Wednesday, March 6
Wintrust Arena
7:30 P.M. CT
DePaul University
15-13
101
vs
69
Georgetown
18-12
1
2
F
Georgetown
31
38
69
DePaul
54
47
101
Blue Demons Roll Wednesday Night at Wintrust Arena
3/6/2019 11:30:00 PM | MEN'S BASKETBALL
DePaul leads from start to finish in 101-69 victory over Georgetown
CHICAGO - DePaul dominated from start to finish Wednesday night as the Blue Demons led by as many as 38 points en route to a 101-69 win over Georgetown. Senior Max Strus led all scorers with 30 points on the evening, fellow senior Eli Cain added 24 points and sophomore Paul Reed posted a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double.
Devin Gage controlled the DePaul offense all night as he dished out a career-high 10 assists to just one turnover in just over 31 minutes and Femi Olujobi chipped in 13 points and six rebounds.
DePaul (15-13, 7-10 BIG EAST) shared the ball often and willingly all game as the Blue Demons assisted on 24 of their 32 field goals. DePaul finished the evening 32-of-65 (.492) from the field and 14-for-28 (.500) from behind the arc as the Blue Demons enjoyed one of their best shooting performances of the season.
It was all DePaul from the jump at Wintrust Arena as seven quick points from Olujobi helped DePaul to a 19-5 lead less than five minutes into the action.
DePaul's hot shooting continued through most of the first half, and with 7:45 to go, a Strus three-pointer extended the DePaul lead all the way to 21 points at 36-15. One minute later, it was 42-15 as Strus and Eli Cain added a pair of threes, to push the DePaul run to 17-0. Strus and Cain combined for 12 three-pointers with Strus matching his own (along with Draelon Burns) single-game record of eight trifectas.
Over the final six minutes of the half, Georgetown (18-12, 8-9 BIG EAST) would cut the DePaul lead to 23 to go into the intermission trailing 54-31.
Over the first 20 minutes it was all about the seniors for DePaul as Strus, Cain and Olujobi combined for 42 points in the first half.
Out of the break, the Hoyas would pull within 17 points, but DePaul quickly righted the ship, re-extending their lead to 23 points with 14:21 to play on a corner three from Cain. Over the next six minutes, the Hoyas would cut the lead once more to 15, but again DePaul had an answer as a Strus three pushed the lead all the way to 28 points with 7:57 left in the action.
From that point on, the result was never in question as DePaul led by as many as 38 points down the stretch. With under two minutes left, the Blue Demons substituted their seniors out to standing ovations as the Wintrust Arena crowd made its appreciation known one last time.
James Akinjo and Mac McClung who each finished with 13 points led Georgetown.
The Blue Demons return to action for their regular season finale on Saturday at Creighton. Start time is scheduled for 7 p.m. on FS1 and WSCR (670 AM) will have the radio broadcast. All 10 BIG EAST teams enter Saturday's final day of the regular season all 10 seeds in next week's BIG EAST Tournament undecided.
Devin Gage controlled the DePaul offense all night as he dished out a career-high 10 assists to just one turnover in just over 31 minutes and Femi Olujobi chipped in 13 points and six rebounds.
DePaul (15-13, 7-10 BIG EAST) shared the ball often and willingly all game as the Blue Demons assisted on 24 of their 32 field goals. DePaul finished the evening 32-of-65 (.492) from the field and 14-for-28 (.500) from behind the arc as the Blue Demons enjoyed one of their best shooting performances of the season.
It was all DePaul from the jump at Wintrust Arena as seven quick points from Olujobi helped DePaul to a 19-5 lead less than five minutes into the action.
DePaul's hot shooting continued through most of the first half, and with 7:45 to go, a Strus three-pointer extended the DePaul lead all the way to 21 points at 36-15. One minute later, it was 42-15 as Strus and Eli Cain added a pair of threes, to push the DePaul run to 17-0. Strus and Cain combined for 12 three-pointers with Strus matching his own (along with Draelon Burns) single-game record of eight trifectas.
Over the final six minutes of the half, Georgetown (18-12, 8-9 BIG EAST) would cut the DePaul lead to 23 to go into the intermission trailing 54-31.
Over the first 20 minutes it was all about the seniors for DePaul as Strus, Cain and Olujobi combined for 42 points in the first half.
Out of the break, the Hoyas would pull within 17 points, but DePaul quickly righted the ship, re-extending their lead to 23 points with 14:21 to play on a corner three from Cain. Over the next six minutes, the Hoyas would cut the lead once more to 15, but again DePaul had an answer as a Strus three pushed the lead all the way to 28 points with 7:57 left in the action.
From that point on, the result was never in question as DePaul led by as many as 38 points down the stretch. With under two minutes left, the Blue Demons substituted their seniors out to standing ovations as the Wintrust Arena crowd made its appreciation known one last time.
James Akinjo and Mac McClung who each finished with 13 points led Georgetown.
The Blue Demons return to action for their regular season finale on Saturday at Creighton. Start time is scheduled for 7 p.m. on FS1 and WSCR (670 AM) will have the radio broadcast. All 10 BIG EAST teams enter Saturday's final day of the regular season all 10 seeds in next week's BIG EAST Tournament undecided.
Team Stats
GTown
DePaul
FG%
.350
.492
3FG%
.250
.500
FT%
.778
.742
RB
38
39
TO
15
8
STL
4
11
Game Leaders
Scoring
Players Mentioned
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