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DePaul falls on first day of Big East Tournament; St. John’s and Georgetown gets chippy

  • Posted onMarch 9, 2017March 10, 2017
  • Big East

BY SHANE DAVIES NEW YORK — The Big East Tournament tipped off on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden with two first-round games that offered varying levels of intensity. Since rebranding to a 10-team conference back in 2013, the conference has struggled to maintain the traditional…

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Billy Garrett Jr. hits game-winning free throws at Georgetown, then throws shade at Hoyas’ effort

  • Posted onFebruary 22, 2017February 22, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

DePaul got its first road win of the season Wednesday as Billy Garrett Jr. made two free throws with 0.2 seconds left to beat Georgetown 67-65. They were Garrett’s only points of the second half, but the senior came up clutch once again hitting a…

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No. 23 Creighton dominates DePaul with hot shooting, 93-58

  • Posted onFebruary 11, 2017September 24, 2017
  • Big East

Creighton shot the lights out Saturday to defeat DePaul 93-58. The Bluejays shot an impressive 60% from the field in the first half and carried their hot hand over into the second half shooting 61% from the field for the game. “We executed our game plan…

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Georgetown squeaks past DePaul 76-73

  • Posted onFebruary 1, 2017September 24, 2017
  • Big East

DePaul has not defeated Georgetown in a regular season matchup since 1994. On Tuesday, the streak nearly ended, but a Tre’Darius McCallum 3-pointer to send the game to overtime was off the mark as the Hoyas prevailed with a 76-73 victory. The Hoyas (13-10, 4-6 Big…

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DePaul spoils golden opportunity for upset against Butler

  • Posted onJanuary 21, 2017September 24, 2017
  • Big East

DePaul had lost seven of eight coming into Saturday’s tilt with No. 13 Butler, putting forth a series of efforts as weak as the January sun. But for almost 40 minutes against the Bulldogs, the Blue Demons seemed to have found a bright spot in…

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Chicago Weekly Awards, Jan. 16

  • Posted onJanuary 16, 2017January 16, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Every week for the 2016-17 season, The Catch and Shoot will name a Player of the Week, Freshman of the Week, Team of the Week and Game of the Week among the five Division I schools in the Chicago area. Here are the winners for…

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Leitao looks for more leadership, consistency from freshman Gage

  • Posted onJanuary 16, 2017March 6, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

While DePaul coach Dave Leitao wants to see what coaches usually hope for from Devin Gage from now until the end of the season — better shooting, aggressive play — he’s also expecting even more of the freshman point guard. Leitao wants him to play like…

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Marquette’s 3-point barrage sinks DePaul

  • Posted onJanuary 14, 2017January 14, 2017
  • Big East

Allowing 12 first-half 3-pointers was only the start of the problem. DePaul really fell apart in Saturday’s 83-58 loss at Marquette when the Blue Demons allowed their defensive struggles to dictate how they ran offense. “Obviously we didn’t do a really good job of closing…

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Billy Garrett Jr. sinks yet another game winner

  • Posted onJanuary 11, 2017January 11, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

We’ve seen this before. With DePaul down two in the closing seconds of Tuesday’s game against Providence, senior guard Billy Garrett Jr. sliced his way into the lane and made a game-tying layup with 4.7 seconds to go. Garrett also got fouled and made free…

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DePaul’s upset at No. 1 Villanova falls just short

  • Posted onDecember 29, 2016December 29, 2016
  • Chicago Basketball

After limping through the end of non-conference play, DePaul nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history Wednesday. As 25-point underdogs, the Blue Demons took No. 1 Villanova to the final buzzer. But when Billy Garrett Jr.’s attempt at a game-tying…

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