The Syracuse women came to play Tuesday night. The Orange came into this one winless against top 25 teams, and based on their play Tuesday night they weren't going to finish that way. The Orange handed DePaul only their second home loss of the season, 81-65.
It was resurgence that pushed DePaul past Marquette Sunday afternoon 71-59. The DePaul Women's basketball team (NR/22) were coming off a victory over Villanova and were looking to continue their roll Sunday afternoon against unranked Marquette
It may have been Villanova coach Harry Perretta's 1,000th game coaching the Wildcats and Anna Martin's 21st birthday, but it was Katherine Harry's game that stole the show for the No. 22 Blue Demons as they capped off a 79-73 Big East win at McGrath-Phillips Arena Wednesday night.
DePaul coach Doug Bruno doesn't expect anyone to feel sorry for his team which has been plagued by injuries all season and is down to seven healthy players. On Sunday, DePaul fell 90-70 to No. 2 Notre Dame, giving up 56 points in the first half.
Prior to the No. 23 Blue Demons' 86-61 victory over the No. 14/12 ranked Louisville Cardinals (17-5, 6-3 Big East) on Tuesday night at McGrath-Phillps Arena, Head Coach Doug Bruno told his team in practice that this wasn't "Camp Kumbaya."
The DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team seems to have hit a rough patch in their 2011-12 season, sustaining the loss of four key players and three back to back games. However, with the help of strong team leaders like junior guard Anna Martin and junior forward Katherine Harry, this team plans to fight back and win their campaign to the NCAA tournament.
A 16-point comeback in the final 10 minutes saw No. 11 Rutgers, led by Khadijah Rushdan, defeat No. 23 DePaul women's basketball Wednesday night in New Jersey.
On Saturday night, a sold-out McGrath-Phillips Arena saw a couple streaks come to a screeching halt as the No. 21/19 DePaul Blue Demons lost to the No. 3 UConn Huskies 88-44.
Home cooking, as well as a week off since their last game, proved to be the remedy the DePaul women's basketball team needed as the Blue Demons downed the Pittsburgh Panthers 86-83 on Saturday night in McGrath-Phillips Arena.
"At the crossroads" is how DePaul women's basketball coach Doug Bruno describes the state of his team. The Blue Demons, who have been plagued by injuries all season, find themselves "on crutches" moving into the middle of the Big East season.
Upon earning his 500th win on Dec. 31, 2011, women's basketball head coach Doug Bruno sat down with the DePaulia to talk about his accomplished career coaching DePaul women's basketball.
Down by 3 at the half, the No. 21/19 DePaul women's basketball team rallied back to outscore the NIU Huskies 43-21 in the second half to give the Blue Demons a 65-46 win - and Doug Bruno's 500th win at DePaul.
A strong first half pushed the No. 21/19 DePaul women's basketball team to their fourth consecutive win and 10 wins in their last 11 games with a 93-67 victory over Southern Illinois on Thursday night at McGrath-Phillips Arena.
Freshman Brittany Hrynko scored a career-high 25 points as No. 23 DePaul beat Arizona State 73-55 on Friday night.
Entering his team's game at Princeton, DePaul coach Doug Bruno was less concerned about coming off a 23-point loss to Tennessee as with finishing an exhausting stretch of games on a high note.
Coach Doug Bruno had little time to prepare for his game against No. 7 Tennessee as the Blue Demons have had a brutal schedule over the last few weeks, playing three games in the last five days — including one Friday night. But, Bruno refused to use that as an excuse after the 20th-ranked Blue Demons' 84-61 loss to the Lady Vols on Sunday in the Maggie Dixon Classic.
The No. 20/21 women's basketball team overcame a sluggish start to their game against SIU-Edwardsville Friday night to down the Cougars 75-65 at McGrath-Phillips Arena.
Keisha Hampton scored 21 points, while Anna Martin and Jasmine Penny added 13 apiece to lead No. 22 DePaul to its fifth straight win, 69-52 over St. John's on Wednesday.
The women's basketball team's most recent game, a 70-65 win over cross-town rival Loyola Chicago, was a bit of an anomaly. Eking out a mere five point victory, DePaul's play was marred by a surprisingly poor shooting performance, yet was bailed out by their signature pressure defense and capitalizing on the opposition's turnovers.
The DePaul Women's Basketball team defeated the Northwestern Wildcats 88-72 at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Sunday. The Blue Demons improved to 5-1 for the season while previously unbeaten Northwestern fell to 4-1 in front of a crowd over 1,000.
The No. 19/18 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team left no doubt as to who the top team at the Maggie Dixon Classic was as they easily ousted the Samford Bulldogs 86-57 in the championship game on Saturday evening at McGrath-Phillips Arena.
The No. 19/18 DePaul Blue Demon women's basketball team started their regular season off in style, taking care of St. Mary's 96-68 on Friday evening in the second game of the Maggie Dixon Classic at McGrath-Phillips Arena.
With the women's team looking to be a force in the Big East and the men's team looking to rebound from a rough season, the freshmen on both squads will be called upon to fill big shoes and build a lasting foundation.
Although their season ended sooner than they would have liked in the Sweet 16, the DePaul women's basketball team put forth a special 2010-11 campaign they could hang their hat on.
Watching your team play a Sweet 16 game without you might upset a lesser player, but it only motivated senior guard/forward, Taylor Pikes.
Typically, in one-sided games, the team on top often tends to get complacent playing with a big lead. Fortunately for the DePaul women's basketball team, that wasn't the case in their 112-47 drubbing of the St. Xavier Cougars on Saturday.
There was something old and something new as the DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball made their exhibition debut on Tuesday night with a 92-59 victory over Division III Illinois Wesleyan at McGrath-Phillips Arena.
Students everywhere count down the days to summer as soon as the weather turns warm in the spring.
Relaxation, friends and family are all focal points of twenty-somethings in need of a break. Keisha Hampton had no such break.
Students everywhere count down the days to summer as soon as the weather turns warm in the spring. Relaxation, friends, and family are all focal points for twenty-somethings in need of a break. Keisha Hampton has had no such break.
It has been 26 years since the brand's inception, but Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand may have finally appointed Her Airness—Maya Moore.
For Felicia Chester, the 2011 WNBA Draft was about tempered expectations. "On draft day I was just telling myself, ‘Don't get your hopes up.'" Chester was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx at no. 14 overall, the second pick of round two. She became the highest-drafted DePaul player ever, and the seventh Blue Demon to be selected in the WNBA draft.
Felicia Chester was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx at no. 14 overall, with the second pick of round two in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She is the highest-drafted DePaul player ever, and the seventh Blue Demon to be selected in the WNBA draft.
On the second floor of the Sullivan Athletic Center, down the blue and red splashed hallway that heads to the women's basketball offices, six photos the size of movie posters hang on the wall. Each one is an in-game snapshot of a former student-athlete playing in the WNBA. To make it on the wall, they had to have played at least one year in the league. But come back next year, and there's a chance more could be added. Will Sam Quigley, Deirdre Naughton and Felicia Chester get drafted in the 2011 WNBA Draft on Monday, April 11, at 2 p.m. CST?
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