South Florida 80, DePaul 58

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ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Dominique Jones scored 22 points and had eight rebounds and Jesus Verdejo added 18 points and eight rebounds to lead South Florida to its first Big East win of the season, beating DePaul 80-58 on Saturday.

Early in the first half, South Florida (6-9, 1-2) outscored DePaul 6-0 to take control of the game. Verdejo gave Augustus Gilchrist a nice pass for a dunk, then Verdejo had a layup and Alex Rivas' basket gave the Bulls a 15-6 lead.

DePaul (8-9, 0-4) has lost 14 of its last 16 Big East games, dating back to last season. Mac Koshwal led the Blue Demons with 18 points and eight rebounds. He had 14 points and six rebounds in the first half for DePaul.

South Florida outrebounded DePaul 40-22 and DePaul was 12-of-23 from the free throw line.

South Florida led 39-29 at the half. Jones and Gilchrist both had 12 points in the half. Gilchrist finished with 16 points.

	USF	DEP
Points	80	58
FG Made-Attempted	30-58 (.517)	22-48 (.458)
3P Made-Attempted	7-17 (.412)	2-13 (.154)
FT Made-Attempted	13-15 (.867)	12-23 (.522)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant)	18 (0/0)	14 (0/0)
Largest Lead	27	3

USF

DEP

Points

FG Made-Attempted

30-58 (.517)

22-48 (.458)

3P Made-Attempted

7-17 (.412)

2-13 (.154)

FT Made-Attempted

13-15 (.867)

12-23 (.522)

Fouls (Tech/Flagrant)

18 (0/0)

14 (0/0)

Largest Lead

	USF	DEP
Points	D. Jones 22	M. Koshwal 18
Rebounds	D. Jones 8	M. Koshwal 8
Assists	C. Howard 10	J. Currie 3
Steals	C. Howard 1	J. Currie 2
Blocks	A. Gilchrist 2	M. Koshwal 1
Team Stats: South Florida \| DePaul

DATE	GAME	LINKS
» Jan 10, 2009	USF 80, @DEP 58	Recap
Jan 20, 2009	@USF 70, DEP 61	Recap

DATE

GAME

LINKS

» Jan 10, 2009

USF 80, @DEP 58

Recap

Jan 20, 2009

@USF 70, DEP 61

Recap

USF	DEP
01/14 @PITT 7:00pm 01/17 @WVU 12:00pm 01/20 DEP 9:00pm 01/24 VILL 12:00pm 01/28 @LOU 7:00pm	01/17 CIN 2:00pm 01/20 @USF 9:00pm 01/24 @MARQ 2:00pm 01/28 CONN 9:00pm 01/31 @RUTG 8:00pm
Complete Schedule: South Florida \| DePaul

TEAM	CONF W-L	TOTAL W-L
#1 Pittsburgh	15-3	28-4
#5 Connecticut	15-3	27-4
#21 Louisville	16-2	28-5
#17 Villanova	13-5	26-7
#9 Syracuse	11-7	26-9
#15 Marquette	12-6	24-9
#22 West Virginia	10-8	23-11
Providence	10-8	19-13
#13 Notre Dame	8-10	18-14
Cincinnati	8-10	18-14
#10 Georgetown	7-11	16-14
Seton Hall	7-11	17-15
St. John's	6-12	16-17
Rutgers	2-16	11-21
South Florida	4-14	9-22
DePaul	0-18	9-24
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ESPN Men's Basketball

South Florida 80

DePaul 58

South Florida 80, DePaul 58

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