Thursday, January 21
Indianapolis, Ind.
6:00 P.M. CT
DePaul University
at
Butler
No. 18/21 DePaul Tangles With Butler on Thursday
1/20/2021 4:18:00 PM | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Deja Church is approaching the 1,000 career points milestone
BEDN/FloSports
The BIG EAST Conference announced a one-year deal with leading sports streaming service, FloSports, to become the digital home of BIG EAST women's basketball. The agreement provides a platform for all women's basketball games that stream on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN) presented by SoFi.
How to Watch
TV: Download the FloSports TV app on Roku, Apple TV 4, and Amazon Fire TV
Mobile: Download the FloSports iOS and Android apps
Web: Bookmark FloHoops.com in your favorite browser
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The long and winding road leads to No. 18/21 DePaul's second challenge in this BIG EAST travel ordeal.
Beginning with last Saturday's 78-54 victory at Georgetown and continuing Thursday with a 6 p.m. matchup at Butler (BIG EAST Digital Network/FloSports)---the Blue Demons are running through a veritable gauntlet playing eight of nine games away from Wintrust Arena.
The heat really gets turned up in this scheduling crucible when coach Doug Bruno's program collides with arguably its three toughest conference adversaries---unbeaten No. 3/5 Connecticut in the lone home game of this stretch followed by road games at Seton Hall and Marquette.
Bruno exhorts his players to embrace adversity, and the iconic coach certainly provided that opportunity scheduling currently (Associated Press) ranked No. 1 Louisville, No. 3 UConn, No. 8 Texas A&M and No. 12 Kentucky in the first eight games.
If that doesn't prepare you for the rigors of BIG EAST basketball, nothing will.
And these Blue Demons (8-3, 5-1) acquitted themselves quite well, knocking off Kentucky, falling by just two points to Texas A&M and giving Connecticut its toughest game of the season to that point.
Totally undersized until 6-foot, 1-inch Indiana transfer gained her eligibility five games ago, DePaul will encounter an opponent on Thursday that favors a five-guard front as John Fanta calls the play-by-play on BEDN with Kim Adams the color analyst.
That will be quite a change from 5-10 Deja Church and 5-11 Darrione Rogers having to give up four or five inches in their quest to neutralize opposing forwards down low.
Instead, Butler's tallest starter and top player is 6-0 Okako Adika averaging 14.1 points and 6.7 rebounds. The 5-8 Parker Genesis is scoring 13.6 points a game. A 6-3 freshman Rosemarie Dumont gives the Bulldogs some size off the bench.
DePaul will counter with a lineup featuring the BIG EAST's second-leading scorer in Sonya Morris (18.5 points per game), Lexi Held (15.3), Dee Bekelja (14.5), Deja Church (12.8) and the aforementioned Allen. Church needs 13 points for 1,000 in her career that includes her first two years at Michigan.
When Bruno opts for an all-guard attack, talented freshman Darrione Rogers (11.7 points a game) enters the fray.
The Blue Demons' withering full-court pressure is one of the most disruptive forces in women's college basketball---fifth in the nation at forcing turnovers to the tune of nearly 24 per game.
Only three teams have finished with less than 20 turnovers. At the other end, Texas A&M turned it over 27 times while Louisville and Kentucky each had 23.
In DePaul's most recent game last Saturday, Georgetown turned it over 33 times. Turnovers often translate into points, and the Blue Demons' average of 85.7 is second in the BIG EAST (to UConn) and No. 10 in the nation.
Butler (1-9, 1-8) is averaging 52.3 points a game along with 18.2 turnovers.
The BIG EAST Conference announced a one-year deal with leading sports streaming service, FloSports, to become the digital home of BIG EAST women's basketball. The agreement provides a platform for all women's basketball games that stream on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN) presented by SoFi.
How to Watch
TV: Download the FloSports TV app on Roku, Apple TV 4, and Amazon Fire TV
Mobile: Download the FloSports iOS and Android apps
Web: Bookmark FloHoops.com in your favorite browser
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The long and winding road leads to No. 18/21 DePaul's second challenge in this BIG EAST travel ordeal.
Beginning with last Saturday's 78-54 victory at Georgetown and continuing Thursday with a 6 p.m. matchup at Butler (BIG EAST Digital Network/FloSports)---the Blue Demons are running through a veritable gauntlet playing eight of nine games away from Wintrust Arena.
The heat really gets turned up in this scheduling crucible when coach Doug Bruno's program collides with arguably its three toughest conference adversaries---unbeaten No. 3/5 Connecticut in the lone home game of this stretch followed by road games at Seton Hall and Marquette.
Bruno exhorts his players to embrace adversity, and the iconic coach certainly provided that opportunity scheduling currently (Associated Press) ranked No. 1 Louisville, No. 3 UConn, No. 8 Texas A&M and No. 12 Kentucky in the first eight games.
If that doesn't prepare you for the rigors of BIG EAST basketball, nothing will.
And these Blue Demons (8-3, 5-1) acquitted themselves quite well, knocking off Kentucky, falling by just two points to Texas A&M and giving Connecticut its toughest game of the season to that point.
Totally undersized until 6-foot, 1-inch Indiana transfer gained her eligibility five games ago, DePaul will encounter an opponent on Thursday that favors a five-guard front as John Fanta calls the play-by-play on BEDN with Kim Adams the color analyst.
That will be quite a change from 5-10 Deja Church and 5-11 Darrione Rogers having to give up four or five inches in their quest to neutralize opposing forwards down low.
Instead, Butler's tallest starter and top player is 6-0 Okako Adika averaging 14.1 points and 6.7 rebounds. The 5-8 Parker Genesis is scoring 13.6 points a game. A 6-3 freshman Rosemarie Dumont gives the Bulldogs some size off the bench.
DePaul will counter with a lineup featuring the BIG EAST's second-leading scorer in Sonya Morris (18.5 points per game), Lexi Held (15.3), Dee Bekelja (14.5), Deja Church (12.8) and the aforementioned Allen. Church needs 13 points for 1,000 in her career that includes her first two years at Michigan.
When Bruno opts for an all-guard attack, talented freshman Darrione Rogers (11.7 points a game) enters the fray.
The Blue Demons' withering full-court pressure is one of the most disruptive forces in women's college basketball---fifth in the nation at forcing turnovers to the tune of nearly 24 per game.
Only three teams have finished with less than 20 turnovers. At the other end, Texas A&M turned it over 27 times while Louisville and Kentucky each had 23.
In DePaul's most recent game last Saturday, Georgetown turned it over 33 times. Turnovers often translate into points, and the Blue Demons' average of 85.7 is second in the BIG EAST (to UConn) and No. 10 in the nation.
Butler (1-9, 1-8) is averaging 52.3 points a game along with 18.2 turnovers.
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