On a day that featured a first half in which Paul Reed went 0-9 and Jalen Coleman-Lands had zero points, the DePaul Blue Demons still found a way to defeat the Northwestern Wildcats. Charlie Moore and Jaylen Butz lead the Demons by scoring 28 of the 34 first half points to keep the team afloat. The Blue Demons shot 37%, while the Wildcats shot 55.6% to take a 4 point lead into the break with Freshman Boo Buie leading the way with 18 first half points. As was mentioned in the preview of this game, Boo Buie was the man to be worried about, the only reason that the Boys in Blue were still in it was that they had only 6 turnovers and had out-rebounded the ‘Cats by 5, mostly on the offensive end.
At the half, probability made it clear that DePaul could come back if they shot just a little better. It took just 1:12 for JCL to hit his first 3 pointer of the half, and 2:28 for Paul Reed to finally get on the board putting the Demons up by 1 in the process. DePaul held the lead until the 10:36 point of the 2nd half. The Wildcats took the lead to 6 points with 6:28 to go. When Paul Reed hit his only 3 point shot of the day, cutting the lead to 3, it ignited a 15-2 run which culminated in the sequence of the night by Jaylen Butz.
The 15-2 run by #DePaul over Northwestern. #dpubb pic.twitter.com/qFs1W4Opb2
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Butz’s steal and layup brought the DePaul lead to 7 and the Demons never looked back winning 83-78.
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