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Quigley's Triples Lead #12/17 DePaul Past Cincinnati
1/25/2011 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Jan. 25, 2011
Box Score - #12/17 DePaul 67, Cincinnati 48 
| Postgame Notes
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Sam Quigley set a career high with seven 3-pointers and tied her season high with 23 points as #12/17 DePaul rolled to a 67-48 BIG EAST Conference win Tuesday night at Cincinnati.
Taylor Pikes added 11 points for the Blue Demons (20-2, 7-0 BIG EAST), who will take a seven-game winning streak into their home game against #8/8 West Virginia on Sunday.
The Blue Demons have won 17 of their last 18 games and are off to their best start in conference history since the 1987-88 team went 9-0 in the North Star Conference.
Shareese Ulis scored 18 points -- 16 in the second half -- to lead the outmanned Bearcats (8-11, 1-6 BIG EAST), who dressed just seven players because of injuries. Cincinnati has lost five straight and six of its last seven.
Quigley tied her previous single-game career high with five 3-pointers in the first half, including a halfcourt heave at the buzzer that gave the Blue Demons a 35-17 lead.
The last DePaul player to hit seven 3-pointers in a game was Missy Mitidiero against Rutgers on Feb. 27, 2008.
DePaul never trailed and led by as many as 29 in the second half. The Blue Demons scored 18 points off of 19 Bearcat turnovers.
DePaul reached the 20-win mark for the 19th time in the program's history while this year's team reached the 20-win plateau faster than any other Blue Demon team. The 2003-04 team also started its season 20-2 -- but it took that team 80 days from its first game while this season, DePaul accomplished 20 wins in 75 days.
The Blue Demons put their 14-game McGrath Arena winning streak on the line on Jan. 30 when they host the Mountaineers. The 3 p.m. contest will be carried live on ESPNU with Jim Barbar and Brooke Weisbrod calling the action.
Notes: DePaul reached the 20-win mark for the 19th time in the program's 37 year history… became the first Division I team to reach 20 wins... this year's team reached the 20-win plateau faster than any other Blue Demon team… the 2003-04 team also started its season 20-2 -- but it took that team 80 days from its first game while this season, DePaul accomplished 20 wins in 75 days this season… First time in school history DePaul has opened BIG EAST conference play 7-0... as a member of the North Star Conference in 1987-88, the Blue Demons started 9-0 and finished that conference's regular season in first place and with a 9-1 record… DePaul reached the 20 win mark for the fourth consecutive season... since 2002-03, DePaul has reached the 20 win mark in eight of the last nine seasons… DePaul has won 17 of its last 18 games... in that stretch, DePaul has defeated two top 25 teams -- Stanford and St. John's.... seven of DePaul's 17 wins have come on the road… Sam Quigley became the sixth DePaul player to make seven 3-pointers in a single game... the last Blue Demon to make seven 3-pointers was Missy Mitidiero at Rutgers on Feb. 27, 2008... seven 3-pointers is a new career-high for the senior... previous high was five which she did twice... Quigley finished 7-of-12 from 3-point range... her 12 attempts was also a career-high… Quigley now has 163 3-pointers which ranks sixth on DePaul's all-time career list... Quigley tied a season-high with 23 points… Katherine Harry reached double-digit rebounds (11) for the third time this season and second in three games... Harry has reached 10+ rebounds in 12 career games… With one block Harry, ties Felicia Chester for ninth on DePau's single-season block list... She has 43 blocks this season... at least one block in every league game… DePaul committed a season-low six turnovers… Shareese Ulis led Cincinnati with 18 points... she had just two points in the first half… Cincinnati outrebounded DePaul 29-24 on the defensive glass… DePaul now leads the all-time series with Cincinnati 23-12... DePaul has won the last four series meetings… series is tied at eight in games played in Cincinnati
