DePaul -- which last month snapped a 39-game Big East losing streak spanning 730 days -- improved to 11-12, 2-10. Four players reached double-figures for Chris Holtmann’s team, led by NJ Benson’s third double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

DePaul (11-12, 2-10) avenged an overtime loss in Newark last month and is now 5-16 against the Pirates since the start of the 2015-16 campaign. The Blue Demons shot 55 percent from the field and went plus-13 on the glass as the Pirates misfired from the field (35 percent), 3-point range (4-of-17) and the free-throw line (11-of-19).