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Benson scores 26, DePaul knocks off UAPB 76-72

AP
Dec 07, 2025

CHICAGO (AP) N.J. Benson's 26 points helped DePaul Blue Demons defeat Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions 76-72 on Saturday night.

Benson added nine rebounds for the Blue Demons (6-3). Kruz McClure scored 17 points while going 4 of 9 from the floor, including 2 for 5 from 3-point range, and 7 for 8 from the free-throw line. CJ Gunn had 12 points and shot 3 for 9 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line.

The Golden Lions (1-9) were led by Quion Williams, who posted 27 points, seven rebounds and eight assists. UAPB also got 19 points and nine rebounds from Milhan Charles. Jaquan Scott had 11 points.

McClure scored DePaul's last seven points as they finished off a four-point victory.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
UAPB
Golden Lions
37
DEP
Blue Demons
28

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Blue Demons gains possession)
19:50	+2	NJ Benson makes two point alley-oop dunk (Layden Blocker assists)	0-2
19:29	+2	Jaquan Scott makes two point layup	2-2
18:58		NJ Benson turnover (bad pass) (Quion Williams steals)
18:55	+2	Quion Williams makes two point layup (Alex Mirhosseini assists)	4-2
18:39		Layden Blocker misses two point jump shot
18:37		NJ Benson offensive rebound
18:35	+2	NJ Benson makes two point layup	4-4
18:16		Quion Williams misses two point layup
18:14		Kaleb Banks defensive rebound
18:01	+2	NJ Benson makes two point layup	4-6
17:50		Alex Mirhosseini misses three point jump shot
17:48		NJ Benson defensive rebound
17:40		CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot
17:38		Jaquan Scott defensive rebound
17:25		Milhan Charles misses two point layup
17:23		Milhan Charles offensive rebound
17:23	+2	Milhan Charles makes two point dunk	6-6
17:01	+2	NJ Benson makes two point layup (Layden Blocker assists)	6-8
17:01		Jaquan Scott shooting foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
17:01		NJ Benson misses regular free throw 1 of 1
17:01		Golden Lions defensive rebound
16:48		Alex Mirhosseini turnover (traveling)
16:33		Dennis Asoro shooting foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
16:33	+1	NJ Benson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-9
16:33	+1	NJ Benson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-10
16:19		ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin personal foul (Dennis Asoro draws the foul)
16:10		Quion Williams misses three point jump shot
16:08		Milhan Charles offensive rebound
15:57	+2	Dennis Asoro makes two point layup (Milhan Charles assists)	8-10
15:43		CJ Gunn misses two point layup
15:41		Dennis Asoro defensive rebound
15:35	+2	Milhan Charles makes two point layup (Quion Williams assists)	10-10
15:08		TV timeout
15:07	+2	NJ Benson makes two point dunk (Layden Blocker assists)	10-12
14:40		Trevon Payton turnover (lost ball)
14:27		Jeremy Lorenz offensive foul
14:27		Jeremy Lorenz turnover (offensive foul)
14:15		NJ Benson blocks Ahmad Johnson's two point layup
14:13		Golden Lions offensive rebound
14:13		Alex Mirhosseini turnover (traveling)
14:00	+2	Layden Blocker makes two point layup	10-14
13:43		Milhan Charles turnover (traveling)
13:35		Layden Blocker turnover (traveling)
13:19	+2	Jaquan Scott makes two point layup	12-14
13:08		Layden Blocker misses two point layup
13:06		NJ Benson offensive rebound
12:58		Quion Williams blocks Jeremy Lorenz's two point layup
12:56		Quion Williams defensive rebound
12:54	+3	Ahmad Johnson makes three point jump shot (Quion Williams assists)	15-14
12:34		Layden Blocker misses two point layup
12:32		Jaquan Scott defensive rebound
12:23		Alex Mirhosseini turnover (lost ball) (Layden Blocker steals)
12:17		Quion Williams shooting foul (Layden Blocker draws the foul)
12:17		Layden Blocker misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:17	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-15
11:58	+3	Quion Williams makes three point jump shot (Jaquan Scott assists)	18-15
11:31		NJ Benson misses two point layup
11:29		Jaquan Scott defensive rebound
11:18	+2	Jaquan Scott makes two point jump shot (Trevon Payton assists)	20-15
11:18		Blue Demons 30 second timeout
11:18		TV timeout
11:02		Ramel Lloyd Jr. shooting foul (FabiÃ¡n Flores draws the foul)
11:02	+1	FabiÃ¡n Flores makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-16
11:02		FabiÃ¡n Flores misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:02		Jaquan Scott defensive rebound
10:33		Jaquan Scott misses three point jump shot
10:31		Golden Lions turnover (shot clock violation)
10:18		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
10:15		Jaquan Scott personal foul (Blue Demons draws the foul)
10:04		CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot
10:02		Golden Lions defensive rebound
9:46	+2	Ramel Lloyd Jr. makes two point jump shot (Quion Williams assists)	22-16
9:23		Layden Blocker misses three point jump shot
9:21		Quion Williams defensive rebound
9:10		Ahmad Johnson misses three point jump shot
9:08		Layden Blocker defensive rebound
9:02	+2	RJ Smith makes two point layup (Layden Blocker assists)	22-18
8:45	+3	Ahmad Johnson makes three point jump shot (Kyle Brown assists)	25-18
8:23		Kaleb Banks turnover (bad pass) (Kyle Brown steals)
8:17		Trevon Payton turnover (bad pass)
7:58	+2	NJ Benson makes two point layup	25-20
7:49		Trevon Payton misses two point jump shot
7:47		RJ Smith defensive rebound
7:39		Trevon Payton shooting foul (CJ Gunn draws the foul)
7:39		TV timeout
7:39	+1	CJ Gunn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-21
7:39	+1	CJ Gunn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-22
7:26	+2	Quion Williams makes two point layup (Kyle Brown assists)	27-22
7:08		CJ Gunn turnover (lost ball)
6:45	+3	Jaquan Scott makes three point jump shot (Alex Mirhosseini assists)	30-22
6:30	+2	NJ Benson makes two point dunk (Kruz McClure assists)	30-24
6:08		Alex Mirhosseini turnover (lost ball) (Layden Blocker steals)
6:01		Layden Blocker misses two point layup
5:59		RJ Smith offensive rebound
5:58	+2	RJ Smith makes two point layup	30-26
5:44		Quion Williams offensive foul (Blue Demons draws the foul)
5:44		Quion Williams turnover (offensive foul)
5:38		ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin misses three point jump shot
5:36		Quion Williams defensive rebound
5:18		Quion Williams misses two point jump shot
5:16		ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin defensive rebound
5:09	+2	Layden Blocker makes two point layup	30-28
5:08		Golden Lions 30 second timeout
4:55	+2	Milhan Charles makes two point layup	32-28
4:21		Blue Demons turnover (shot clock violation)
3:53		Ahmad Johnson misses three point jump shot
3:51		Blue Demons defensive rebound
3:49		TV timeout
3:23		ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin misses two point layup
3:21		Milhan Charles defensive rebound
2:55	+3	Quion Williams makes three point jump shot (Milhan Charles assists)	35-28
2:31		ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin misses three point jump shot
2:29		Ahmad Johnson defensive rebound
2:18		Trevon Payton misses two point jump shot
2:16		ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin defensive rebound
2:06		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
2:04		Milhan Charles defensive rebound
1:50	+2	Ahmad Johnson makes two point jump shot (Quion Williams assists)	37-28
1:26		Kruz McClure misses two point layup
1:24		Kruz McClure offensive rebound
1:20		ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin misses two point layup
1:18		Ahmad Johnson defensive rebound
0:44		Trevon Payton misses two point jump shot
0:42		RJ Smith defensive rebound
0:40		Ahmad Johnson personal foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
0:40		RJ Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:40		Milhan Charles defensive rebound
0:14		Layden Blocker personal foul (Jaquan Scott draws the foul)
0:01		Quion Williams misses three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UAPB
Golden Lions
35
DEP
Blue Demons
48

Time		Play	Score
19:50		Milhan Charles turnover (bad pass)
19:29		Kruz McClure misses two point layup
19:27		Jaquan Scott defensive rebound
19:15		Jaquan Scott turnover (traveling)
18:53		Jaquan Scott personal foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
18:49		Layden Blocker misses two point jump shot
18:47		Quion Williams defensive rebound
18:23		Jaquan Scott misses two point layup
18:21		Kruz McClure defensive rebound
18:18		Alex Mirhosseini personal foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
18:05	+3	CJ Gunn makes three point jump shot (NJ Benson assists)	37-31
17:42		Milhan Charles misses two point layup
17:40		NJ Benson defensive rebound
17:28		Quion Williams shooting foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
17:28		NJ Benson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:28	+1	NJ Benson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-32
17:13	+2	Quion Williams makes two point layup	39-32
16:55		CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot
16:53		Milhan Charles defensive rebound
16:36	+3	Milhan Charles makes three point jump shot (Quion Williams assists)	42-32
16:21		Kruz McClure misses three point jump shot
16:19		Trevon Payton defensive rebound
16:13		Alex Mirhosseini misses three point jump shot
16:11		RJ Smith defensive rebound
16:03		Milhan Charles personal foul (Kruz McClure draws the foul)
15:59		NJ Benson misses two point layup
15:57		Golden Lions defensive rebound
15:57		TV timeout
15:41		Quion Williams misses two point jump shot
15:39		CJ Gunn defensive rebound
15:28		Kyle Brown shooting foul (Layden Blocker draws the foul)
15:28	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-33
15:28	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-34
15:14		RJ Smith personal foul (Milhan Charles draws the foul)
15:03		CJ Gunn shooting foul (Quion Williams draws the foul)
15:03	+1	Quion Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-34
15:03		Quion Williams misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:03		Layden Blocker defensive rebound
14:57		RJ Smith misses two point layup
14:55		NJ Benson offensive rebound
14:52	+2	NJ Benson makes two point dunk	43-36
14:35		Jaquan Scott offensive foul (Blue Demons draws the foul)
14:35		Jaquan Scott turnover (offensive foul)
14:18		Milhan Charles shooting foul (Kruz McClure draws the foul)
14:18	+1	Kruz McClure makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-37
14:18	+1	Kruz McClure makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-38
13:55		Ahmad Johnson misses three point jump shot
13:53		CJ Gunn defensive rebound
13:43	+2	NJ Benson makes two point layup (Kruz McClure assists)	43-40
13:38		Golden Lions 30 second timeout
13:38		TV timeout
13:22		Ramel Lloyd Jr. turnover (lost ball) (CJ Gunn steals)
13:21		Ramel Lloyd Jr. flagrant 1 (CJ Gunn draws the foul)
13:21	+1	CJ Gunn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-41
13:21	+1	CJ Gunn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-42
13:05	+2	NJ Benson makes two point layup (CJ Gunn assists)	43-44
13:05		Kyle Brown shooting foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
13:05	+1	NJ Benson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	43-45
12:55	+2	Quion Williams makes two point layup (Trevon Payton assists)	45-45
12:55		Ilija MilijaÅ¡eviÄ shooting foul (Quion Williams draws the foul)
12:55	+1	Quion Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-45
12:40		Dennis Asoro shooting foul (Layden Blocker draws the foul)
12:40	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-46
12:40	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-47
12:32	+2	Quion Williams makes two point layup	48-47
12:19	+3	Kruz McClure makes three point jump shot (Layden Blocker assists)	48-50
12:02		Quion Williams misses two point jump shot
12:00		Ilija MilijaÅ¡eviÄ defensive rebound
11:52		Dennis Asoro personal foul (Kruz McClure draws the foul)
11:52		TV timeout
11:52	+1	Kruz McClure makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-51
11:52	+1	Kruz McClure makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-52
11:32		Milhan Charles misses two point layup
11:30		Dennis Asoro offensive rebound
11:23		Alex Mirhosseini misses three point jump shot
11:21		Jeremy Lorenz defensive rebound
11:05		Dennis Asoro shooting foul (Kruz McClure draws the foul)
11:05		Kruz McClure misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:05	+1	Kruz McClure makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-53
10:36	+2	Jaquan Scott makes two point layup (Alex Mirhosseini assists)	50-53
10:22		CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot
10:20		NJ Benson offensive rebound
10:16	+3	Kruz McClure makes three point jump shot (NJ Benson assists)	50-56
10:05		Jaquan Scott turnover (traveling)
9:53	+2	NJ Benson makes two point alley-oop dunk (RJ Smith assists)	50-58
9:30		Milhan Charles misses two point layup
9:28		NJ Benson defensive rebound
9:21		Ilija MilijaÅ¡eviÄ misses three point jump shot
9:19		Quion Williams defensive rebound
9:10	+3	Milhan Charles makes three point jump shot (Quion Williams assists)	53-58
8:46		Ilija MilijaÅ¡eviÄ misses three point jump shot
8:44		Milhan Charles defensive rebound
8:32		Jaquan Scott turnover (offensive goaltending)
8:03		Jaquan Scott shooting foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
8:03		NJ Benson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:03		NJ Benson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:03		Milhan Charles defensive rebound
7:45		Alex Mirhosseini misses three point jump shot
7:43		RJ Smith defensive rebound
7:29		Kruz McClure misses three point jump shot
7:27		Quion Williams defensive rebound
7:08		Quion Williams turnover (lost ball) (RJ Smith steals)
7:03		RJ Smith misses two point layup
7:01		Kruz McClure offensive rebound
6:59	+2	Kruz McClure makes two point layup	53-60
6:38	+2	Milhan Charles makes two point layup	55-60
6:38		Kaleb Banks shooting foul (Milhan Charles draws the foul)
6:37		TV timeout
6:37	+1	Milhan Charles makes regular free throw 1 of 1	56-60
6:23		CJ Gunn misses two point layup
6:21		RJ Smith offensive rebound
6:18	+2	CJ Gunn makes two point layup (RJ Smith assists)	56-62
5:58		Trevon Payton misses two point jump shot
5:56		Kruz McClure defensive rebound
5:30		CJ Gunn turnover (lost ball) (Ramel Lloyd Jr. steals)
5:13		Ahmad Johnson turnover (lost ball) (CJ Gunn steals)
5:08	+2	Kruz McClure makes two point layup (CJ Gunn assists)	56-64
4:49		Milhan Charles misses three point jump shot
4:47		Layden Blocker personal foul (Golden Lions draws the foul)
4:37		Layden Blocker personal foul (Golden Lions draws the foul)
4:24		Milhan Charles misses two point layup
4:22		Layden Blocker defensive rebound
4:16		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
4:14		Quion Williams defensive rebound
4:08		Ramel Lloyd Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:06		Alex Mirhosseini offensive rebound
4:01		Alex Mirhosseini misses two point layup
3:59		NJ Benson defensive rebound
3:45		Ramel Lloyd Jr. shooting foul (Blue Demons draws the foul)
3:45		TV timeout
3:45		Layden Blocker misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:45	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-65
3:35	+2	Quion Williams makes two point layup	58-65
3:07		NJ Benson misses two point layup
3:05		Alex Mirhosseini defensive rebound
2:56	+2	Milhan Charles makes two point dunk (Quion Williams assists)	60-65
2:40		Kruz McClure misses three point jump shot
2:38		Milhan Charles defensive rebound
2:30		Quion Williams misses three point jump shot
2:28		Blue Demons defensive rebound
2:10		Alex Mirhosseini personal foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
2:10	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-66
2:10	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-67
1:47		Kruz McClure shooting foul (Quion Williams draws the foul)
1:47	+1	Quion Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-67
1:47	+1	Quion Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-67
1:47		Golden Lions 30 second timeout
1:18		Trevon Payton blocks NJ Benson's two point layup
1:16		Trevon Payton defensive rebound
1:07		Alex Mirhosseini misses two point layup
1:05		CJ Gunn defensive rebound
0:56		Trevon Payton personal foul (CJ Gunn draws the foul)
0:56		CJ Gunn misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:56	+1	CJ Gunn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-68
0:47	+2	Quion Williams makes two point layup	64-68
0:47		Layden Blocker shooting foul (Quion Williams draws the foul)
0:47	+1	Quion Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 1	65-68
0:37		Milhan Charles personal foul (Kruz McClure draws the foul)
0:37	+1	Kruz McClure makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-69
0:37	+1	Kruz McClure makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-70
0:37		Blue Demons 30 second timeout
0:28	+2	Milhan Charles makes two point dunk (Quion Williams assists)	67-70
0:28		Golden Lions 60 second timeout
0:26		Alex Mirhosseini personal foul (Layden Blocker draws the foul)
0:26	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-71
0:26		Layden Blocker misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:26		CJ Gunn offensive rebound
0:24	+2	CJ Gunn makes two point layup	67-73
0:21	+2	Quion Williams makes two point dunk	69-73
0:14		Trevon Payton personal foul (Layden Blocker draws the foul)
0:14		Layden Blocker misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:14	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-74
0:09		Quion Williams misses two point layup
0:07		NJ Benson defensive rebound
0:05		Alex Mirhosseini personal foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
0:05	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-75
0:05	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-76
0:02	+3	Alex Mirhosseini makes three point jump shot (Trevon Payton assists)	72-76
0:00		End of period

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Alex Mirhosseini makes three point jump shot (Trevon Payton assists)