With Eli Cain struggling for most of the night, DePaul had to dig deep. The Blue Demons were able to get clutch baskets from Billy Garrett Jr. and Tre’Darius McCallum to come back and defeat SEMO 81-78 to earn their seventh win of the season.
DePaul’s first half got off to a very shaky start thanks to some early foul trouble for Cain, who picked up two quick fouls. With Cain out of the game, the Blue Demons offense looked out of sync. It certainly was different for them to run offense without their best player this early on in the game.