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The DePaul Blue Demons will play the Connecticut Huskies on Wednesday at the XL Center. Tip-off from Hartford, CT, is at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Huskies are 17.5-point spread favorites and the game total is 148.5 points.
DePaul (9-20 SU, 12-16-1 ATS) lost to Marquette on Saturday. The Blue Demons are 0-5 straight-up in their past five and 3-15 in Big East Conference competition. Senior forward Yor Anei (5.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG) is questionable to play after missing the previous three games with a hamstring injury.
UConn (22-7 SU, 18-10-1 ATS) beat St. John's on Saturday. The Huskies are 4-1 straight-up in their past five and 11-7 in Big East play. Junior guard Hassan Diarra (2.7 PPG) is questionable to play after missing the previous game with an unknown ailment.
Connecticut defeate d DePaul 90-76 on January 31. The Huskies shot 50.9 percent from the field and 30-for-34 (88.2%) at the foul line but were cold from long distance (4-for-16). The Blue Demons shot 44.6 percent, including 9-for-20 (45%) from three, but they were outrebounded 38-25.
The Huskies lead the all-time series 16-1.
DePaul has dropped ten straight games since defeating a ranked Xavier team on January 18. Do the Blue Demons have another upset in the tank before the season is over?
Marquette got out to a fast start in Saturday's matchup with DePaul and held off a second-half charge from the Blue Demons to win by six. The Golden Eagles led 49-28 at halftime but gave up 56 second-half points. DePaul (51.7 FG%) outshot Marquette (48.4 FG%) and boasted a +10 rebounding margin, snagging 13 offensive rebounds. However, the Blue Demons were careless with the basketball, turning it over 17 times. Senior guard Umoja Gibson paced DePaul with 20 points and eight assists.
Gibson gets our first three of the game.
14:16 1H | DePaul 9, Marquette 14 pic.twitter.com/Js4ZN9D2qE
— DePaul Basketball (@DePaulHoops) February 26, 2023
The Blue Demons average 71.4 points per game (183rd) and shoot 42.4 percent from the field (296th), including 36.2 percent from three-point distance (76th). They convert 74.0 percent of their free-throw attempts (90th) and average 30.0 rebounds (282nd) with a -5.9 rebounding margin. DePaul is 136th in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency, per KenPom.
The Blue Demons surrender 76.7 points per game on defense (340th), and their opponents shoot 44.7 percent from the field (253rd), including 34.4 percent from three (228th). They're 177th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
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