Tiger women remain unbeaten in SCAC with 10-point win

Saturday, February 2, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Texas -- The 13th-ranked DePauw women's basketball team improved to 16-3 overall and remained unbeaten in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference following a 55-45 win at Southwestern. The Pirates dropped to 9-9 overall and 3-6 in the SCAC.

Battling through a sluggish start, the Tigers put together a 10-0 run over the final four minutes of the first half to head to the intermission with a 24-17 lead. They extended the margin to nine early in the second half before the hosts closed to 47-43 with 2:30 remaining.

Cassie Pruzin knocked down a pair of free throws with 2:08 left before Gretchen Haehl scored on a drive and Pruzin hit two more from the charity stripe with 27.8 seconds left to secure the win.

Fernadez led all scorers with 20, while Pruzin added 17. Fernandez and Pruzin each grabbed eight rebounds as DePauw held a 37-26 advantage on the boards. Beth Thomas paced Southwestern with nine points and nine rebounds.

The Tigers shot just 38.8 percent from the floor and matched a season-high with 25 turnovers, but Southwestern shot just 38.3 percent and committed 25 turnovers.

At Georgetown, TX

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY 55, SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 45

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (16-3, 9-0 SCAC) -- Jenna Fernandez 9-15 2-4 20; Cassie Pruzin 4-6 7-8 17; Gretchen Haehl 4-9 0-0 9; Andrea Travelstead 2-4 3-4 7; Emily Marshall 0-2 1-2 1; Katie Mathews 0-1 1-2 1; Gwen Haehl 0-3 0-0 0; Sarah Merkel 0-0 0-0 0; Kalei Lowes 0-9 0-0

0. Totals 19-49 14-20 55.

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (9-9, 3-6 SCAC) -- Beth Thomas 3-5 3-4 9; Natasha Azizi 4-8 0-0 8; Amanda Gordon 2-3 3-4 8; Narisa Trammell 2-8 0-0 5; Jessica Hoch 2-5 0-0 4; Kelli Hill 2-6 0-0 4; Molly Mitchell 1-3 0-0 3; Jessica Hua 1-1 0-0 2; Jennifer Tindle 1-3 0-0 2; Staley Mullins 0-4 0-0 0; Ali Zein-Eldin 0-1 0-0 0; Jessica Herbst 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-47 6-8 45.

DePauw University 24 31 -- 55

Southwestern University 17 28 -- 45

3-point goals--DePauw University 3-12 (Cassie Pruzin 2-3; Gretchen Haehl 1-4; Gwen Haehl 0-1; Kalei Lowes 0-4), Southwestern University 3-13 (Amanda Gordon 1-2; Narisa Trammell 1-3; Molly Mitchell 1-3; Kelli Hill 0-3; Jennifer Tindle 0-1; Ali Zein-Eldin 0-1). Fouled out--DePauw University-None, Southwestern University-Natasha Azizi. Rebounds--DePauw University 37 (Jenna Fernandez 8; Cassie Pruzin 8), Southwestern University 26 (Beth Thomas 9). Assists--DePauw University 9 (Cassie Pruzin 3), Southwestern University 8 (Narisa Trammell 2). Total fouls--DePauw University 12, Southwestern University 20. Technical fouls--DePauw University-None, Southwestern University-None. A-175

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