TIGER WOMEN FALL IN FIRST ROUND TO UNBEATEN WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH
Oshkosh, Wisconsin--The memorable season for the DePauw women's
basketball team finally came to an end, but not before the Tigers made history
with their first-ever NCAA Division III tournament appearance. On Wednesday,
the Tiger women ran into a bigger, quicker and more experienced team in the
Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans and fell in the first round of the tournament, 77-45.
The Tigers closed the season with a record of 19-7, while Wisconsin-
Oshkosh advanced to the second round with a mark of 26-0.
DePauw scored the game's first four points on baskets by Jenn Hein and
Jana Mathis in the first two minutes before the hosts evened the score.
The Tigers' last lead of the game came with 10:40 left in the first half
when Shanna Martin's jumper made it 11-10.
Turnovers and other missed opportunities over the next five minutes left
the Tigers on the short end of a 15-2 run and down, 25-13 with 5:29 left..
The crushing blows came on back-to-back three-pointers by Shelly Dietz and
Holly Spoo.
Angela Kingsley's layup and Alenka Hren's three-pointer over a span of
just 23 seconds cut the deficit to seven. The Titans, however, closed the
half on a run which gave them a 12-point halftme lead at 31-19. One
statistic stood our among all others at halfrime. The Tigers committed 16
turnovers to jut two for the Titans.
Oshkosh increased its lead to 19 in the opening minutes of the second
half, but the Tigers clawed back to within 12 at 41-29. The margin was
still only 13 at 45-32 with 13:04 remaining, but the hosts wore down the
Tigers. Over the next seven minutes, the Titans scored 20 straight points
to take a 65-32 lead with just over six minutes left.
The hosts connected on 61 percent from the field in the second half, while
the Tigers shot just 17 percent.
Wendy Wangerin led all scorers with 19 points, while Dietz followed with
17. Wangerin grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Kelly Morrison led DePauw
with nine points and Susan Bender grabbed six rebounds.
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
DePauw University vs Wisconsin-Oshkosh
2/28/96 7 p.m. CST at Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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VISITORS: DePauw University (19-7)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
31 MULFORD, Erin f 0 4 0 0 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 0 33
33 MATHIS, Jana f 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 24
34 HEIN, Jenn c 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 5 4 1 2 0 1 18
22 HARRISON, Lana g 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 1 8
23 BENDER, Susan g 1 7 0 0 4 4 0 6 6 1 6 1 7 0 0 30
10 RHINEHART, Kirstin 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 6
25 KINGSLEY, Angela 1 3 0 0 4 6 1 4 5 4 6 1 2 0 0 14
14 ROY, Donna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 HAAS, Kim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 MORRISON, Kelly 1 3 0 0 7 9 0 3 3 1 9 0 1 0 3 18
30 MARTIN, Shanna 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 5 7 0 3 0 0 15
32 SIMMONS, Brenda 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
35 HREN, Alenka 1 5 1 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 25
TEAM REBOUNDS............................. 5 2 7
TOTALS 11 41 1 2 22 31 10 29 39 23 45 6 26 0 5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-17 .412 2nd Half: 4-24 .167 Game: .268 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1- 1 1.000 2nd Half: 0- 1 .000 Game: .500 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4- 9 .444 2nd Half: 18-22 .818 Game: .710 2
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HOME TEAM: Wisconsin-Oshkosh (26-0)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
33 DIETZ, Shelley f 6 12 2 7 3 4 1 4 5 2 17 4 1 1 4 29
52 LEET, Melanie f 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 20
42 WANGERIN, Wendy c 7 14 0 0 5 6 2 6 8 1 19 2 2 0 1 26
11 HECKMANN, Sarah g 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 5 3 1 1 3 32
12 JOHNSON, Tracy g 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 4 5 0 0 3 18
24 DAVIS, Jessie 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 12
32 CICCIA, Natalie 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 2 6 1 2 0 1 7
34 SPOO, Holly 2 8 1 5 2 4 2 1 3 2 7 1 1 0 1 22
40 LACHECKI, Rachel 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 2 6 2 0 0 0 20
54 WARNKE, Kelly 3 6 0 0 0 2 3 2 5 2 6 1 2 0 1 14
TEAM REBOUNDS............................ 3 3 6
TOTALS 28 61 3 13 18 28 12 27 39 24 77 19 10 4 15 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-33 .333 2nd Half: 17-28 .607 Game: .459 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 8 .250 2nd Half: 1- 5 .200 Game: .231 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7- 9 .778 2nd Half: 11-19 .579 Game: .643 2
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OFFICIALS: Mark Braden, Pete Porter
TECHNICAL FOULS:
DePauw University - none
Wisconsin-Oshkosh - none
ATTENDANCE: 880
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
DePauw University 19 26 0 0 0 0 45
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 31 46 0 0 0 0 77
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