Tigers Host Yellow Jackets in Second Round Clash on Saturday

THE COACHES
Kris Huffman is in her fifth year with the Tigers and her teams have posted an 85-41 record for a .675 winning percentage. The former Iowa Miss Basketball and Iowa Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee is the winningest coach in DePauw history both in terms of number of victories and winning percentage. Huffman was the Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 1996 after leading the Tigers into the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time.

Baldwin-Wallace's Cheri Harrer, a 1985 Findlay graduate, is in her eighth season with the Yellow Jackets and her teams have posted a 129-84 record for a .606 winning percentage. She has led B-W to an equal or increasing win total each of her last seven seasons. Over the last five seasons, her teams are 110-50 for a .688 winning percentage.

SERIES RECORD
DePauw and Baldwin-Wallace are meeting for the first time this afternoon. In fact, this is the Yellow Jackets first game against an Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference opponent. The Tigers are 2-0 in their history against Ohio Athletic Conference schools as they beat Otterbein last season and Capital in November of this year.

SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS
Baldwin-Wallace comes into the game with a 23-5 record after Wednesday's first-round win over Hope College, 75-71. The Yellow Jackets are seeded third in the Great Lakes Region after finishing in a second-place tie in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings. Three of B-W's five losses came at the hands of the top-seeded team in the Great Lakes Region, Mount Union.

The Yellow Jackets are paced by four starters in double figures with junior Jen Swinehart leading the way at 13.0 points per game. She's followed by senior Lori Peddicord at 12.6 points, senior Julie Work at 12.4 points and sophomore Angie Beard at 10.4. Work leads the team with 9.4 rebounds per contest.

B-W shoots the ball well as evidenced by their 46.4 field goal percentage that ranks 11th in Division III. Likewise, they shoot the ball well from three-point range and rank ninth at 37.6 percent.

TIGER SEASON RECAP
The Tigers haven't lost since watching a late-game lead slip away against still undefeated Millikin on January 10. That win streak has reached a record 14 games after Saturday's ICAC tournament championship game win over Manchester. Two of the other three losses have come at the hands of Central Region second seed Washington (Mo.) in the first game of the season and to NAIA Division I fourth-ranked Simon Fraser.

Kelly Morrison comes off the bench to lead the Tigers with 13.4 points per game. The junior leads the nation in three-point shooting at 50 percent and set ICAC records for three-point percentage and free throw percentage. Ann Hall is next at 12.7 points per game with Susan Bender rounding out the double-digit scorers with 10.0 per game. A big key for the Tigers this season has been on the boards where they average a 13.2 rebound advantage over the opposition. Kelly Bailey lead the way with 8.6 per game and five-foot-nine Amy Hasbrook hauls own 8.0 per outing with over 44 percent of those coming on the offensive glass. Like the Yellow Jackets, the Tigers shoot the ball well from three-point range at a nation-leading 40.9 percent.

REVIEWING B-W'S FIRST ROUND WIN
The Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 4-0 lead in their first-round game with Hope, but that would be the last lead they would have the remainder of the half as the Flying Dutch led by as many as 10 points in the opening 20 minutes. Hope's lead was 35-30 at halftime. The visitors still led by seven with just under 15 minutes left in the contest, but a 10-0 run in less than two minutes gave the Yellow Jackets a three-point lead. The game was tied three more times before B-W took the lead for good with just over one minute to play. Jen Swinehart led the Yellow Jackets with 23 points and nailed four of seven three-pointers. Julie Work added 10 and a team-high seven rebounds. Capital shot nearly 47 percent from the floor, while holding Hope to just over 37 percent.

THE TIGERS LAST GAME
DePauw is coming off a 76-62 win in Saturday's ICAC tournament championship game against Manchester. Kelly Morrison scored 17 for the Tigers, while Kelly Bailey added career highs of 16 points and 17 rebounds. Bailey was named the tournament MVP with Morrison and Susan Bender earning all-tournament honors.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Baldwin-Wallace is making its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship. They fell at home to Calvin in the first round last year, 58-55, and 84-73 at Defiance in 1996. Wednesday's win over Hope was their first in NCAA tournament play. The Tigers have appeared just once and that came in 1996 at Wisconsin-Oshkosh as the Old Gold lost to the eventual national champions, 77-45.

SHARPSHOOTERS? TWO OF THE BEST ARE HERE Two of the top three-point shooters in Division III square off in this contest. DePauw's Kelly Morrison entered the week ranked first in Division III at 50 percent from behind the arc, while Baldwin-Wallace's Jen Swinehart is third at 47.2 percent. These two teams are among the best three-point shooting teams in the nation as DePauw leads the country at 40.9 percent and B-W is ninth at 37.6 percent.

OTHER NATIONAL STATS Baldwin-Wallace began the week ranked 11th in field goal percentage at 46.4 percent. The Tigers are sixth in free throw percentage (72.8) and fourth in rebound margin (+13.2).

SCHOOL RECORDS ON LINE Not only will today's winner advance to the "Sweet 16", but they will also set a school record for wins in a season. Both teams currently have identical records to last season.

OTHER RECORDS BROKEN THIS SEASON Both these teams have seen school records go by the wayside. Baldwin-Wallace has set new marks for points, field goals, three-pointers made, assists, and blocked shots. DePauw has set new season standards for three-pointers (108) and free throws (445).

FIRST ROUND REVISITED Wednesday's first round wasn't full of many surprises as home teams won 12 of the first 16 games. The 16 games were decided by an average margin of 13.5 points. The closest game(s)? The Hope-B-W and Oneonta-Elmira games were both decided by four points.

ALSO ON THE CAREER CHARTS
Susan Bender ranks third in school history with 246 assists, fifth with 150 steals and 10th with 401 rebounds. She also is fifth with 189 free throws and seventh with 326 field goals. Kelly Morrison is the all-time leader with 135 three-pointers and seventh with 167 free throws made. Ann Hall ranks fifth with 53 career three-pointers. Kelly Bailey is third with 43 blocked shots and Mary Hand is fifth with 31.

TIGER NOTES
The Tigers finished 14th in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division III poll released last Wednesday É The Tigers have been tough to beat at home as they've posted a 13-1 record in the Neal Fieldhouse this season. The Old Gold has also won 35 of its last 39 on their home floor É The last two seasons have been the best two-year span in DePauw women's basketball history as the Tigers have posted a 44-8 record for an .846 winning percentage.

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ESTABLISHED
Kelly Morrison broke her own single-season record for three-pointers made with 57 and Kelly Bailey topped the blocked shto record and now has 40 this year. Bailey's 223 rebounds this year is a DePauw single-season record and topped the mark of 220 held by Seana Murphy (1989-90). Morrison also tied the record for three-pointers in a game with six against St. Mary's.

UP NEXT
The winner of Saturday's game advances to the West Sectional to face the winner of Saturday's Central College at University of St. Thomas game.