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Rogers Letting It Fly: DePaul rookie Darrione Rogers is enjoying the greenest of green lights in Chicago, sinking a career-best five three-pointers against Villanova on Monday. Over her last three games she has averaged 3.7 triples per game thanks to a 50-percent shooting clip from deep. She has scored in double figures in four of the last five games, including back-to-back 20-point games.
Friar Seniors Raising Their Games: Providence has gotten a big bump from seniors Kyra Spiwak and Chanell Williams. The fourth-year players are having their best seasons in a PC uniform, with Spiwak upping her scoring average from 8.4 in 2019-20, to 12.5 this season, and Williams going from 6.3 to 9.6. Spiwak has particularly shined in BIG EAST play, boasting a 16.6 scoring average against league foes, nearly triple her average a year ago. She scored 86 points over 14 BIG EAST games in ’19-20, and already has 83 over the first five conference games this year.
Auriemma Approaching Milestone: UConn head coach Geno Auriemma is one win shy of tying Tennessee’s Pat Summitt for No. 2 all-time in Division I victories. Now in his 36^th season, Auriemma has 1,097 wins. He leads the nation with an .885 winning percentage and was the fastest coach to reach 1,000 wins in college basketball history. The Huskies were supposed to travel to No. 6/6 Baylor on Thursday but that game was cancelled due to COVID issues within the Bears program. UConn’s next opponent with be Providence on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET on SNY.
 
Last Night In #BIGEASTwbb: 20/21 DePaul 94, Villanova 82
Maddy Siegrist scored 31 points for Villanova but it was the Blue Demons and their 13-made triples that picked up the win Monday afternoon at Wintrust Arena. Freshman Darrione Rogers sank 5-of-8 from deep en route to scoring 21 points, while Sonya Morris added a DePaul-high 22 points off 7-of-14 shooting from the field. The teams traded leads in the first half before the Blue Demons took an 11-point lead at the break. DePaul stretched its lead to 16 before the Wildcats clawed back, making it a six-point game with under eight minutes to play. Rogers was clutch down the stretch, however, hitting a dagger of a three-pointer with 3:55 to go and finishing the final quarter with seven points. Villanova shot .516 on the afternoon to DePaul’s .447 clip, but was hampered by 19 turnovers which the Blue Demons turned into 23 points. The 30-point game was the third of the season for Siegrist, who leads the BIG EAST in scoring at 24.1 points per game.
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