On the second Saturday of the New Year, the Blue Demons hosted the (10-4) (3-1) No. 19 Villanova Wildcats in Wintrust Arena.
After a slow start to the first half, these two teams began to trade blows. First, Villanova got out to a 23-19 lead, led by 5 points from senior, or as some of the DePaul student section liked to call him, super senior Collin Gillespie. At this point it looked like the trend from DePaul’s recent games would come to fruition once again. Wintrust Arena quickly learned that the Blue Demons had other plans in mind.