Box Score
Ohio Wesleyan 66, DePauw 61

Junior guard Henry Hinkle (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) and sophomore guard Isaac Ward (Circleville/Logan Elm) scored 8 points apiece during the final 4-plus minutes to help Ohio Wesleyan rally for a North Coast Athletic Conference win over DePauw on Wednesday at Branch Rickey Arena.

DePauw had taken a 51-46 lead on a jumper by Camden Brown with 5:20 left in regulation time.

Ward sank a pair of free throws with 4:03 left and Hinkle hit a pair of free throws at the 3:07 mark before 2 more HInkle free throws put Ohio Wesleyan ahead, 52-51, with 2:25 to go.  Sophomore wing Jessee Battle (Gahanna/Lincoln) followed with a 3-pointer to close out a 9-0 Ohio Wesleyan run.

Brown sank a pair of free throws to bring the visitors within 55-53, but Ward followed with a pair of 3-pointers for a 61-55 Bishop lead with 1:02 remaining.  Ohio Wesleyan sealed the game at the free throw line, with Hinkle hitting a pair of free throws with :31 to go, junior wing David Rice (Cleveland/Parma Padua Franciscan) splitting a pair of free throws with :12 remaining, and Hinkle hitting 2 more from the line with :02 to play as the Bishops withstood a pair of buckets from Sam Jacobs down the stretch.

Hoops were hard to come by through much of the first half.  DePauw's Kyle Lillwitz hit a 3-pointer to break a 12-12 tie midway through the half, and the Tigers later went on a 9-0 run that included 3 baskets by Jacobs.

Ohio Wesleyan closed out the half with an 11-2 run behind 7 straight points by Ward, and the second half was back-and-forth until a 6-0 burst gave the Tigers the 51-46 lead.

Ward led the Bishops with 19 points, while Hinkle finished with 15 points and a team-best 3 assists.  Senior post Tony Carter (Cleveland/Parma Heights Holy Name) had 11 points and a team-high 12 rebounds, and Rice scored 10 points.

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