Sometimes the smallest guy on the court makes the biggest impact.
On a night when the DePaul Blue Demons needed a hero Justin Roberts, the barely 6-foot freshman point guard from Indianapolis Ind., filled that role.
In Friday night’s 82-73 loss against the University of Illinois Fighting Illini at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill., Roberts poured in 19 points, grabbed five rebounds, and dished out five assists, all new career highs in his young Blue Demon career. It seemed like Roberts was the engine behind every run the Blue Demons made to cut the Illini lead to within striking distance.