Blue Demons Outlast Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS – A balanced attack from DePaul men's basketball led the Blue Demons to a road-win against Minnesota, 69-53. The game marked DePaul's fifth-straight victory against a Big Ten opponent and fourth-straight in the Gavitt Games.

Javan Johnson led DePaul with his second 20-point outing of the season on 7-of-15 shooting. The double-digit scoring threats were rounded out by Philmon Gebrewhit's 15, 14 from Umoja Gibson and 10 by Eral Penn. Penn notched a game-high 14 rebounds for his 20th career double-double.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Minnesota opened the game with a 9-6 lead before Philmon Gebrewhit provided a big spark off the bench and drained back-to-back three-pointers. DePaul would never trail again in the game after taking the lead three minutes later on a second-chance dunk from Penn. DePaul ran out to 12-point lead to end the first half.

DePaul held off a scrappy Gopher comeback attempt in the second half. Minnesota chipped away at the lead with a 12-2 run, pulling within single digits, 51-42. The game hung around a nine-point DePaul lead before the Blue Demons defense turned it up a notch and held Minnesota without a field goal for five minutes.

OF NOTE

The 16-point win was DePaul's second-largest win in the series, and largest margin of victory against the Gophers since Dec. 30, 1935.
DePaul led the rebounding battle, 48-32.
Minnesota did not record a field goal for the final five minutes of the game until one at 0:39.
DePaul led the rebounding battle, 48-32, and secured 18 second-chance points.
Minnesota had previously won 16-straight home non-conference games with their last home non-con loss coming against DePaul in 2019.
The Blue Demons are now 4-3 all-time in the Gavitt Games having won four-straight.
DePaul is 47-8 in non-conference games dating back to 2017.
Monday marked the second-straight game DePaul has had four double-digit scorers.
Gebrewhit tied a career-high in points and three-pointers made.

UP NEXT
The Blue Demons head out to Nassau, Bahamas for the Baha Mar Bahamas Championship Friday, Nov. 18-20. DePaul will face off against Santa Clara on Nov. 18 on CBS Sports Network at 8:30 p.m. CT.

Season tickets and single-game tickets for remaining Blue Demon home games can be purchased at DePaulBlueDemons.com/Tickets.

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Team Stats

Javan Johnson

Philmon Gebrewhit

Umoja Gibson

Eral Penn

Players Mentioned

Philmon Gebrewhit

Umoja Gibson

Javan Johnson

Eral Penn