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GAMEDAY: DePaul at (21) Xavier: Another bounce back opportunity for the Blue Demons, in a matinee matchup at the Cintas Center

GAMEDAY: DePaul at (21) Xavier: Another bounce back opportunity for the Blue Demons, in a matinee matchup at the Cintas Center

TV, Times, and Lines:

TV: FS1

Date: Saturday, February 5th

Time: 2:00 p.m. EST

Spread: Xavier -13.5

Total: O/U 139

Preview

On Saturday afternoon, the (10-10) (1-9) DePaul Blue Demons are back in action after a week off against the (16-5) (6-4) Xavier Musketeers. This was the longest break for DePaul, since its two week COVID pause in the middle of December. Despite this week of rest, DePaul’s star player Javon Freeman-Liberty remains out for the 5th straight game.

The first game for the Blue Demons without Javon was at home against Xavier. In that game, DePaul completely outplayed the Musketeers, but fell just short, 68-67. This was the last game that we saw David Jones play to his true potential. In the loss, he had 26 points on 10-19 shooting, including 5 three pointers. If DePaul wants to have even a chance of beating Xavier today, we need to see that version of David Jones.

The low scoring games from David Jones recently, has been part of a bigger picture for the Blue…

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