Overview
- Tip is set for 8 p.m. Central at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, with coverage on truTV and streaming on Peacock.
- DePaul enters at 5-3, while UAPB is 1-8 after a 63-62 win at UIC that marked its first nonconference Division I road victory since Nov. 13, 2023.
- Senior guard-forward Quion Williams leads UAPB with 14.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 2.0 steals and 0.8 blocks, and coach Solomon Bozeman called him “an NBA defender.”
- DePaul leans on perimeter leaders CJ Gunn (13.9 ppg) and Layden Blocker (12.0 ppg, 3.8 apg), as coach Chris Holtmann stresses better responses to physical play after a 96-63 loss to LSU.
- The Blue Demons begin Big East play in 10 days with a road game at No. 23 St. John’s followed by a home date against No. 5 UConn.