CHICAGO -- Sam
Quigley scored 17 and No. 25 DePaul beat West Virginia
74-56 on Saturday night in BIG EAST Conference action at
McGrath Arena.
Felicia
Chester and Natasha
Williams both added 14 points as the Blue Demons
(17-5, 5-3 Big East) won their fourth straight.
Liz Repella scored 19 to lead the Mountaineers (12-8, 1-6).
Takisha Granberry added 15, her 13th straight game in double
figures, and Sarah Miles had 10 as West Virginia lost for the
sixth time in eight games.
West Virginia controlled the opening 11 minutes and took an
18-11 lead on Sarah Miles 3-pointer with 9:20 left in the
half.
The Blue Demons battled over the next six minutes and used
a 9-3 run to pull within one. During the run Williams and
Chester combined for six points before DePaul’s bench went to
work. Danielle
Havel’s three pulled the Blue Demons within one and Erin
Cattell followed with one of her own to tie the game
at 23 with 4:28 left in the half.
Holly
Medley sank a pair of free throws to give
DePaul 25-23 lead with 3:08 left in the first.
DePaul went to the lockerroom with a 35-25 advantage.
West Virginia hit five 3’s to start the second half to draw
within two, but DePaul responded with a 17-5 run to take a
61-47 lead with 5:53 left and put the game away.
The Blue Demons closed the game on a 13-6 run and hit
9-of-10 free throws in the final three minutes.
DePaul’s bench outscored West Virginia 17-1. Cattell
and Medley both came off the bench to score seven.
Keisha
Hampton, Williams and Cattell each tallied six
rebounds.
Quigley led DePaul with a career-high six assists.
The Blue Demons return to the court on Wednesday, Feb. 4
when they tangle with Georgetown at 7 p.m. at McGrath
Arena.
The Associated Press Contributed to this
release
Notes: First four-game conference winning
streak this season and first since the Blue Demons closed out
the 2005-06 season with a six game winning streak...
DePaul’s longest BIG EAST Conference winning streak was
extended to seven games when the Blue Demons defeated Rutgers
to open their 2006-07 campaign. Sam Quigley led the Blue
Demons with 17 points, her highest total since scoring a
career-high at Missouri State (18pts.) on Dec. 10, 2008... she
also tied a career-high with six assists (vs.
Harford-11/22/09, at Pitssburgh-1/29/09). Keisha Hampton
(2-2), Felicia Chester (6-6) and Quigley (8-8) went perfect
from the line as DePaul went 24-for-30 as a team in tonight’s
contest... Chester and Quigley are the first players since
Deirdre Naughton (12 games ago) to go at least 5-for-5 from
the line... Quigley’s eight made free throws are a
career-best. DePaul has held its last three opponents to
under 60 points for the first time this season... it is the
first time the Blue Demons have done so since last season when
that team held opponents to under 60pts. for five consecutive
games (Nov. 29, 2007-Dec. 17, 2009)... DePaul opponents have
averaged 59.0 points in the last four matches against the Blue
Demons.
