Blue Demons Lead From Start to Finish in Sunday Victory

Sunday, February 2

Chicago, Ill.

5 p.m.

DePaul University

11-12,2-10Big East

Seton Hall

6-16,1-10Big East

Seton Hall

DePaul

Blue Demons Lead From Start to Finish in Sunday Victory

2/2/2025 8:45:00 PM | MEN'S BASKETBALL

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DePaul earns its second BIG EAST win of the season

CHICAGO – DePaul men's basketball led from start to finish in a 74-57 Sunday route of Seton Hall from Wintrust Arena. The 17-point victory marked the largest for DePaul in BIG EAST play since March 6, 2019 while shooting a season-best 55.3 percent from the field.

NJ Benson led the team with his third double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds. He also added three assists and two blocks. Three other Blue Demons joined in double-digit scoring with 16 points from CJ Gunn, 14 from Isaiah Rivera and 11 from Jacob Meyer. Layden Blocker was also a stat-sheet stuffer with seven points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED
DePaul (11-12, 2-10 BIG EAST) jumped out to an immediate lead, holding Seton Hall scoreless for the opening six minutes of the game for a 12-0 lead. The Pirates patented defense picked up as they held DePaul without a field goal for over five minutes and put together a 7-0 stretch to cut the lead to 15-12. The Blue Demons immediately fired back with an 8-2 run that included three-pointers by Rivera and Meyer. With a three-point lead, Blocker nabbed a crucial steal and fastbreak dunk before Benson and Rivera closed out the half with scoring efforts for a nine-point halftime lead.

The Blue Demons strong showing continued as they outscored Seton Hall 13-4 to open the second half to a 51-33 lead. After a Seton Hall dunk, Meyer and Rivera responded with buckets as DePaul took its largest lead of the game, 59-37. The Pirates picked up their defensive pressure, putting together a 9-0 run before Conor Enright put a halt to it with a pair of free throws. Gunn knocked in back-to-back three-pointers keeping the momentum in DePaul's favor. One more swing from Seton Hall on another 9-0 run was ended by a fastbreak basket from Gunn.

OF NOTE

DePaul's 55.3 percent shooting was the highest team field goal percentage in a conference game since Feb. 27, 2022.
The Blue Demons reached 226 three-pointers on the season which sits as the fifth-most all-time in a single-season.
The 17-point victory was also the second largest for DePaul all-time in the series against Seton Hall and greatest since March 3, 2012.
Rivera extended his personal stretch of consecutive games scoring to 70.
Conor Enright eclipsed 300 career assists with six Sunday evening.

UP NEXT
DePaul remains at home for a midweek contest against Villanova, Wednesday, Feb. 5. The game is slated for an 8 p.m. tip on CBS Sports Network.