DePaul University Athletics
Wednesday, November 28
Wintrust Arena
7:00 P.M. CT
DePaul University
vs
Cleveland State
DePaul Returns to Wintrust Arena Wednesday Night
11/27/2018 5:48:00 PM | MEN'S BASKETBALL
Blue Demons looking for fourth straight home win to open 2018-19 season
CHICAGO - DePaul returns to Wintrust Arena on Wednesday night to face the Cleveland State Vikings. The match up is the first of back-to-back home games before the Blue Demons to the trip to the north suburbs for a Dec. 8 game at Northwestern. The Blue Demons and Vikings are scheduled for a 7 p.m. start at Wintrust Arena.
Wednesday's game will be televised on FS2 with Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play) and Dickey Simpkins (analyst) handling the television duties. The game can also be seen online at foxsportsgo.com or the FOX Sports Go app. DePaul's radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) can be heard on WYLL 1160 AM as well as online on DePaul All-Access at www.depaulbluedemons.com. Live stats can also be found at www.depaulbluedemons.com while in-game scoring updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops.
Cleveland State is 2-5 this season with three straight losses including an 82-79 defeat on Sunday against Purdue Fort Wayne. DePaul head coach Dave Leitao is in his seventh season at DePaul and his fourth since returning to the program after leading the Blue Demons three postseasons in three years from 2002-05. Overall, the 2018-19 campaign is Leitao's 13th as a head coach at the collegiate level. Cleveland State is led by Dennis Felton who is in his second season leading the Vikings and 13th year overall as a collegiate head coach.
Familiar Faces: A pair of familiar faces will be on the visiting team bench Wednesday in Bryan Tibaldi and Algevon Eichelberger. Tibaldi was on Dave Leitao's DePaul staff 2015-17 and Eichelberger played his freshman year at DePaul in 2016-17. He played in 26 games averaging 1.7 points and 1.3 rebounds in 8.2 minutes per game.
Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul's 95-70 loss at Notre Dame on Nov. 24:
The Opponent - Cleveland State Vikings: Cleveland State is 2-5 overall this season... the Vikings have dropped three straight after winning back-to-back games against Urbana and South Carolina State... Tyree Appleby leads the team with 14.0 points per game and 14 three-pointers... Stefan Kenic adds 10.4 points per game while Seth Millner averages 9.0 points...a year ago, the Vikings posted an overall record of 12-22 with a Horizon League record of 6-12... Dennis Felton is in his second season at Cleveland State and 13th year overall as a collegiate head coach.
The Series: Wednesday is the second meeting between the two programs... Cleveland State won the first match up, 90-75, on Jan. 15, 1986 at the Rosemont Horizon.
Up Next: Dec. 3 vs. Florida A&M at Wintrust Arena
Wednesday's game will be televised on FS2 with Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play) and Dickey Simpkins (analyst) handling the television duties. The game can also be seen online at foxsportsgo.com or the FOX Sports Go app. DePaul's radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) can be heard on WYLL 1160 AM as well as online on DePaul All-Access at www.depaulbluedemons.com. Live stats can also be found at www.depaulbluedemons.com while in-game scoring updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops.
Cleveland State is 2-5 this season with three straight losses including an 82-79 defeat on Sunday against Purdue Fort Wayne. DePaul head coach Dave Leitao is in his seventh season at DePaul and his fourth since returning to the program after leading the Blue Demons three postseasons in three years from 2002-05. Overall, the 2018-19 campaign is Leitao's 13th as a head coach at the collegiate level. Cleveland State is led by Dennis Felton who is in his second season leading the Vikings and 13th year overall as a collegiate head coach.
Familiar Faces: A pair of familiar faces will be on the visiting team bench Wednesday in Bryan Tibaldi and Algevon Eichelberger. Tibaldi was on Dave Leitao's DePaul staff 2015-17 and Eichelberger played his freshman year at DePaul in 2016-17. He played in 26 games averaging 1.7 points and 1.3 rebounds in 8.2 minutes per game.
Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul's 95-70 loss at Notre Dame on Nov. 24:
- DePaul trailed by three at halftime, but the Irish outscored DePaul by a 56-34 margin in the second half to pull away... Max Strus led DePaul with 15 points and five rebounds... Jalen Coleman-Lands added 12 points and six boards... Jaylen Butz scored 10 with four rebounds and Eli Cain totaled 11 points, four rebounds and four assists.
- DePaul extended its streak to 774 consecutive games with a three-pointer.
- Dating back to last season, DePaul was outrebounded for the just the second time in the last nine games... Notre Dame totaled 39 boards compared to 32 for DePaul.
- Eli Cain moved up to 28th on DePaul's all-time scoring list... he finished the game with 1,229 points and passed Ron Sobieszczyk (1,222 points, 1953-56).
- Saturday was the 106th meeting between the programs... Notre Dame holds a 62-44 advantage with 11 straight victories.
The Opponent - Cleveland State Vikings: Cleveland State is 2-5 overall this season... the Vikings have dropped three straight after winning back-to-back games against Urbana and South Carolina State... Tyree Appleby leads the team with 14.0 points per game and 14 three-pointers... Stefan Kenic adds 10.4 points per game while Seth Millner averages 9.0 points...a year ago, the Vikings posted an overall record of 12-22 with a Horizon League record of 6-12... Dennis Felton is in his second season at Cleveland State and 13th year overall as a collegiate head coach.
The Series: Wednesday is the second meeting between the two programs... Cleveland State won the first match up, 90-75, on Jan. 15, 1986 at the Rosemont Horizon.
Up Next: Dec. 3 vs. Florida A&M at Wintrust Arena
- The game will be televised on FS1 and can be heard in Chicago on WSCR (670 AM).
- The Rattlers are 2-4 this season and play at North Florida on Thursday and South Alabama on Saturday before traveling to Chicago.
- Monday is the first meeting between the programs.
- Florida A&M is located in Tallahassee, Fla., and is a member of the MEAC. DePaul is 2-0 this season against members of the MEAC with wins over Bethune-Cookman and Morgan State.
- The Rattlers went 9-25 overall last season and 7-9 in conference games.
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