DePauw women pick up two wins on Eastern road trip

HIRAM, Ohio — The DePauw women’s basketball team moved to 11-3 overall and 5-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference following a 76-55 win at Hiram Thursday.

Following a back-and-forth opening quarter, #21/22 DePauw gained a 19-18 lead on Maya Howard’s jumper with 23 seconds left in the frame. The Tigers then scored the first eight points of the second to extend the lead to 27-18, but Hiram eventually closed the gap to 33-30 at the intermission.

The Terriers scored first in the second half to trim the DePauw lead to 33-32. Hiram was still within two at 38-36 after Madison Branch hit a pair of free throws with 6:55 left in the third, but the Tigers scored the next seven points and closed the period on an 18-3 run to extend the lead to 56-39 after three quarters.

• DePauw 72, Allegheny 50 — On Wednesday at Meadville, Pa., Allegheny got out to a 13-5 lead in the opening six minutes against DePauw, but the Tigers gained control the rest of the way.

Allegheny scored six straight early to grab a 13-5 lead with 3:56 left in the first before DePauw trimmed the deficit to 18-15 after one quarter.

Howard opened DePauw’s scoring in the second with a 3-pointer and Mya Shannon added a jumper to give DePauw its first lead of the game at 20-18. That was a lead the Tigers wouldn’t relinquish.