2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball
2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball
Big East Conference Tournament Champions
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 15
2019–20 record	28–5 (15–3 Big East)
Head coach	Doug Bruno (34th season);
Assistant coaches	Jill M. Pizzotti; Lisa Ryckbosch; Candis Blankson;
Home arena	Wintrust Arena; McGrath-Phillips Arena
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by thirty-fourth year head coach Doug Bruno, played their home games at the Wintrust Arena and the McGrath-Phillips Arena as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 28–5, 15–3 in Big East play to finish in first place.^[1]^[2] DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over , 88–74. The NCAA Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[3]

Previous season[]

They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Big East play to finish in second place. DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over Marquette, 74–73.^[4] They were upset in the first round by Missouri State in the NCAA Women's Tournament.

Roster[]

2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Keke Rimmer	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Proviso East	Maywood, IL
G	2	Maya Stovall	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Parkway North	St. Louis, MO
G	3	Deja Church	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Southfield A&T Michigan	Southfield, MI
G	10	Lexi Held	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Cooper	Burlington, KY
G	11	Sonya Morris	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Incarnate Word	St. Charles, MO
F	14	Hannah Purcell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Annandale
G	15	Jolene Daninger	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Andover	Andover, MN
G	20	Kelly Campbell	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Saint John Vianney	Wall, NJ
F	22	Chante Stonewall	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	University	Normal, IL
G	23	Dee Bekelja	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Solon	Solon, OH
F	24	Kayla Caudle	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Vernon Hills	Vernon Hills, IL
G	30	Marisa Warren	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Incarnate Word Academy	O'Fallon, MO
F	32	Dege Jean	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Rich South	Richton Park, IL
F	42	Kiara Dallmann	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Sheboygan North Iowa Western	Sheboygan, WI

Head coach

Doug Bruno (DePaul)

Assistant coach(es)

Jill M. Pizzotti (Southeast Missouri State)
Lisa Ryckbosch (Georgetown)
Candis Blankson (DePaul)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: April 1, 2020

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2019 5:00 p.m.	No. 18	Saint Xavier	W 124–60	–	Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2019* 4:30 p.m.	No. 18	Preseason WNIT	W 98–79	1–0	Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
November 11, 2019* 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	Drexel Preseason WNIT	W 81–57	2–0	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,335) Chicago, IL
November 14, 2019* 9:00 p.m.	No. 18	at No. 7 Oregon State Preseason WNIT	L 77–98	2–1	Gill Coliseum (4,430) Corvallis, OR
November 22, 2019* 11:00 a.m.	No. 19	Arkansas State Maggie Dixon Classic	W 109–64	3–1	McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL
November 23, 2019* 3:30 p.m.	No. 19	No. 16 Miami (FL) Maggie Dixon Classic	W 89–83	4–1	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,608) Chicago, IL
November 26, 2019* 4:30 p.m.	No. 16	Milwaukee	W 94–65	5–1	Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
December 1, 2019* 2:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 16	at Northwestern	W 70–68	6–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,416) Evanston, IL
December 7, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 16	at	W 76–65	7–1	Kress Events Center (2,023) Green Bay, WI
December 11, 2019* 5:30 p.m., ACCN	No. 16	at Notre Dame	W 105–94	8–1	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,148) South Bend, IN
December 14, 2019* 3:30 p.m.	No. 16	Alabama State	W 105–76	9–1	Wintrust Arena (4,620) Chicago, IL
December 16, 2019* 7:00 p.m., FS1	No. 16	No. 2 Connecticut	L 74–84	9–2	Wintrust Arena (2,621) Chicago, IL
December 20, 2019* 7:00 p.m.	No. 16	at	W 83–76	10–2	Gentile Arena (756) Chicago, IL
Big East regular season
December 29, 2019 4:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 16		W 89–71	11–2 (1–0)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,321) Chicago, IL
January 3, 2020 5:30 p.m., FS2	No. 16	at	W 80–67	12–2 (2–0)	Alumni Hall (632) Providence, RI
January 5, 2020 1:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 16	at	W 74–71	13–2 (3–0)	D. J. Sokol Arena (842) Omaha, NE
January 10, 2020 7:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 15		W 85–68	14–2 (4–0)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,653) Chicago, IL
January 12, 2020 12:00 p.m., FS1	No. 15	St. John's	W 74–69	15–2 (5–0)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,622) Chicago, IL
January 17, 2020 6:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 14	at	W 91–68	16–2 (6–0)	Cintas Center (481) Cincinnati, OH
January 19, 2020 1:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 14	at	W 80–65	17–2 (7–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (591) Indianapolis, IN
January 24, 2020 7:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 11		W 85–69	18–2 (8–0)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,506) Chicago, IL
January 26, 2020 2:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 11		W 92–66	19–2 (9–0)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,899) Chicago, IL
January 31, 2020 p.m., BEDN	No. 11	Creighton	L 61–63	19–3 (9–1)	Wintrust Arena (1,664) Chicago, IL
February 2, 2020 1:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 11	Providence	W 93–71	20–3 (10–1)	Wintrust Arena (1,650) Chicago, IL
February 7, 2020 6:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 14	at St. John's	W 71–65	21–3 (11–1)	Carnesecca Arena (610) New York, NY
February 9, 2020 12:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 14	at Seton Hall	W 86–76	22–3 (12–1)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,656) South Orange, NJ
February 14, 2020 7:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 13	Butler	W 89–60	23–3 (13–1)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,779) Chicago, IL
February 16, 2020 2:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 13	Xavier	W 97–65	24–3 (14–1)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,380) Chicago, IL
February 21, 2020 6:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 12	at Georgetown	W 87–69	25–3 (15–1)	McDonough Gymnasium (291) Washington, D.C.
February 23, 2020 12:00 p.m., BEDN	No. 12	at Villanova	L 58–76	25–4 (15–2)	Finneran Pavilion (2,421) Villanova, PA
March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., FS2	No. 16	at Marquette	L 83–90	25–5 (15–3)	Al McGuire Center (2,671) Milwaukee, WI
Big East Women's Tournament
March 7, 2020 12:00 p.m., FS2	(1) No. 18	(8) Providence Quarterfinals	W 97–59	26–5	Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
March 8, 2020 5:00 p.m., FS1	(1) No. 18	Seton Hall Semifinals	W 83–80	27–5	Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
March 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1	(1) No. 15	(2) Marquette Final	W 88–74	28–5	Wintrust Arena (2,340) Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ^[5]

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	18т	18	19	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	11	11	14	13	12	16	18	15	15
Coaches	20	20	17	15	16	16	16	17	17	15	12	12	14	13	12	15	16	14	14	Not released

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

References[]

^ "Depaul Blue Demons Women's Basketball - Blue Demons News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
^ DePaul Blue Demons. "DePaul Blue Demons on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
^ Mar 12, A. P.; ET, 2019 at 10:44p (2019-03-12). "DePaul women win 4th title in 6 years, top No. 13 Marquette". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
^ 2019-20 DePaul Women's Basketball Schedule

[1] "Depaul Blue Demons Women's Basketball - Blue Demons News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.

[2] DePaul Blue Demons. "DePaul Blue Demons on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.

[3] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".

[4] Mar 12, A. P.; ET, 2019 at 10:44p (2019-03-12). "DePaul women win 4th title in 6 years, top No. 13 Marquette". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2019-03-13.

[5] 2019-20 DePaul Women's Basketball Schedule

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v t DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball
Venues	Alumni Hall (1974–2000) * McGrath-Phillips Arena (2000–present) Wintrust Arena (2017–present)
Culture & lore	History
People
	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season[]

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 DePaul	15	–	3	.833	28	–	5	.848
	13	–	5	.722	24	–	8	.750
	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
St. John's	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
	11	–	7	.611	18	–	13	.581
	3	–	15	.167	13	–	19	.406
	2	–	16	.111	5	–	25	.167
	2	–	16	.111	3	–	27	.100

† 2020 Big East Tournament winner As of April 1, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll