CHICAGO (AP) - Brandon Young scored 21 points, and a renewed defensive effort in the second half allowed DePaul to overcome a 14-point deficit Wednesday and beat Chicago State 74-64.
On the day Chicago State announced it will join the Western Athletic Conference in 2013, the Cougars nearly delivered an upset win against their crosstown foe. Chicago State (2-8) shot 53 percent in the first half, including 4 of 8 on 3-point attempts, to help build a 44-30 halftime lead.
DePaul (5-3) couldn't have played much worse in the first half. The Blue Demons committed 12 turnovers - finishing with 21 for the game - and shot only 30 percent from the field.
Chicago State went cold and put up an ugly shooting performance in the second half. The Cougars went 5 of 26 from the field and did not make a shot until Matt Ross' layup with 11:39 remaining.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| DePaul (5-3) « | 30 | 44 | 74 |
| Chicago State (2-8) | 44 | 20 | 64 |
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| DePaul Blue Demons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Young, F | 34 | 5-9 | 10-12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| C. Melvin, F | 29 | 4-11 | 3-4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| D. Kirk, F | 28 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| C. McKinney, G | 21 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| D. McDonald, G | 11 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Clahar | 29 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Morgan | 19 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| J. Crockett | 15 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Robertson Jr. | 12 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| M. Clemons | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Dolins | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Ryckbosch | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-57 | 26-33 | 48 | 11 | 17 | 74 | |
| 38.6% | 78.8% | ||||||
| Chicago State Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Ross, F | 37 | 8-15 | 3-4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| C. Rosenberg, F | 28 | 3-8 | 4-7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| J. Robinson, F | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Q. Pippen, G | 35 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Dismukes, G | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Tucker | 35 | 4-16 | 3-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| M. Starks | 20 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Williams | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| N. Duhon | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Ukaigwe | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Gage | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Chamberlain | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-60 | 12-18 | 30 | 11 | 21 | 64 | |
| 38.3% | 66.7% | ||||||
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