Blue Demons Get Back Into Action Thursday

Complete Game Notes 

DePaul (6-3) hosts Rhode Island (2-7)

Thursday, December 30, 2004

Allstate Arena (17,500)

Rosemont, Ill. - 7:30 p.m. (CST)

Records

DePaul is 6-3 after beating UIC 80-62 on December 18 at the Allstate Arena. Rhode Island is 2-7 after losing to Iona 77-62 on Monday in New Rochelle, N.Y.

Polls

Neither DePaul or Rhode Island is mentioned in either the Associated Press or ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls.

Series

DePaul leads the series 3-1 however Rhode Island won the last meeting 71-70 on February 7, 1976 in Kingston, RI. The last time these two schools met in Chicago, DePaul posted a 50-48 win at Alumni Hall on December 16, 1974.

Coaches

DePaul’s Dave Leitao is in his third season with the Blue Demons and his fifth as a head coach. He is 66-61 overall and 44-26 at DePaul. He is 0-2 against Rhode Island. Jim Barron is in his 19th season as a head coach, spending the last five at Rhode Island. He is 256-254 overall and 50-52 with the Rams. He has never faced DePaul as a head coach.

Television

Tonight's game will be televised by Comcast SportsNet with David Kaplan (play-by-play) and Stacey King (color commentary) handling the announcing duties.

Radio

Tonight's game will be broadcast on WCKG (105.9 FM) in Chicago with Ron Gleason (play-by-play) and former Blue Demon great Dave Corzine (color commentary) mikeside.

Up Next

DePaul: Old Dominion, Sunday (Jan. 2)

Rhode Island: Holy Cross, Sunday (Jan. 2)

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