CHICAGO (AP) - Brandon Young scored 20 points and Cleveland Melvin added 16 as DePaul opened its 90th season of basketball with a 91-59 victory over UC-Riverside on Friday night.
Playing a rare game at on-campus McGrath-Phillips Arena, the Blue Demons pulled away in the second half, as they turned a 10-point halftime lead into a 24-point advantage with 12:08 showing in the second.
The Highlanders never got closer than 18 while the Blue Demons' lead topped 30 points with a late 3-pointer from Stuart Pirri as reserves closed out the game.
Josh Fox scored 17 points while Austin Quick added 15 for UC-Riverside. Robert Smith, the Highlanders' top returning scorer, closed with nine. He sat out much of the second half with a leg injury.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| California Riverside (0-1) | 28 | 31 | 59 |
| DePaul (1-0) « | 39 | 52 | 91 |
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| California Riverside Highlanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Patton, F | 34 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| C. Harriel, F | 31 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Quick, G | 28 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| J. Fox, G | 27 | 6-9 | 5-8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| R. Smith, G | 19 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Guinn | 23 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Boddie | 14 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Burke | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Johnson | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Owens | 6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Jones | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-51 | 12-24 | 35 | 8 | 10 | 59 | |
| 41.2% | 50% | ||||||
| DePaul Blue Demons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Morgan, F | 25 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| D. Kirk, F | 22 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| B. Young, G | 28 | 7-12 | 3-3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| C. Melvin, G | 27 | 7-16 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| J. Crockett, G | 18 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. McKinney | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| W. Clahar | 17 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| D. Robertson Jr. | 15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| D. McDonald | 11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Clemons | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| E. McGhee | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Ryckbosch | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Price | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Dolins | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Pirri | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 36-73 | 8-9 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 91 | |
| 49.3% | 88.9% | ||||||
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