DEPAUL BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME INFORMATION 1,483 ALL-TIME VICTORIES // 54 NBA DRAFT PICKS // 23 20-WIN SEASONS // 22 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES // 19 ALL-AMERICANS GAME ONE // ROAD GAME ONE Date: Sunday, Dec. 6 // Time: 5 p.m. Location: Ames, Iowa // Arena: Hilton Coliseum Television ..................................................................... ESPNU Play-by-Play: Mark Neely // Analyst: Kevin Lehman Radio ............................................................ WYLL (1160 AM) DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Play-by-Play: Zach Zaidman // Analyst: Dave Corzine IOWA STATE CYCLONES Overall: 0-0 // BIG EAST: 0-0 Online Video/Audio ...............Watch ESPN/DePaul All-Access Overall: 1-1 // BIG 12: 0-0 AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: -- Live Stats .................................www.depaulbluedemons.com AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: -- Last Game ............................ W, 71-67 vs. Xavier (March 11) Last Game .............. L, 71-68 vs. South Dakota State (Dec. 2) Next Game ...........................................Dec. 11 at Seton Hall Next Game ........................................... Dec. 11 at #3/6 Iowa 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS POTENTIAL STARTERS (2019-20 STATS) NEED TO KNOW November Romeo WEEMS u DePaul opens the 2020-21 season at Iowa 25 Western Illinois (FS2) ...........................canceled 1 F // 6-7 // 215 // So. State for the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle. Sunday’s 28 Central Michigan (FS2).........................canceled 2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team... 2x BIG EAST Freshman of the game is just the second meeting between the Week... 32 starts... 12 dbl-fig games. programs and the first matchup in Ames. December 1 Alcorn State (FS2) ................................ canceled PPG RPG APG MPG FG% u The start of the season for the Blue Demons 4 Northern lllinois (FS1) .......................postponed 8.0 4.9 1.7 30.1 .427 BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle (Chicago, Ill.) was delayed following a pause in activities 6 at Iowa State (ESPNU).............................. 5 p.m. Javon FREEMAN-LIBERTY announced on Nov. 19. The pause canceled 11 at Seton Hall* (CBSSN) .......................3:30 p.m. 4 G // 6-4 // 180 // Jr. the first three games of the regular season and Transfer from Valparaiso... career 14 at Villanova* (FS1) ................................... 6 p.m. avgs: 15.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 3.2 apg w/134 the fourth game against Northern Illinois was 18 Xavier* (FS1) ............................................ 1 p.m. steals in 66 games. postponed. 23 Connecticut* (FS1) .................................. 8 p.m. PPG RPG APG MPG FG% u DePaul is 84-13 all-time in the first game of January 19.0 6.1 3.2 33.3 .436 tba the season with wins in 12 of the last 13 open- Ray SALNAVE ers. Sunday is the latest start to a season since 10 G // 6-3 // 205 // Sr. February Graduate transfer from Mon- Dec. 5, 1979 against Wisconsin in Dick Vitale’s tba mouth... career avgs: 12.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg, first ESPN broadcast. 2.6 apg in 95 games. March PPG RPG APG MPG FG% u The Blue Demons won their BIG EAST-Big tba 12 Battle matchup a season ago with a 65-60 12.1 4.0 2.6 28.2 .396 *BIG EAST Conference game | all times are Central | overtime win against Texas Tech. DePaul is 32- rankings = AP/Coaches Charlie MOORE 39 all-time against the current Big 12 lineup. 11 G // 5-11 // 180 // Sr. Preseason first team All-BIG Non-FS1/FS2/ESPN TV: CBSSN = CBS Sports Network EAST... led league in ‘19-20 with 6.1 u DePaul is playing its fourth season at apg. Wintrust Arena in Chicago’s South Loop. The PPG RPG APG MPG FG% award-winning facility features 10,387 seats in- cluding 22 suites and 479 premium club seats. 15.5 3.3 6.1 35.5 .376 The state-of-the-art facility hosted NBA All-Star Pauly PAULICAP Weekend festivities in February 2020 and is 33 F // 6-8 // 225 // Sr. Graduate transfer from Man- the home of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. hattan... career avgs: 9.9 ppg, 6.4 rpg w/148 blocked shots in 72 games. u Head coach Dave Leitao is in his sixth PPG RPG APG MPG FG% season of his second stint at DePaul. He led 10.4 6.6 0.2 20.4 .494 the program from 2002-05 before returning in March 2015. OFF THE BENCH (2019-20 STATS) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG MPG DePaul Athletics Communications 0 Markese Jacobs G 5-11 185 So. Chicago, Ill. 3.2 0.3 9.3 Sullivan Athletics Center 2 Jaylen Butz F 6-9 224 Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind. 10.1 5.4 27.3 2323 N. Sheffield Ave. 3 Kobe Elvis G 6-2 170 Fr. Brampton, Ont. -- -- -- Chicago, IL 60614 P: (773) 325-7546 12 Jason Malonga G 6-4 195 Sr. Bolingbrook, Ill. 0.4 0.6 1.9 13 Darious Hall F 6-7 205 Jr. Little Rock, Ark. 4.5 4.1 17.7 Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell 14 Nick Ongenda C 6-11 210 So. Mississauga, Ont. 2.6 1.9 9.8 E-mail: [email protected] 15 Oscar Lopez Jr. G 6-4 200 So. Cypress, Calif. 0.6 1.2 8.2 www.depaulbluedemons.com twitter: @Greg_Greenwell 20 Brendan Favre G 6-5 170 Jr. Vevey, Switzerland 0.7 0.0 1.3 23 Courvoisier McCauley G 6-5 211 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. -- -- -- 30 Max Williams G 6-2 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill. -- -- -- 35 Pantelis Xidias G 5-10 165 Jr. Michigan City, Ind. 0.0 0.0 1.1 GAME ONE AT IOWA STATE // BIG 12-BIG EAST BATTLE MEDIA INFORMATION Starters: DePaul opens the 2020-21 season with a road trip to Iowa State as part of the Big Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell 12-BIG Battle. The start to the season was delayed for the Blue Demons following a pause in Office: (773) 325-7546 activities announced on Nov. 19. The pause canceled the first three games of the regular season E-mail: [email protected] and the fourth game was postponed against Northern Illinois. Twitter: @Greg_Greenwell Sunday’s game can be seen on ESPNU starting at 5 p.m. with Mark Neely (play-by-play) and Kevin Lehman (analyst) handling the broadcast duties. The game can also be seen online at Interviews: All interviews with DePaul student-ath- watchespn.com and via the ESPN app. DePaul’s radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) letes and coaches can be arranged through the athletics communications office. Normally, DePaul and Dave Corzine (analyst) can be heard on WYLL (1160 AM) and online on DePaul All-Access at players and coaches will be available before depaulbluedemons.com/live. In-game updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops and practice the day before a game. Contact Greg live stats are available at depaulbluedemons.com. Greenwell for the latest practice schedule and Iowa State enters the game at 1-1 after a win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff and a loss to South media availability. Dakota State to start the season. BIG EAST Teleconference: The BIG EAST will hold DePaul is 84-13 all-time in the first game of the season... Sunday’s game teleconference with all 10 of the league’s coaches. Season-Opening Notes: Media representatives wishing to join the telecon- was the start of the 98th recognized season of DePaul basketball (since 1923-24)... DePaul com- ference can contact the BIG EAST office for more peted in basketball prior to the 1923-24 season, but season records and results are incomplete... information. DePaul has won 12 of its last 13 season openers. E-Mail Distribution: Basketball releases, game Late Starts: The Dec. 6 date for the first game of the season is the latest start since the 1979-80 notes and media advisories can be obtained via beginning of the season on Dec. 5. That 90-77 win over Wisconsin at Alumni Hall marked Dick e-mail by requesting to be added to the distribu- tion list. Include media outlet and phone number Vitale’s debut as a college basketball analyst on ESPN. when requesting access to this media-only e-mail The last time DePaul opened the season in December was on Dec. 1, 1992 when the Blue list. Contact Greg Greenwell with requests or Demons defeated Chicago State, 103-68, at Alumni Hall. questions. Opening on the Road: Sunday’s game is the first road opening game to start the season since the Online: For the latest on DePaul basketball go to: first game of the 2007-08 season. The Blue Demons dropped a 74-62 game at Creighton on Nov. www.depaulbluedemons.com. For scoring updates 9, 2007. and in-game notes: www.twitter.com/Greg_Green- well. For BIG EAST information: www.bigeast.org and www.twitter.com/BIGEASTMBB. Second Edition of the BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle: In a scheduling agree- ment between the BIG EAST and Big 12 Conferences, 10 games are FOLLOW THE BLUE DEMONS scheduled from Nov. 29-Dec. 11 between programs from both leagues. Twitter & Instagram: @DePaulHoops The matchups were jointly determined by the two conferences. The home school will have the right to determine the venue of its game. Sunday, Nov. 29 Broadcast rights of the games will be determined by the conference Baylor at Seton Hall - cncld. national television rights agreement of the home team. The Big 12 tele- Tuesday, Dec. 1 DEPAUL IN THE NBA vision rights are controlled by ESPN and the BIG EAST’s men’s basketball television rights are controlled by FOX Sports. Oklahoma State 70, Paul Reed - Philadelphia 76ers Marquette 62 Reed was drafted by the 76ers on Nov. 18... picked The four-year agreement will continue through 2022-23 with an in second round (58th overall)..