WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's men's basketball team heads to Chicago for a BIG EAST game at DePaul on Saturday. Tipoff at Wintrust Arena is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network. The Hoyas could not complete the comeback on Wednesday night, falling 90-85 at home to the St. John's University Red Storm, and enter Saturday's contest with an 8-18 overall record with a 1-14 mark in BIG EAST play. DePaul sits at 3-23 on the season with an 0-15 mark in league play following a 105-71 loss at No. 7/8 Marquette on Wednesday evening.
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Saturday's game can be seen live on CBS Sports Network with Jordan Kent calling the play-by-play and Tim Doyle providing analysis.
• The game will be broadcasted locally on The Team 980 and on the SiriusXM app with Rich Chvotkin on the call for his 50th season.
• A link to the live stats can be found on GUHoyas.com.

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• The Hoyas fought back from a 21-point first-half deficit and made it a three-point game with 43 ticks on the clock but could not complete the comeback, falling 90-85 to the visiting St. John's University Red Storm on Wednesday at Capital One Arena. Jayden Epps led all scorers with 31 points on 12-for-20 shooting. Rowan Brumbaugh added 15 points while Supreme Cook chipped in 12. Cook pulled down a squad-best eight rebounds while Epps and Brumbaugh each pitched in a squad-best seven assists.
• Epps is currently fourth in the conference in scoring, averaging 17.8 ppg in 23 outings. He leads a trio of Hoyas in double-figure scoring as Dontrez Styles tallies 13.0 ppg while Cook chips in 11.5 ppg.
• Cook's 8.3 rpg ranks fourth in the BIG EAST and is fueled by his league-leading 4.1 offensive boards per game. Additionally, the East Orange native leads the squad in efficiency, shooting 60.1% (113-188) from the floor. Cook has tallied seven double-doubles on the season, with the most recent coming at Creighton (19P/11R) on Feb. 13.
• Epps dishes out 4.4 apg, holding on to eighth in the conference, while his 2.3 3-pointers made per game ranks ninth in the league.
• The Hoyas are led by Ed Cooley who is in his 18th season as a collegiate head coach and his first season with Georgetown. In 2022, Cooley was the recipient of the Naismith Coach of the Year Award, named the Sporting News Coach of the Year, the BIG EAST Coach of the Year, the NABC District 5 Coach of the Year and the USBWA District 1 Coach of the Year.

 
ABOUT THE BLUE DEMONS

• DePaul is coming off a 105-71 loss to No. 7/8 Marquette on Wednesday in Milwaukee. Four Blue Demons reached double figures led by Jaden Henley and Elijah Fisher each tallying 19 points while Keyondre Young came off the bench to chip in 10 and Chico Carter Jr. also chipped in 10. Churchill Abass grabbed a squad-best nine rebounds while Carter Jr. dished out a pair of assists to pace the offense.
• Carter Jr. is DePaul's scoring leader averaging 11.5 ppg, followed by Da'Sean Nelson (10.1 ppg) and Fisher (10.0 ppg).
• A quartet of Blue Demons share the rebounding responsibilities as Nelson leads the squad, pulling down 3.8 rpg, followed by Jeremiah Oden (3.7 rpg), Fisher (3.6 rpg) and Jalen Terry (3.5 rpg).
• Carter Jr.'s 3.5 apg paces the offense.
• DePaul is led by Interim Head Coach Matt Brady, who took over midseason.

 
ABOUT THE SERIES WITH DEPAUL

• Saturday's game will be the 50th meeting all-time between the two programs, dating back to the 1941-42 season. Georgetown holds the 35-14 series lead and a 15-8 record on the road.
• The last meeting between the two programs was a 68-65 Hoya win on January 6 at Capital One Arena. Cook led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures with 14 points while Ismael Massoud tallied 13 and Brumbaugh and Epps each chipped in 10 points. Styles led the Hoyas on the glass with a career-high 13 rebounds.
• Cooley has a record of 18-6 all-time against the Blue Demons. Cooley-coached teams have won the last five meetings against DePaul.
• Cooley and Brady have faced each other four previous times – while Cooley was at Fordham and Brady at Marist. Brady holds the 3-1 advantage in four meetings from 2007-08. Brady won the first three before Cooley's Stags pulled off the 87-85 double-overtime win on February 18, 2008, the last matchup between the two coaches.

 
BIG EAST X BLACK FIVES

• Saturday's game will be the final of three Black Fives games for the Hoyas.
• For a third-consecutive season, the BIG EAST Conference will celebrate Black History month by renewing its partnership with the Black Fives Foundation, a nonprofit public charity whose mission is to inspire excellence by preserving, teaching and honoring the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball.
• For 22 games, the BIG EAST Men's and Women's Basketball Teams will be wearing shooting shirts with the Black Fives mantra "Make History Now". Women's basketball coaches will wear "Make History Now" lapel pins and men's basketball coaches will wear lapel pins that recognize the 100 Year Anniversary of the Black Fives Era's most prolific team, the New York Rens.
• Black basketball teams, known as Black Fives, were prevalent from 1904 through 1950 when the game, like society, was racially segregated.  The men and women of the Black Fives Era opened doors for generations of African American basketball players, coaches, and contributors while staging culturally rich, socially meaningful events that strengthened and inspired Black communities, many of which are situated within the footprint of BIG EAST schools.