Rivera scores 19 in DePaul's 89-70 victory over Valparaiso
CHICAGO (AP) Isaiah Rivera's 19 points helped DePaul defeat Valparaiso 89-70 on Friday.
Rivera shot 7 of 10 from the field, including 3 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 2 for 4 from the line for the Blue Demons (7-0). Jacob Meyer scored 12 points and added seven rebounds. CJ Gunn shot 5 for 9, including 2 for 5 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points.
Cooper Schwieger led the way for the Beacons (4-3) with 19 points and eight rebounds. Darius DeAveiro added 13 points and five assists for Valparaiso. Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro and All Wright added 10 points apiece.
DePaul took the lead with 15:35 left in the first half and never looked back. Rivera led with 13 points in the first half to help put DePaul up 42-29 at the break. DePaul extended its lead to 58-40 during the second half, fueled by a 7-0 scoring run. JJ Traynor scored a team-high eight points for the Blue Demons in the second half.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Â | Cooper Schwieger vs. Jacob Meyer (Conor Enright gains possession) | Â | |
19:35 | Â | Layden Blocker misses two point jump shot | Â | |
19:33 | Â | Devon Ellis defensive rebound | Â | |
19:12 | +3 | Cooper Schwieger makes three point jump shot (Darius DeAveiro assists) | 3-0 | |
18:52 | Â | David Skogman misses three point jump shot | Â | |
18:50 | Â | Isaiah Rivera offensive rebound | Â | |
18:45 | Â | Isaiah Rivera turnover (lost ball) (Darius DeAveiro steals) | Â | |
18:38 | +2 | All Wright makes two point layup | 5-0 | |
18:19 | +3 | Troy D'Amico makes three point jump shot (Conor Enright assists) | 5-3 | |
18:03 | Â | Cooper Schwieger turnover (lost ball) (Layden Blocker steals) | Â | |
17:52 | Â | Devon Ellis blocks David Skogman's two point layup | Â | |
17:50 | Â | Troy D'Amico offensive rebound | Â | |
17:34 | Â | Layden Blocker misses two point layup | Â | |
17:32 | Â | Layden Blocker offensive rebound | Â | |
17:29 | +2 | Layden Blocker makes two point layup | 5-5 | |
17:15 | Â | Devon Ellis misses two point layup | Â | |
17:13 | Â | Blue Demons defensive rebound | Â | |
16:46 | Â | Layden Blocker misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:44 | Â | Darius DeAveiro defensive rebound | Â | |
16:22 | Â | Cooper Schwieger misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:20 | Â | Layden Blocker defensive rebound | Â | |
16:09 | Â | Conor Enright misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:07 | Â | Troy D'Amico offensive rebound | Â | |
16:04 | Â | Troy D'Amico turnover (bad pass) (Devon Ellis steals) | Â | |
15:58 | +2 | All Wright makes two point layup (Devon Ellis assists) | 7-5 | |
15:38 | Â | Conor Enright misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:38 | Â | David Skogman offensive rebound | Â | |
15:37 | Â | All Wright personal foul | Â | |
15:37 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
15:35 | +3 | Isaiah Rivera makes three point jump shot (Conor Enright assists) | 7-8 | |
15:20 | Â | Tyler Schmidt misses two point jump shot | Â | |
15:18 | Â | Isaiah Rivera defensive rebound | Â | |
15:02 | Â | Layden Blocker misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:00 | Â | Darius DeAveiro defensive rebound | Â | |
14:50 | Â | Kaspar Sepp misses two point layup | Â | |
14:48 | Â | David Skogman defensive rebound | Â | |
14:30 | Â | Isaiah Rivera misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:28 | Â | Kaspar Sepp defensive rebound | Â | |
14:18 | Â | Kaspar Sepp misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:16 | Â | Blue Demons defensive rebound | Â | |
14:01 | +2 | NJ Benson makes two point jump shot (Conor Enright assists) | 7-10 | |
13:49 | Â | Darius DeAveiro misses three point jump shot | Â | |
13:47 | Â | JJ Traynor defensive rebound | Â | |
13:40 | +2 | Isaiah Rivera makes two point layup (Conor Enright assists) | 7-12 | |
13:25 | +2 | Tyler Schmidt makes two point layup | 9-12 | |
13:12 | Â | Conor Enright turnover (bad pass) (Isaiah Shaw steals) | Â | |
13:05 | Â | Isaiah Shaw turnover (lost ball) (JJ Traynor steals) | Â | |
12:49 | Â | Jacob Meyer misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:47 | Â | NJ Benson offensive rebound | Â | |
12:42 | +2 | NJ Benson makes two point layup | 9-14 | |
12:29 | Â | Kaspar Sepp misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:27 | Â | Conor Enright defensive rebound | Â | |
12:18 | +3 | Jacob Meyer makes three point jump shot (CJ Gunn assists) | 9-17 | |
12:16 | Â | Beacons 30 second timeout | Â | |
12:07 | Â | Layden Blocker personal foul | Â | |
11:53 | Â | Justus McNair turnover (traveling) | Â | |
11:53 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
11:40 | +2 | CJ Gunn makes two point jump shot | 9-19 | |
11:12 | Â | Justus McNair misses three point jump shot | Â | |
11:10 | Â | Jacob Meyer defensive rebound | Â | |
10:57 | +2 | Jacob Meyer makes two point layup (Layden Blocker assists) | 9-21 | |
10:41 | Â | JJ Traynor personal foul | Â | |
10:35 | Â | NJ Benson blocks Cooper Schwieger's two point layup | Â | |
10:33 | Â | Cooper Schwieger offensive rebound | Â | |
10:26 | Â | Tyler Schmidt turnover (lost ball) (CJ Gunn steals) | Â | |
10:16 | Â | Cooper Schwieger shooting foul (NJ Benson draws the foul) | Â | |
10:16 | +1 | NJ Benson makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 9-22 | |
10:16 | +1 | NJ Benson makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 9-23 | |
10:05 | Â | Devon Ellis misses two point layup | Â | |
10:03 | Â | NJ Benson defensive rebound | Â | |
9:52 | Â | CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:50 | Â | Cooper Schwieger defensive rebound | Â | |
9:38 | Â | Tyler Schmidt misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:36 | Â | NJ Benson defensive rebound | Â | |
9:16 | Â | NJ Benson misses two point layup | Â | |
9:14 | Â | Blue Demons offensive rebound | Â | |
9:06 | Â | CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:04 | Â | Cooper Schwieger defensive rebound | Â | |
8:51 | Â | Cooper Schwieger misses three point jump shot | Â | |
8:49 | Â | Layden Blocker defensive rebound | Â | |
8:37 | Â | Jacob Meyer misses two point jump shot | Â | |
8:35 | Â | Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro defensive rebound | Â | |
8:33 | Â | Layden Blocker personal foul | Â | |
8:25 | Â | Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro turnover (lost ball) (Jacob Meyer steals) | Â | |
8:19 | Â | Jacob Meyer misses three point jump shot | Â | |
8:17 | Â | Isaiah Shaw defensive rebound | Â | |
8:10 | +3 | Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro makes three point jump shot (All Wright assists) | 12-23 | |
7:38 | +2 | Isaiah Rivera makes two point jump shot | 12-25 | |
7:25 | Â | Isaiah Shaw misses two point jump shot | Â | |
7:23 | Â | Isaiah Rivera defensive rebound | Â | |
7:04 | Â | JJ Traynor misses two point jump shot | Â | |
7:02 | Â | Devon Ellis defensive rebound | Â | |
6:55 | +2 | Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro makes two point layup | 14-25 | |
6:55 | Â | Blue Demons 30 second timeout | Â | |
6:55 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
6:38 | Â | Isaiah Shaw shooting foul (Isaiah Rivera draws the foul) | Â | |
6:38 | +1 | Isaiah Rivera makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 14-26 | |
6:38 | Â | Isaiah Rivera misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
6:38 | Â | Devon Ellis defensive rebound | Â | |
6:28 | +3 | Cooper Schwieger makes three point jump shot (Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro assists) | 17-26 | |
6:13 | +2 | Isaiah Rivera makes two point layup | 17-28 | |
6:01 | +2 | Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro makes two point jump shot | 19-28 | |
5:48 | Â | David Skogman misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:46 | Â | Troy D'Amico offensive rebound | Â | |
5:40 | +3 | Isaiah Rivera makes three point jump shot (Troy D'Amico assists) | 19-31 | |
5:21 | Â | Isaiah Rivera personal foul | Â | |
5:18 | Â | Isaiah Rivera blocks Isaiah Shaw's two point layup | Â | |
5:16 | Â | Jacob Meyer defensive rebound | Â | |
5:11 | Â | Troy D'Amico misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:09 | Â | Darius DeAveiro defensive rebound | Â | |
4:53 | +3 | Cooper Schwieger makes three point jump shot (Darius DeAveiro assists) | 22-31 | |
4:33 | +3 | Conor Enright makes three point jump shot (Troy D'Amico assists) | 22-34 | |
4:16 | Â | Conor Enright blocks Cooper Schwieger's three point jump shot | Â | |
4:14 | Â | Cooper Schwieger offensive rebound | Â | |
4:00 | Â | Darius DeAveiro misses three point jump shot | Â | |
3:58 | Â | Jacob Meyer defensive rebound | Â | |
3:54 | Â | Jacob Meyer misses two point layup | Â | |
3:52 | Â | Darius DeAveiro defensive rebound | Â | |
3:41 | Â | Isaiah Shaw misses three point jump shot | Â | |
3:39 | Â | Jacob Meyer defensive rebound | Â | |
3:06 | Â | Blue Demons turnover (shot clock violation) | Â | |
3:06 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
2:56 | +2 | Darius DeAveiro makes two point layup | 24-34 | |
2:43 | Â | Justus McNair personal foul (David Skogman draws the foul) | Â | |
2:32 | +3 | Conor Enright makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Rivera assists) | 24-37 | |
2:18 | Â | Darius DeAveiro misses three point jump shot | Â | |
2:16 | Â | Blue Demons defensive rebound | Â | |
2:02 | +3 | CJ Gunn makes three point jump shot (Conor Enright assists) | 24-40 | |
1:29 | Â | All Wright misses three point jump shot | Â | |
1:27 | Â | NJ Benson defensive rebound | Â | |
1:18 | +2 | CJ Gunn makes two point layup (Isaiah Rivera assists) | 24-42 | |
1:12 | +2 | Tyler Schmidt makes two point layup (All Wright assists) | 26-42 | |
1:12 | Â | Troy D'Amico shooting foul (Tyler Schmidt draws the foul) | Â | |
1:12 | +1 | Tyler Schmidt makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 27-42 | |
0:48 | Â | Troy D'Amico turnover (bad pass) (Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro steals) | Â | |
0:47 | Â | Isaiah Rivera personal foul (Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro draws the foul) | Â | |
0:40 | Â | Devon Ellis misses two point layup | Â | |
0:38 | Â | Devon Ellis offensive rebound | Â | |
0:38 | Â | Jacob Meyer personal foul (Devon Ellis draws the foul) | Â | |
0:38 | Â | Devon Ellis misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â | |
0:36 | Â | CJ Gunn defensive rebound | Â | |
0:16 | Â | Tyler Schmidt blocks Conor Enright's two point layup | Â | |
0:14 | Â | Cooper Schwieger defensive rebound | Â | |
0:03 | +2 | All Wright makes two point layup | 29-42 | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |