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DE PAUL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2019-20 GAME NOTES 27, 20-WIN SEASONS | 24 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | .848 WINNING PERCENTAGE AT McGRATH-PHILLIPS ARENA 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TITLE | 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT TITLE 2020-21 SCHEDULE GAME: 1 DePaul Blue Demons Date Opponent Time (CST) DATE: Nov. 28, 2020 AP: 19| Coaches Poll: 19 NOVEMBER 2020-21 Overall Record: 0-0 TIME: 4:00 p.m. (CT) BIG EAST: 0-0 28 No. 13/14 Texas A&M 4 p.m. HOME GAME: 1 30 Chicago State 2 p.m. ARENA: Wintrust Arena LOCATION: Chicago, Ill. DECEMBER LIVE VIDEO: DePaul All-Access Texas A&M Aggies 4 at Villanova* (BEDN) 6 p.m. AP Poll: 13| Coaches Poll: 14 LIVE STATS: DePaulBlueDemons.com 2020-21 Overall Record: 1-0 6 Xavier* (BEDN) 3 p.m. TWITTER: @depaulathletics SEC: 0-0 9 at Kent State Noon HASHTAGS: #depaulball 13 Loyola 3 p.m. 16 No. 11/12 Kentucky 2 p.m. 19 Georgetown* (BEDN) 2 p.m. CHICAGO – CHICAGO – Strap it up, buckle down DEPAUL/TEXAS A&M and get ready for the most tumultuous and SERIES INFORMATION 22 at Creighton* (FS1) TBA unpredictable college basketball season of all Series: Texas A&M leads series 3-2 time as NCAA programs nationwide attempt to Home ..................................................................... 0-1 (Remainder of Schedule TBA) compete during a raging, global pandemic. Away ...................................................................... 1-1 Neutral................................................................... 1-1 *BIG EAST Conference game Whether student-athletes are testing daily or Streak ......................................................................L1 Home games at Wintrust Arena Last 10 meetings three times a week, there will be strict adher- Date Location Outcome Score ence to masking up and social distancing as Nov. 26, 2005 N* W 84-71 the primary means of avoiding the coronavirus Mar. 29, 2014 N** L 65-84 contagion. Nov. 14, 2014 H*** L 76-68 Dec. 12, 2015 A W 80-66 As will be the case for much of the season, Win- Mar. 18, 2018 A**** L 80-79 DePaul 2020-21 Accolades trust Arena will be devoid of fans Saturday when *Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu Team No. 19/19 DePaul tips off its season against No. **NCAA Championship Sweet 16 in Lincoln, Neb. 13/14 Texas A&M (1-0) at 4 p.m. in the South ***Maggie Dixon Classic (Chicago, Ill.) No. 2 in BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll ****NCAA Tournament Second Round (College Station, Texas) No. 19 in Associated Press Top 25 Loop. No. 19 in USA Today/Coaches Poll Fans can follow all the action on the Blue De- No. 19 in ESPN Preseason Top 25 mons’ live stream, DePaul All-Access. No. 21 in Lindy's Magazine Preseason Poll No. 24 in CBS Preseason Top 25 It is rare indeed for the coach of a national- TEAM COMPARISON (2019-20) ly ranked team to schedule another Top 25 DePaul Texas AM program before his players have even taken an 28-5 Overall Record 22-8 Individual official shot or made their first pass. 15-3 Conference Record 10-6 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team 85 Scoring Offense 69.7 Lexi Held But that’s exactly what the Blue Demons’ Doug 71.8 Scoring Defense 58.4 Sonya Morris Bruno is all about---staring down life’s biggest 38.8 Rebounds/Game 41.2 challenges with nary a flinch in sight. 38.7 Opp. Rebounds/Game 33.5 .427 FG % .441 .460 Opp. FG % .380 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List Offensively and on the press, Bruno & Co. will Sonya Morris .349 3-pt. FG % .344 be led by a quartet of multi-dimensional guards .340 Opp. 3-pt. FG % .292 in attack mentality whether shooting the ball or 11 3-pt. FG’s/Game 3.7 Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List cultivating takeaways. 6.1 Opp. 3-pt. FG’s/Game 5.7 Lexi Held .782 FT % .700 Juniors Sonya Morris and Lexi Held both took 20.1 Assists/Game 15.3 major leaps last season. Morris was honored 11.3 Steals/Game 7.4 with the BIG EAST Most Improved Player Award 2.2 Blocked Shots/Game 3.1 and a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team 13.1 Turnovers/Game 13.3 1.5 Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.1 while Held was All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention and was voted the BIG EAST Tournament Most PLAYER COMPARISON (2019-20) Outstanding Player after her career-high 31 DePaul Texas A&M points led DePaul to a three-peat title. Stonewall (17.4) Scorer Carter (21.3) Campbell (.463) FG % Johnson (.519) Seniors Deja Church and Dee Bekelja round out Held (78-216) 3-pt FG Wells (44-106) this four-guard assault team with their individual Campbell (.460) 3-pt % Wells (.415) skill sets. Church can burn you with a spot-up Campbell (.940) FT % Wells (.784) jumper and might be the team’s best at driving Campbell (8.1) Rebs PG Jones (11.7) Campbell (6.1) Assists PG Washington (5.1) the lane and finishing at the rim. Bekelja who Morris (75) Steals Jones (43) has shown the propensity for scoring in bunches Church/Stonewall (16) Blocks Johnson (34) from behind the arc or taking it to the hole. GAME 1: TEXAS A&M DEPAUL STORY LINES CHECK THE RECORD DEPAUL BY THE NUMBERS • DePaul earned an automatic berth in the 2020 NCAA tourna- All-time ..................................916-469 BIG EAST Conference Tournament ment for after winning its fifth BIG EAST Tournament crown in the All-time in November ..............111-35 5 Titles (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, last seven years. All-time in December .........194-102 2020) • The women's program claimed its first conference three-peat All-time in January .............256-143 BIG EAST Conference Regular since winning a North Star title and back-to-back Great Midwest All-time in February ...........249-112 6 Season Titles (2014-18, 20) All-time in March .................106-77 titles 1990-93. All-time on Sunday ..................166-88 DePaul’s ranking in the 2014-15 • Under coach Doug Bruno, the Blue Demons have won 20 or WBCA Team Academic GPA Top 25 All-time on Monday ...............90-34 3 more in 24 seasons including the last 13 in a row and 17 of 18. All-time on Tuesday................81-50 Cumulative team GPA in 2019-20, No. From 2013-14 to 2019-20, DePaul is 192-53 for a .783 winning All-time on Wednesday ..........78-56 3.616 1 among BIG EAST WBB teams percentage All-time on Thursday ..............79-44 Sweet Sixteen Appearances -- 2006, • DePaul faces another tough schedule this season with games All-time on Friday .................193-81 2011, 2014, 2016 All-time on Saturday ..........216-109 4 against nationally ranked Texas A&M, Kentucky and Connecticut. All-time home ........................535-132 season opponents who made the • Bruno's team will play at its regular-season games at Wintrust McGrath-Phillips Arena ........245-44 4 2019 NCAA Tournament Arena while navigating around a global pandemic. Alumni Hall ...........................242-80 highest Associated Press ranking • The emphasis on strong guard play will be evident this season as Wintrust Arena .........................20-4 7 (Feb. 21, 2011) the Blue Demons have nine backcourt players on their roster. Allstate Arena ...........................28-5 All-time road ..........................306-275 number of teams to go to the last • Keke Rimmer (Proviso East), Kayla Caudle (Vernon Hills), Nadège All-time neutral floor .................76-60 5 17 NCAA Tournaments Jean (Rich South), Darrione Rogers (Lake Park West) and Kendall highest USA Today/ESPN Coaches Holmes (Benet) are Chicago-area products. YEAR-BY-YEAR AT 9 ranking (Jan. 16, 2006 & April 7, 2011) • The Blue Demons will be integrating four new players into the MCGRATH-PHILLIPS consecutive NCAA tournament program---two freshmen and two transfers. Year Rec. Pct. 17 appearances 2000-01 12-2 .857 Milestones: Church is just 154 points shy of the career mile- 2001-02 9-5 .643 200 or more 3-pointers in 19 of the 2002-03 13-0 1.000 19 last 21 seasons stone. After scoring 494 points last season, Lexi Held could make 2003-04 12-1 .923 Number of Blue Demons drafted by a run at the coveted 1K plateau after racking up 761 points in her 2004-05 14-0 1.000 2005-06 14-1 .933 15 the WNBA first two seasons. Fellow junior Sonya Morris scored 514 points last season and has 680 points in two years. 2006-07 10-2 .833 NCAA Tournament appearances 2007-08 9-6 .600 24 since 1990 2008-09 13-2 .866 17 Straight NCAA Appearances: DePaul is one of just five teams seasons with at least 20 or more 2009-10 12-2 .857 to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the last 17 seasons… 2010-11 17-0 1.000 victories including the last 12 28 joining DePaul on this distinguished list are Connecticut, Notre 2011-12 13-2 .866 2012-13 15-2 .888 average number of victories since Dame, Stanford and Tennessee… the 17-straight appearances is 2013-14 13-2 .857 a program record for consecutive NCAAs... DePaul earned four 27 2013-14 to 2018-19 2014-15 12-4 .750 consecutive NCAA berths from 1990-93 followed by a three-year 2015-16 14-5 .737 Season of Doug Bruno being the run from 1995-97. 2016-17 13-2 .867 35th head coach at DePaul 2017-18 8-2 .800 Number of DePaul players to score 2018-19 9-3 .750 Sweet 16: DePaul made the program’s fourth trip to the NCAA 2019-20 10-0 1.000 1,000 points in their career 39 Sweet 16 in 2016… DePaul has reached the Sweet 16 in 2016, Totals 245-44 .848 Doug Bruno’s win total with the 2014, 2011 and 2006.