DePaul University Athletics
Men's Basketball Falls at Northwestern
12/7/2008 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S BASKETBALL
Northwestern 63 DePaul 36
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Kevin Coble scored a season-high 25 points and Craig Moore added 14 points to lead Northwestern to a 63-36 victory over DePaul on Saturday at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Northwestern (6-1) scored the game's first seven points and never saw its second-half lead dip below 13 points. The Wildcats rolled to a 31-15 halftime advantage.
A foot injury sidelined Blue Demons starting center Mac Koshwal, who was DePaul’s leading rebounder and second leading scorer.
Dar Tucker had 17 points for DePaul (4-2), which suffered its second straight defeat. Poscic had eight points and fouled out.
The Wildcats are on a three-game winning streak. They shot 46.6 percent compared with 24.6 percent for the Blue Demons.
Notable
Devin Hill and Jeremiah Kelly each made their first collegiate starts.
Hill now has 11 blocks in his last three games.
For the first time in his college career Mac Koshwal missed a game. He sat out with an injured left foot. His status as to when he will return will be evaluated daily.
This was the first time this season that DePaul used a different starting line-up.
DePaul’s starting five played the first 9:06 of the game.
The 15 points scored in the first half was a season-low in a half for DePaul.
Dar Tucker has scored 32 points in the second half of the last two games and has scored in double figures in his last 10 games dating back to last season.
DePaul’s last two trips to Welsh-Ryan Arena have netted 75 points, a 37.5 average.
Northwestern’s Kevin Coble won the Waldo Fisher-Frank McGrath Award as the game’s Most Valuable Player. It was the second time in three years he has won the award.
Quotable
“Give Northwestern credit, they got off to good start and played well. I thought we gave a good effort but you have to make shots. We got looks, we just didn’t knock them down.” DePaul head coach Jerry Wainwright
Series Notes
DePaul now leads 19-10.
The teams have split the last six meetings with each team winning at home.
Up Next
DePaul hosts Morgan State on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. (CST).