DePaul University Athletics
Saturday, February 16
Indianapolis, Ind.
7:00 P.M. CT
DePaul University
at
Butler
Men's Basketball Travels to Butler for Saturday Night Showdown
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Blue Demons and Bulldogs tied in BIG EAST standings as teams square off at 7 p.m CT
CHICAGO - DePaul takes the trip south on I-65 to Indianapolis for a Saturday night game against the Butler Bulldogs. Both teams are tied with Georgetown for fifth place in the BIG EAST standings and the game is the second meeting this season after Butler won in Chicago on Jan. 16. Start time at Hinkle Fieldhouse is set for 8 p.m. ET.
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Saturday's game will be televised on FS1 with Jeff Levering (play-by-play) and Len Elmore (analyst) handling the television duties. The game can also be seen online via the FOX Sports Go app and at foxsportsgo.com. DePaul's radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) can be heard on WSCR 670 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.
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Butler is 14-11 overall this season and 5-7 in BIG EAST play. The Bulldogs enter Saturday's contest following a 77-73 loss in overtime at St. John's on Tuesday. The Blue Demons are 13-10 and 5-7 in the BIG EAST after Tuesday's 92-73 loss against No. 10/10 Marquette. 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. Butler is led by LaVall Jordan who is in his second season leading the Bulldogs and third season overall as a head coach at the collegiate level.
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Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul's 92-73 loss against No. 10/10 Marquette on Wednesday:
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Trendy: DePaul has outrebounded the opponent in 17 of 23 games... the Blue Demons are 13-4 in those games and 0-6 when getting outrebounded... in BIG EAST play, DePaul is 5-2 in weekend games (4-1 on Saturday, 1-1 on Sunday)... prior to his injury, Jalen Coleman-Lands was averaging 12.0 points and 3.5 rebounds over his last six games... Coleman-Lands has missed the last 14 games... over the last 11 games (all in double figures), Femi Olujobi is averaging 17.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game... over the last 10 games, Paul Reed is averaging 15.7 points and 11.1 rebounds while shooting .530 (61-115) from the field, .966 (28-29) from the free throw line and .583 (7-12) from three-point range... in BIG EAST games, Reed is 37-of-39 (.949) at the free throw line... Max Strus has converted a four-point play this season in each game against Seton Hall.
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The Opponent - Butler Bulldogs: Butler stands at 14-11 overall and 5-7 in the BIG EAST... an overtime loss at St. John's on Tuesday snapped a two-game win streak of wins over Seton Hall and Georgetown... Kamar Baldwin leads the team with 17.2 points per game... Paul Jorgenson adds 11.9 points per game... the duo of Jorgenson (54 3FG) and McDermott (60 3FG) have combined for 114 of Butler's 226 three-pointers this season... head coach LaVall Jordan is in his second season at Butler... DePaul head coach Dave Leitao is 0-7 all-time against Butler.
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The Series: Saturday is the 18th all-time meeting between the two programs... Butler leads the series, 11-6... Butler has won 10 straight in the series including two wins last season... the Bulldogs posted an 87-69 decision earlier this season on Jan. 16 at Wintrust Arena... Butler won the first meeting during the 1938-39 season by a score of 39-29 at the Chicago Armory... the two sides met in the 1940-41 season, twice during the 1970's and twice in the 1980's... since Butler joined the BIG EAST, the Bulldogs have won 10 of 11 meetings... two of the 11 games have gone to overtime.
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Up Next: Feb. 20 vs. Creighton
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Saturday's game will be televised on FS1 with Jeff Levering (play-by-play) and Len Elmore (analyst) handling the television duties. The game can also be seen online via the FOX Sports Go app and at foxsportsgo.com. DePaul's radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) can be heard on WSCR 670 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.
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Butler is 14-11 overall this season and 5-7 in BIG EAST play. The Bulldogs enter Saturday's contest following a 77-73 loss in overtime at St. John's on Tuesday. The Blue Demons are 13-10 and 5-7 in the BIG EAST after Tuesday's 92-73 loss against No. 10/10 Marquette. 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. Butler is led by LaVall Jordan who is in his second season leading the Bulldogs and third season overall as a head coach at the collegiate level.
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Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul's 92-73 loss against No. 10/10 Marquette on Wednesday:
- The loss drops DePaul to 13-10 and 5-7 in BIG EAST games... Marquette improves to 21-4 and 10-2 in league play.
- DePaul is 1-3 this season against ranked opponents... DePaul's last win over a top 10 opponent was a 64-57 win against No. 5/5 Kansas on Dec. 2, 2006 at Allstate Arena.
- The 51 points for Marquette are the most allowed by DePaul in a first half this season... the Blue Demons allowed at least 50 in the second half in games against Butler and Notre Dame earlier this season.
- Eli Cain passed Curtis Watkins (1975-79, 1,463 pts.) for 13th on DePaul's all-time scoring list.
- Femi Olujobi scored at least 10 points for the 11th straight game... the three three-pointers were a season high and one short of his career best of four set last season while playing at North Carolina A&T.
- Max Strus finished the game in double figures for the 45th time at DePaul... he is 18-for-18 from the free throw line over the last six games.
- The game was the 125th meeting between the programs... the Golden Eagles hold a 78-47 advantage in the series against DePaul... Marquette won the first meeting between the two this season, 79-69, on Jan. 23 in Milwaukee.
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Trendy: DePaul has outrebounded the opponent in 17 of 23 games... the Blue Demons are 13-4 in those games and 0-6 when getting outrebounded... in BIG EAST play, DePaul is 5-2 in weekend games (4-1 on Saturday, 1-1 on Sunday)... prior to his injury, Jalen Coleman-Lands was averaging 12.0 points and 3.5 rebounds over his last six games... Coleman-Lands has missed the last 14 games... over the last 11 games (all in double figures), Femi Olujobi is averaging 17.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game... over the last 10 games, Paul Reed is averaging 15.7 points and 11.1 rebounds while shooting .530 (61-115) from the field, .966 (28-29) from the free throw line and .583 (7-12) from three-point range... in BIG EAST games, Reed is 37-of-39 (.949) at the free throw line... Max Strus has converted a four-point play this season in each game against Seton Hall.
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The Opponent - Butler Bulldogs: Butler stands at 14-11 overall and 5-7 in the BIG EAST... an overtime loss at St. John's on Tuesday snapped a two-game win streak of wins over Seton Hall and Georgetown... Kamar Baldwin leads the team with 17.2 points per game... Paul Jorgenson adds 11.9 points per game... the duo of Jorgenson (54 3FG) and McDermott (60 3FG) have combined for 114 of Butler's 226 three-pointers this season... head coach LaVall Jordan is in his second season at Butler... DePaul head coach Dave Leitao is 0-7 all-time against Butler.
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The Series: Saturday is the 18th all-time meeting between the two programs... Butler leads the series, 11-6... Butler has won 10 straight in the series including two wins last season... the Bulldogs posted an 87-69 decision earlier this season on Jan. 16 at Wintrust Arena... Butler won the first meeting during the 1938-39 season by a score of 39-29 at the Chicago Armory... the two sides met in the 1940-41 season, twice during the 1970's and twice in the 1980's... since Butler joined the BIG EAST, the Bulldogs have won 10 of 11 meetings... two of the 11 games have gone to overtime.
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Up Next: Feb. 20 vs. Creighton
- The game will be televised on FOX Sports Networks (The U Too in Chicago) and can be heard in Chicago on WSCR (670 AM) at 8 p.m. CT.
- Creighton is 13-12 overall this season and 4-8 in BIG EAST games... the Bluejays host Seton Hall on Sunday afternoon before traveling to Chicago for Wednesday's game.
- Wednesday's game is the first meeting of the season... DePaul makes the return trip to Omaha in the regular season finale on March 9.
- The game is the 35th meeting between the programs... Creighton holds an 18-16 advantage including two wins a season ago.
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