DePaul vs. Pittsburgh: Full Game Preview
By on January 25, 2013
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DePaul
(10-8, 4-1 away)
Pittsburgh
(16-4, 13-2 home)
Venue: Petersen Events Center
4:00PM ET / 1:00PM PT, January 26, 2013
Team Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DePaul | C Melvin 17.6 | C Melvin 7.6 | B Young 4.3 |
| Pittsburgh | T Zanna 11.7 | S Adams 5.9 | T Woodall 5.7 |
On Saturday, Pittsburgh hosts DePaul at Petersen Events Center. Tip-off is at 4:00 EST and it can be seen on ROOT, Big East Net, MASN. The Panthers are 4-1 against the Blue Demons over the last four years. They lost 84-81 the last time they played (1/5/2012).
Pittsburgh is in 4th place in the conference, DePaul is in 14th place.
In their last game, Lamar Patterson put up 17 points and 7 rebounds in the Panthers 68-64 win over Providence on January 22nd. He is averaging 10.0 points per game while also contributing a team-high 1.4 steals per game. For the Blue Demons, Jamee Crockett put up 19 points in the 71-62 loss to St. John's on January 19th. He is averaging 9.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
DePaul StatSmack
- Pittsburgh is taller. The average height of the top 8 players on Pittsburgh is 78.0 inches compared to 76.9 inches for DePaul.
- Pittsburgh has a much better NCSA Athletic Ranking than DePaul (#112 vs #167).
- Pittsburgh allows fewer rebounds (25.8 allowed per game vs 37.4 allowed per game) than DePaul this season.
- Keep filling up on cupcakes. Pittsburgh has a stronger schedule than DePaul this season (SOS Rank: #219 vs #318).
- Talib Zanna is ranked 9th in the Big East in rebounds.
- AP voters think more highly of Pittsburgh and have put us in the AP Top 25 more often over the past 10 years than DePaul (164 vs 0).
- People just expect us to beat you. Pittsburgh has been the favorite 8 out of the last 8 times.
- Be afraid. Pittsburgh has blown out more teams than DePaul this season (9 blowouts vs 3).
- Tray Woodall is ranked 18th nationally in assists.
- The Pittsburgh three-point leader (Tray Woodall) has more three-pointers than the DePaul three-point leader (Moses Morgan).
| DEP Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | C. Melvin | 30 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| B | Brandon Young | 30 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| C+ | Jamee Crockett | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Worrel Clahar | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Donnavan Kirk | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| C- | Moses Morgan | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C- | C. McKinney | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D+ | D. Robertson Jr. | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D+ | D. McDonald | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Peter Ryckbosch | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Jodan Price | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Stuart Pirri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Cory Dolins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D- | Edwind McGhee | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Montray Clemons | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PITT Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | Lamar Patterson | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B | Tray Woodall | 27 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| B | Talib Zanna | 24 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| B- | Steven Adams | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| B- | James Robinson | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C+ | J.J. Moore | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Dante Taylor | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Trey Zeigler | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Durand Johnson | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C- | Cameron Wright | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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