Benson scores 18 off the bench, DePaul knocks off Georgetown 71-67 in Big East Tournament

Posted March 12, 2025 8:22 pm

Associated Press

NEW YORK — NJ Benson helped lead DePaul over Georgetown on Wednesday night with 18 points off of the bench in a 71-67 win in the Big East Tournament.

DePaul (14-18) will play No. 2 seed Creighton in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Benson shot 7 of 8 from the field and 4 for 6 from the line for the Blue Demons. Layden Blocker scored 16 points while going 5 of 11 (4 for 6 from 3-point range) and added 6 assists. CJ Gunn shot 3 for 8 (2 for 6 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 11 points.

Micah Peavy led the way for the Hoyas (17-15) with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. Drew Fielder added 11 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, and Curtis Williams also put up 11 points.

Gunn scored 10 points in the first half and DePaul went into halftime trailing 40-38. DePaul went on a 7-0 second-half run to take the lead at 55-51. Benson scored 13 second-half points.

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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