(Portions of this story were taken from the DePauw
University website)
JACKSON, Miss. - DePauw University won
its 21st straight game on Sunday which resulted in the
program's ninth Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
championship as the Tigers cruised to a 60-37 win in the
championship game over Centre College. Box
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The Tigers improved to 25-3 overall and head to the NCAA postseason for the seventh straight season and 11th in the last 15 years. Centre finished its season at 19-8. The NCAA bracket announcement will come at 12:30 p.m. on Monday.
DePauw scored eight straight in an early first half run to take a
16-6 lead just 6:29 into the game. The Colonels were within six at
18-12, but the Tigers scored 13 straight to make it 31-12. Centre
closed the gap to 33-24 at halftime.
Holding Centre to just 13 second-half points and only 16.7
percent shooting over the final 20 minutes, the Tigers were able to
pull away. They used a 13-4 run to turn an 11-point lead to 20.
The Tigers shot just under 41 percent form the floor, but hit
9-of-17 three-pointers. Centre hit just 21.7 percent for the
contest. DePauw outrebounded Centre, 48-29, and grabbed 15 on the
offensive glass.
The Tigers were led by Emily Marshall's double-double of 13 points and 15 rebounds while teammate and tournament MVP Jenna Fernandez fell one rebound shy of a double-double, with 10 points and nine rebounds. Other Tigers scoring in double-figures included Brooke Osborne (12) and Kate Walker (11).
Centre was paced by Chelsea Goodman's 11 points and three assists,
while Lauren Huter and Angela Tronzi each had six rebounds.
Maggie Prewitt, the Colonels' leading scorer, at 17 points per game and who had averaged 20 points per game during the tournament, was held scoreless for the first time since Feb. 28, 2009 and just for the second time of her career.
All-Tournament team honors went to Hendrix College's Christina Byler, Centre's Goodman and the DePauw trio of Osborne, Marshall and Fernandez.
