DePaul breaks through with overtime win over Penn State
Paul Steeno, Senior Basketball Writer
November 16, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Showcase, Sports
Shane Colburn normally wouldn't have ventured over to Wintrust Arena on a cold Thursday night in the midst of finals weeks to watch the DePaul Blue Demon men's basketball team beat the Penn State Nittany Lions 72-70 in an overtime thriller. After all, he's only been to a few games at Wintrust Arena....
We aren’t lion: Big early season game for Blue Demons against Penn State
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
November 14, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
The DePaul Blue Demons tilt against the Penn State Nittany Lions Thursday night at Wintrust Arena feels really important. Win and the Blue Demons improve to 3-0 for the first time since the 2008-2009 season. Win and the Blue Demons secure their first-ever Gavitt Tipoff Games victory, the annual showdown...
Cain on triple-double watch; reaches 1200 career-point milestone in win against Morgan State
Paul Steeno, Senior Basketball Writer
November 12, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
It's a trick he's pulled hundreds of times before. In semi-transition, the DePaul Blue Demon's 6-foot-6-inch senior guard Eli Cain found himself alone behind the corner 3-point line against a smaller guard. He drove hard with his left hand to the block, spun back towards the middle of the floor, and...
Late run helps DePaul edge Green Bay
Cristhian Plasencia, Staff Writer
November 12, 2018
Filed under Sports
DePaul entered Friday night expecting a stiff test from a Green Bay team that had reached the NCAA Tournament in nine of the past 10 seasons and that is exactly what they got. Unlike last year against Northern Colorado, however, the 15th ranked DePaul women’s basketball team was able to open the s...
New season, different feeling
Lawrence Kreymer, Asst. Sports Editor
November 12, 2018
Filed under Sports
When DePaul walked off the court for the final time last season after losing to Marquette in the first round of the Big East tournament, questions on whether the team was moving in the right direction intensified. During the ensuing offseason the program tried convincing fans and the students that goi...
Battling Bears at Wintrust
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
November 11, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
For the first time since the 2014-2015 season, the DePaul Blue Demon men's basketball team has an opportunity to begin the season 2-0. A Monday evening appointment with the Morgan State Bears (0-2) 7:30 at Wintrust Arena stands in the way before the Blue Demons can accomplish that feat. And don't...
Let’s get this thing started: Blue Demons battle Bethune-Cookman
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
November 6, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
For the first time in 245 days, the DePaul Blue Demon men's basketball team will be playing a game that matters. Bethune-Cookman University is the opponent for the Blue Demon's 2018-2019 season opener and the game goes down at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wintrust Arena. The Wildcats, who finished 18-14...
Getting things started
November 1, 2018
Filed under Sports
Starting lineups are in a constant flux, but what happens in an exhibition game can at least provide a barometer for what's to come. In a competitive 72-65 win against the Rockhurst University Hawks Thursday night at Wintrust Arena, program mainstays Max Stus, Eli Cain, and Devin Gage started. Upperclassmen...
Almost Hawked Down
November 1, 2018
The Rockhurst University Hawks, a Division II program from Missouri, weren't messing around when they arrived at Wintrust Arena Thursday night for a date with the DePaul Blue Demons. The final score, 72-65, doesn't indicate how competitive the game was. "We couldn't string together any continual...
Daily Newsline emails helpful for some, annoying for others
Carina Smith & Emma Oxnevad, News Editor & Asst. News Editor
October 22, 2018
Filed under News
DePaul students’ inboxes have gotten just a little bit more cluttered this year after the DePaul Newsroom started sending daily emails about university news that students can’t unsubscribe to. The emails are new for the 2018-2019 school year, with students receiving an email every weekday with links to articles...
DePaul assistants Tim Anderson, Shane Heirman named in NCAA trial for paying player in high school
Shane Rene, Managing Editor
October 15, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase, Sports
As the trial surrounding the NCAA’s corruption scandal continues, Brian Bowen Sr., the father of former five- star recruit Brian Bowen II, made new allegations about DePaul assistant men’s basketball coach Shane Heirman, and now a second DePaul assistant Tim Anderson. Brian Bowen ...
King of the Court
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
October 7, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
There are lions in Chicago. Two iconic bronze lions have guarded the entrance of the Art Institute of Chicago for 124 years. Four miles north, real lions prowl about at the Kovler Lion House at Lincoln Park Zoo. But now, there's another lion in Chicago. Well, not a real lion. Not even a depiction...
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