DE PAUL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 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: 16 DePaul Blue Demons Date Opponent Time (CST) DATE: Feb. 15, 2021 AP: 22| Coaches Poll: 22 NOVEMBER 2020-21 Overall Record: 11-4 TIME: 6:00 p.m. (CT) BIG EAST: 8-2 28 No. 10/10 Texas A&M L, 93-91 HOME GAME: 9 30 Chicago State W, 128-66 ARENA: Wintrust Arena LOCATION: Chicago, Ill. DECEMBER TV: FS1 Seton Hall Pirates 4 vs. No. 2/2Louisville** (ESPN) AP Poll: N/A| Coaches Poll: N/A LIVE STATS: DePaulBlueDemons.com 2020-21 Overall Record: 9-5 L, 116-75 TWITTER: @depaulathletics BIG EAST: 7-4 6 Xavier* (BEDN) Ppd. HASHTAGS: #depaulball 13 Loyola W, 76-67 16 No. 9/9 Kentucky W, 86-82 19 Georgetown* (BEDN) W, 72-54 CHICAGO – Despite the degree of difficulty DEPAUL/SETON HALL trying to secure wins on the road, No. 22/22 De- SERIES INFORMATION 22 at Creighton* (FS1) W, 90-81 Paul just completed a four-game sweep playing Series: DePaul leads series 21-4 29 at 4/5 Connecticut*(SNY) L,75-52 away from Wintrust Arena. Home ................................................................... 10-3 JANUARY Away ...................................................................... 9-1 Neutral................................................................... 2-0 3 at Marquette* (FS1) Ppd. As a reward, the 11-4 Blue Demons now play their next four BIG EAST games in the South Streak ....................................................................W4 4 Villanova (BEDN) W, 94-82 Last 10 meetings Loop beginning Monday night against an explo- 7 at Butler* (BEDN) Ppd. Date Location Outcome Score sive Seton Hall team. Tipoff is 6 p.m. in front of a Feb. 5, 2017 H W 86-60 10 Creighton* (CBSSN) Ppd. national TV audience on FS1. Mar. 5, 2017 N* W 92-60 13 St. John's* (FS1) W, 101-84 Dec. 28, 2017 H W 89-66 16 at Georgetown* (BEDN) W, 78-54 Coach Doug Bruno’s program improved its con- Feb. 25, 2018 A W 72-68 Mar. 4, 2018 H** W 78-52 20 at Villanova* (BEDN) Ppd. ference record to 6-2 after bringing home W’s at Georgetown, Butler, Marquette and St. John’s. Jan. 20, 2019 H L 84-73 21 at Butler (BEDN) W, 80-66 That improved DePaul’s road record to 5-1. Feb. 15, 2019 A W 94-85 23 Providence* (BEDN) Ppd. Jan. 10, 2020 H W 85-68 Feb. 9, 2020 A W 86-76 25 at Xavier* (BEDN) Ppd. The pressure was on in Milwaukee and Queens. Mar. 8, 2020 H** W 83-80 31 Connecticut* (FOX) L, 100-67 Bruno & Co. had to maintain their composure *BIG EAST Tournament (Milwaukee, Wis.) FEBRUARY in crunch time, even falling behind in the fourth **BIG EAST Tournament (Chicago, Ill.) quarter against Marquette. 4 at Seton Hall* (BEDN) Ppd. 7 at Marquette (FS1) W, 87-82 The difference-maker in both games was finish- TEAM COMPARISON 10 at St. John's* (FS2) W, 81-73 ing strong with clutch baskets and free throws. DePaul Seton Hall 12 at Villanova (BEDN) Ppd. DePaul’s only setback on the road this season 11-4 Overall Record 10-4 came at No. 2/1 Connecticut. 8-2 Conference Record 8-3 15 Seton Hall* (FS1) 6 p.m. 83.9 Scoring Offense 77 17 Xavier* (BEDN) 4 p.m. Whatever home-court advantage playing in the 78.3 Scoring Defense 67.5 20 Creighton (FS1) 1 p.m. South Loop affords will come in handy against a 36.6 Rebounds/Game 36.9 41.5 Opp. Rebounds/Game 38 24 Marquette* (BEDN) 4 p.m. Seton Hall team (9-5, 7-4) looking for retribution .432 FG % .435 27 at Providence* (BEDN) Noon after being upset 77-76 by Creighton Saturday in .482 Opp. FG % .427 MARCH South Orange, N.J .326 3-pt. FG % .346 .332 Opp. 3-pt. FG % .270 1 Butler* (BEDN) 4 p.m. The Blue Demons enter Monday night’s game 8.9 3-pt. FG’s/Game 8.4 leading the BIG EAST in nine categories including 5.7 Opp. 3-pt. FG’s/Game 5.6 *BIG EAST Conference game scoring (nearly 84 points a game), three-point- .749 FT % .765 **Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn. ers, free throws, steals, turnovers forced and 17.3 Assists/Game 15 Home games at Wintrust Arena turnover margin. 11.5 Steals/Game 9.9 2.2 Blocked Shots/Game 3.4 15.1 Turnovers/Game 14.4 Sonya Morris heads up the explosive attack aver- 1.1 Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.0 aging 18.8 points a game. Four other guards are averaging in double figures---Lexi Held at 15.5 PLAYER COMPARISON points, Dee Bekelja (13.7), Deja Church (13.5) DePaul St. John's and Darrione Rogers (10.1). Morris (18.6) Scorer Espinoza-Hunter(19.1) Allen (.508) FG % Elmore (.509) Jorie Allen is averaging nearly nine points a Morris (31-78) 3-pt Espinoza-Hunter (34-83) game while taking on the lion’s share of the Morris (.397) 3-pt % Jackson (.453) Morris (.882) FT % Park-Lane (.833) physical, blue-collar work inside and using her Church (5.6) Rebs PG Elmore (8.3) 6-foot, 1-inch frame to neutralize the oppo- Held (3.7) Assists PG Park-Lane (5.4) nent’s best forward. Held (39) Steals Elmore (24) Church (11) Blocks Allesch (14) GAME 16: SETON HALL DEPAUL STORY LINES CHECK THE RECORD DEPAUL BY THE NUMBERS • DePaul earned an automatic berth in the 2020 NCAA tourna- All-time ..................................927-474 BIG EAST Conference Tournament ment for after winning its fifth BIG EAST Tournament crown in the All-time in November ..............112-37 5 Titles (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, last seven years. They have earned a bid 18 years in a row. All-time in December .........197-104 2020) • The women's program claimed its first conference three-peat All-time in January .............260-144 BIG EAST Conference Regular title since winning a North Star title and back-to-back Great Mid- All-time in February ...........251-112 6 Season Titles (2014-18, 20) All-time in March .................106-77 west titles 1990-93. All-time on Sunday ..................167-89 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 ...............92-34 3 more in 24 seasons including the last 13 in a row and 17 of 18. All-time on Tuesday................82-51 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 ..........81-56 3.616 1 among BIG EAST WBB teams percentage All-time on Thursday ..............80-44 Sweet Sixteen Appearances -- 2006, • DePaul faces another tough schedule this season with games All-time on Friday .................193-82 2011, 2014, 2016 All-time on Saturday ..........218-110 4 against nationally ranked Texas A&M, Louisville, Kentucky and All-time home ........................540-133 season opponents who made the Connecticut twice. McGrath-Phillips Arena ........245-44 5 2019 NCAA Tournament • Bruno's team will play regular-season games at Wintrust Arena Alumni Hall ...........................242-80 highest Associated Press ranking while navigating around a global pandemic. Wintrust Arena .........................26-6 7 (Feb. 21, 2011) • The emphasis on strong guard play will be evident this season as Allstate Arena ...........................28-5 All-time road ..........................311-276 Teams including DePaul to compete the Blue Demons have eight backcourt players on their roster. All-time neutral floor .................76-61 5 in last 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 scored her 1,000th career point (including 2003-04 12-1 .923 Number of Blue Demons drafted by two years at Michigan) on Jan. 21 at Butler... after scoring 494 2004-05 14-0 1.000 2005-06 14-1 .933 15 the WNBA points last season, Lexi Held is closing in on the coveted 1K plateau and needs seven more while fellow junior Sonya Morris 2006-07 10-2 .833 NCAA Tournament appearances 2007-08 9-6 .600 since 1990 needs 38. Bruno became the school's winningest basketball 2008-09 13-2 .866 24 coach after beating No. 9 Kentucky for No. 725. The legendary seasons with at least 20 or more 2009-10 12-2 .857 Ray Meyer finished with 724. 2010-11 17-0 1.000 28 victories including the last 12 2011-12 13-2 .866 2012-13 15-2 .888 average number of victories since 17 Straight NCAA Appearances: DePaul is one of just five teams 2013-14 13-2 .857 to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the last 17 seasons… 27 2013-14 to 2019-20 2014-15 12-4 .750 the tournament was canceled last season..