GLENDALE, ARIZ. – Regardless of holding South Carolina and not using a discipline purpose for the ultimate three minutes, a late surge by the DePaul males’s basketball wasn’t sufficient to defeat South Carolina, Friday night. The Gamecocks got here away with a 73-68 opening spherical of the Arizona Tipoff.
Chico Carter Jr. had a game-high 24 factors on 8-of-13 capturing. It marked Carter Jr.’s tenth profession recreation with 20 or extra factors and his first of the season. Da’Sean Nelson, Caleb Murphy and Ok.T. Raimey adopted within the scoring column, all with eight factors.
HOW IT HAPPENED
South Carolina took a nine-point lead into halftime, however DePaul opened the second interval robust, reducing into the Gamecocks lead. A layup by Da’Sean Nelson made it a 41-34 recreation, earlier than South Carolina finally prolonged their lead by as a lot as 14.
With 10 minutes left to play, DePaul used 5 factors from Raimey for a 8-1 run, reducing South Carolina’s result in seven, 61-54. The Blue Demons had been in a position to benefit from back-to-back empty possessions from the Gamecocks, pulling inside six, 63-57.
With two minutes left to play, Jeremiah Oden drove to the rim for a layup to maintain the sport inside attain. DePaul got here even nearer to finishing the comeback following a missed South Carolina free throw and a make from Carter Jr.. With South Carolina up 70-66, the Gamecocks knocked down a pair of free throws to halt DePaul’s run and safe the victory.
OF NOTE
- Raimey has recorded a number of three-pointers in four-consecutive video games.
- DePaul made a season-high 18 free throws, probably the most for the Blue Demons since final 12 months’s event the place DePaul made 27 towards Oklahoma State (11/20/22).
UP NEXT
The Blue Demons proceed motion on the Arizona Tipoff, Sunday, Nov 19. DePaul will face off towards San Francisco within the third-place recreation at 3:30 p.m. CT. Motion might be on CBS Sports activities Community and DePaulBlueDemons.com.
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