ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Max Landis scored a career-high 20 points and Kevin Hartley added 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead Gardner-Webb to a 71-59 upset win over DePaul in the first round of the Cancun Challenge on Thursday night.
Gardner-Webb (2-2) got its first win against a Big East school, albeit against DePaul, which has managed to win just five conference games in the past four seasons.
Gardner-Webb blew open a close game after halftime. Cleveland Melvin's basket got the Blue Demons (1-1) within 41-33 early in the second half, but the Runnin' Bulldogs answered with a 12-4 run to get the lead up to 16. Landis hit a 3-pointer and Donta Harper finished a missed layup with a dunk to put Gardner-Webb up 53-37 with 12:58 left.
Harper finished with 13 points and eight rebounds for Gardner-Webb. Melvin had 18 points and Brandon Young added 10 for DePaul.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Gardner-Webb (2-2) « | 34 | 37 | 71 |
| DePaul (1-1) | 24 | 35 | 59 |
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| Gardner-Webb Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Harper, F | 34 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| K. Hartley, F | 33 | 4-13 | 6-7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| J. Hill, F | 21 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| M. Landis, G | 34 | 8-13 | 0-1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| T. Strange, G | 33 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| O. Branch | 22 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| C. Hensley | 10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Davis | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| I. Ivey | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-62 | 12-17 | 44 | 14 | 17 | 71 | |
| 41.9% | 70.6% | ||||||
| DePaul Blue Demons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Morgan, F | 29 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Crockett, F | 26 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Kirk, F | 21 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Melvin, G | 32 | 7-13 | 4-6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| B. Young, G | 28 | 4-8 | 1-6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Clahar | 19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| C. McKinney | 17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| D. McDonald | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Robertson Jr. | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Clemons | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Ryckbosch | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. McGhee | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-54 | 11-18 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 59 | |
| 42.6% | 61.1% | ||||||
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