Youngstown St. Penguins vs DePaul Blue Demons Match Player Stats On Dec 02, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Dec 2, 2017

Junior guard Max Strus scored 20 points and had four steals to help DePaul cruise to an 89-73 victory over Youngstown State on Saturday in nonconference action in Chicago.

Senior forward Tre'Darius McCallum and senior center Marin Maric added 17 points apiece for the Blue Demons (3-4). Junior guard Eli Cain contributed 15 points and seven rebounds for DePaul.

Sophomore guard Braun Hartfield scored 23 points and was 5 of 5 from 3-point range for the Penguins, who lost their fifth consecutive game. Senior guard Cameron Morse tallied 11 points for Youngstown State (2-7), which committed 20 turnovers in the opener of a six-game road trip.

DePaul opened the second half with an 8-2 burst, capped by a 3-pointer by Cain to give the Blue Demons a 55-34 edge.

Youngstown State moved within 14 on Hartfield's 3-pointer with 15:14 left. But DePaul answered with a 16-7 run to move ahead 71-48 on McCallum's jumper with 9:32 left.

The lead topped out at 24 points on a jumper by Strus with 5:24 left.

The Blue Demons shot 63.3 percent from the field in the first half en route to a 15-point lead at the break.

DePaul first led by double digits on a 3-pointer by Strus to make it 28-18 with 9:19 left in the first half. Strus knocked down another 3 to push the advantage to 35-21 with 6:35 to go.

Cain's layup made it a 17-point margin with 1:52 remaining before the Blue Demons settled for a 47-32 halftime lead.