University of Missouri
DePaul
Men's Basketball Defeats Blue Demons Of DePaul
12/6/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 6, 2000
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Kareem Rush, Clarence Gilbert, and Arthur Johnson all had season-best scoring nights Wednesday as Missouri beat DePaul 99-84.
Rush scored 31 points, Gilbert scored 26, and Johnson added 16 to lead Missouri (5-1) to its best scoring output of the season. Johnson also grabbed nine offensive rebounds.
The Blue Demons (3-3) had their best shooting night of the year at 57 percent, but were outrebounded by the Tigers 38 to 26.
Bobby Simmons led DePaul with a season-high 25 points. Rashon Burno added a career-high 19 for the Blue Demons, with all but three of his points coming in the first half.
Burno scored nine points in the first five minutes as DePaul jumped out to a 16-6 lead. Missouri then responded with a 15-5 run behind two Brian Grawer 3-pointers to tie it at 21-21.
Clarence Gilbert hit back-to-back 3s to make it 31-30 with 5:50 left in the half, giving Missouri a lead that it never gave up.
Missouri hit a season-high 12 3-pointers, including 6-of-9 by Gilbert and 4-fo-8 by Rush. DePaul only made five 3-pointers as a team.
DePaul hung close in the second half, getting as close as 64-61 with 10:16 left. Missouri then went on a 22-10 run over the next five minutes to secure the win.
DePaul's leading scorer, Lance Williams, was held to six points.
Johnson, a freshman, is now averaging 13 points and 10.5 rebounds in two games as a starter. Rush, a sophomore, scored in double figures for the 24th straight game, and has led Missouri in scoring in five of six games.
