You heard that right. DePaul has possession with 11.8 remaining.

Jayden Epps will head to the free throw line with 11.8 seconds remaining. He has a chance to cut it to a one-point game.

Hold your breath.

Chris Holtmann wants to talk it over after Georgetown showed a full court press. 50.4 seconds to go. One possession game.

Micah Peavy answers on the other end with a made layup and a foul. The free throw was made and the lead is cut to three.

JJ Traynor. Clutch.

With 1:09 remaining, DePaul had a baseline inbound with only three seconds on the shot clock after a tie-up.

Blocker lobbed it up to Traynor, who contorted his body just enough for the wild tip-in. DePaul leads 70-64 with 63 seconds before this one concludes.

Blocker is now 4-6 from three-point range. He only shoots 21% on the season. DePaul’s lead is six.

68-62, 1:48 to go.

After a pair of Peavy free throws, DePaul’s offense looks out of sorts. After getting a lucky break on a rebound tipped out of bounds by the Hoyas, they will get another chance.

DePaul’s lead is 65-62 with 2:32 remaining.

Micah Peavy blows right past the Blue Demon defense to cut the lead to five. Peavy has 21 points on 9-15 shooting and leads all scorers.

The senior guard averaged 16.9 points per contest during the regular season.

DePaul leads 65-60 with just 3:44 left to go.

The final stretch approaches.

Georgetown’s Drew Fielder commits his fifth foul and will head to the bench for the rest of the game. He scored 11 points in 34 minutes. DePaul leads 65-58.

Another big interior play by a heavy three-point shooting team brings DePaul up to a 9-point lead, up 65-56 with 5:10 remaining.

Benson’s hand injury has not slowed Benson down over the past few minutes. The big man bullied his way inside for another layup, putting DePaul up 62-55 and forcing Ed Cooley to call a Georgetown timeout.

8:05 remains.

Georgetown began to find their shot, but a monster Benson slam followed by a converted and-one makes it 60-55 DePaul.

Benson has 16 points in his first game since Feb. 11

Despite shooting 13 percentage points better than Georgetown on the night, DePaul hangs on to a two-point lead with 11:52 remaining.

The Blue Demons continue launching three-pointers against the Georgetown zone, shooting an exceptional 8-17 (47.1%).

DePaul heads to the media timeout making three baskets in as many attempts.

Though the zone seems to have thrown DePaul for a loop at times, forcing hesitant turnovers in the process, they have patiently let the plays develop and have gotten solid looks during the stretch.

At the half, the Hoyas lead DePaul 40-38. It is Georgetown’s first 40-point first half since Feb. 23 on the road against Creighton.

DePaul led by as many as 15 points in the half with around eight minutes left, but that did not deter the Hoyas, who have not beaten the Blue Demons in either of their matchups this season.

DePaul’s Thomas heads to the break with three fouls, while Georgetown’s Peavy has three of his own. Peavy leads all scorers with 14 points while Blocker and Gunn have 10 apiece for the Blue Demons.

With 38 seconds remaining, Georgetown has a 38-37 lead over the Blue Demons.

DePaul has led for 14 of the nearly 19.5 minutes.

Georgetown has cut the lead to just four after breaking out a full court press against the Blue Demon offense. At the final media timeout of the half (3:18 remains), DePaul leads 33-29. That is a 9-4 run by Georgetown.

DePaul is still shooting above 50% from the field (11-21) but have now committed seven turnovers in nearly 17 minutes of play.

Up 29-20 with 7:25 remaining in the half, DePaul head coach Chris Holtmann has called a timeout due to a 6-0 run by the Hoyas.

Georgetown has tested a zone defense, in large part due to DePaul’s 60% split from the field.

DePaul is on a 13-2 run over the past four minutes, including making five of their last six shot attempts.

However, both Isaiah Rivera, David Thomas and Layden Blocker have tallied two personal fouls. For Georgetown, Micah Peavy and Drew Fielder also have two each.

8:05 remains in the half.

After a Troy D’Amico bomb, DePaul is now 5-7 from deep, a 71% clip.

NJ Benson makes a basket at the rim to expand the lead to 23-12

With 11:38 remaining in the first half, DePaul is shooting 5-9, including four of their last five attempts.

Layden Blocker and CJ Gunn have all of DePaul’s 18 points (Georgetown has 12). Only two shot attempts were taken by players other than Blocker and Gunn.

Georgetown guard Malik Mack just picked up his second personal foul midway through the first frame.

DePaul has also made all four of their free throw attempts.

After the tip, which DePaul won, both teams have made a three-pointer, with DePaul already making. Both are in the bottom half of conference three-point percentage.

Jayden Epps was fouled behind the line and made all three of his free throws for Georgetown, followed by a Gunn three-pointer to knot it at eight.

DePaul starters:

G Isaiah Rivera

G Layden Blocker

G CJ Gunn

F Troy D’Amico

F JJ Traynor

Georgetown starters:

G Malik Mack

G Micah Peavy

G Jayden Epps

F Drew Fielder

F Jordan Burks

NJ Benson is expected to be available off the bench for the Blue Demons with a hand injury.

NJ Benson, who is questionable tonight, is warming up for DePaul.

The junior forward from Mount Vernon, Illinois has not played since Feb. 11 and was shooting 58.2% on the season.

A Benson start could be a huge gain for the battered Blue Demons.