Alabama A&M at DePaul

South Florida trailed DePaul 80-78 with 1:33 left Thursday, and the Blue Demons had gone 5:26 without a field goal. They led 50-35 at halftime, and by the end that lead was two points. Layden Blocker's jumper closed it out, 82-80, and DePaul is 2-0 after a 75-58 win over West Georgia in the opener. Through those two games, DePaul has allowed 69 points a game, 58 to West Georgia and 80 to South Florida. Its top scorer in each win came off the bench: Koree Cotton with 20 against West Georgia and Kruz McClure with 18 against South Florida. Alabama A&M is 2-0 too, 90-57 over Oakwood and 103-47 over Mississippi University for Women. Neither of those is a Division I school, so the scores say little about a step up in class. Devin Brown has posted back-to-back double-doubles, and he and Jalen Carruth each hit a career-high 17 points in the second win. Alabama A&M arrives with its scoring rhythm intact and its starters having played real minutes, against a DePaul defense that gave up 80 in its last outing. Back Alabama A&M to cover.