4 1 6 3 1 0 0 24 Levi Cook 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 2 2 0 1 0 0 16 Rashaun Stimage 2-3 0-0 0-1 3-1-4 4 4 0 1 0 0 11 Chris Harrison-Docks 2-8 1-7 0-0 0-0-0 1 5 1 1 0 0 26 David Molinari 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 2-4-6 1 Develle Phillips 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Totals 25-63 4-17 10-16 17-22-39 19 64 10 14 2 7 200 Cory Dolins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .397 .235 .625 Erten Gazi 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 5 0 0 0 0 14 Oumar Barry 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Xavier (20-12) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Joe Hanel 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 2 0 1 0 0 20 Trevon Bluiett, f 5-17 1-8 6-9 2-7-9 1 17 4 2 0 1 38 Team 3-1-4 2 Malcolm Bernard, f 3-8 0-4 1-2 1-5-6 4 7 2 2 0 1 30 Totals 22-58 3-10 6-17 14-22-36 25 53 6 17 1 2 200 RaShid Gaston, c 4-6 0-0 1-2 1-3-4 2 9 1 1 2 0 23 .379 .300 .353 Quentin Goodin, g 6-8 0-2 1-3 0-2-2 4 13 3 2 0 0 36 J.P. Macura, g 5-11 3-5 0-0 1-2-3 1 13 6 2 0 3 36 Georgetown (15-17) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Kaiser Gates 3-6 2-5 0-0 1-2-3 0 8 0 0 0 0 20 Isaac Copeland, f 3-7 0-2 0-0 1-3-4 1 6 3 0 0 0 34 Sean O’Mara 3-3 0-0 2-3 2-1-3 2 8 0 2 1 0 17 Marcus Derrickson, f 0-3 0-3 7-9 0-5-5 3 7 0 3 2 2 25 Team 5-1-6 Bradley Hayes, c 4-7 0-0 2-5 3-4-7 4 10 2 2 0 1 20 Totals 29-59 6-24 11-19 13-23-36 14 75 16 11 3 5 200 Tre Campbell, g 0-5 0-3 4-4 0-5-5 2 4 2 3 0 1 29 .492 .250 .579 D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, g 7-11 4-7 2-3 0-3-3 3 20 0 1 0 1 32 Officials: Ed Corbett, Gary Prager, Wally Rutecki | Attendance: 14,830 L.J. Peak 4-7 1-3 1-2 0-1-1 2 10 3 3 2 0 29 Reggie Cameron 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 NEW YORK - A slow start coming out of halftime was too much to overcome as Ra’Mond Hines 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ DePaul fell to Xavier, 75-64, in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament. Eli Jessie Govan 3-3 1-1 2-3 0-5-5 4 9 1 3 0 1 19 Cain, Billy Garrett Jr. and Tre’Darius McCallum all scored in double-figures for the Riyan Williams 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Blue Demons. Kaleb Johnson 2-2 0-0 0-1 1-1-2 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 The first half played even before DePaul took a six-point lead with just under Trey Mourning 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 three minutes left until intermission. Xavier (20-12) closed the gap to just a point Team 4-2-6 1 as J.P. Macura hit a long three-pointer just before the horn to make the score 31- Totals 23-46 6-19 18-27 9-30-39 20 70 11 16 4 7 200 30. .500 .316 .667 The Musketeers took command of the game by starting the second half with a 12-5 run that saw Xavier turn the one-point deficit into a six-point lead less Officials: Ed Corbett, Wally Rutecki, Lamar Simpson | Attendance: 12,604 than four minutes into the second half. A three-pointer by Chris Harrison-Docks pulled DePaul (9-23) to within three, NEW YORK - DePaul struggled from the field all evening and dropped a 70-53 but that was as close as the Blue Demons would get for the remainder of the decision to Georgetown in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament on night. Xavier extended its advantage to as many as 14 points midway through the Wednesday. Eli Cain was the lone player in double-figures with 14 points for the second half. Blue Demons. Garrett led the Blue Demons with 16 points and four assists while McCallum Eighth-seeded Georgetown led throughout the game and jumped to a 14-6 recorded a 12-point, 11- double-double. Cain finished with 15 points lead just over five minutes into the action. The lead extended to 10 at the nine- and five rebounds and Brandon Cyrus totaled nine points, six rebounds and three minute mark before ninth-seeded DePaul chipped away at the deficit. A driving steals. lay-up by Darrick Wood pulled the Blue Demons to within three at 27-24 before Trevon Bluiett led Xavier with 17 points and nine rebounds while Macura and the Hoyas score the final eight points of the opening half to take a 35-24 lead at Quentin Goodin scored 13 points apiece. intermission. DePaul (9-22) outscored Georgetown, 11-4, as Myke Henry’s bucket made Postgame Notes: DePaul is 2-10 in BIG EAST Tournament games... overall, the the score 39-35 with 14:32 left in the game. After being held to just five points Blue Demons are 10-23 in conference tournament play... new BIG EAST Tourna- over the first 25 minutes of the game, D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera erupted with eight ment game records included Tre’Darius McCallum’s 11 rebounds, Brandon straight points and pushed the Hoyas back ahead by 12 with 12 minutes to go in Cyrus’ three steals (sixth time) and Eli Cain’s seven free throws (third time)... the game. the double-double by McCallum was the first by a DePaul player in a BIG EAST Following that run, the Blue Demons could get no closer than 10 points for Tournament game... McCallum finished the season with five double-doubles... the rest of night and Georgetown (15-17) recorded the win to advance to the R.J. Curington played in his 80th career game... Billy Garrett Jr. played in his 125th quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament. career game... he finishes his career as the only player in program history with at Cain added five rebounds and two assists to his 14 points while Henry scored least 1,600 points, 425 assists and 140 three-pointers... Xavier leads the series, eight points with five boards. DePaul combined to shoot just .310 (9-29) in the 11-9... the Musketeers have won six straight over the Blue Demons... the game first half and finished the game with a team percentage of .379 (22-58). was the first meeting in conference tournament play between the programs. Smith-Rivera led all scorers with 20 points while Bradley Hayes and L.J. Peak added 10 points each for Georgetown.

Postgame Notes: DePaul is 2-9 all-time in nine BIG EAST Tournament appear- ances... Eli Cain recorded his 16th game in double-figures... Georgetown leads the all-time series, 28-7... the Hoyas won all three meetings this season.

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME BOX SCORES 2018 // FIRST ROUND 2019 // FIRST ROUND 1st 2nd OT Final 1st 2nd OT Final (10) DePaul 27 42 -- 69 (10) DePaul 35 39 -- 74 (7) Marquette 39 33 -- 72 (7) St. John’s 39 43 -- 82 March 7, 2018  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y. March 13, 2019  Madison Square Garden  New York, N.Y. DePaul (11-20) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN DePaul (15-15) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Tre’Darius McCallum, f 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-4-4 4 4 0 1 0 1 27 Paul Reed, f 3-7 1-3 1-2 1-3-4 2 8 0 0 0 0 18 Max Strus, f 7-17 4-11 4-5 3-3-6 2 22 3 3 0 3 40 Femi Olujobi, f 3-5 0-0 0-2 1-4-5 3 6 1 2 0 0 28 Marin Maric, c 7-12 1-2 7-9 2-8-10 1 22 1 2 1 0 36 Devin Gage, g 9-20 0-2 1-2 2-3-5 1 19 2 4 0 0 33 Brandon Cyrus, g 2-7 0-1 1-4 3-1-4 3 5 2 0 0 1 34 Eli Cain, g 7-15 1-6 8-12 1-4-5 5 23 1 1 0 1 37 Eli Cain, g 4-12 1-3 3-5 1-2-3 2 12 10 5 0 0 39 Max Strus, g 4-12 2-7 4-4 2-3-5 4 14 1 0 0 0 39 Austin Grandstaff 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 Lyrik Shreiner 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 3 3 0 1 14 Jaylen Butz 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 Jaylen Butz 1-3 0-0 0-0 4-10-14 3 2 5 3 0 1 26 Paul Reed 1-2 0-0 2-3 2-1-3 4 4 1 0 0 0 16 Flynn Cameron 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Team 3-2-5 Team 0-0-0 Totals 23-55 6-19 17-26 15-21-36 17 69 17 14 1 5 200 Totals 28-65 4-20 14-22 11-29-40 19 74 14 13 0 3 200 .418 .316 .654 .431 .200 .636

Marquette (19-12) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN St. John’s (21-11) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF Pts A TO Blk S MIN Sam Hauser, f 5-12 2-6 4-4 0-3-3 3 16 2 3 0 2 36 Marvin Clark II, f 4-12 2-9 0-0 0-5-5 4 10 1 3 0 1 27 Matt Heldt, c 3-3 0-0 0-0 3-3-6 3 6 1 0 1 1 33 Shamorie Ponds, g 7-11 3-4 1-1 1-3-4 2 18 7 1 0 3 36 Markus Howard, g 2-6 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 2 4 3 3 0 1 29 Justin Simon, g 7-15 0-1 4-5 2-4-6 1 18 4 3 2 2 38 Sacar Anim, g 6-9 1-2 1-2 2-1-3 4 14 1 1 0 0 33 Mustapha Heron, g 6-11 1-2 5-5 0-7-7 3 18 0 1 1 2 38 Andrew Rowsey, g 8-20 4-9 5-5 1-5-6 3 25 3 4 0 1 39 LJ Figueroa, g 6-12 1-4 1-2 3-3-6 2 14 0 0 1 1 33 Theo John 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 Sedee Keita 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 2 0 0 1 0 9 Greg Elliott 1-1 1-1 2-3 0-0-0 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 Josh Roberts 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Harry Froling 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Greg Williams Jr. 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 Jamal Cain 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-3-4 1 2 1 1 0 1 15 Marcellus Earlington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 1-5-6 Bryan Trimble Jr. 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 Totals 26-52 8-20 12-16 8-21-29 25 72 11 13 1 6 200 Justin Cole 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .400 .750 Team 0-0-0 Totals 31-67 7-22 13-15 6-24-30 20 82 12 8 5 9 200 Officials: Jeff Anderson, Matt Potter, Brent Hampton |Attendance: 16,866 .463 .318 .867

NEW YORK - Trailing by 14 points late in the first half, DePaul rallied and tied the Officials: Earl Walton, Matt Potter, Brent Hampton | Attendance: 19,812 game before Marquette held off the Blue Demons on the final possession in a 72-69 game Wednesday night in the BIG EAST Tournament. Marin Maric and Max NEW YORK – Looking to knock off St. John’s for the third time this season, DePaul Strus each scored 22 points to lead the Blue Demons while Eli Cain recorded his came up short in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament on Wednesday second double-double of the season. night. Eli Cain scored 23 points and Devin Gage added a career-high 19 to lead Marquette built their first half lead with an 18-5 run to take a 25-12 advan- the Blue Demons. tage with just over eight minutes left in the first half. The Blue Demons pulled to Similar to 10 days ago at Wintrust Arena, St John’s jumped out to a 10-point within seven points before the Golden Eagles scored five of the final six points of lead and held a 16-6 advantage seven minutes into the game. On Wednesday the first half to take a 39-27 score into intermission. night, St. John’s was able to hold the lead despite runs by DePaul to cut the defi- After scoring three points in the first half, Strus got rolling to start the second cit. frame as Cain found the junior for an alley-oop dunk on DePaul’s first possession. Eli Cain scored eight straight points to pull DePaul within four at 16-12 before Cain finished the game with his second career double-double after totaling 12 the Blue Demons moved to within a point at 18-17. St. John’s then scored five points and 10 assists. straight points and took a 39-35 advantage at halftime. Trailing by 12, Strus made two free throws followed by six straight points In the second half, St. John’s reclaimed a double-digit lead with a three-point- from Maric to pull DePaul (11-20) within four with 10:33 left. After a Marquette er by LJ Figueroa to give the Red Storm a 53-42 lead with 14:18 left in the game. basket, Cain converted a three-point play to cut the deficit to just one at the DePaul (15-15) moved to within eight points on back-to-back buckets from 10-minute mark. Gage and Paul Reed before St. John’s scored the next nine points to take a 74-57 Marquette (19-12) went back up by six before Strus converted a three-point lead at the six-minute mark. play, a three-pointer and an emphatic drive and dunk in the lane to tie the game The lead for the Red Storm would grow as high as 17 points before the final at 61-61 with 5:45 left in the game. score settled at 82-74. The Golden Eagles answered with five straight points and Strus knocked Cain added five rebounds to his game-high 23 points while Gage grabbed five down back-to-back three-pointers around a Sacar Anim jumper to make it a boards with two assists. Max Strus scored 14 points and Jaylen Butz grabbed 14 one-point game with 21 seconds left. Following a Marquette turnover with 12 rebounds for DePaul. seconds left, Strus’ attempt to win the game came up empty and Andrew Rowsey St. John’s (21-11) was led by 18 points each from Shamorie Ponds, Justin made two free throws with less than a second left for the 72-69 final score. Simon and Mustapha Heron. Maric finished with a 22-point, 10-rebound double-double while Strus also scored 22 points with six rebounds. Cain totaled 12 points and 10 assists while Postgame Notes: DePaul extended its streak to 800 straight games with a three- grabbing three rebounds. Marquette was led by 25 points and six rebounds for point field goal... the Blue Demons are 2-12 all-time in the BIG EAST Tourna- Rowsey and Sam Hauser scored 16 points for the Golden Eagles. ment... Jaylen Butz grabbed at least 10 rebounds for the third time this season (fourth career)... Eli Cain recorded his fifth game of the season with 20 or more Postgame Notes: DePaul set a program tournament record with 17 assists and 26 points (20th career)... it was also his 80th career game in double-figures... Devin free throw attempts... the 17 free throws made tied the team record... Eli Cain’s Gage scored a career-high 19 points and reached double figures for the 15th 10 assists are the most by a DePaul player in a BIG EAST Tournament game... Max time this season (18th career)... Max Strus scored in double figures for the 23rd Strus became the 38th player in program history to score at least 500 points in straight game... Max Strus increased his school record for season three-pointers... a season... he finished the season with 521 points... Strus finished the season he finished the game with 92 this season... St. John’s holds a 24-20 advantage in second on DePaul’s season three-point field goal list with 81 three’s... DePaul and the series… the loss snapped a two-game win streak for DePaul against the Red Marquette met in the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time. Storm.

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT TEAM RECORDBOOK Points Scored Field Goal Attempts 1. 74, vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 1. 71, vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 74, vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 2. 67, vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 3. 71, vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 67, vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 4. 69, vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 4. 65, vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 5. 67, vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 5. 63, vs. Xavier (March 8, 2017) 67, vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) 63, vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 67, vs. Villanova (March 7, 2007) Field Goal Pct. Fewest Points Allowed 1. .491 (26-53), vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) 1. 56, vs. Georgetown (March 12, 2014) 2. .436 (24-55), vs. Creighton (March 11, 2015) 2. 57, vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) 3. .431 (28-65), vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 3. 58, vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 4. .418 (23-55), vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 4. 70, vs. Georgetown (March 9, 2016) 5. .415 (22-53), vs. Rutgers (March 12, 2013) 5. 72, vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 3pt. Field Goals Rebounds 1. 13, vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 1. 45, vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 2. 9, vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 2. 44, vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) 3. 8, vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 3. 40, vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 4. 7, vs. Creighton (March 11, 2015) 4. 39, vs. Xavier (March 8, 2017) 5. 6, vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 39, vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 6, vs. Creighton (March 13, 2014) 6, vs. USF (March 9, 2010) Assists 1. 17, vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 3pt. Field Goal Attempts 2. 14, vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 1. 31, vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 3. 13, vs. Creighton (March 11, 2015) 2. 25, vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 13, vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 3. 24, vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 5. 12, vs. Rutgers (March 12, 2013) 4. 22, vs. Creighton (March 11, 2015) 22, vs. Creighton (March 13, 2014) Steals 22, vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 1. 10, vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 2. 8, vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 3pt. Field Goal Pct. 3. 7, vs. Xavier (March 8, 2017) 1. .419 (13-31), vs. Providence (March 22, 2009) 4. 6, vs. Georgetown (March 12, 2014) 2. .375 (9-24), vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 6, vs. Rutgers (March 12, 2013) 3. .364 (8-22), vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 6, vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 4. .318 (7-22), vs. Creighton (March 11, 2015) 6, vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) 5. .316 (6-19), vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018)

Fewest Turnovers Committed Free Throws 1. 8, vs. Creighton (March 13, 2014) 1. 17, vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 8, vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 17, vs. Georgetown (March 12, 2014) 3. 9, vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 3. 16, vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 4. 10, vs. Georgetown (March 12, 2014) 16, vs. Villanova (March 7, 2007) 10, vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 5. 14, vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 14, vs. Creighton (March 13, 2014) Blocked Shots 1. 4, vs. Villanova (March 7, 2007) Free Throw Attempts 2. 3, vs. Rutgers (March 12, 2013) 1. 26, vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 3, vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 2. 24, vs. Georgetown (March 12, 2014) 4. 2, vs. Xavier (March 8, 2017) 3. 22, vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 2, vs. Creighton (March 11, 2015) 4. 21, vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 2, vs. Georgetown (March 12, 2014) 5. 19, vs. Villanova (March 7, 2007) 2, vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 2, vs. USF (March 9, 2010) Free Throw Pct. 2, vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 1. .867 (13-15), vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 2, vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) 2. .842 (16-19), vs. Villanova (March 7, 2007) 3. .833 (10-12), vs. Rutgers (March 12, 2013) Field Goals 4. .778 (14-18), vs. Creighton (March 13, 2014) 1. 28, vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 5. .762 (16-21), vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 2. 26, vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 26, vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) 4. 25, vs. Xavier (March 8, 2017) 5. 24, vs. Creighton (March 11, 2015) 24, vs. Villanova (March 7, 2007)

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND BIG EAST TOURNAMENT INDIVIDUAL RECORDBOOK Points 3pt. Field Goals 1. 31, Will Walker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 1. 6, Will Walker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 2. 30, Dar Tucker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 2. 5, Moses Morgan vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 3. 25, Cleveland Melvin vs. Rutgers (March 12, 2013) 5, Jeremiah Kelly vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011 4. 23, Eli Cain vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 4. 4, Max Strus vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 5. 22, Marin Maric vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 4, Forrest Robinson vs. Georgetown (March 12, 2014) 22, Max Strus vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 4, Will Walker vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 22, Brandon Young vs. Creighton (March 13, 2014) 4, Dar Tucker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 4, Jeremiah Kelly vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) Rebounds 1. 14, Jaylen vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 3pt. Field Goal Attempts 2. 11, Tre’Darius McCallum vs. Xavier (March 8, 2017) 1. 14, Will Walker vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 3. 10, Marin Maric vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 2. 13, Will Walker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 10, Mac Koshwal vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 3. 11, Max Strus vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 5. 9, Myke Henry vs. Creighton (March 11, 2015) 11, Dar Tucker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 9, Cleveland Melvin vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 5. 10, Jeremiah Kelly vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 9, Tony Freeland vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 9, Mac Koshwal vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) Free Throws 1. 8, Eli Cain vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) Assists 2. 7, Marin Maric vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 1. 10, Eli Cain vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 7, Eli Cain vs. Xavier (March 8, 2017) 2. 8, Billy Garrett Jr. vs. Creighton (March 11, 2015) 7, Brandon Young vs. Creighton (March 13, 2014) 3. 7, Jeremiah Kelly vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 7, Billy Garrett Jr. vs. Georgetown (March 12, 2014) 4. 5, Jaylen Butz vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 5, Mac Koshwal vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) Free Throw Attempts 1. 12, Eli Cain vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) Steals 2. 11, Dar Tucker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 1. 3, Max Strus vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 3. 10, Brandon Young vs. Creighton (March 13, 2014) 3, Brandon Cyrus vs. Xavier (March 8, 2017) 4. 9, Marin Maric vs. Marquette (March 7, 2018) 3, Brandon Young vs. Creighton (March 13, 2014) 5. 8, Eli Cain vs. Xavier (March 8, 2017) 3, Jimmy Drew vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 8, Brandon Young vs. Georgetown (March 12, 2014) 3, Tony Freeland vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 8, Tony Freeland vs. Connecticut (March 8, 2011) 3, Mac Koshwal vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 3, Will Walker vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009)

Blocked Shots 1. 2, Donnavan Kirk vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 2, Mac Koshwal vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 2, Keith Butler vs. Villanova (March 7, 2007)

Field Goals 1. 11, Will Walker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 2. 10, Cleveland Melvin vs. Rutgers (March 12, 2013) 10, Dar Tucker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 4. 9, Devin Gage vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 5. 8, Cleveland Melvin vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012) 8, Will Walker vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 8, Will Walker vs. Cincinnati (March 10, 2009) 8, Sammy Mejia vs. Villanova (March 7, 2007)

Field Goal Attempts 1. 24, Will Walker vs. USF (March 9, 2010) 24, Will Walker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 3. 22, Dar Tucker vs. Providence (March 11, 2009) 4. 20, Devin Gage vs. St. John’s (March 13, 2019) 20, Cleveland Melvin vs. Connecticut (March 6, 2012)

THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY THE JEEP BRAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT HISTORY GREAT MIDWEST CONFERENCE 2005 | FEDEX FORUM (MEMPHIS, TENN.) 1992 | CHICAGO STADIUM (CHICAGO, ILL.) Seed: 5 Seed: 1 First Round (March 9): DePaul 81, Tulane 71 Semifinals (March 13):Memphis State 95, DePaul 75 Quarterfinals (March 10): UAB 59, DePaul 56

1993 | THE PYRAMID (MEMPHIS, TENN.) BIG EAST CONFERENCE Seed: 5 2007 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Quarterfinals (March 11): DePaul 66, UAB 64 Seed: 8 Semifinals (March 12): Cincinnati 78, DePaul 69 First Round (March 7): Villanova 75, DePaul 67

1994 | THE SHOEMAKER CENTER (CINCINNATI, OHIO) 2009 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Seed: 5 Seed: 16 Quarterfinals (March 10): Cincinnati 95, DePaul 86 First Round (March 10): DePaul 67, Cincinnati 57 Second Round (March 11): Providence 83, DePaul 74 1995 | BRADLEY CENTER (MILWAUKEE, WIS.) Seed: 5 2010 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Quarterfinals (March 9): Cincinnati 96, DePaul 95 (OT) Seed: 16 First Round (March 9): USF 58, DePaul 49 CONFERENCE USA 1996 | THE PYRAMID (MEMPHIS, TENN.) 2011 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Seed: 10 Seed: 16 First Round (March 6): DePaul 66, UNC Charlotte 60 First Round (March 8): Connecticut 97, DePaul 71 Quarterfinals (March 7): Memphis 92, DePaul 69 2012 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 1997 | KIEL CENTER (ST. LOUIS, MO.) Seed: 16 Seed: 12 First Round (March 6): Connecticut 81, DePaul 67 First Round (March 5): Marquette 79, DePaul 53 2013 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 1998 | THE SHOEMAKER CENTER (CINCINNATI, OHIO) Seed: 14 Seed: 10 First Round (March 12): Rutgers 76, DePaul 57 First Round (March 4): Marquette 52, DePaul 50 2014 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 1999 | BIRMINGHAM-JEFFERSON CIVIC CENTER Seed: 10 (BIRMINGHAM, ALA.) First Round (March 12): DePaul 60, Georgetown 56 Seed: 6 Quarterfinal (March 13): Creighton 84, DePaul 62 First Round (March 3): DePaul 95, Tulane 59 Quarterfinals (March 4): UAB 79, DePaul 73 2015 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Seed: 7 2000 | THE PYRAMID (MEMPHIS, TENN.) First Round (March 11): Creighton 78, DePaul 63 Seed: 3 Quarterfinals (March 9): DePaul 80, Memphis 76 2016 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Semifinals (March 10): DePaul 56, UNC Charlotte 49 Seed: 9 Finals (March 11): Saint Louis 56, DePaul 49 First Round (March 9): Georgetown 70, DePaul 53

2001 | FREEDOM HALL (LOUISVILLE, KY.) 2017 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Seed: 11 Seed: 10 First Round (March 7): South Florida 63, DePaul 59 First Round (March 8): Xavier 75, DePaul 64

2003 | FREEDOM HALL (LOUISVILLE, KY.) 2018 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Seed: 7 Seed: 10 First Round (March 12): South Florida 76, DePaul 74 First Round (March 7): Marquette 72, DePaul 69

2004 | U.S. BANK ARENA (CINCINNATI, OHIO) 2019 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NEW YORK, N.Y.) Seed: 1 Seed: 10 Quarterfinals (March 11): DePaul 89, TCU 65 First Round (March 13): St. John’s 82, DePaul 74 Semifinals (March 12): DePaul 75, UAB 74 (OT) Finals (March 13): Cincinnati 55, DePaul 50

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BIG EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT March 11-14 • Madison Square Garden • New York City

FIRST ROUND QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS FINAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday March 11 March 12 March 13 March 14

No. 9 ST. JOHN’S

7 P.M. FS1 12 P.M. No. 8 GEORGETOWN FS1

No. 1 CREIGHTON 6:30 P.M. FS1 No. 5 BUTLER

2:30 P.M. FS1 No. 4 PROVIDENCE 6:30 P.M. No. 10 DEPAUL FOX 9:30 P.M. FS1 7 P.M. No. 7 XAVIER FS1 No. 2 VILLANOVA 9 P.M. FS1 No. 6 MARQUETTE 9:30 P.M. FS1

No. 3 SETON HALL

All times listed are Eastern.

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