Marquette Men’s Basketball Big East Preview Primer: at DePaul

Marquette Golden Eagles (6-12, 1-6 Big East) at DePaul Blue Demons (10-7, 2-4 Big East)

Date: Friday, January 16, 2026
Time: 7:30pm Central
Location: Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois

Marquette Stats Leaders

Points: Chase Ross, 15.8 ppg
Rebounds: Ben Gold, 6.4 rpg
Assists: Nigel James, 4.0 apg

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DePaul Stats Leaders

Points: CJ Gunn, 13.5 ppg
Rebounds: NJ Benson, 6.9 rpg
Assists: Layden Blocker, 3.7 apg

KenPom.com Rankings

Marquette: #118, exactly where they were before beating Xavier and back at their lowest ranking since going into a home game against Butler at #120 on January 30, 2016, in Steve Wojciechowski’s second season in charge
DePaul: #109
Game Projection: DePaul has a 66% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 73-69.
No, Seriously: The algorithm says Blue Demons By Two Possessions

This Season So Far: The “Oh, maybe head coach Chris Holtmann has turned a page in the book of DePaul Basketball in his first season” idea lasted… let’s say approximately 72 minutes into the season. After DePaul kicked around Chicago State in their opener, Game #2 started with the Blue Demons ripping off a 30-5 run on Stonehill, and I mean that literally, the score was 30-5 coming up on five minutes left in the first half. DePaul immediately — again, literally — handing back a 14-0 run isn’t what knocked the shine off of Holtmann’s second season in charge in Lincoln Park. No, that would be what happened in the second half when the Skyhawks outscored DePaul 22-11 in the first 10 minutes and then took a 50-49 lead with eight minutes left.

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Guys, Stonehill is currently 5-12 and just 3-12 against Division 1 competition.

DePaul followed that near collapse — they won, 72-64 — by giving up an early 23-3 run at home to Buffalo, needing a 12-1 run in the second half to get within two of the Bulls with less than eight minutes left, and then losing by 13 anyway. Then they lost at home to Northwestern by just two, but the Blue Demons were up 76-73 with four minutes…

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Publish date : 2026-01-16 01:30:00

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