DEPAUL BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME INFORMATION 1,486 ALL-TIME VICTORIES // 54 NBA DRAFT PICKS // 23 20-WIN SEASONS // 22 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES // 19 ALL-AMERICANS GAME 12 // HOME GAME EIGHT Date: Saturday, Feb. 13 // Time: 7 p.m. Arena: Wintrust Arena // Location: Chicago, Ill. Television .......................................................................... FS1 Play-by-Play: Wayne Randazzo // Analyst: Jess Settles Radio ............................................................. WSCR (670 AM) DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Play-by-Play: Zach Zaidman // Analyst: Dave Corzine PROVIDENCE FRIARS Overall: 3-8 // BIG EAST: 1-8 Online Video ...............................................foxports.com/live Overall: 10-10 // BIG EAST: 6-8 AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: 173 // KenPom: 119 Online Audio ..DePaul All-Access (depaulbluedemons.com/live) AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: 86 // KenPom: 74 Last Game .....................................L, 68-58 at Butler (Feb. 6) Live Stats .................................www.depaulbluedemons.com Last Game .......................W, 70-59 vs. Connecticut (Feb. 10) Next Game ........................................... Feb. 17 at Seton Hall Next Game ........................................ Feb. 16 at Connecticut LAST GAME STARTERS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NEED TO KNOW Romeo WEEMS u November 1 F // 6-7 // 215 // So. DePaul hosts Providence in a Saturday night 28 Chicago State (FS2) .............................. canceled 2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman game at Wintrust Arena. Start time is 7 p.m. Team... 20p/6r vs. Valparaiso... 21 pts as the Blue Demons aim to snap a three-game (5 3FG) at Providence. December losing streak. 1 Alcorn State (FS2) ................................ canceled PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 3 Northern lllinois (FS1) .......................postponed u BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle (Chicago, Ill.) 8.0 5.0 0.8 29.5 .407 Saturday is the 46th all-time meeting 6 at Iowa State (ESPNU)..........................canceled Javon FREEMAN-LIBERTY between the two programs with the Friars 23 Western Illinois (ppd Nov. 25) (FS1) ..........W, 91-72 4 G // 6-4 // 180 // Jr. holding a 33-12 advantage in the series. 27 at Providence* (ppd Dec. 17) (FS1) ...L, 95-90 (2OT) 26p/8r/4s/3a at Butler... 30 at Connecticut* (CBSSN) ...................... L, 82-61 13p/8r/5a/3s vs. Creighton... 16p/5r/3a u Providence held off DePaul, 95-90, in dou- vs. St. John’s. ble overtime in the first meeting on Dec. 27. January PPG RPG APG MPG FG% Romeo Weems led the Blue Demons with 21 5 #3/3 Villanova* (FS1) ........................postponed 14.0 5.5 3.1 32.6 .420 points that included five three-pointers. 9 Seton Hall* (FS1) .................................. L, 76-68 11 #25/-- Connecticut* (ppd Dec. 23) (FS1) .... L, 60-53 Charlie MOORE 13 at Georgetown* (FS1) .......................postponed 11 G // 5-11 // 180 // Sr. u Following the Providence game, the Blue 16 Valparaiso (FS1) ................................... W, 77-58 Tied for 27th all-time at DePaul Demons go on the road for three straight 19 Butler* (CBSSN) .................................... L, 67-53 in assists... 21p/4a vs. St. John’s... games before returning to Wintrust Arena 21p/3r/3a at Marquette. 23 at Marquette* (FS1).............................W, 68-61 for the final two home games of the regular 27 St. John’s* (FS1) .................................... L, 81-68 PPG RPG APG MPG FG% season. 30 #17/14 Creighton* (CBSSN) .................. L, 69-62 13.7 3.1 4.1 31.7 .380 u DePaul is playing its fourth season at February Darious HALL 3 Xavier* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 18, Feb. 3) ............postponed 13 F // 6-7 // 205 // Jr. Wintrust Arena in Chicago’s South Loop. The 8p/7r/3s at Marquette... 6 at Butler* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 21) .................... L, 68-58 award-winning facility features 10,387 seats in- 7p/10r/4s vs. Valparaiso... 10p/3r vs. 9 at Villanova* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 14, Feb. 9) ...postponed UConn in first start of season. cluding 22 suites and 479 premium club seats. 11 at Xavier* (FS1) (ppd Feb. 11) ................postponed The state-of-the-art facility hosted NBA All-Star 13 Providence* (FS1) .................................... 7 p.m. PPG RPG APG MPG FG% Weekend festivities in February 2020 and is 17 at Seton Hall* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 11) ............7:30 p.m. 6.6 5.7 1.4 21.8 .385 the home of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. 20 at St. John’s* (FS1) (ppd Jan. 2) ...............6:30 p.m. 24 at Creighton* (CBSSN) ............................. 8 p.m. Pauly PAULICAP F // 6-8 // 225 // Sr. u Head coach Dave Leitao is in his sixth 27 Georgetown* (FS1) ................................ 11 a.m. 33 16p/16r/2b vs. St. John’s... season of his second stint at DePaul. He led 11p/9r vs. Valparaiso... 10p/4r at March Providence. the program from 2002-05 before returning in 2 Marquette* (FS1) ..........................................tba March 2015. BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 10 First Round (FS1) ...........................................tba 6.5 5.6 0.0 20.3 .558 11 Quarterfinals (FS1)........................................tba 12 Semifinals (FS1) ............................................tba OFF THE BENCH 13 Final (FOX) ....................................................tba No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG MPG 0 Markese Jacobs G 5-11 185 So. Chicago, Ill. -- -- -- *BIG EAST Conference game | all times are Central | rankings = AP/Coaches | Non-FS1/FS2/ESPN TV: CBSSN = 3 Kobe Elvis G 6-2 170 Fr. Brampton, Ontario 5.7 1.6 20.6 CBS Sports Network 5 Keon Edwards F 6-7 185 Fr. Pasadena, Texas 2.0 0.0 3.8 10 Ray Salnave G 6-3 205 Sr. Elmont, N.Y. 4.9 2.6 20.6 DePaul Athletics Communications Sullivan Athletics Center 12 Jason Malonga G 6-4 195 Sr. Bolingbrook, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.2 2323 N. Sheffield Ave. 14 Nick Ongenda C 6-11 210 So. Mississauga, Ontario 6.1 3.8 19.7 Chicago, IL 60614 15 Oscar Lopez Jr. G 6-4 200 So. Cypress, Calif. 10.0 4.0 19.5 20 Brendan Favre G 6-5 170 Jr. Vevey, Switzerland 0.0 0.0 0.8 Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell 23 Courvoisier McCauley G 6-5 211 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 2.9 1.5 10.7 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (773) 325-7546 30 Max Williams G 6-2 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.8 www.depaulbluedemons.com 32 David Jones F 6-6 195 Fr. Santo Domingo, D.R. 2.0 1.0 3.7 twitter: @Greg_Greenwell 35 Pantelis Xidias G 5-10 165 Jr. Michigan City, Ind. -- -- -- GAME TWELVE VS. PROVIDENCE MEDIA INFORMATION Starters: DePaul welcomes Providence to Wintrust Arena for a Saturday evening BIG EAST matchup. The Blue Demons and Friars are meeting for the second time this season after a double Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell Office: (773) 325-7546 overtime battle that went to Providence, 95-90, on Dec. 27. E-mail: [email protected] Saturday’s game can be seen on FS1 starting at 7 p.m. with Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play) Twitter: @Greg_Greenwell and Jess Settles (analyst) handling the broadcast duties. The game can also be seen online at fox- sports.com/live. DePaul’s radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) Interviews: All interviews with DePaul student-ath- can be heard on WSCR (670 AM) and online on DePaul All-Access at depaulbluedemons.com/ letes and coaches can be arranged through the live. In-game updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops and live stats are available at athletics communications office. Normally, DePaul depaulbluedemons.com. players and coaches will be available before practice the day before a game. Contact Greg Providence enters the game at 10-10 overall and 6-8 in the BIG EAST after a 70-59 win against Greenwell for the latest practice schedule and Connecticut on Wednesday. The Blue Demons are 3-8 overall and 1-8 in the BIG EAST following a media availability. 68-58 loss at Butler last Saturday. BIG EAST Teleconference: The BIG EAST will hold Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul’s 68-58 loss at Butler on Feb. 6: teleconference with all 10 of the league’s coaches. u The game was DePaul’s fourth road game of the season... the Blue Demons are 1-3 away from Media representatives wishing to join the telecon- ference can contact the BIG EAST office for more home. information. u Javon Freeman-Liberty scored at least 10 points for the fourth straight game... 55th career game in double figures and seventh this season... 10th career game of at least 25 points. E-Mail Distribution: Basketball releases, game u David Jones made his DePaul debut and scored his first collegiate basket with a pullup jumper. notes and media advisories can be obtained via u Charlie Moore moved into a tie for 27th on DePaul’s all-time assist list... his 237 assists at -De e-mail by requesting to be added to the distribu- Paul are tied with Skip Dillard (1979-82). tion list. Include media outlet and phone number u Saturday was the 22nd all-time meeting between the two programs... the Bulldogs lead the when requesting access to this media-only e-mail list. Contact Greg Greenwell with requests or series, 14-7... Butler claimed both regular season meetings. questions. Noting the Blue Demons:The men’s basketball program is 1,486-1,048 (.586) all-time... the Blue Online: For the latest on DePaul basketball go to: Demons have knocked down at least one three-pointer in 849 straight games... DePaul’s last www.depaulbluedemons.com. For scoring updates game without a three was over 25 years ago on Feb. 16, 1993 against UAB at Allstate Arena... and in-game notes: www.twitter.com/Greg_Green- the current streak started against Notre Dame on Feb. 21, 1993... over the last 10 seasons (since well.