DePaul Blue Demons vs. Villanova Wildcats

Dec 31, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
DEP	32	34	66
VILL	28	43	71

Game Recap

Villanova defeats DePaul 71-66. Tyler Perkins and Bryce Lindsay scored 19 points apiece in Villanova's 71-66 win against DePaul on Wednesday.

Player Stats

DEPAUL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
35NJ Benson	26	5-8	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	2	3	10
1Kaleb Banks	19	0-4	0-3	0-0	4	0	0	2	0	5	0
11CJ Gunn	30	6-12	1-3	2-4	7	2	0	1	2	5	15
5RJ Smith	27	4-8	3-6	0-0	3	2	0	0	3	4	11
2Layden Blocker	30	5-10	1-2	2-4	5	3	1	1	3	2	13
21Théo Pierre-Justin	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
15Fabián Flores	14	2-2	0-0	0-0	8	0	0	1	1	0	4
22Kruz McClure	20	1-6	0-3	2-2	3	0	0	0	2	2	4
0Brandon Maclin	32	4-9	0-2	1-2	7	5	1	1	0	3	9
TOTAL	-	27-6045.0%	5-1926.3%	7-1258.3%	41	13	2	7	14	25	66

VILLANOVA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Matt Hodge	32	0-7	0-5	6-9	6	0	1	1	0	2	6
24Duke Brennan	36	3-5	0-0	3-7	12	3	1	1	3	2	9
4Tyler Perkins	33	5-12	4-6	5-5	7	3	2	1	1	4	19
2Bryce Lindsay	35	7-17	5-10	0-1	3	0	1	0	2	3	19
55Acaden Lewis	27	3-9	0-0	3-5	1	2	3	0	1	1	9
17Braden Pierce	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Malachi Palmer	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
5Devin Askew	25	2-8	1-2	4-4	2	1	0	0	1	2	9

TOTAL	-	20-5834.5%	10-2343.5%	21-3167.7%	33	9	9	3	8	14	71

Play-by-Play

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1st halfDEPVILL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Villanova.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by DePaul.
+3 (19:34) Tyler Perkins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Acaden Lewis assists).
03
+2 (19:07) CJ Gunn makes 13-foot step back jumpshot (NJ Benson assists).
23
+2 (18:45) Duke Brennan makes layup (Tyler Perkins assists).
25
(18:21) Kaleb Banks misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:19) Acaden Lewis Defensive Rebound.
(18:19) Foul on NJ Benson.
(17:59) Bryce Lindsay misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:59) Layden Blocker Block.
(17:54) NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.
(17:53) Layden Blocker bad pass turnover.
+3 (17:43) Bryce Lindsay makes 30-foot three point jumper (Tyler Perkins assists).
28
(17:25) NJ Benson misses layup.
(17:17) NJ Benson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:17) NJ Benson makes 0-foot tip in layup.
48
(17:16) Acaden Lewis bad pass turnover.
+2 (16:58) NJ Benson makes 2-foot dunk (CJ Gunn assists).
68
(16:45) Foul on Layden Blocker.
+1 (16:45) Duke Brennan makes free throw 1 of 2.
69
(16:45) Duke Brennan misses free throw 2 of 2.
(16:43) Kaleb Banks Defensive Rebound.
(16:30) CJ Gunn misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:24) Duke Brennan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:14) Tyler Perkins makes 13-foot jumper.
611
(16:14) Foul on Kaleb Banks.
+1 (16:14) Tyler Perkins makes free throw 1 of 1.
612
+2 (16:00) CJ Gunn makes 7-foot hook shot.
812
(15:47) Bryce Lindsay misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(15:47) CJ Gunn Block.
(15:40) Matt Hodge Offensive Rebound.
(15:28) Tyler Perkins misses 15-foot jumper.
(15:25) Matt Hodge Offensive Rebound.
(15:24) Matt Hodge misses 11-foot jumper.
(15:21) Braden Pierce Offensive Rebound.
(15:19) Matt Hodge misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(15:15) Brandon Maclin Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:09) RJ Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (CJ Gunn assists).
1112
(14:47) Bryce Lindsay bad pass turnover.
(14:47) Layden Blocker Steal.
+2 (14:40) NJ Benson makes 3-foot dunk (Brandon Maclin assists).
1312
(14:22) Matt Hodge misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:19) Layden Blocker Defensive Rebound.
(14:18) Foul on Bryce Lindsay.
+1 (14:18) Layden Blocker makes free throw 1 of 2.
1412
+1 (14:18) Layden Blocker makes free throw 2 of 2.
1512
+2 (14:04) Acaden Lewis makes 16-foot step back jumpshot.
1514
(13:41) RJ Smith bad pass turnover.
(13:41) Malachi Palmer Steal.
(13:33) Duke Brennan bad pass turnover.
+2 (13:04) Fabián Flores makes 2-foot dunk (Brandon Maclin assists).
1714
(12:35) Bryce Lindsay misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(12:29) Duke Brennan Offensive Rebound.
(12:28) Foul on RJ Smith.
(12:18) Bryce Lindsay misses 13-foot jumper.
(12:15) Brandon Maclin Defensive Rebound.
(11:55) Foul on Devin Askew.
+1 (11:55) Kruz McClure makes free throw 1 of 2.
1814
+1 (11:55) Kruz McClure makes free throw 2 of 2.
1914
(11:33) Devin Askew misses driving layup.
(11:33) Kaleb Banks Block.
(11:33) Villanova Offensive Rebound.
(11:32) Devin Askew out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(11:05) NJ Benson bad pass turnover.
(11:05) Acaden Lewis Steal.
+2 (11:01) Acaden Lewis makes driving layup.
1916
(10:51) Kaleb Banks misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:50) Villanova Defensive Rebound.
(10:21) Tyler Perkins misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
(10:16) Brandon Maclin Defensive Rebound.
(9:57) Foul on Acaden Lewis.
(9:45) Kruz McClure misses driving layup.
(9:42) Matt Hodge Defensive Rebound.
(9:38) Foul on Kruz McClure.
(9:26) Tyler Perkins misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:23) RJ Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:59) CJ Gunn makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
2116
(8:54) Foul on Layden Blocker.
(8:49) Duke Brennan misses dunk.
(8:45) Matt Hodge Offensive Rebound.
(8:44) Matt Hodge misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:40) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(8:38) CJ Gunn bad pass turnover.
(8:28) Devin Askew misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:25) Villanova Offensive Rebound.
(8:25) Foul on Kaleb Banks.
(8:25) Matt Hodge misses free throw 1 of 1.
(8:24) Kaleb Banks Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:58) CJ Gunn makes driving layup.
2316
(7:37) Devin Askew misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:34) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(7:29) Kaleb Banks misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(7:24) Bryce Lindsay Defensive Rebound.
(7:20) Foul on RJ Smith.
(7:20) Bryce Lindsay misses free throw 1 of 1.
(7:20) Kaleb Banks Defensive Rebound.
(7:03) Layden Blocker bad pass turnover.
(7:03) Duke Brennan Steal.
+2 (6:58) Bryce Lindsay makes driving layup.
2318
(6:46) CJ Gunn misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:43) Duke Brennan Defensive Rebound.
(6:37) Acaden Lewis misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(6:33) Brandon Maclin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:20) Fabián Flores makes 0-foot dunk (Brandon Maclin assists).
2518
(6:12) Devin Askew misses layup.
(6:12) Brandon Maclin Block.
(6:06) Devin Askew Offensive Rebound.
(6:04) Devin Askew misses layup.
(6:04) Kaleb Banks Block.
(6:02) DePaul Defensive Rebound.
(5:43) Kaleb Banks misses layup.
(5:39) Duke Brennan Defensive Rebound.
(5:33) Bryce Lindsay misses driving layup.
(5:33) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(5:33) Foul on Duke Brennan.
(5:05) Brandon Maclin misses 5-foot pullup jump shot.
(5:01) Braden Pierce Defensive Rebound.
(4:53) Foul on CJ Gunn.
+1 (4:53) Acaden Lewis makes free throw 1 of 2.
2519
+1 (4:53) Acaden Lewis makes free throw 2 of 2.
2520
+3 (4:42) CJ Gunn makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Maclin assists).
2820
(4:28) Foul on Kaleb Banks.
+1 (4:28) Acaden Lewis makes free throw 1 of 2.
2821
(4:28) Acaden Lewis misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:27) NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.
(4:17) Kruz McClure bad pass turnover.
(4:17) Bryce Lindsay Steal.
(4:11) Acaden Lewis misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot.
(4:07) Kruz McClure Defensive Rebound.
(3:42) CJ Gunn misses 9-foot pullup jump shot.
(3:40) CJ Gunn Offensive Rebound.
(3:40) Foul on Matt Hodge.
+1 (3:40) CJ Gunn makes free throw 1 of 2.
2921
+1 (3:40) CJ Gunn makes free throw 2 of 2.
3021
(3:12) Duke Brennan out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(3:03) Théo Pierre-Justin misses layup.
(3:00) Duke Brennan Defensive Rebound.
(2:55) Foul on NJ Benson.
(2:55) Duke Brennan misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:55) Villanova Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:55) Duke Brennan misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:54) Fabián Flores Defensive Rebound.
(2:30) CJ Gunn misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:24) Fabián Flores Offensive Rebound.
(2:23) Kruz McClure misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(2:18) Kruz McClure Offensive Rebound.
(2:17) Kruz McClure bad pass turnover.
(2:17) Matt Hodge Steal.
(2:13) Matt Hodge misses layup.
(2:13) Théo Pierre-Justin Block.
(2:12) Tyler Perkins Offensive Rebound.
(2:12) Foul on Théo Pierre-Justin.
+1 (2:12) Tyler Perkins makes free throw 1 of 2.
3022
+1 (2:12) Tyler Perkins makes free throw 2 of 2.
3023
(2:01) CJ Gunn bad pass turnover.
(2:01) Tyler Perkins Steal.
+2 (1:54) Bryce Lindsay makes driving layup.
3025
(1:38) Théo Pierre-Justin traveling turnover.
+3 (1:24) Bryce Lindsay makes 30-foot three point step back jumpshot.
3028
(1:08) Kruz McClure misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:04) Fabián Flores Offensive Rebound.
(1:03) Fabián Flores bad pass turnover.
(1:03) Acaden Lewis Steal.
(0:59) Acaden Lewis misses layup.
(0:57) Villanova Offensive Rebound.
(0:54) Matt Hodge misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(0:50) Fabián Flores Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:31) RJ Smith makes 10-foot pullup jump shot.
3228
(0:06) Bryce Lindsay misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(0:02) Kruz McClure Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

DEP

VILL

66Points71

27-60(45.0%)Field Goal(%)20-58(34.5%)

5-19(26.3%)3-Point(%)10-23(43.5%)

7-12(58.3%)Free Throw(%)21-31(67.7%)

43(12)Rebounds(Offensive)39(15)

13Assists9

2Steals9

7Blocks3

14Turnovers8

25(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

10Largest Lead9

Game Details

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 · 6:00 PM

Finneran Pavilion · Villanova, PA

attendance: 6,501 (100%)

tv: FS1

spread: VILL -12.5

over/under: 139.5