#16 Marquette Wins Against DePaul

Saturday, January 28

Chicago, Ill.

1:00 P.M. CT

DePaul University

9-13,3-8Big East

Marquette

17-5,9-2Big East

Marquette

DePaul

1/28/2023 4:26:00 PM | MEN'S BASKETBALL

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CHICAGO – In its third ranked opponent across the last four games, the DePaul men's basketball team couldn't hold off No. 16 Marquette, 89-69, Saturday afternoon inside Wintrust Arena.

Umoja Gibson scored a team-high 25 points, including 18 that came in the second half. Gibson shot 5-of-7 from three-point range and 8-of-12 overall. Javan Johnson joined Gibson as the only two DePaul players to reach double-digits, scoring 10.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The first half was a closely contested back-and-forth contest between the two teams before Marquette took its largest lead of the period, 24-16. DePaul fought its way back on a 13-2 run, taking its only lead of the half at 29-26.

Marquette held a one-point lead at halftime before extending their lead to 12, 50-38, seven minutes into the second period. DePaul continued to find an answer for every Marquette stretch, clawing back into the game on back-to-back three-pointers by Gibson. With it sitting at a six-point game, 50-44, Marquette found its rhythm from the three-point line for four of its next five attempts. After continuously closing the gap before, DePaul could not put together a run to pull closer than 10.

OF NOTE

Gibson played in his 150th collegiate game, making him the 11^th active Division 1 player to eclipse 150 games in their career.
Caleb Murphy and Da'Sean Nelson both recorded season-high five assists.
DePaul's official attendance for the game was 10,387, marking the first sold-out crowd for the Blue Demons inside of Wintrust Arena.
DePaul has recorded 10 or more assists in 19 of the team's 22 games this season.

UP NEXT
DePaul looks to a quick turnaround as they host No. 19 Connecticut Tuesday, Jan. 31. The game is set for a 7 p.m. tip on FS1. Single-game tickets can be purchased at DePaulBlueDemons.com/Tickets.