DePaul University Athletics
Wednesday, February 27
Washington, D.C.
6:00 P.M. CT
DePaul University
at
Georgetown
Blue Demons Meet Hoyas in Washington, D.C. Wednesday
2/26/2019 4:16:00 PM | MEN'S BASKETBALL
DePaul and Georgetown meet for first time this season
CHICAGO - DePaul travels to Washington, D.C. for the first of two straight Wednesday night games with Georgetown. The Hoyas make the return trip to Chicago next week. Start time Wednesday night at Capital One Arena is set for 7 p.m. ET.
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Wednesday's game will be televised on CBS Sports Network with Carter Blackburn (play-by-play) and Pete Gillen (analyst) handling the television duties. 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.
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Georgetown is 16-11 overall this season and 6-8 in BIG EAST play. The Hoyas enter Wednesday's contest following an 82-69 loss at Creighton on Sunday. The Blue Demons are 13-12 and 5-9 in the BIG EAST after last Wednesday's 79-67 loss against Creighton. 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. Georgetown is led by Patrick Ewing who is in his second season leading the Hoyas and second season overall as a head coach at the collegiate level.
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Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul's 79-67 loss against Creighton last Wednesday:
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Trendy: DePaul has outrebounded the opponent in 18 of 25 games... the Blue Demons are 13-5 in those games and 0-7 when getting outrebounded... in BIG EAST play, DePaul is 5-3 in weekend games (4-2 on Saturday, 1-1 on Sunday)... over the last 13 games (all in double figures), Femi Olujobi is averaging 16.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game... over the last 12 games, Paul Reed is averaging 14.0 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting .537 (66-123) from the field, .966 (28-29) from the free throw line and .533 (8-15) 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 - Georgetown Hoyas: Georgetown is 16-11 overall and 6-8 in the BIG EAST after an 82-69 loss at Creighton on Sunday... Jessie Govan leads the team with 17.9 points and 7.7 rebounds per game... Mac McClung adds 13.1 points per game and James Akinjo holds a scoring average of 12.8... head coach Patrick Ewing is in his second season leading the Hoyas... DePaul head coach Dave Leitao is 2-5 all-time against Georgetown.
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The Series: Wednesday is the 40th all-time meeting between the two programs... the Hoyas hold a 30-9 advantage in the series... the visiting team has won the four meetings... three of the last four games have been decided by one possession... a season ago, Georgetown won in Chicago, 90-81, before Eli Cain's buzzer beater led the Blue Demons to a 74-73 win in Washington, D.C... the two programs first played during the 1941-42 season with a 34-29 DePaul victory.
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Up Next: March 3 vs. St. John's
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Wednesday's game will be televised on CBS Sports Network with Carter Blackburn (play-by-play) and Pete Gillen (analyst) handling the television duties. 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.
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Georgetown is 16-11 overall this season and 6-8 in BIG EAST play. The Hoyas enter Wednesday's contest following an 82-69 loss at Creighton on Sunday. The Blue Demons are 13-12 and 5-9 in the BIG EAST after last Wednesday's 79-67 loss against Creighton. 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. Georgetown is led by Patrick Ewing who is in his second season leading the Hoyas and second season overall as a head coach at the collegiate level.
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Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul's 79-67 loss against Creighton last Wednesday:
- DePaul made a three-pointer for the 795th straight game.
- The Blue Demons are 5-1 this season when five players score in double figures.
- Eli Cain passed Sammy Mejia (2003-07, 1,494 pts.) for 12th on the all-time scoring list... Cain also passed Terence Greene (1985-89, 308 FT) for 17th on the free throw chart.
- Flynn Cameron recorded his first career game in double figures with career best 11 points... he also matched his career high (second time) with four rebounds.
- Femi Olujobi recorded his 45th career game in double figures (19 at DePaul/26 at North Carolina A&T).Â
- Max Strus surpassed the 2,000-point plateau for his collegiate career between DePaul (935 pts.) and Lewis (1,078 pts.).
- The Bluejays hold an 19-16 advantage in the series.
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Trendy: DePaul has outrebounded the opponent in 18 of 25 games... the Blue Demons are 13-5 in those games and 0-7 when getting outrebounded... in BIG EAST play, DePaul is 5-3 in weekend games (4-2 on Saturday, 1-1 on Sunday)... over the last 13 games (all in double figures), Femi Olujobi is averaging 16.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game... over the last 12 games, Paul Reed is averaging 14.0 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting .537 (66-123) from the field, .966 (28-29) from the free throw line and .533 (8-15) 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 - Georgetown Hoyas: Georgetown is 16-11 overall and 6-8 in the BIG EAST after an 82-69 loss at Creighton on Sunday... Jessie Govan leads the team with 17.9 points and 7.7 rebounds per game... Mac McClung adds 13.1 points per game and James Akinjo holds a scoring average of 12.8... head coach Patrick Ewing is in his second season leading the Hoyas... DePaul head coach Dave Leitao is 2-5 all-time against Georgetown.
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The Series: Wednesday is the 40th all-time meeting between the two programs... the Hoyas hold a 30-9 advantage in the series... the visiting team has won the four meetings... three of the last four games have been decided by one possession... a season ago, Georgetown won in Chicago, 90-81, before Eli Cain's buzzer beater led the Blue Demons to a 74-73 win in Washington, D.C... the two programs first played during the 1941-42 season with a 34-29 DePaul victory.
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Up Next: March 3 vs. St. John's
- The game will be televised on FS1 and can be heard in Chicago on WSCR (670 AM) at 11 a.m. DePaul senior class of Eli Cain, Femi Olujobi and Max Strus will be honored.
- St. John's is 20-8 overall this season and 8-7 in BIG EAST games... the Red Storm hosts Xavier on Thursday before playing the Blue Demons.
- Sunday's game is the second meeting of the season... DePaul knocked off St. John's, 79-71, on Jan. 12 at Carnesecca Arena.
- St. John's holds a 23-19 advantage in the series... the visiting team has won the last three games in the series.
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