Tigers Knock off Crusaders 67-54; improve to 2-1
GREENCASTLE,
IND.- An 8-0 run over a five-minute stretch of the
second half took the Tigers from a 51-50 lead to a 59-50
advantage and propelled them to a 67-54 win over one of
Division III's perennial powers - Capital University.
The visitors led by as many
as nine at 13-4 just five minutes into the contest, but
the Tigers clawed back to finally tie the game at 19-19
with 8:25 remaining in the first half. The game was tied
four times in the half before the Tigers pulled away for
a 35-32 lead at the break
The Tigers built the margin
to eight at 49-41 with 12 minutes left on Erin Wolfe's
layup, but the Crusaders eventually closed the gap to
51-50 on Jessica Fulton's layup at the 9:41 mark. Susan
Bender buried a jumper from in front of her team's bench
with 7:58 left to make it 53-50 and it stayed that way
for nearly two minutes. Kelly Bailey's jumper followed by
Kelly Morrison's basket and another two from Bailey made
it 59-50 Tigers with 4:50 left.
Capital got no closer than
eight as they missed a pair of front ends of one-and-one
free throw attempts before hitting a third. The Tigers,
meanwhile hit their last six from the charity stripe over
the final 1:31.
"This
was a great win for our program even though Capital is a
young team this season," DePauw head coach Kris
Huffman said. "We made a lot of mistakes, but didn't
let them bother us."
Kelly Morrison led the
Tigers with 14 points, while Susan Bender and Erin Wolfe
each scored 10. Kelly Bailey, in her first collegiate
start, scored eight points and grabbed a game-high 13
rebounds. Amy Strine led Capital with 17 points with
Fulton chipping in 13. Bender added a game-high six
assists.
"I thought Kelly
Bailey stepped up and did a nice job for us in her first
start," Huffman added. "Kirstin Rhinehart also
did a good job off the bench."
The Tigers improved to 2-1,
while Capital fell to 3-1. The Tigers travel to Marian on
Tuesday evening for a 7 p.m. game.
TIGER NOTES: The loss for Capital was just their 20th against 199 wins since the beginning of the 1990-91 season, The Crusaders were 29-4 last year and advanced to the national semifinals for the fourth time in five years (championships in 1994 and 1995) ... DePauw coach Kris Huffman tied the DePauw record for wins in a career with her 65th victory against just 38 losses. She needs just one more win to top the mark of Lori Herrmann (1987-92) ... The win was the 37th in the last 44 games for the Tigers and their 23 in the last 26 at the Neal Fieldhouse ... Kirstin Rhinehart has nailed all 13 of her free throws this season and has made 22 straight dating back to last year.
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Capital University vs DePauw University
11/29 1 p.m. at Greencastle, Indiana
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VISITORS: Capital University (3-1)
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
22 STRINE, Amy f 7 20 3 11 0 0 5 2 7 3 17 4 4 1 0 34
33 FULTON, Jessica f 5 7 0 0 3 7 5 1 6 1 13 1 7 1 3 32
40 MEYER, Kendra c 4 10 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 3 8 1 1 0 0 24
10 WALKER, Jill g 1 4 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 3 4 2 3 0 2 36
20 HAYES, Joey g 1 7 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 15
15 BABB, Aimee 1 5 0 2 2 3 1 5 6 1 4 2 3 0 2 20
34 RIEGLE, Renee 0 1 0 0 2 5 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 15
42 RHODES, Kristy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
44 SNYDER, Jennifer 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
45 WRIGHT, Stacey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 8
53 RUGG, Marissa 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 12
TEAM REBOUNDS................................ 0 0 0
TOTALS 20 59 5 22 9 17 16 19 35 17 54 15 21 3 7 199
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-28 .429 2nd Half: 8-31 .258 Game: .339 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 .300 2nd Half: 2-12 .167 Game: .227 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5- 7 .714 2nd Half: 4-10 .400 Game: .529 1
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HOME TEAM: DePauw University (2-1)
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
32 HALL, Ann f 2 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 15
34 HASBROOK, Amy f 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 7 4 2 2 6 1 2 22
44 BAILEY, Kelly c 4 7 0 0 0 2 4 9 13 0 8 1 1 0 1 28
13 SELIP, Jamie g 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 1 4 0 3 22
23 BENDER, Susan g 5 16 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 3 10 6 4 0 0 32
10 RHINEHART, Kristin 1 4 0 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 6 3 2 0 0 18
22 WOLFE, Erin 3 5 0 2 4 4 0 2 2 0 10 1 1 0 0 12
24 MORRISON, Kelly 5 13 1 4 3 3 0 2 2 2 14 3 0 0 2 19
25 MATHIS, Jana 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 9
35 HASKETT, Dona 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 13
40 WILLIAMS, Amie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
TEAM REBOUNDS................................ 1 1 2 1
TOTALS 25 60 2 9 15 17 15 28 43 16 67 18 23 1 8 198
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-33 .424 2nd Half: 11-27 .407 Game: .417 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 6 .333 2nd Half: 0- 3 .000 Game: .222 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5- 5 1.000 2nd Half: 10-12 .833 Game: .882 3, 2
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OFFICIALS:
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Capital University - none
DePauw University - none
ATTENDANCE: 200
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Capital University 32 22 0 0 0 0 54
DePauw University 35 32 0 0 0 0 67