Final Stats: PDF | 2008-09 Season Stats | BIG EAST Stats   1 2 F USF 34 42 76 DePaul 39 30 69 Stat Comparison USF DU Points 74 69 FG Made-Attempted 21-51 24-62 FG Percentage 41.2% 38.7% 3 FG Made-Attempted 8-18 10-24 3 FG Percentage 44.4% 41.7% FT Made-Attempted 26-35 11-16 FT Percentage 74.3% 68.8% Rebounds 37 37 Assists/Turnovers 7/12 13/12 USF Stat Leaders   DUStat Leaders Grace 27 Points Two Players 14 Lawson 9 Rebounds Williams 8 Grace 4 Assists Quigley 4 Sepulveda 4 Steals Hampton 2 Denson 4 Blocks Chester 3

CHICAGO, Ill. ? The University of South Florida women's basketball team came into Tuesday's game at DePaul ? the second of a two-game road trip - looking to end a two-game losing streak and pick up some momentum as it heads into its final two regular season games of the year and then down the road a bit at the BIG EAST Tournament in Hartford.

The Bulls took a big step towards gaining that momentum with a 76-69 win over the Blue Demons at McGrath Arena. The win improves USF's record to 19-9 and 6-8 in the BIG EAST, while DePaul drops to 20-8 and 8-6 in conference play.

The Bulls fell behind early trailing 12-2 just two minutes into to the game as the Blue Demons came out hot hitting five of their first nine shots and went 3-4 from behind the three-point arc.

After DePaul led 14-4 with 15:17 left in the first half, the Bulls would put together a 6-0 run spearheaded by back-to-back three-pointers by Shantia Grace with at 14:36 and 14:09 left on the clock, to cut the lead to four, 14-10. 

After exchanging baskets, Jazmine Sepulveda cut the lead to two on a lay-up, 16-14, with 11:56 remaining in the first half, Janae Stokes would give the USF its first lead of the game, 17-16, on a three-pointer on the next possession.

The Bulls would push their lead to as many as three points on a jump shot, by Jessica Lawson with 10:12 left on the clock.

The Blue Demons would regain the lead with 7:41 left in the first stanza when Holly Medley hit a three-pointer to make the score 25-23.

After exchanging the lead on the next several possessions, DePaul would take the edge back for the remainder of the half on a 12-foot jumper by Keisha Hampton with 5:40 left before the intermission.

The Blue Demons would eventually take a 39-34 lead into the locker room at the break despite 16 first half points by Grace.

USF would open the second half scoring the first five points to pull even at 39-all on a three-point play by Sepulveda with 17:24 left in the game.

Neither team led by more than four points in the second half until Stokes hit a three-pointer to give the Bulls a five-point edge, 59-54, with 9:30 on the clock following another Sepulveda three-point play.

Stokes would then give USF its biggest lead of the game - to that point at 67-60 with 4:09 left in the game when she drained another three-point shot.

DePaul would cut the lead to four points, 68-64, with two minutes left however would not get any closer as the Bulls extended the lead to a game0-high 11 points, 75-64, before settling on the final margin.

Grace would finish with a game-high 27 points on 7-16 shooting from the field, including 2-6 from three-point range, and 11-13 from the free throw line. Stokes chipped in with 20 points and Sepulveda and Lawson added 15 and 10 points respectively.

The loss marked just the second of the season for the Blue Demons at home.

USF returns home for its regular season home finale on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. when it butts heads with Cincinnati. The Bulls will close out the regular season on March 2 at 7 p.m. against Villanova before heading to the BIG EAST Conference Tournament in Hartford, March 6-10.