National Basketball Association
DePaul 109, Chicago St. 61
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 17, 2016
Where: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Officials:
# Jeff Clark, # Mark Potter, # Wally Rutecki
Attendance:
4592
By The Sports Xchange
DePaul reeled off 22 straight points in the first eight minutes to set the tone for a 109-61 victory over Chicago State in Las Vegas Classic opening-round action on Saturday afternoon at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill.
Sophomore guard Eli Cain scored 12 of his career-high 31 points during DePaul's opening spree, which gave the hosts a 22-2 lead at the 12:44 mark of the first half.
Cain drilled a career-high 7 3-pointers, junior forward Tre'Darius McCallum delivered a career-high 18 points and 12 rebounds and freshman guard Brandon Cyrus added 13 points for DePaul (6-4).
Chicago State (3-8), which has five games remaining on its 12-game road trip, was paced by sophomore guard Fred Sims Jr.'s 19 points. Senior guard Clemmye Owens V contributed 14 points.
The game looked like a potential trap for DePaul, which extended its record against Chicago State to 15-0. On Wednesday night, Chicago State lost by just fiyr points at Northwestern while DePaul suffered a shocking five-point home loss to Illinois-Chicago
After senior guard Joshua Batson hit the game's first shot to give Chicago State a 2-0 lead, DePaul responded with 22 consecutive points. Cain buried four 3-pointers during the spree as Chicago State coach Tracy Dildy, a former assistant at DePaul, twice subbed for all five Cougars on the floor and used one timeout in his attempts to stem the tide.
DePaul pushed the margin to 60-22 by halftime as the Blue Demons, who entered the game near the bottom among NCAA teams in 3-point percentage (27.9) and 3-pointers per game (4.2), drilled 7 of 10 3-point tries in the opening 20 minutes.
The Blue Demons finished 13 of 20 (65 percent) from 3-point range and 38 of 57 (67 percent) from the field overall as they topped 100 points for the first time since a 102-95 win over Chicago State on Dec. 10, 2011.
Top Game Performances
| Chicago St. |
|
DePaul |
|
Fred Sims Jr. 19 |
Scoring |
Eli Cain 31 |
|
Delundre Dixon 4 |
Assists |
Devin Gage 7 |
|
Trayvon Palmer 9 |
Rebounds |
Tre'Darius McCallum 12 |
|
Delundre Dixon 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Billy Garrett Jr. 4 |
|
Clemmye Owens V 4 |
Steals |
Devin Gage 3 |
|
Trayvon Palmer 2 |
Blocks |
Eli Cain 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Chicago St.
|
61 |
37.1 |
4-21 |
11-15 |
10 |
22 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
| DePaul
|
109 |
66.7 |
13-20 |
20-29 |
22 |
40 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
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