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 // AWAY GAME THREE Date: Saturday, Jan. 2 // Time: Noon ET Location: Queens, N.Y. // Arena: Carnesecca Arena Television .......................................................................... FS1 Play-by-Play: Alex Fause // Analyst: Casey Jacobson Radio ............................................................. WSCR (670 AM) DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Play-by-Play: Zach Zaidman // Analyst: Dave Corzine ST. JOHN’S RED STORM Overall: 1-2 // BIG EAST: 0-2 Online Video/Audio .................FOX Sports/DePaul All-Access Overall: 6-4 // BIG EAST: 1-3 AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: -- // KenPom: 92 Live Stats .................................www.depaulbluedemons.com AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: -- // KenPom: 88 Last Game .........................L, 82-61 at Connecticut (Dec. 30) Last Game ......................W, 94-83 vs. Georgetown (Dec. 20) Next Game ......................................Jan. 5 vs. #4/3 Villanova Next Game ........................................Jan. 6 at --/#t20 Xavier LAST GAME STARTERS NEED TO KNOW 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Romeo WEEMS November 1 F // 6-7 // 215 // So. u DePaul concludes its three-game road trip 28 Chicago State (FS2) .............................. canceled 2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman with a Saturday afternoon game at St. John’s. Team... career highs of 21 pts & 5 3s at Providence. The game is the third of three straight road December games in a seven-day span to start the league 1 Alcorn State (FS2) ................................ canceled PPG RPG APG MPG FG% ledger. 3 Northern lllinois (FS1) .......................postponed 13.5 4.0 1.5 34.1 .611 BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle (Chicago, Ill.) 6 at Iowa State (ESPNU)..........................canceled Javon FREEMAN-LIBERTY u Saturday is the 47th meeting between the 23 Western Illinois (ppd Nov. 25) (FS1) ..........W, 91-72 4 G // 6-4 // 180 // Jr. programs. St. John’s holds a 26-20 lead in the 13p/5a/4r at Providence... 27 at Providence* (ppd Dec. 17) (FS1) ...L, 95-90 (2OT) series including win in the last three meetings. 19p/8r/6a/3s vs. Western Illinois... 30 at Connecticut* (CBSSN) ...................... L, 82-61 transfer from Valparaiso. Prior to the three-game run by the Red Storm, DePaul won two in-a-row in the series. January PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 2 at St. John’s* (FS1) ................................. 11 a.m. 13.7 5.7 4.0 35.4 .415 u DePaul opened the season on Dec. 23 with 5 Villanova* (FS1) ....................................... 6 p.m. a 91-72 win over Western Illinois at Wintrust 9 Seton Hall* (FS1) ..................................... 1 p.m. Ray SALNAVE G // 6-3 // 205 // Sr. 11 Connecticut* (ppd Dec. 23) (FS1) .................. 5 p.m. 10 Arena. Five players scored in double figures Graduate transfer from Mon- while the team shot .590 (36-61) from the 13 at Georgetown* (FS1) .........................7:30 p.m. mouth... 6r/4p/3a vs. Western Illinois. 19 Butler* (CBSSN) ............................................tba field and .500 (10-20) from three-point range. 23 at Marquette* (FOX/FS1) ..............................tba The start of the season was delayed due to 27 St. John’s* (FS1) ............................................tba PPG RPG APG MPG FG% COVID-19 protocols. 30 Creighton* (CBSSN) ......................................tba 2.0 3.7 2.0 19.0 .143 Charlie MOORE u DePaul is playing its fourth season at February 11 G // 5-11 // 180 // Sr. Wintrust Arena in Chicago’s South Loop. The 3 Xavier* (ppd Dec. 18) .........................................tba Preseason first team All-BIG award-winning facility features 10,387 seats in- 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. cluding 22 suites and 479 premium club seats. 11 at Xavier* (FS1) .............................................tba The state-of-the-art facility hosted NBA All-Star PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 13 Providence* (FOX/FS1) .................................tba Weekend festivities in February 2020 and is 17 at Seton Hall* (ppd Dec. 11) ...............................tba 16.3 3.7 5.3 37.0 .404 the home of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. 24 at Creighton* (CBSSN) ..................................tba Nick ONGENDA 27 Georgetown* (FOX/FS1) ...............................tba 14 C // 6-11 // 210 // So. u Head coach Dave Leitao is in his sixth Career highs of 13 p/8r at season of his second stint at DePaul. He led March Connecticut... 12p/8 blocks vs. Western 2 Marquette* (FS1) ..........................................tba Illinois. the program from 2002-05 before returning in March 2015. BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 10 First Round (FS1) ...........................................tba 11 Quarterfinals (FS1)........................................tba 9.3 5.3 0.0 22.7 .667 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 AT ST. JOHN’S MEDIA INFORMATION Starters: DePaul wraps up a three-game road trip to open the BIG EAST schedule with a Saturday afternoon game at St. John’s. The Blue Demons opened the road swing with a 95-90 loss in dou- Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell Office: (773) 325-7546 ble overtime at Providence on Sunday before an 82-61 loss at Connecticut on Wednesday. Follow- E-mail: [email protected] ing Saturday’s game, the Blue Demons return to Wintrust Arena for a three-game homestand. Twitter: @Greg_Greenwell Saturday’s game can be seen on FS1 starting at Noon ET with Alex Faust (play-by-play) and Casey Jacobson (analyst) handling the broadcast duties. The game can also be seen online at Interviews: All interviews with DePaul student-ath- foxsports.com/live and via the FOX Sports app. DePaul’s radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by- letes and coaches can be arranged through the play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) can be heard on WSCR (670 AM) and online on DePaul All-Access athletics communications office. Normally, DePaul at depaulbluedemons.com/live. In-game updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops players and coaches will be available before practice the day before a game. Contact Greg and live stats are available at depaulbluedemons.com. Greenwell for the latest practice schedule and St. John’s enters the game at 6-3 overall and 1-3 in the BIG EAST after a 94-83 win against media availability. Georgetown on Dec. 20. The Blue Demons are 1-2 overall and 0-2 in the BIG EAST following Wednesday’s loss at Connecticut. BIG EAST Teleconference: The BIG EAST will hold teleconference with all 10 of the league’s coaches. DePaul-St. John’s Share Common Mission: DePaul and St. John’s are two of four universities in Media representatives wishing to join the telecon- ference can contact the BIG EAST office for more the world founded by the Vincentians. DePaul, St. John’s and Niagara were founded in the 19th information. century in the United States and Adamson University, located in Manila, Philippines, was acquired by the Vincentians in 1964. E-Mail Distribution: Basketball releases, game All four schools are based on the Vincentian values of service, justice, charity and advocacy notes and media advisories can be obtained via and provide a college education to many first-generation college students. e-mail by requesting to be added to the distribu- tion list. Include media outlet and phone number Return to Queens: DePaul’s Pauly Paulicap and Ray Salnave are returning to where both played when requesting access to this media-only e-mail list. Contact Greg Greenwell with requests or high school before starting their collegiate careers. Salnave played at Cardozo High School which questions. is located just 3.4 miles from Carnesecca Arena while Paulicap’s Elmont Memorial High School is a nine-mile drive. Online: For the latest on DePaul basketball go to: Both are playing at DePaul as graduate transfers with Salnave graduating from Monmouth and www.depaulbluedemons.com. For scoring updates Paulicap finishing his collegiate career with the Blue Demons after playing at Manhattan. and in-game notes: www.twitter.com/Greg_Green- well. For BIG EAST information: www.bigeast.org Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul’s 82-61 loss at Connecticut on Wednesday: and www.twitter.com/BIGEASTMBB. 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 FOLLOW THE BLUE DEMONS in league play.