BEREA, OHIO -- Sophomore guard Katie Mathews scored a season and career-high 22 points as the DePauw University women's basketball team defeated Baldwin-Wallace College, 74-63, today (Monday, December 22, 2008) in a non-league game at the Neal Fieldhouse in Greencastle, Indiana. A 32-12 Tiger scoring advantage at the foul line was a key to the game and Yellow Jacket loss.
In addition to Mathews for DePauw, junior forward Emily Marshall and sophomore guard Brooke Osborne each scored nine points. B-W was led by sophomore guard Amanda Schroeder (Columbus Grove) with 20 points.
With its win, DePauw improves to 6-3 overall and won its third straight contest. With its loss, B-W is now 4-5 overall and lost its second straight game and fourth in its last five games overall.
In the first half, DePauw jumped out to an early 11-6 lead at the 15:30 mark when Mathews made a jump shot. The Tigers built their largest lead of the first stanza at 24 points at 38-14 with 52 seconds left when sophomore guard Brianna Frigerio made a layup. A 5-0 B-W run, capped by a three-pointer by junior forward Serena Farage (Medina/ Buckeye) at the buzzer, left DePauw with a 38-19 halftime advantage.
In the second half, B-W continued its run by scoring the first four points and trailed by 15 points at 38-23 when junior center Ariel Brough (Powell/ Olentangy-Liberty) made a layup. The Yellow Jackets then got to within 13 points at 44-31 with 15:51 remaining when senior guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) stole the ball and drove the length of the floor to score on a layup.
Following a Tiger basket, B-W closed the gap to 12 points at 46-34 when Schroeder made a three-pointer. A 19-11 run by DePauw increased the lead back to 20 points at 65-45 with 8:36 left when freshman forward Katie Aldrich made a layup. Undaunted, B-W scored eight straight points to close to within 12 points at 65-53 with 6:09 left when senior Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference guard Rachael Quiring (Brunswick/ Parma Heights Holy Name) made two foul shots. A steal and layup by Schroeder then cut it to 10 points at 71-61 with 1:36 left, but a DePauw three-pointer pushed the lead back to 13 points and sealed the win.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Monday, December 29 when they play Trinity University at 8:00 p.m. EST in its first of two games at the Annual Texas Classic Challenge in San Antonio, Texas. BW also plays Mary-Hardin Baylor (Texas) University in the second game on Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 6:00 p.m. EST. The Jackets resume Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday, January 3, 2009 when they travel to Tiffin, Ohio to play Heidelberg College at 3:00 p.m.
Media and fans are reminded that two more B-W men's basketball games will be televised by SportsTime Ohio (www.sportstimeohio.com). They are the January 17, 2009 home game versus Muskingum College at 3:00 p.m. and its February 18 contest at cross-town rival John Carroll University at 7:30 p.m.
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