Blue Demons Meet Hoyas in Nation's Capital

CHICAGO – DePaul heads into the home stretch of the regular season starting Thursday night at Georgetown. Following Thursday's game, the Blue Demons host St. John's on Sunday and Marquette on Wednesday before concluding the regular season at Connecticut on Saturday, March 5.

Thursday's game can be seen on CBS Sports Network starting at 8 p.m. ET with Chick Hernandez (play-by-play), Pete Gillen (analyst) and Evan Washburn (reporter) handling the broadcast duties. The game can also be seen online at cbssports.com/cbs-sports-network. DePaul's radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) can be heard on WIND (560 AM) and online on DePaul All-Access at depaulbluedemons.com/live. In-game updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops and live stats are available at depaulbluedemons.com.

Georgetown enters the game at 6-20 overall and 0-15 in the BIG EAST while DePaul is 12-14 overall and 3-13 in the BIG EAST.

Demon Doings: Notes following DePaul's 66-64 loss at Seton Hall on Saturday.

DePaul is 11-4 when leading with five minutes left in the second half this season.
Yor Anei played in his 100th career game.
Javon Freeman-Liberty recorded his 12th game this season with 20 or more points (32nd career).
Brandon Johnson passed 950 career rebounds in the first half... he also recorded his 85th career game in double figures.
Courvoisier McCauley made his first start in a DePaul uniform... he recorded his first double-double at DePaul and reached double figures for the fifth time in the last six games... seventh game overall this season in double figures.
Nick Ongenda moved into a tie for 14th place on the blocked shots season chart... he has 47 rejections this season.
Saturday was the 30th all-time meeting between the two programs... the Pirates lead the series, 21-9... DePaul won the first meeting, 96-92, on Jan. 13 at Wintrust Arena.

It Could Happen: With one blocked shot by Yor Anei, it will clinch the first season in program history with two players each blocking at least 40 shots... Anei enters the Georgetown game with 39 rejections while Nick Ongenda has 47 blocked shots... Anei (39 blocked shots) needs two blocked shots to move into 20th place on DePaul's season chart... Ongenda needs five blocked shots to become the 11th player in program history with 100 career rejections... with three blocked shots, Ongenda (47 blocks) moves into a tie for 12th on the season list... Javon Freeman-Liberty is playing in his 100th career game... with 10 points, Freeman-Liberty registers his 75th career game in double figures... David Jones needs 13 points for 400 in his career (33 games).

The Opponent – Georgetown Hoyas: Georgetown is 6-20 overall and 0-15 in the BIG EAST... the Hoyas dropped a 74-66 loss at Villanova on Saturday... Donald Carey leads the team with 14.0 points per game... Aminu Mohammed adds 13.8 points and a team-high 8.1 rebounds per game... Kaiden Rice adds a scoring average of 12.0 with 84 three-pointers... Dante Harris averages 11.9 points per game with 105 assists... head coach Patrick Ewing is in his fifth season leading the Hoyas.

The Series: Thursday is the 46th all-time meeting between the two programs... the Hoyas hold a 33-12 advantage in the series... DePaul has claimed five of the last nine meetings... the Blue Demons won the first matchup this season, 82-74, Feb. 9 at Wintrust Arena... the two programs first played during the 1941-42 season with a 34-29 DePaul victory.

Up Next: DePaul welcomes to St. John's to Wintrust Arena this weekend.

DePaul hosts St. John's on Sunday afternoon... the Blue Demons and Red Storm are scheduled for a 4 p.m. start at Wintrust Arena... the game can be seen on FS1 and heard on WSCR (670 AM).
St. John's is 15-11 overall and 7-8 in the BIG EAST... the Red Storm hosts Creighton on Wednesday before traveling to Chicago this weekend.
The Red Storm lead the all-time series, 28-21... St. John's won the first matchup this season, 89-84, on Jan. 5 at Carnesecca Arena.

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Players Mentioned

Yor Anei

Javon Freeman-Liberty

Brandon Johnson

David Jones

Courvoisier McCauley

Nick Ongenda