DePaul caps perfect week with win over Farleigh Dickinson

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CHICAGO (AP) — Charlie Moore scored 27 points and Paul Reed scored 12 with 11 rebounds and DePaul downed Fairleigh Dickinson 70-59 on Friday night.

Jahlil Jenkins and Kaleb Bishop made successive layups to put the Knights up 50-47 with 9:55 remaining. But Moore sandwiched a layup and a 3-pointer between a Romeo Weems layup that started a 14-2 run and Fairleigh Dickinson never recovered.

The Blue Demons (3-0) played their third game in four nights. DePaul scored 19 points off 21 Fairleigh Dickinson (1-1) turnovers. Jaylen Butz added 13 points for DePaul.

Jenkins scored had 17 points for the Knights (1-1), and Elyjah Williams and Bishop each scored 12.

DePaul plays at Iowa on Monday and Fairleigh Dickinson travels to Fordham Wednesday.