BATON ROUGE, La. – Rachele Fitz scored 23 points and Marist closed the game with a 32-2 run to beat DePaul 76-57 in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday night.

Julianne Viani had 16 of her 18 points in the second half for seventh-seeded Marist (32-2), which has won 23 straight games. The Red Foxes last lost a game on Dec. 12, 2007.

The 10th-seeded Blue Demons (20-12) were leading 55-44 midway through the second half when Marist took over.