DEPAUL BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME INFORMATION 1,484 ALL-TIME VICTORIES // 54 NBA DRAFT PICKS // 23 20-WIN SEASONS // 22 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES // 19 ALL-AMERICANS GAME FOUR // HOME GAME TWO Date: Saturday, Jan. 9 // Time: 1 p.m. Location: Chicago, Ill. // Arena: Wintrust Arena Television .......................................................................... FS1 Play-by-Play: Jeff Levering //Analyst: Tim Miles Radio ............................................................. WIND (560 AM) DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Play-by-Play: Zach Zaidman // Analyst: Dave Corzine SETON HALL PIRATES Overall: 1-2 // BIG EAST: 0-2 Online Video/Audio .................FOX Sports/DePaul All-Access Overall: 8-5 // BIG EAST: 5-2 AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: 145 // KenPom: 93 Live Stats .................................www.depaulbluedemons.com AP Poll: RV // Coaches Poll: RV // NET: 56 // KenPom: 49 Last Game .........................L, 82-61 at Connecticut (Dec. 30) Last Game .......................L, 89-53 at #7/5 Creighton (Jan. 6) Next Game ........................................Jan. 11 vs. Connecticut Next Game ................................................. Jan. 16 vs. Xavier LAST GAME STARTERS NEED TO KNOW 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Romeo WEEMS November 1 F // 6-7 // 215 // So. u DePaul opens a two-game homestand with 28 Chicago State (FS2) .............................. canceled 2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman a Saturday afternoon game against Seton Hall. Team... career highs of 21 pts & 5 3s at Providence. The Blue Demons host Connecticut on Monday December to conclude the quick stretch at Wintrust 1 Alcorn State (FS2) ................................ canceled PPG RPG APG MPG FG% Arena before traveling to Georgetown for a 3 Northern lllinois (FS1) .......................postponed 13.5 4.0 1.5 34.1 .611 Wednesday night matchup. BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle (Chicago, Ill.) 6 at Iowa State (ESPNU)..........................canceled Javon FREEMAN-LIBERTY 23 Western Illinois (ppd Nov. 25) (FS1) ..........W, 91-72 4 G // 6-4 // 180 // Jr. u Saturday is the 27th all-time meeting 13p/5a/4r at Providence... 27 at Providence* (ppd Dec. 17) (FS1) ...L, 95-90 (2OT) between the two programs and the first this 19p/8r/6a/3s vs. Western Illinois... 30 at Connecticut* (CBSSN) ...................... L, 82-61 transfer from Valparaiso. season. Seton Hall holds an 18-8 advantage in the series including two wins last season. January PPG RPG APG MPG FG% The 2018-19 campaign saw DePaul sweep the 2 at St. John’s* (FS1) ............................postponed 13.7 5.7 4.0 35.4 .415 season series. 5 #3/3 Villanova* (FS1) ........................postponed 9 Seton Hall* (FS1) ..................................... 1 p.m. Ray SALNAVE G // 6-3 // 205 // Sr. u 11 Connecticut* (ppd Dec. 23) (FS1) .................. 5 p.m. 10 DePaul opened the season on Dec. 23 with Graduate transfer from Mon- a 91-72 win over Western Illinois at Wintrust 13 at Georgetown* (FS1) .........................7:30 p.m. mouth... 6r/4p/3a vs. Western Illinois. 19 Butler* (CBSSN) ............................................tba Arena. Five players scored in double figures 23 at Marquette* (FOX/FS1) ..............................tba while the team shot .590 (36-61) from the 27 St. John’s* (FS1) ............................................tba PPG RPG APG MPG FG% field and .500 (10-20) from three-point range. 30 Creighton* (CBSSN) ......................................tba 2.0 3.7 2.0 19.0 .143 The start of the season was delayed due to Charlie MOORE COVID-19 protocols. February 11 G // 5-11 // 180 // Sr. 3 Xavier* (ppd Dec. 18) .........................................tba Preseason first team All-BIG u DePaul is playing its fourth season at 6 at Butler* (ppd Dec. 21) .....................................tba EAST... 19p/8r/5a at Providence... 9 at Villanova* (ppd Dec. 14) ................................tba 22p/4r/4a/2s vs. Western Illinois. Wintrust Arena in Chicago’s South Loop. The 11 at Xavier* (FS1) .............................................tba award-winning facility features 10,387 seats in- PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 13 Providence* (FOX/FS1) .................................tba cluding 22 suites and 479 premium club seats. 17 at Seton Hall* (ppd Dec. 11) ...............................tba 16.3 3.7 5.3 37.0 .404 The state-of-the-art facility hosted NBA All-Star 24 at Creighton* (CBSSN) ..................................tba Nick ONGENDA Weekend festivities in February 2020 and is 27 Georgetown* (FOX/FS1) ...............................tba 14 C // 6-11 // 210 // So. the home of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. Career highs of 13 p/8r at March Connecticut... 12p/8 blocks vs. Western 2 Marquette* (FS1) ..........................................tba Illinois. u Head coach Dave Leitao is in his sixth season of his second stint at DePaul. He led BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 10 First Round (FS1) ...........................................tba the program from 2002-05 before returning in 11 Quarterfinals (FS1)........................................tba 9.3 5.3 0.0 22.7 .667 March 2015. 12 Semifinals (FS1) ............................................tba 13 Final (FOX) ....................................................tba OFF THE BENCH No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG MPG *BIG EAST Conference game | all times are Central | rankings = AP/Coaches | Non-FS1/FS2/ESPN TV: CBSSN = 0 Markese Jacobs G 5-11 185 So. Chicago, Ill. -- -- -- CBS Sports Network 2 Jaylen Butz F 6-9 224 Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind. -- -- -- 3 Kobe Elvis G 6-2 170 Fr. Brampton, Ont. 9.0 1.0 23.4 DePaul Athletics Communications 5 Keon Edwards F 6-7 185 Fr. Pasadena, Texas -- -- -- Sullivan Athletics Center 2323 N. Sheffield Ave. 12 Jason Malonga G 6-4 195 Sr. Bolingbrook, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.2 Chicago, IL 60614 13 Darious Hall F 6-7 205 Jr. Little Rock, Ark. 10.0 8.0 21.5 15 Oscar Lopez Jr. G 6-4 200 So. Cypress, Calif. 10.0 4.0 19.5 Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell 20 Brendan Favre G 6-5 170 Jr. Vevey, Switzerland 0.0 0.0 0.2 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (773) 325-7546 23 Courvoisier McCauley G 6-5 211 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 2.3 1.3 9.3 www.depaulbluedemons.com 30 Max Williams G 6-2 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.2 twitter: @Greg_Greenwell 33 Pauly Paulicap F 6-8 225 Sr. Elmont, N.Y. 5.7 4.0 19.4 35 Pantelis Xidias G 5-10 165 Jr. Michigan City, Ind. -- -- -- GAME FOUR VS. SETON HALL MEDIA INFORMATION Starters: DePaul opens a busy stretch in the schedule of three games in five days with a Satur- day afternoon game against Seton Hall. The Blue Demons were originally scheduled to open the Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell Office: (773) 325-7546 week with a Tuesday night game against No. 3/3 Villanova before COVID-19 related issues in the E-mail: [email protected] Wildcats’ program postponed the matchup. Following Saturday’s game, the Blue Demons host Twitter: @Greg_Greenwell Connecticut on Monday evening before traveling to Georgetown for a Wednesday night game. Saturday’s game can be seen on FS1 starting at 1 p.m. with Jeff Levering (play-by-play) and Interviews: All interviews with DePaul student-ath- Tim Miles (analyst) handling the broadcast duties. The game can also be seen online at foxsports. letes and coaches can be arranged through the com/live and via the FOX Sports app. DePaul’s radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) athletics communications office. Normally, DePaul and Dave Corzine (analyst) can be heard on WIND (560 AM) and online on DePaul All-Access at players and coaches will be available before practice the day before a game. Contact Greg depaulbluedemons.com/live. In-game updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops and Greenwell for the latest practice schedule and live stats are available at depaulbluedemons.com. media availability. Seton Hall enters the game at 8-5 overall and 5-2 in the BIG EAST after an 89-53 loss at No. 7/5 Creighton on Wednesday. The Blue Demons are 1-2 overall and 0-2 in the BIG EAST following an BIG EAST Teleconference: The BIG EAST will hold 82-61 loss at Connecticut on Dec. 30. teleconference with all 10 of the league’s coaches. Media representatives wishing to join the telecon- ference can contact the BIG EAST office for more Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul’s 82-61 loss at Connecticut on Dec. 30: information. u The loss drops DePaul’s record to 1-2 and 0-2 in the BIG EAST... Connecticut is now 4-1 and 1-1 in league play. E-Mail Distribution: Basketball releases, game u DePaul entered Wednesday night making 10 three-pointers in each of its first two games... the notes and media advisories can be obtained via Blue Demons shot just .235 (4-17) from the behind the arc. e-mail by requesting to be added to the distribu- u Darious Hall recorded his 11th career game in double figures... fourth game of at least 10 tion list. Include media outlet and phone number points at DePaul... the 14 points match his career high set twice while at Arkansas. when requesting access to this media-only e-mail u list. Contact Greg Greenwell with requests or Nick Ongenda scored a career high 13 points and grabbed a career high eight rebounds... it also questions. marked his third career game in double figures and second in three games this season. u The game was the 12th all-time between programs... Connecticut holds a 11-1 lead in the Online: For the latest on DePaul basketball go to: series... the two teams are scheduled to meet again on Jan. 11 at Wintrust Arena. www.depaulbluedemons.com. For scoring updates and in-game notes: www.twitter.com/Greg_Green- Noting the Blue Demons:The men’s basketball program is 1,484-1,042 (.588) all-time... the Blue well. For BIG EAST information: www.bigeast.org Demons have knocked down at least one three-pointer in 841 straight games..