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DePaul Blue Demons at Villanova Wildcats: December 31, 2025

The Villanova Wildcats beat the DePaul Blue Demons 71-66 on December 31, 2025 (2025-26 season).

Final · Played December 31, 2025 · Updated October 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most points: CJ Gunn (DePaul Blue Demons, 15); Bryce Lindsay and Tyler Perkins (Villanova Wildcats, 19 each).

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Line score

Line score — DePaul Blue Demons / Villanova Wildcats — College basketball — December 31, 2025
TeamH1H2Final
DePaul Blue Demons323466
Villanova Wildcats284371

What stood out

  • The Villanova Wildcats' biggest edge came in the 2nd half (43-34).

Player lines

  • Brandon Maclin (DEP G): 32 MIN, 9 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TOV
  • CJ Gunn (DEP G): 30 MIN, 15 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Fabian Flores (DEP C): 14 MIN, 4 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Kaleb Banks (DEP F): 19 MIN, 0 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 2 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Kruz McClure (DEP G): 20 MIN, 4 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Layden Blocker (DEP G): 30 MIN, 13 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 3 TOV
  • NJ Benson (DEP F): 26 MIN, 10 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • RJ Smith (DEP G): 27 MIN, 11 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TOV
  • Theo Pierre-Justin (DEP F): 2 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Acaden Lewis (VILL G): 27 MIN, 9 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 0 3PM, 3 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Braden Pierce (VILL C): 4 MIN, 0 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Bryce Lindsay (VILL G): 35 MIN, 19 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Devin Askew (VILL G): 25 MIN, 9 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Duke Brennan (VILL F): 36 MIN, 9 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 3 TOV
  • Malachi Palmer (VILL G): 8 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Matt Hodge (VILL F): 32 MIN, 6 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Tyler Perkins (VILL G): 33 MIN, 19 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV

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Head-to-head

No earlier meeting between these teams is in their stored recent results.

Full Villanova Wildcats vs DePaul Blue Demons head-to-head (2 meetings).

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