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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: 2 DePaul Blue Demons Date Opponent Time (CST) DATE: Nov. 30, 2020 AP: 19| Coaches Poll: 19 NOVEMBER 2020-21 Overall Record: 0-1 TIME: 2:00 p.m. (CT) BIG EAST: 0-0 28 No. 13/14 Texas A&M L, 93-91 HOME GAME: 2 30 Chicago State 2 p.m. ARENA: Wintrust Arena LOCATION: Chicago, Ill. DECEMBER LIVE VIDEO: DePaul All-Access Chicago State Cougars 4 at Villanova* (BEDN) 6 p.m. AP Poll: N/A| Coaches Poll: N/A LIVE STATS: DePaulBlueDemons.com 2020-21 Overall Record: 0-1 6 Xavier* (BEDN) 3 p.m. TWITTER: @depaulathletics WAC: 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 – Maintaining a playoff-level intensity DEPAUL/CHICAGO STATE and focus during the regular season is usually an SERIES INFORMATION 22 at Creighton* (FS1) TBA iffy proposition as No. 19/19 DePaul will discov- Series: DePaul leads series 11-3 er on Monday. Home ..................................................................... 7-1 (Remainder of Schedule TBA) Away ...................................................................... 4-2 After raising its game to an elite level in Satur- Neutral................................................................... 0-0 *BIG EAST Conference game day’s down-to-the-wire 93-91 loss to No. 13/14 Streak ..................................................................W11 Home games at Wintrust Arena Last 10 meetings Texas A&M, the Blue Demons return to Wintrust Date Location Outcome Score Arena some 40 hours later to face Chicago State Dec. 14, 1978 H W 101-23 (0-1). Jan. 13, 1986 H W 72-39 Jan. 16, 1987 H W 74-55 Looking to carve its first notch into the W col- Jan. 29, 1990 H* W 89-47 umn, coach Doug Bruno’s program will be led by Dec. 20, 1991 A W 74-51 DePaul 2020-21 Accolades the explosive backcourt foursome of Dee Bekel- Dec. 6, 1999 A W 87-39 ja, Deja Church, Sonya Morris and Lexi Held. Dec. 30, 2006 A W 77-71 Team Dec. 12, 2007 H W 91-59 No. 2 in BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll Dec. 7, 2014 A W 87-34 Whether scoring on the run via the “DePaulBall” No. 19 in Associated Press Top 25 Nov. 24, 2015 H W 88-42 style of play or spotting up behind the arc, this *Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Ill. No. 19 in USA Today/Coaches Poll dynamic combination accounted for an amazing No. 19 in ESPN Preseason Top 25 86 of the team’s 91 points. That comes to nearly No. 21 in Lindy's Magazine Preseason Poll 95 percent of the offensive output. No. 24 in CBS Preseason Top 25 TEAM COMPARISON In other words, Dee, Deja, Sonya and Lexi DePaul Chicago State outscored most of the teams in the country on 0-1 Overall Record 0-1 Individual Saturday. 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team 91 Scoring Offense 57 Lexi Held No doubt the Blue Demons would do well to 93 Scoring Defense 70 Sonya Morris keep the ball in their capable hands going for- 27 Rebounds/Game 31 ward while actively escalating additional scoring 44 Opp. Rebounds/Game 36 options. .440 FG % .397 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List .611 Opp. FG % .462 Sonya Morris .273 3-pt. FG % .267 There will be games when one of the fearless 1.000 Opp. 3-pt. FG % .375 foursome doesn’t rack up double figures, and 9 3-pt. FG’s/Game 4 Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List that’s when Bruno will look to Jolene Daninger, 3 Opp. 3-pt. FG’s/Game 6 Lexi Held Maya Stovall and quick-study freshmen Darrione .640 FT % .778 Rogers and Kendall Holmes to make up the 17 Assists/Game 14 difference. 14 Steals/Game 6 1 Blocked Shots/Game 2 That could very well happen on Monday against 11 Turnovers/Game 16 1.5 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.9 a Chicago State team that lost to Loyola 70-57 on Saturday. PLAYER COMPARISON DePaul Chicago State An interesting sidelight to DePaul’s season open- Bekelja (24) Scorer Thorman-McKey (19) er and a tribute to the university’s Vincentian Bekelja (.667) FG % Thorman-McKey (.563) mission and “Take Care, DePaul” initiative is that Bekelja (4-7) 3-pt FG Segues (2-3) the Blue Demons wore facemasks while racing Church (.667) 3-pt % Segues (.667) 94 feet up and down the Wintrust Arena court. Church (.714) FT % Britter (1.000) It was a full-court press with faces covered. AP Rogers (6) Rebs PG Haklicka (7) Three tied with 4 Assists PG Haklicka/Segues (4) national writer Doug Feinberg said DePaul is one Church (4) Steals Haklicka (3) of the few teams in the country to wear masks Church (1) Blocks Haklicka/Segues (1) during games. GAME 2: CHICAGO STATE DEPAUL STORY LINES CHECK THE RECORD DEPAUL BY THE NUMBERS • DePaul earned an automatic berth in the 2020 NCAA tourna- All-time ..................................916-471 BIG EAST Conference Tournament ment for after winning its fifth BIG EAST Tournament crown in the All-time in November ..............111-37 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 ..........216-110 4 against nationally ranked Texas A&M, Louisville, Kentucky and All-time home ........................535-133 season opponents who made the Connecticut. McGrath-Phillips Arena ........245-44 5 2019 NCAA Tournament • Bruno's team will play at its regular-season games at Wintrust Alumni Hall ...........................242-80 highest Associated Press ranking Arena while navigating around a global pandemic. Wintrust Arena .........................20-5 7 (Feb. 21, 2011) • The emphasis on strong guard play will be evident this season as Allstate Arena ...........................28-5 All-time road ..........................306-275 number of teams to go to the last the Blue Demons have nine backcourt players on their roster. All-time neutral floor .................76-60 5 17 NCAA Tournaments • Keke Rimmer (Proviso East), Kayla Caudle (Vernon Hills), highest USA Today/ESPN Coaches Nadège Jean (Rich South), Darrione Rogers (Lake Park West) and YEAR-BY-YEAR AT 9 ranking (Jan. 16, 2006 & April 7, 2011) Kendall Holmes (Benet) are Chicago-area products. MCGRATH-PHILLIPS consecutive NCAA tournament • The Blue Demons will be integrating four new players into the Year Rec. Pct. appearances program---two freshmen and two transfers. 2000-01 12-2 .857 17 2001-02 9-5 .643 200 or more 3-pointers in 19 of the 2002-03 13-0 1.000 19 last 21 seasons Milestones: Church is just 131 points shy of the career mile- 2003-04 12-1 .923 Number of Blue Demons drafted by stone. After scoring 494 points last season, Lexi Held could make 2004-05 14-0 1.000 2005-06 14-1 .933 15 the WNBA a run at the coveted 1K plateau and needs 222 this season while fellow junior Sonya Morris needs 298. 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.