CHICAGO - DePaul plays the first of three consecutive games against local competition on Saturday at Northwestern. Following Saturday's action, the Blue Demons return to Wintrust Arena for matchups with Chicago State on Wednesday and UIC on Friday. Start time at Welsh-Ryan Arena is set for 11 a.m.Saturday's game will be televised on the Big Ten Network with Cory Provus (play-by-play) and Shon Morris (analyst) handling the television duties. The game can also be seen online at foxsportsgo.com or the FOX Sports Go app. DePaul's radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) can be heard on WSCR 670 AM as well as online on DePaul All-Access at www.depaulbluedemons.com. Live stats can also be found at www.depaulbluedemons.com while in-game scoring updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops.Northwestern is 6-3 overall this season and 0-2 in Big Ten play following a 62-60 loss to No. 5/5 Michigan on Tuesday night. DePaul head coachis in his seventh season at DePaul and his fourth since returning to the program after leading the Blue Demons three postseasons in three years from 2002-05. Overall, the 2018-19 campaign is Leitao's 13th as a head coach at the collegiate level. Northwestern is led by Chris Collins who is in his sixth season leading the Wildcats.Over the last eight-plus seasons (since start of 2010-11 season), DePaul is 17-5 against Chicagoland opponents (Chicago State, UIC, Loyola-Chicago, Northern Illinois, Northwestern)... in the last 18-plus seasons (since the start of 2000-01 season), the record against locals is 31-11... the Blue Demons play three local opponents in 2018-19 marking the seventh time in the last nine seasons with three locals on the schedule.DePaul's five straight wins at home to open the season is the best home start since the 2006-07 team won its first seven outings. The 2006-07 squad won every home non-conference game before a 59-49 loss against Pittsburgh on Jan. 10, 2007 to begin the BIG EAST home schedule.Notes following DePaul's 65-50 win against Florida A&M on Dec. 3: