Max Strus Archives - The DePaulia

Former DePaul men’s basketball star lands two-way contract with Bulls

Shane René, Editor-in-Chief

October 28, 2019

A native of Chicago’s south suburbs, Max Strus only played for two seasons at DePaul, spending his first chained to the bench by NCAA regulations after transferring from Division II Lewis University. But in just two short years, Strus laid the foundation to become one of the program’s most compelli...

Tags: Blue Demon Basketball, Max Strus, Men's Basketball

DePaul squanders chance at bye, finishes last in Big East

Lawrence Kreymer, Asst. Sports Editor

March 11, 2019

DePaul went into its final regular season game against Creighton on Saturday playing their best basketball of the season, coming off two impressive wins against Georgetown and St. John’s. That two-game winning streak was quickly put to an end against the Bluejays (18-13; 9-9 Big East) in Omaha, Neb...

Tags: Dave Leitao, Femi Olujobi, Martin Krampelj, Max Strus

DePaul forwards Femi Olujobi, Paul Reed take advantage of opportunity

Andrew Hattersley, Sports Editor

January 28, 2019

Trailing by 13 at No. 12/11 Marquette on Wednesday night, DePaul opened the second half on an 8-0 run to slice from Marquette’s lead from 13 to ve just over two minutes into the second half. Seven of those points came courtesy of senior forward Femi Olujobi and sophomore ...

Tags: Eli Cain, Femi Olujobi, Max Strus

Poor shooting dooms DePaul in loss to Friars

Lawrence Kreymer, Asst. Sports Editor

January 28, 2019

Despite only leading for 37 seconds, DePaul (11-8; 3-5 Big East) suffered yet another close loss, 70-67, Sunday afternoon as Providence (13-7; 3-4 Big East) held off the Blue Demons who at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. DePaul fell to 1-2 on an all-important three-game road trip to Seton Hall, Mar...

Tags: Dave Leitao, Ed Cooley, Eli Cain, Femi Olujobi, friars, Max Strus, Providence, villanova