Senior Hannah Douglas blows past defenders
as DePauw squeaked past Wittenberg 62-58.
The women's; basketball team plays
again on Valentines day at Kenyon College.
SAM CARAVANA/THE DEPAUW
The DePauw University women’s basketball team was able to force 20 turnovers on their way to defeating Kenyon College on the road 64-51 Saturday afternoon. The Tigers improved to 22-1 on the season and 15-0 in NCAC play. The Tigers remain ranked ninth in the d3hoops.com pool and eighth in the coach’s poll.
Kenyon jumped out to an early 6-0 lead with a pair of threes by Bailey Dominguez. DePauw battled back and took a 7-6 advantage at 14:57 left in the half. Senior Emma Ondik made back-to-back three pointers and allowed the Tigers to take the lead for good, as they would not trail for the rest of the game. The Tigers went into the locker room at half time leading 34-25.
Ondik led all scorers with nine first-half points. The Tigers shot 37.5 percent (12-of-32) from the floor, including a 41.7 percent (5-of-12) from three in the first 20 minutes.
In the second half, Kenyon cut the lead to four on two separate occasions but were unable to take the lead again. Three straight baskets helped the Tigers stretch their lead to double-digits at the 11:42 mark.
DePauw struggled from the floor all afternoon, shooting just over 36 percent and converting on seven of their 18 attempts from three. Kenyon committed 20 turnovers and DePauw was able to create 32 points off of those turnovers.
Junior Abby Keller spoke about the teams defensive mindset.
“The 32 points off of Kenyon’s turnovers was when we played with an intentional focus and helped us with the outcome of the game,” Keller said.
Senior Lauren Abendroth also described the importance of defense for the Tigers.
“Defense is where we work our hardest because it fuels us on offense and ultimately wins us games,” Abendroth said.
Senior Savannah Trees moved into third on DePauw's all-time scoring list, passing Kelly Morrison. She now has 1,376 points in her career and trails Carla Weaver by just five points for second on the list.
Senior Emma Ondik spoke about the final game of the team’s season.
“Our final conference game is coming up and it’s definitely a big one,” Ondik said. “We want to go undefeated in our conference and put ourselves in a good spot for the conference tournament. From this point on, every game is going to be tough.”
The Tigers close out their regular season Saturday, Feb. 21, when they host Ohio Wesleyan University in a 1 p.m. contest at Neal Fieldhouse.