No. 19 DePaul women’s basketball would cruise to a 77-50 victory over Villanova before a packed McGrath-Phillips arena Friday night, but all the focus was on the return of Jessica January. The 2016 pre-season Big East player of the year had missed 15 games after fracturing her right index finger in the first half of the December 28th matchup against Georgetown.
“[I felt] basically a lot of excitement and a lot of nerves, but mostly just excitement to get back on the floor, having good practices over the week and just being on the floor feels really good,” January said.