Box Score
DePauw 89, Ohio Wesleyan 56

Sophomore guard Jack Clement (Bellefontaine) and sophomore post Grant Spicer (Cincinnati/Lakota East) connected on jumpers to bring Ohio Wesleyan within a single point, but DePauw pulled away with a 13-0 run and went on to post a win over the Bishops on Saturday in Greencastle, Ind.

After the Bishops evened the game at 2 on a lay-in by senior wing Dawsin Tillman (Bellefontaine), the Tigers scored the next 5 points as Nolan Ginther hit 3 free throws and Josh Hall sank 2 more.

Ohio Wesleyan got buckets from Clement and junior post Nick Carlson (Dublin/Coffman) to pull within 14-10 at the 13:03 mark of the first half, but DePauw scored the next 13 points of the game, with Aaron Shank starting the run with a 3-point play and closing it out with a 3-pointer and a jumper.  Shank later hit a 3-pointer to stretch the Tiger lead to 38-18 with 4:30 left in the period.

The Bishops rallied, with junior guard Zane Ries (Barberton) hitting a pair of free throws, Clement adding a bucket, and Spicer contributing a pair of hoops, and when junior guard Curtis White (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) hit from downtown and knocked down a jumper from the lane, Ohio Wesleyan was within 41-31 with :26 remaining in the half.

DePauw got a hoop from Nick Felke just before the first-half horn, and Felke and Josh Hall opened the second-half scoring with trifectas to push the lead to 50-31 and help the hosts pull away.

Clement led the Bishops with 11 points.  Freshman wing Tony Carter (Cleveland/Parma Heights Holy Name) had a team-high 6 rebounds and Ries dished out 3 assists.

Ginther scored a game-high 18 points for DePauw.

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