DePaul defeats Alabama State 105-76
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
December 14, 2019
After three consecutive games on the road for DePaul, the Blue Demons returned to Wintrust Arena on Saturday to face Alabama State. DePaul got off to a fast start against the Hornets and never looked back en route to a 105-76 victory. It took the Blue Demons a couple of minutes to score in the firs...
Doug Bruno celebrates 700th win as head coach of DePaul women’s basketball
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
December 13, 2019
DePaul women’s basketball head coach Doug Bruno always talks about treating the next opponent like they are the best team in the country, no matter their record. That’s why he rarely gets fixated on looking back at the past, a career that up until Dec. 1 had produced 699 wins at DePaul, his alma ma...
Morris ignites as DePaul takes down Notre Dame in South Bend
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
December 11, 2019
SOUTH BEND, In — DePaul took its five-game win streak on the road to rival Notre Dame on Wednesday night. Notre Dame is a battle-tested team, with the Blue Demons being the fifth ranked squad they have played this year. Notre Dame controlled much of the first half before DePaul was able to up the tempo...
Preview: DePaul rides five game win streak into South Bend
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
December 10, 2019
It’s been five full seasons since Notre Dame was alongside DePaul in the Big East. Since then, the perennial top-five team has been on Doug Bruno and the Blue Demons’ calendar every season to no avail to their record. They’ve lost seven consecutive matchups all in nonconference play with one of ...
DePaul overcomes second half deficit, wins fifth straight
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
December 7, 2019
DePaul took a trip up north to face the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in a Saturday matinee game. The Blue Demons were looking to win their fifth straight game after dispatching Northwestern last Sunday. The Phoenix of Green Bay were looking to get a second win over a ranked team in a row after beating...
DePaul in thick of nonconference schedule ahead of Big East play
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
December 2, 2019
Any team looking to improve will play a tough nonconference schedule. A team that was picked unanimously to win their conference by the coaches, DePaul can prove them right and win another Big East crown. But first, they have to make it through the gauntlet of the early months as a better team. As ...
Late Sonya Morris jumper lifts DePaul over Northwestern in road test
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
December 1, 2019
The DePaul women’s basketball team took a quick trip up to the suburbs to play Northwestern in a Sunday matinee contest. The undefeated hosts proved to be no pushovers, controlling the physicality. But late game prowess from the Blue Demons lifted them over Northwestern, 70-68. In the first quarter,...
Preview: DePaul stares down road test at Northwestern
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
November 30, 2019
It’s a battle of two undefeated teams just north of Chicago in neighboring Evanston. If it was a day later, it might be a battle of two AP top 25 teams as Northwestern had a few votes of their own in last week’s poll, and no. 16 DePaul has climbed after a win over Miami last weekend in the Maggi...
DePaul dominates UW-Milwaukee to improve to 5-1 on the season
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
November 26, 2019
Coming off their close win against then No. 16 Miami in the Maggie Dixon Classic championship game, DePaul had a much easier time dispatching UW-Milwaukee on Tuesday. The Blue Demons defeated the Panthers 94-65 to improve to 5-1 on the season. After playing back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday, the Blu...
Late coach’s legacy honored through early-season tournament
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
November 24, 2019
The first time that the Maggie Dixon Classic was played, the tragic loss of the coach the tournament was named after was too fresh in the women’s basketball community. Just a few months after Maggie Dixon suddenly passed away from a heart arrhythmia the Pittsburgh Panthers, coached by Maggie’s...
DePaul pulls away from No. 16 Miami to win Maggie Dixon Classic championship
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
November 23, 2019
After they cruised to a 37 point victory on Friday, DePaul had just 24 hours to turn around and face a top 20 team in the country for the Maggie Dixon Classic championship. The Miami Hurricanes were coming off a one-point win against North Carolina A&T on Friday. It was hard to notice the lack...
Preview: No. 19 DePaul takes on No. 17 Miami in Maggie Dixon final
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
November 22, 2019
It’s the second time in ten days where No. 19 DePaul is facing another ranked team. On Nov. 14, the Blue Demons flew to Corvallis, Oregon to face now No. 7 Oregon State to the tune of a 98-77 loss. But this time they will be right at home when No. 17 Miami (FL) looks to play spoiler on the road in ...
Xavier Ortega, Photo Editor
December 8, 2019 • 1 Comment
On a cold, cloudy Chicago night of about 38 degrees Fahrenheit, DePaul hosted the Chicago Sleep Out on...
DePaul student charged with writing software for ISIS waives preliminary hearing
December 6, 2019
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffery Cole agreed Friday morning to waive the preliminary...
Man stabbed on Red Line at Fullerton stop
December 6, 2019
A man was stabbed Friday morning on a Red Line train at the Fullerton stop by...
Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’
December 2, 2019
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired the city’s retiring police superintendent...