The DePaul men’s basketball team opened their season with a nail-biting 78-72 win over Robert Morris Sunday night.
The Blue Demons (1-0) were led by sophomore Eli Cain, who scored a team-leading 21 points and went seven of nine from the free throw line.
Junior forward Tre’Darius McCallum also was a large factor in his first Division 1 basketball game. The forward recovered a team-high eight rebounds for DePaul. Senior guard Billy Garrett Jr. finished the home-opener with 10 points, five rebounds and four assists.
“We stretched (the lead) out to, I think, 12 a couple of times,” Garrett Jr.