DePaul Drops to #10 St. John's as Gunn Earns First Career Double-Double

Wednesday, February 19

Chicago, Ill.

8 p.m.

DePaul University

11-16,2-14Big East

St. John's

23-4,14-2Big East

St. John's (NY)

DePaul

DePaul Drops to #10 St. John's as Gunn Earns First Career Double-Double

2/19/2025 11:42:00 PM | MEN'S BASKETBALL

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CHICAGO – DePaul men's basketball dropped a Wednesday evening contest against top-10 St. John's, 82-58, inside Wintrust Arena.

It was a trio of double-digit scorers for DePaul, including CJ Gunn who recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and a personal-best 10 rebounds. He also dished out a career-high four assists. Isaiah Rivera had a team-high 16 points, powered by four made three-pointers. Troy D'Amico rounded out the leading scorers with 11 points and three made three-pointers, all in the second half.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The game opened as a back-and-forth contest with four lead changes and five ties, including a Gunn layup that put DePaul (11-16, 2-14 BIG EAST) ahead early, 8-7. The Jonnies stretched out to a 20-12 lead, before DePaul immediately answered on an 8-0 run that included back-to-back three-pointers from Rivera. With the game knotted at 20 each, St. John's (23-4, 14-2 BIG EAST) put together another run to eventually outscore DePaul 13-5 to end the period with a solid halftime lead.

DePaul's three-point shooting came alive in the second half as the team drained three in the opening five minutes of the period. St. John's continued to respond as one of the nation's top offensive rebounding team, eventually holding off any potential comeback from the Blue Demons.

DePaul's three-point shooting came alive in the second half as the team drained three in the opening five minutes of the period, however St. John's continued to have an answer and hold off any comeback attempt from the Blue Demons.

OF NOTE

DePaul was a perfect 12-for-12 at the free throw line, marking just the second time since 2011 the Blue Demons have been perfect at the charity stripe.
CJ Gunn extended his stretch of games with 10 or more points to 12-straight, the longest for a DePaul player in a single-season since Javon Freeman-Liberty's 15 game streak in 2021-22.
As a team, the Blue Demons brought their season total of three-pointers to 254, which ranks second all-time.

UP NEXT
DePaul continues this week at home with a Saturday contest against Butler. The game is slated for a 7 p.m. tip on FS1. The game is DePaul's annual throwback night and includes a halftime jersey retirement presentation for All-American, Dave Corzine.