Kamps

They’re back. Pregame stats for DePaul’s final exhibition matchup against Notre Dame: •Fabián Flores made his first unofficial Division I three-pointer on Sunday…once he drains his first in the regular season, he’ll be the tallest Blue Demon to ever make a three •Ade Popoola ranked No. 4 across all of Division I last season in catch-and-shoot three-point percentage (46.7 percent) on a minimum of 150 possessions used…only Tyler Bilodeau (48.4 percent), Donovan Atwell (47.8 percent) and Milan Momcilovic (47.6 percent) were ahead of the DePaul wing per Synergy •Dating back to 1950, DePaul will be just the 37th Division I men’s basketball roster to feature three ACTIVE seven-footers…among others across the sport’s history, DePaul’s roster from last season is not included as Isaiah Medina redshirted •In 2025-26, DePaul’s six incoming transfers combined to attempt 548 free throws during their respective seasons…the entire 2024-25 DePaul team combined to take a TOTAL of 547 free throws over its entire 34-game schedule •Loyola blocked zero Blue Demon field goal attempts on Sunday, unofficially marking the first time since the team’s April 1, 2025 loss to Cincinnati in the College Basketball Crown that zero DePaul shots were blocked in a game •DePaul’s preseason KenPom ranking of 56th is the program’s highest since the site began preseason projections in 2011-12…assuming it holds or is exceeded, only the 2006-07 season (50th) and the 1999-2000 season (30th) would have seen the Blue Demons finish higher in the site’s 30-year history •The Blue Demons assisted on 15 of their 18 made field goals (83.3 percent) on Sunday against Loyola…if the game counted, it would be just the 15th time since the 2004-05 season that DePaul has logged a contest with an 80.0 percent or higher assist rate •Including last year’s exhibition victory in South Bend, DePaul is unofficially 45-62 all-time against Notre Dame dating back to February 1912 •The Fighting Irish return 34.6 percent of minutes from last year’s team that finished 13-18, which ranks 5th in returning ACC minutes for this season…by contrast, DePaul returns 35.5 percent of minutes from last season which slots in at 3rd in the Big East •Key players for Notre Dame include Winthrop transfer forward Logan Duncomb (18.3 ppg / 8.9 rpg / 60.6% 2pt) and returning guard Braeden Shrewsberry (11.9 ppg / 3.1 rpg / 40.2% 3pt on 7.1 attempts)