Tigers earn hoops split with Bishops

Sunday, January 22, 2017

DELAWARE, Ohio — Three Tigers came off the bench and scored in double figures as the 15th-ranked DePauw women improved to 17-1 overall and 9-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference with a 74-46 win at Ohio Wesleyan. The win was DePauw’s 14th straight, while the Battling Bishops dropped to 6-12 overall and 3-6 in conference play.

DePauw got out to an early 10-2 lead and finished the first quarter on a 10-0 run to take a 24-7 lead after the first quarter. The Tigers led 42-19 at halftime and outscored the Battling Bishops, 17-10, in the third for a 59-29 advantage headed to the fourth.

Blair Carlin led the way with career-highs of 25 points and five blocks in 26 minutes as she knocked in 7-of-11 from three-point range. Emily Budde added a season-high 15 and Kylie Morris chipped in a career-best 12 on 6-of-7 from the floor while hauling down a career-high nine boards.

Melinda Franke also grabbed nine rebounds and recorded three steals with Claire Ryan dishing out four assists.

Megan Kuether paced Ohio Wesleyan with 15 points, while Claire Sterling grabbed eight rebounds and recorded four steals.

DePauw shot a season-best 54.2 percent from the floor to the Battling Bishops’ 35.3 percent. The Tigers hit eight three-pointers and outrebounded Ohio Wesleyan, 36-25.

The Tigers return to action on Wednesday with a 7:30 p.m. game at Wittenberg.

Men

Ohio Wesleyan 79, DePauw 72 — In a battle between the third and fourth place teams in the North Coast Athletic Conference, Ohio Wesleyan prevailed over DePauw.

The win keeps Ohio Wesleyan in third place at 8-2 and 11-6 overall, while DePauw falls to 5-5 in conference play and 9-8 overall.

Jack VandeMerkt led DePauw with 17 points, while Luke Lattner and David Vogel each added 14 points. Ohio Wesleyan’s Seth Clark led all scorers with 31 points.

The game was a story of runs as Ohio Wesleyan took an early 11-4 lead, but DePauw cut it quickly to trail 15-12 midway through the first half. However, that began another Ohio Wesleyan run and the Bishops took the lead to double digits at 23-13 with 9:08 remaining. Two minutes later DePauw cut that to three at 23-20.

Back-to-back three pointers from Ohio Wesleyan made it a nine point game and they ended up taking a 39-30 lead at halftime.

Ohio Wesleyan came out hot out of halftime, building its lead to 47-32 just two minutes in, and continued to lead by double digits midway through at 57-49 with 10:07 remaining.

DePauw finally got the game back to single digits with just over a minute left in the game and made it a six-point game with 23 seconds remaining, but Ohio Wesleyan hit its free throws to wrap up the game.

The Tigers shot a higher percentage from the floor (46.4 percent to 42 percent) and from beyond the arc (40 percent to 24 percent), but shot just 67 percent from the free throw line (14-of-21) to Ohio Wesleyan’s 80 percent (12-of-15).

DePauw returns to action Wednesday by hosting Wittenberg.

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