DE PAUL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2019-20 GAME NOTES 27, 20-WIN SEASONS | 24 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | .844 WINNING PERCENTAGE AT McGRATH-PHILLIPS ARENA 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS | 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2019-20 SCHEDULE GAME: 9 DePaul Blue Demons Date Opponent Time (CST) DATE: Dec. 11, 2019 AP: 16| Coaches Poll: 16 OCTOBER 2019-20 Overall Record: 7-1 TIME: 5:30 p.m. (CT) BIG EAST: 0-0 29 Saint Xavier (Exhibition)^ W, 124-60 NOVEMBER ROAD GAME: 4 Preseason WNIT ARENA: Purcell Pavilion 8 Miami (Ohio)^ W, 98-79 LOCATION: Notre Dame, Ind. 11 Drexel W, 81-57 TV: ACCN | LIVE VIDEO: ESPN3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish AP Poll: N/A| Coaches Poll: N/A 14 No. 7/6 Oregon State L, 98-77 LIVE AUDIO: DePaul All Access 2019-20 Overall Record: 5-6 Maggie Dixon Classic LIVE STATS: DePaulBlueDemons.com ACC: 0-0 22 Arkansas State W, 109-64 TWITTER: @depaulathletics 23 No. 16/17 Miami W, 89-83 HASHTAGS: #dpuwbb 26 Milwaukee^ W, 94-65 DECEMBER CHICAGO – It is one of those games you carefully DEPAUL/NOTRE DAME 1 at Northwestern (BTN+) W, 80-78 mark on your calendar because it is usually one SERIES INFORMATION 7 at Green Bay (ESPN3) W, 76-65 of the highlights of the nonconference season. Series: Notre Dame leads 26-19 at DePaul ........................................................... 11-10 11 at Notre Dame (ACCN) 5:30 p.m. No. 16/16 DePaul is set to renew its long-stand- Away .................................................................... 6-14 14 Alabama State^ 3:30 p.m. ing, traditional rivalry with Notre Dame at 5:30 Neutral................................................................... 2-2 16 No. 3/3 Connecticut^ (FS1) 7 p.m. p.m. Wednesday at Purcell Pavilion. The game is Streak ....................................................................L11 Last 10 meetings 20 at Loyola (ESPN3) 7 p.m. being televised on the ACC Network and is also 29 Marquette* (BEDN) 4 p.m. Date Location Outcome Score available on ESPN3. Feb. 5, 2012 A L 90-70 JANUARY Mar. 4, 2012 N* L 69-54 3 at Providence* (FS2) 5:30 p.m. These are two elite programs who have left Feb. 24, 2013 H L 84-56 5 at Creighton* (BEDN) 1 p.m. their imprint on the NCAA women’s basketball Nov. 26, 2013 A L 92-76 10 Seton Hall* (BEDN/NBCSC+) 7 p.m. landscape. Both are among just five teams Dec. 10, 2014 H L 94-93 12 St. John's (FS1) Noon (Connecticut, Stanford, Tennessee) that have Mar. 22, 2015 A** L 79-67 Dec. 9, 2015 A L 95-90 17 at Xavier* (BEDN) 6 p.m. advanced to the NCAA tournament the last 17 years. Dec. 10, 2016 H L 75-61 19 at Butler* (BEDN) 1 p.m. Dec. 17, 2017 A L 91-82 24 Villanova* (BEDN/NBCSC+) 7 p.m. Nov. 17, 2018 H L 101-77 Coach Doug Bruno and his Blue Demons come 26 Georgetown* (BEDN/NBCSC+) 2 p.m. *BIG EAST Tournament in Hartford, Conn. into the game with a 7-1 record including a big **NCAA Second Round in South Bend, Ind. 31 Creighton*^ (BEDN/NBCSC+) 7 p.m. win over then-No. 16/17 Miami. Those results FEBRUARY combined with their strength of schedule 2 Providence*^ (BEDN) 1 p.m. rewarded the program with the No. 7 ranking in 7 at St. John's* (BEDN) 6 p.m. TEAM COMPARISON the first NCAA RPI index released on Monday. DePaul Notre Dame 9 at Seton Hall* (BEDN) Noon 7-1 Overall Record 5-6 14 Butler* (BEDN/NBCSC) 7 p.m. Four of the top 10 RPI teams are on DePaul’s 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 16 Xavier* (BEDN/NBCSC) 2 p.m. schedule---No. 1 Oregon State, No. 3 Connecti- 86.8 Scoring Offense 65.1 21 at Georgetown* (BEDN) 6 p.m. cut, No. 9 Creighton and No. 10 Northwestern. 72.4 Scoring Defense 65.9 23 at Villanova* (BEDN) Noon The Blue Demons defeated Northwestern and 37.6 Rebounds/Game 35.4 37.1 Opp. Rebounds/Game 44.5 MARCH fell to Oregon State with UConn coming up on next week Monday and Creighton twice during .436 FG % .419 1 at Marquette* (FS2) 2 p.m. .476 Opp. FG % .370 the BIG EAST season. .323 3-pt. FG % .217 BIG EAST Tournament .362 Opp. 3-pt. FG % .275 Heading up the attack are three players aver- 11.6 3-pt. FG’s/Game 3.2 (Wintrust Arena) aging in double figures, Chante Stonewall (17.4 5.9 Opp. 3-pt. FG’s/Game 7.5 6 First Round (BEDN) TBA points), Sonya Morris (16.5) and Lexi Held (14). .783 FT % .642 7 Quarterfinals (FS2) 12/2:30 Senior point guard and the glue of this team 22.4 Assists/Game 12.8 6/8:30 p.m. Kelly Campbell is scoring nearly eight points a 12.6 Steals/Game 8.5 8 Semifinals (FS1) 3/5:30 p.m. game while leading DePaul in rebounding (7.4 2.4 Blocked Shots/Game 3.6 9 Final (FS1) 7 p.m. per game) and assists (6.4 a game). 14.3 Turnovers/Game 16.5 1.6 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.8 *BIG EAST Conference game | ^at Wintrust Arena Dee Bekelja, Jolene Daninger and Keke Rimmer PLAYER COMPARISON Home games McGrath-Phillips Arena | Wintrust Arena have been making timely contributions even as DePaul Notre Dame the team was further encouraged by the return Stonewall (17.4) Scorer Gilbert (14.9) of 6-foot, 2-inch Kiara Dallmann in last Satur- Stonewall (.476) FG % Peoples (.480) day’s 76-65 victory at Green Bay. Morris (20-57) 3-pt FG Brunelle (12-59) Campbell|Daninger(.412) 3-pt % Gilbert (.294) Dallmann had been sidelined by an injury forcing Campbell (.929) FT % Snizek (.815) her to miss the first seven games. Her length, in- Campbell (7.4) Rebs PG Peoples (7.6) Campbell (6.4) Assists PG Snizek (5.3) side presence and shot-blocking capability helps Stonewall (30) Steals Gilbert (21) to balance a guard-oriented attack. Stonewall (6) Blocks Brunelle (13) GAME 9: NOTRE DAME DEPAUL STORY LINES CHECK THE RECORD DEPAUL BY THE NUMBERS • DePaul competed in the NCAA tournament for the 17th year in All-time ..................................895-466 BIG EAST Conference Tournament a row after winning its fourth BIG EAST Tournament crown in the All-time in November ..............111-35 4 Titles (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019) last six years. All-time in December .........190-101 BIG EAST Conference Regular • The women's program is shooting for its first conference All-time in January .............248-142 Season Titles (2014-18) threepeat since winning a North Star title and back-to-back Great All-time in February ...........243-111 5 All-time in March .................103-77 DePaul’s ranking in the 2014-15 Midwest titles 1990-93. All-time on Sunday ..................157-87 3 WBCA Team Academic GPA Top 25 • Under coach Doug Bruno, the Blue Demons have won 20 or All-time on Monday ...............89-33 Cumulative team GPA in 2018-19, No. more in 23 seasons including the last 12 in a row and 16 of 17. All-time on Tuesday................81-50 3.561 17 in WBCA Academic Top 25 From 2013-14 to 2019-20, DePaul is 164-48 for a .772 winning All-time on Wednesday ..........77-56 All-time on Thursday ..............79-44 Sweet Sixteen Appearances -- 2006, percentage All-time on Friday .................185-80 2011, 2014, 2016 • DePaul faces another tough schedule this season with games 4 All-time on Saturday ..........214-109 season opponents who made the against 2019 NCAA Final Four powers Notre Dame and Connecti- All-time home ........................523-131 4 2019 NCAA Tournament cut, NCAA second-rounder Miami and Sweet 16 Oregon State. McGrath-Phillips Arena ........238-44 highest Associated Press ranking • Bruno's team plays six regular-season games at Wintrust Arena Alumni Hall ...........................242-80 Wintrust Arena .........................15-2 (Feb. 21, 2011) including the Preseason WNIT opener Nov. 8 against Miami (Ohio) 7 Allstate Arena ...........................28-5 number of teams to go to the last and a marquee matchup vs. Connecticut on Dec. 16. • In addition, DePaul is hosting the 2019 BIG EAST women's All-time road ..........................297-274 17 NCAA Tournaments All-time neutral floor .................76-60 5 tournament March 6-9 at Wintrust Arena in the final year of a highest USA Today/ESPN Coaches three-year contract. ranking (Jan. 16, 2006 & April 7, 2011) YEAR-BY-YEAR AT 9 • The emphasis on strong guard play will be evident this season consecutive NCAA tournament MCGRATH-PHILLIPS as the Blue Demons have nine backcourt players on their roster. Year Rec. Pct. appearances 17 • Keke Rimmer (Proviso East), Kayla Caudle (Vernon Hills) and 2000-01 12-2 .857 200 or more 3-pointers in 18 of the Nadège Jean (Rich South) are Chicago-area products. 2001-02 9-5 .643 18 last 20 seasons 2002-03 13-0 1.000 • The Blue Demons will be integrating seven new players (two 2003-04 12-1 .923 Number of Blue Demons drafted by transfers, four incoming freshmen, one redshirt freshman) with 2004-05 14-0 1.000 15 the WNBA seven returnees. 2005-06 14-1 .933 NCAA Tournament appearances 2006-07 10-2 .833 since 1990 2007-08 9-6 .600 24 Milestones: Kelly Campbell needs 83 points to reach the 2008-09 13-2 .866 seasons with at least 20 or more 1,000-point plateau for her career..