Northern Illinois Huskies (2-3) at DePaul Blue Demons (5-0)

Chicago; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: DePaul hosts Northern Illinois looking to prolong its five-game home winning streak.

The Blue Demons are 5-0 on their home court. DePaul is fifth in the Big East in rebounding averaging 37.0 rebounds. David Skogman leads the Blue Demons with 7.0 boards.

The Huskies are 0-2 in road games. Northern Illinois ranks fifth in the MAC shooting 34.9% from 3-point range.

DePaul averages 12.4 made 3-pointers per game, 5.4 more made shots than the 7.0 per game Northern Illinois allows. Northern Illinois scores 5.8 more points per game (71.4) than DePaul allows (65.6).

TOP PERFORMERS: Isaiah Rivera is shooting 55.8% and averaging 16.0 points for the Blue Demons.

Quentin Jones is averaging 14.4 points for the Huskies.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.