8:02 pm
February 9

DePaul @ Xavier

Who will WIN this matchup?

DePaul Blue Demons (12-9)

@ Xavier Musketeers (11-12)

 

Current odds:

DePaul Blue Demons: (+155)

Xavier Musketeers: (-185)

 

• The line for the game is Xavier by 4 points.

• Max Strus leads the Blue Demons in scoring at 17.0 points per game, but Paul Reed has achieved double figures in seven of his last eight contests and had his fourth career double-double – all in the last seven games – with 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds win in the team’s latest win. The reigning Big East Player of the Week also leads DePaul in rebounding with an average of 8.2 per game and in blocked shots with 25. In the last eight games, Reed is averaging 16.6 points and 10.3 rebounds, and shooting 56 percent from the field while making 25-of-26 free throws.

• Five players average in double figures, led by Paul Scruggs and Naji Marshall at 13.0 points per game. Quentin Goodin is next at 12.2 points per game and leads the team in assists at 4.9. Zach Hankins is shooting 70.4 percent from the field and has a shot at breaking the school season record of 65.4 percent set by Brian Grant in 1992-93.

• DePaul is seeking its fifth Big East victory, which would be its highest total in a season since winning six in 2014-15.

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