The DePaul women’s basketball team defeated St John’s in a close game on Sunday, with a 107-93 victory  on the road. The Blue Demons now have a 3-0 record in the conference, making them first  in the Big East.

The game started slow for the Blue Demons as St. John’s took the first quarter with a 26-23 lead. Senior guard Deja Church scored the first two points of the game with a layup, but St. John’s Cameree Clegg also scored a layup starting the back and forth chase that carried the first quarter.

Senior guard Sonya Morris continued to impress with a total of 35 points this game. Freshman forward Aneesah Morrow had the highest rebounds total with 14 and sophomore guard Darrione Rogers finished with a game-high seven assists. 

In the second quarter, St. John’s continued to take the lead until DePaul made a slow crawl to even the score with Church hitting two free throws. Morris made a three-point jumper and layup assisted by Rogers, along with Morrow making two free throws to tie the game 32-32. St. John’s still finished on top at the end of the second quarter with a 54-52 lead.

The second half changed the game as the Blue Demons pushed forward with Morris’ layup assisted by senior guard Lexi Held, 58-56. In the third quarter, DePaul controlled the court with a five-point lead.

By the fourth quarter, DePaul took a lead 84-77, which started with Morris making the first jumper. Within the first three minutes Held hit three layups, which pushed DePaul up 93-81. 

The Blue Demons continued to dominate the floor with a 8-0 run during the middle of the quarter,with Morrow making the last layup to give DePaul its  largest lead of 14 to finish the game with a score of 107-93.

DePaul led in rebounds with 43 and assists with 19. DePaul was 11-22 on three-point shots.

The Blue Demons next game is on Dec. 22 against Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish back at the Wintrust Arena.