The provocative question of who would score the first basket at Wintrust Arena has finally been answered.
On the first possession of the DePaul Blue Demon’s dominating 121-65 exhibition victory against NAIA opponent Indiana University Northwest at Wintrust Arena on Sunday afternoon, junior forward Eli Cain dribbled hard down the left side of the court before feeding a hard-cutting Max Strus for an emphatic alley-oop.
“Nah, I actually threw the pass,” Cain said factiously when asked if he was bitter that Strus recorded the first basket at Wintrust Arena instead of him. “He needs to be thanking me for it.