DePaul thumps Florida Gulf Coast, move into 2nd place in Big East
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Five players for DePaul scored in double figures as the Blue Demons easily dismantled Florida Gulf Coast 92-60 on Monday night. Draelon Burns and Will Walker led DePaul with 19 points each. Karron Clarke scored 15 points, Dar Tucker added 14, and Mac Koshwal finished with 10.
Florida Gulf Coast kept things close in the first half, trailing 33-30 with halftime looming. But DePaul (9-9, 4-2) broke things wide open, using a 13-2 run to go ahead 46-32 with 52 seconds left in the first half. The Blue Demons led at the break 46-34, and effectively put this one to bed in the first three minutes of the second half, going on a 13-0 run and burying Florida Gulf Coast.
Once upon a time things looked grim for DePaul, after the Blue Demons started the season 2-7, but they’ve righted the ship, winning seven of their last nine games. With the win, DePaul improves to 4-2 in the Big East and moved into a three-way tie for second place with West Virginia and Cincinnati also with 4-2 conference marks.
DePaul resumes conference play on Saturday when they travel to Marquette on Saturday at 7 p.m.