Rousing Comeback Propels No. 16/15 DePaul Past Green Bay 76-65

Saturday, December 7

Green Bay, Wis.

1:00 p.m. CT

DePaul University

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Rousing Comeback Propels No. 16/15 DePaul Past Green Bay 76-65

12/7/2019 3:52:00 PM | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

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Lexi Held ignites the rally with 13 points in the fourth quarter for fifth win in a row

GREEN BAY, Wis. – What No. 16/15 DePaul did on a Saturday afternoon at the Kress Center was take a measure of the team's TQ---Toughness Quotient.

Against a dangerous Green Bay team that specializes in imposing its will on opponents by forcing them to play a grinding, physical game, the Blue Demons toughed it out by a 76-65 final margin for their fifth win in a row.

DePaul (7-1) overcame a cold-shooting first half resulting in a season-low 25 points and a 13-point deficit midway through the third quarter. But Lexi Held led the way back with 13 points in the fourth quarter hitting one big shot after another.

Held finished with 21 points and fellow sophomore Sonya Morris came through with 17 points, five rebounds and four assists. Kelly Campbell had a huge game with 10 points, 13 rebounds and six assists. Chante Stonewall contributed 10 points and four steals.

Stonewall, Campbell and Held sparked a fast start to the final 10 minutes helping their team take a 64-59 lead at the fourth quarter media timeout. Stonewall had a nice steal and assist to Held for a layup and after Kiara Dallmann's basket, Held came right back with a timely three-pointer.

Another Held jumper put DePaul up by eight until Green Bay hit a pair of foul shots. The Phoenix came within 64-61 when it was Held for three again. Stonewall's basket and another three by Held made it 72-65. Four Campbell free throws closed it out.

Trailing 34-25 at halftime, the Blue Demons came out in the third quarter looking for a big comeback. A pair of Stonewall free throws cut the deficit to 42-36 but Green Bay scored the next seven points to move in front by 13 at the media timeout.

A 9-2 Blue Demon run cut the Green Bay lead to 51-45 as Morris hit two clutch shots along with two Held foul shots and Jolene Daninger three. Morris hit another jumper and Daninger connected again from deep to pull their team within 51-50. It was 53-50 heading into the fourth quarter.

DePaul got off to a slow start, hitting just one of its first eight shots. Morris connected from deep for the only points as her team trailed 10-3 at the first quarter media timeout.

Three-pointers by Campbell and Morris and another Morris jumper ignited the offense as the Blue Demons closed out the first quarter with an 8-2 burst to trail 12-11. Morris had eight of her team's points as DePaul went 4-for-19.

Kiara Dallmann's first shot as a Blue Demon was a three-pointer tying the game 14-14 early in the second quarter. Jolene Daninger made a nice lead pass to a streaking Dee Bekelja for a breakaway layup that made it 16-16.

Keke Rimmer stole the ball moments after entering the game and scored on a driving layup for an 18-16 DePaul lead at the media timeout. Stonewall followed with a jumper.

It was all Phoenix the rest of the second quarter as the home team went into its halftime locker room after an 18-5 run. DePaul looked to regroup down 34-25 at halftime.

The visiting team dug a hole after shooting just 10-of-40 from the floor in the first half including 5-of-26 from three-point range.

Postgame Notes

Junior forward Kiara Dallmann made her DePaul debut Saturday after missing the first seven games because of injury and scored five points. She is from nearby Sheboygan and had family and friends on hand.
Held scored 13 points in the fourth quarter and 19 points in the second half.
The Blue Demons overcame season lows of 11 points in one quarter and 25 for a half.
Campbell notched her first double-double of the season.
Stonewall has 139 points and 30 steals in her first seven games.
The Blue Demons need five more wins to reach 900 in program history.
Campbell needs 83 points to reach the 1,000-point career milestone.
Campbell is No. 5 in career assists with 522 and Jessica January is fourth with 554.
Campbell has passed WNBA Draft pick Felicia Chester and Beth Hasenmiller for eighth in all-time rebounds with 771. Megan Podkowa is No. 7 at 835.
Stonewall is No. 32 all-time in career scoring with 1,186 points. Former teammate Brooke Schulte is No. 31 with 1,192. No. 30 is Deirdre Naughton (1,198), No. 29 is Caprice Smith (1,199), No. 28 is Kim Williams (1,203) and Janine Douglas is No. 27 at 1,206.