TIGERS BEAT FRANKLIN; EARN HOME COURT IN ICAC TOURNAMENT
Greencastle, Ind.--The DePauw men's basketball team assured itself of
playing at home in the first game of next week's Indiana Collegiate Athletic
Conference tournament with a 79-74 win over Franklin on Wednesday.
With the win, DePauw improved to 16-7 overall and 6-5 in ICAC play.
Franklin fell to 13-9 overall and 4-7 in the ICAC. The win also avenged a 17-
point loss at Franklin in January.
The Tigers opened strong with a 21-11 lead at the 10:59 mark of the
first half. Ben McCormick, making the start at forward for the injured Ryan
Hooker scored seven of the Tigers' first nine points.
DePauw, however, hit a drought for 7:30 as they were outscored 12-0
during the stretch and Franklin took a 23-21 lead. The Tigers regained the lead
and went into the intermission ahead, 30-28.
Holding no more than a seven-point lead most of the second half, the
Tigers led 65-60 with 4:48 left. Brad Stevens completed a three-point play and
Jason Kreag buried a three-pointer to give the Tigers the biggest lead of the
game at 71-60 with 3:57 left. The Grizzlies cut the lead to five on three
occasions, but could get no closer.
Craig Stewart scored a career-high 18 points and hit seven of eight from
the field and four of five from three-point range. Four other Tigers were in
double figures as Ryan Miller scored 13, Ben McCormick 12 and Matt McCollum and
Stevens 11 each.
Brandon Berglund scored 15 and Scott Starkey added 13 for the Grizzlies.
The Tigers close out the regular season on Saturday at ICAC champion
Hanover in a 3 p.m. contest.
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Franklin College vs DePauw University
2/14/96 7:30 p.m. at Greencastle, Indiana
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VISITORS: Franklin College (13-9)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
34 STECZYK, Marc f 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 8 2 2 0 0 25
42 CHADWICK, Jim f 2 6 0 1 2 4 4 1 5 1 6 1 2 0 0 32
50 GOHMANN, Donnie c 3 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 6 0 2 0 0 11
14 SIBLEY, Jason g 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 4 4 1 2 1 26
30 CHANDLER, Cary g 3 5 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 8 0 4 0 0 26
12 COMERFORD, Chad 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
20 STARKEY, Scott 5 9 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 5 13 0 0 0 0 17
22 DeGROOTE, Culley 1 3 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 12
32 LORY, Brady 2 10 2 7 2 4 2 1 3 4 8 0 1 0 2 13
44 CUTTER, Jason 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
52 BERGLUND, Brandon 5 7 0 0 5 8 4 4 8 2 15 1 0 3 1 25
40 BRETT, Jarrod 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TEAM REBOUNDS............................ 3 0 3
TOTALS 28 62 5 18 13 21 22 11 33 26 74 10 13 5 4 199
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-26 .385 2nd Half: 18-36 .500 Game: .452 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 6 .333 2nd Half: 3-12 .250 Game: .278 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-12 .500 2nd Half: 7- 9 .778 Game: .619 4, 1
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HOME TEAM: DePauw University (16-7)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
30 MILLER, Ryan f 3 6 3 5 4 4 2 3 5 5 13 4 3 0 0 33
33 McCORMICK, Ben f 5 9 2 4 0 0 2 0 2 3 12 3 2 0 0 22
43 McCOLLUM, Matt c 4 9 0 0 3 4 1 5 6 4 11 5 2 2 2 31
12 SALYERS, Kyle g 2 5 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 19
20 STEWART, Craig g 7 8 4 5 0 4 2 2 4 0 18 0 0 2 1 36
10 KREAG, Jason 1 2 1 2 3 4 2 0 2 1 6 1 3 0 0 22
13 STEVENS, Brad 3 8 0 2 5 7 2 0 2 2 11 1 3 0 1 22
34 BOWERS, Matt 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 4 6 0 3 2 0 0 1 13
45 BROWN, Rick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2
TEAM REBOUNDS........................... 1 0 1 1
TOTALS 25 47 10 20 19 31 14 15 29 17 79 20 14 5 5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 .500 2nd Half: 12-21 .571 Game: .532 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 8 .250 2nd Half: 8-12 .667 Game: .500 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2- 6 .333 2nd Half: 17-25 .680 Game: .613 8, 1
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OFFICIALS: Tony Garton, Tony Primavera, Jay Smith
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Franklin College - none
DePauw University - team/bench(1)
ATTENDANCE: 1,150
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Franklin College 28 46 0 0 0 0 74
DePauw University 30 49 0 0 0 0 79
COMMENTS: ICAC Records: DPU 6-5, FC 4-7
Stewart Career-High 18 points
E-Mail questions or comments to bwagner@depauw.edu
Latest Revision Feb-15-1996