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DePaul s Sonya Morris drives against St. John s. (Steve Woltmann - DePaul Athletics)
DePaul s road trip continued with a trip to Carnesecca Arena to face St. John s. For the second time this season, the Blue Demons beat the Red Storm. This time, DePaul won 81=-73.
Despite leading the entire game, it was a hard fought battle. After DePaul jumoed out to a big early lead, St. John s actually outscored DePaul 59-56 through the final three quarters. Still, the final is all that matters and DePaul s 11 point first quarter advantage was enough to offset the final three quarters of St. John s.
Hoyas sink in second half as Red Storm surge to victory Photo by GUHoyas
The Georgetown Hoyas women’s basketball team (1-5, 1-5 Big East) lost to the St. John’s Red Storm (4-9, 1-7 Big East) on Wednesday afternoon at McDonough Arena by a score of 70-53. What started as a competitive game of runs got out of hand in the third quarter as the Red Storm embarked on a 24-1 run that turned this game into a blowout. For the Red Storm, sophomore guard Leilani Correa tied her career high with 35 points, while junior guard Kadaja Bailey added a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds. Graduate guard Milan Bolden-Morris led the Hoyas with 18 points, and sophomore forward Graceann Bennett flirted with a double-double, recording 9 points and 12 rebounds.
2021/01/14 09:46 CHICAGO (AP) Dee Bekelja scored 22 points and Lexi Held had 21 points, five rebounds and seven assists to help No. 19 DePaul beat St. John s 101-84 on Wednesday night. All five starters for DePaul (7-3, 4-1 Big East) scored in double figures. Deja Church added 18 points and nine rebounds, and Jorie Allen and Sonya Morris each scored 17 points. Morris also had nine assists and Allen grabbed seven rebounds. DePaul opened the game on an 11-2 run with scoring from five different players, and led 26-14 after the first quarter. Church, Held and Allen combined for 35 points in the first half to help the Blue Demons lead 51-31.
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DePaul s Dee Bekelja (Steve Woltmann/DePaul Athletics)
Last night, the DePaul Blue Demons cruised to an easy 101-84 win over St. John s. The win came after an eight day layoff caused by the postponement of games against Butler and Creighton. The Blue Demons showed absolutely no rust from the long break.
DePaul scored first and never lost the lead. Their biggest lead was 26 points midway through the third quarter.
DePaul led in most team categories, except for bench points, with St. John s outscoring DePaul 19-6. DePaul led in points in the paint (56-48), points from turnovers (27-12), second chance points (19-9) and fast break points (33-30).