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DEPAUL BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME INFORMATION 1,487 ALL-TIME VICTORIES // 54 NBA DRAFT PICKS // 23 20-WIN SEASONS // 22 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES // 19 ALL-AMERICANS GAME 16 // HOME GAME NINE Date: Saturday, Feb. 27 // Time: 11 a.m. Arena: Wintrust Arena // Location: Chicago, Ill. Television .......................................................................... FS1 Play-by-Play: Eric Collins // Analyst: Dickey Simpkins Radio ............................................................. WSCR (670 AM) DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Play-by-Play: Zach Zaidman // Analyst: Jeff Blanzy GEORGETOWN HOYAS Overall: 4-11 // BIG EAST: 2-11 Online Video ...............................................foxports.com/live Overall: 7-11 // BIG EAST: 5-8 AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: 164 // KenPom: 123 Online Audio ..DePaul All-Access (depaulbluedemons.com/live) AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: 97 // KenPom: 94 Last Game ................ L, 77-53 at #13/11 Creighton (Feb. 24) Live Stats .................................www.depaulbluedemons.com Last Game ........................L, 70-57 vs. Connecticut (Feb. 23) Next Game ........................................March 2 vs. Marquette Next Game ................................................ March 2 at Xavier LAST GAME STARTERS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NEED TO KNOW Romeo WEEMS u November 1 F // 6-7 // 215 // So. DePaul takes on Georgetown in a Saturday 28 Chicago State (FS2) .............................. canceled 2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman morning game at Wintrust Arena. The game is Team... 12 starts... 20p/6r vs. Valparai- the first of two straight to conclude the regular so... 21 pts (5 3FG) at Providence. December season schedule with a start time of 11 a.m. 1 Alcorn State (FS2) ................................ canceled PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 3 Northern lllinois (FS1) .......................postponed u BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle (Chicago, Ill.) 7.9 4.8 0.8 29.6 .389 Saturday the 44th all-time meeting between 6 at Iowa State (ESPNU)..........................canceled Ray SALNAVE the two programs. The Hoyas leads the series, 23 Western Illinois (ppd Nov. 25) (FS1) ..........W, 91-72 10 G // 6-3 // 205 // Sr. 32-11, and the home team has won the last 27 at Providence* (ppd Dec. 17) (FS1) ...L, 95-90 (2OT) Started eight games... 11p/3r four meetings while the last eight games have 30 at Connecticut* (CBSSN) ...................... L, 82-61 at St. John’s... 7p/7r at Seton Hall... alternated between the two sides. 21p/5r/4s vs. Creighton. January PPG RPG APG MPG FG% u DePaul and Georgetown were scheduled 5 #3/3 Villanova* (FS1) ........................postponed 5.7 3.1 1.4 22.7 .305 to play earlier this season in Washington, D.C. 9 Seton Hall* (FS1) .................................. L, 76-68 11 #25/-- Connecticut* (ppd Dec. 23) (FS1) .... L, 60-53 Charlie MOORE on Jan. 13 but the game was postponed under 13 at Georgetown* (FS1) .......................postponed 11 G // 5-11 // 180 // Sr. COVID-19 protocols. 16 Valparaiso (FS1) ................................... W, 77-58 27th all-time at DePaul in as- 19 Butler* (CBSSN) .................................... L, 67-53 sists... 24p/8a/6r at St. John’s... 21p/4a u Following the Georgetown game, the Blue vs. St. John’s... 21p/3r/3a at Marquette. 23 at Marquette* (FS1).............................W, 68-61 Demons host Marquette on Tuesday night in 27 St. John’s* (FS1) .................................... L, 81-68 PPG RPG APG MPG FG% the final game of the regular season. 30 #17/14 Creighton* (CBSSN) .................. L, 69-62 14.2 3.3 4.3 31.5 .401 u DePaul is playing its fourth season at February Darious HALL 3 Xavier* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 18, Feb. 3) ............postponed 13 F // 6-7 // 205 // Jr. Wintrust Arena in Chicago’s South Loop. The Started 11 times... 8p/7r/3s at 6 at Butler* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 21) .................... L, 68-58 award-winning facility features 10,387 seats in- Marquette... 7p/10r/4s vs. Valparaiso... 9 at Villanova* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 14, Feb. 9) ...postponed 10p/3r vs. Connecticut. cluding 22 suites and 479 premium club seats. 11 at Xavier* (FS1) (ppd Feb. 11) ................postponed The state-of-the-art facility hosted NBA All-Star 13 Providence* (FS1) ................................. L, 57-47 PPG RPG APG MPG FG% Weekend festivities in February 2020 and is 17 at Seton Hall* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 11) .............. L, 60-52 5.9 5.4 1.1 21.7 .384 the home of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. 20 at St. John’s* (FS1) (ppd Jan. 2) ................W, 88-83 24 at #13/11 Creighton* (CBSSN) .............. L, 77-53 Pauly PAULICAP F // 6-8 // 225 // Sr. u Head coach Dave Leitao is in his sixth 27 Georgetown* (FS1) ................................ 11 a.m. 33 Started 10 games... 15p/10r at season of his second stint at DePaul. He led Seton Hall... 16p/16r/2b vs. St. John’s... March 11p/9r vs. Valparaiso. the program from 2002-05 before returning in 2 Marquette* (FS1) ..................................... 8 p.m. March 2015. BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 10 First Round (FS1) ...........................................tba 7.1 6.1 0.1 21.2 .584 11 Quarterfinals (FS1)........................................tba 12 Semifinals (FS1) ............................................tba OFF THE BENCH 13 Final (FOX) ....................................................tba No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG MPG 0 Markese Jacobs G 5-11 185 So. Chicago, Ill. -- -- -- *BIG EAST Conference game | all times are Central | rankings = AP/Coaches | Non-FS1/FS2/ESPN TV: CBSSN = 3 Kobe Elvis G 6-2 170 Fr. Brampton, Ontario 5.4 1.7 21.3 CBS Sports Network 4 Javon Freeman-Liberty G 6-4 180 Jr. Chicago, Ill. 13.4 5.3 32.1 5 Keon Edwards F 6-7 185 Fr. Pasadena, Texas 2.3 0.7 7.2 DePaul Athletics Communications Sullivan Athletics Center 12 Jason Malonga G 6-4 195 Sr. Bolingbrook, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.2 2323 N. Sheffield Ave. 14 Nick Ongenda C 6-11 210 So. Mississauga, Ontario 5.9 4.1 19.4 Chicago, IL 60614 15 Oscar Lopez Jr. G 6-4 200 So. Cypress, Calif. 8.8 3.8 18.9 20 Brendan Favre G 6-5 170 Jr. Vevey, Switzerland 0.0 0.0 0.8 Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell 23 Courvoisier McCauley G 6-5 211 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 2.8 1.4 10.1 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (773) 325-7546 30 Max Williams G 6-2 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.8 www.depaulbluedemons.com 32 David Jones F 6-6 195 Fr. Santo Domingo, D.R. 5.6 2.8 15.2 twitter: @Greg_Greenwell 35 Pantelis Xidias G 5-10 165 Jr. Michigan City, Ind. -- -- -- GAME SIXTEEN VS. GEORGETOWN MEDIA INFORMATION Starters: DePaul returns to Wintrust Arena to conclude the regular season schedule with games against Georgetown and Marquette. The Hoyas visit on Saturday morning before the Golden Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell Office: (773) 325-7546 Eagles make the trip to Chicago on Tuesday night. E-mail: [email protected] Saturday’s game can be seen on FS1 starting at 11 a.m. with Eric Collins (play-by-play) and Twitter: @Greg_Greenwell Dickey Simpkins (analyst) handling the broadcast duties. The game can also be seen online at fox- sports.com/live. DePaul’s radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) and Jeff Blanzy (analyst) Interviews: All interviews with DePaul student-ath- can be heard on WSCR (670 AM) and online on DePaul All-Access at depaulbluedemons.com/ letes and coaches can be arranged through the live. In-game updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops and live stats are available at athletics communications office. Normally, DePaul depaulbluedemons.com. players and coaches will be available before practice the day before a game. Contact Greg Georgetown enters the game at 7-11 overall and 5-8 in the BIG EAST after a 70-57 loss against Greenwell for the latest practice schedule and Connecticut on Feb. 23. The Blue Demons are 4-11 overall and 2-11 in the BIG EAST following a media availability. 77-53 loss at No. 13/11 Creighton on Wednesday. BIG EAST Teleconference: The BIG EAST will hold Moore Named BIG EAST Player of the Week: Charlie Moore picked up his first Player of the teleconference with all 10 of the league’s coaches. Week honor this season after he led the Blue Demons to a win at St. John’s last Saturday. Moore Media representatives wishing to join the telecon- ference can contact the BIG EAST office for more earned weekly honor roll mention earlier this season and the honor is his first Player of the Week information. recognition. Moore set or matched season highs in points, rebounds and assists on Saturday night. He E-Mail Distribution: Basketball releases, game posted season highs of 24 points and six rebounds while matching high season high with eight notes and media advisories can be obtained via assists. The Chicago native went 6-for-6 at the free throw line including four makes in the final e-mail by requesting to be added to the distribu- 1:06. Overall he was 8-for-13 (.615) from the field including 2-for-3 (.667) from the behind the arc tion list. Include media outlet and phone number and added a steal in 32:21 off the bench. when requesting access to this media-only e-mail list. Contact Greg Greenwell with requests or He is the first DePaul player to be named Player of the Week since Max Strus was selected questions. three times during the 2018-19 season. Online: For the latest on DePaul basketball go to: Noting the Blue Demons:The men’s basketball program is 1,487-1,051 (.586) all-time... the Blue www.depaulbluedemons.com. For scoring updates Demons have knocked down at least one three-pointer in 853 straight games..