Prior to the start of the 2016-17 DePaul women’s basketball season injuries had already taken their toll on the team. Coach Doug Bruno’s projected starter, junior forward Mart’e Grays suffered a season-ending torn achilles tendon injury. Now, four games deep into Big East play, DePaul has lost two more starters to injury: junior guard Ashton Millender and senior guard Jessica January. Despite this, the team is 4-0 in the Big East.
From now until she had surgery to repair her broken index finger last Tuesday, January was the go-to shooter on the Blue Demons offense. January averaged a team-leading 15.