Tigers get win over Hendrix

Monday, January 26, 2009

CONWAY, Ark. -- DePauw outscored Hendrix 12-1 in the final 2:21 and picked up its 12th straight win with an 80-71 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference win over the Warriors.

The Tigers improved to 15-3 overall and 7-1 in the SCAC, while Hendrix dropped to 10-8 overall and 3-6 in the conference.

DePauw led by as many as 10 in the first half and led 39-34 at the break. They extended the margin back to 10 at 44-34 on Cassie Pruzin's three-pointer with 18:52 left. Hendrix responded with a 7-0 run to make it 44-41.

Hendrix later took a 60-59 lead on Jamie Sterrenberg's drive with 6:58 remaining which capped a 6-0 stretch. The lead changed hands five more times before Christina Byler knocked in a three with 2:50 left, giving the Warriors a 70-68 advantage.

Lauren Goff (pictured) responded with a three before Hendrix's Chelsey White hit one-of-two free throws to tie the game at 71-71 with 1:49 remaining. Pruzin gave DePauw a 72-71 lead with a free throw at the 1:30 mark and White was whistled for a technical foul with 1:13 left. Goff made one of the two charity tosses to push the lead to two.

Emily Marshall's bucket with 49 seconds left gave the Tigers a 75-71 lead. The Warriors missed on the other end DePauw hit 5-of-6 from the line in the final 36 seconds to put the game away.

Goff paced the Tigers with a career-high 19, while Aldrich and Pruzin followed with 14 each. Katie Mathews and Marshall each added 11 and Brooke Osborne scored 10 as six Tigers reached double figures. Marshall grabbed a game-high nine rebounds as DePauw held a 36-25 edge on the boards. Pruzin totaled five assists.

White led Hendrix with 17 followed by Samantha Clark with 14 and Byler with 12. Byler hauled down six boards in the loss and Amanda Morris dished out six assists.

The Tigers return to action on Friday, January 31, when they host Trinity at 8 p.m.

At Grove Gymnasium

DEPAUW 80, HENDRIX 71

DePauw University 39 41 -- 80

Hendrix College 34 37 --71

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (15-3, 7-1 SCAC)

Lauren Goff 5-11 4-6 19; Cassie Pruzin 4-13 3-6 14; Katie Aldrich 6-8 2-2

14; Emily Marshall 4-4 3-3 11; Katie Mathews 5-17 1-2 11; Brooke Osborne 3-6

2-2 10; Andrea Travelstead 0-3 1-2 1; Kristin Barrow 0-0 0-0 0; Brianna

Frigerio 0-1 0-0 0; Tammy Taylor 0-0 0-0 0; Danielle Boraz 0-0 0-0 0. Totals

27-63 16-23 80.

HENDRIX COLLEGE (10-8, 3-6 SCAC)

Chelsey White 6-11 5-7 17; Samantha Clark 5-9 3-4 14; Christina Byler 5-10

0-0 12; Amanda Morris 2-10 5-8 9; Lindsay Merrit 3-5 0-0 6; Katy Ashley

Pauley 1-2 2-2 5; Jordan Henderson 1-1 0-0 3; Jamie Sterrenberg 1-3 1-2 3;

Caty Hensy 1-1 0-1 2; Anna Roane 0-0 0-0 0; Sam Deragowski 0-0 0-0 0; Avery

Roller 0-2 0-0 0; Samantha Devlin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-55 16-24 71.

3-point goals -- DePauw University 10-23 (Lauren Goff 5-10; Cassie Pruzin 3-9; Brooke Osborne 2-3; Brianna Frigerio 0-1), Hendrix College 5-18 (Christina Byler 2-4; Samantha Clark 1-1; Jordan Henderson 1-1; Katy Ashley Pauley 1-2; Avery Roller 0-2; Amanda Morris 0-6; Chelsey White 0-2).

Fouled out -- DePauw University-Brooke Osborne, Hendrix College-Christina Byler.

Rebounds -- DePauw University 36 (Emily Marshall 9), Hendrix College 25 (Christina Byler 6). Assists -- DePauw University 17 (Cassie Pruzin 5), Hendrix College 14 (Amanda Morris 6). Total fouls -- DePauw University 25, Hendrix College 19. Technical fouls -- DePauw University-None, Hendrix College-Chelsey White. A -- 329

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