MEN’S BASKETBALL Game DEPAUW Tigers (23-3) vs. 27 WASHINGTON (Mo.) Bears (25-1) Date: Friday, March 8, 2002 Site: Rike Center; Otterbein College; Westerville, Ohio 2001-02 DePauw Schedule/Results Time: 6 p.m. (23-3) Series Record: DePauw leads 16-9; (last meeting, 1996-97, Wash., 90-84 (ot) DePauw Radio: WGRE (91.5) in Greencastle and on the Internet with link NOVEMBER 16 #vs. Savannah Art & Design W 94 76 available from www.depauw.edu/ath 17 #at Transylvania W 88 84 20 OBERLIN W 90 62 DePauw, ranked seventh by both Basket- 26 at Wabash W 78 66 ball America and D3hoops.com and 15th by DEPAUW’S NCAA DIVISION III 30 *CENTRE W 83 68 the National Association of Basketball APPEARANCES(11-11) Coaches, brings an eight-game win streak 1977-78 DECEMBER Wooster 84, DePauw 74 2 *SEWANEE W 80 61 and a 23-3 record into the sectional semifi- Transylvania 96, DePauw 79 14 vs. Chicago at G’castle H.S. W 72 52 nals. Its opponent, Washington (Mo.) Uni- 29 *at Hendrix W 81 68 1983-84 versity, is 25-1 and ranked first by both Bas- DePauw 62, Capital 60 31 *at Rhodes W 78 74 ketball America and the NABC and second DePauw 54, Heidelberg 53 DePauw 98, LeMoyne-Owen 49 JANUARY by D3hoops.com. The Bears have a Divi- Wisconsin-Whitewater 85, DePauw 69 (semis) 4 *MILLSAPS W 75 60 sion III-long 21-game win streak. DePauw 73, Upsala 67 (third place) 6 *OGLETHORPE W 97 62 The Tigers earned a spot in the sectional 8 EARLHAM (OT) L 101 106 1984-85 with an 89-76 win over visiting Wittenberg Wittenberg 70, DePauw 62 11 *at Southwestern W 85 77 Otterbein 79, DePauw 78 13 *at Trinity L 56 66 last Saturday. Jeremy Bettis scored a career- 17 *ROSE-HULMAN W 71 67 high 25 and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Joe 1985-86 25 *HENDRIX W 102 63 Nixon added 25 after a 20-point explosion DePauw 69, Wittenberg 55 Otterbein 82, DePauw 76 27 *RHODES W 78 67 in the first half. Joe Ringger and Mike Howland each scored 14 in the win and 1986-87 FEBRUARY Illinois Wesleyan 69, DePauw 61 1 *at Millsaps L 66 71 Howland dished out nine assists. DePauw 77, Ripon 66 3 *at Oglethorpe W 99 71 The Bears won their second-round game 5 JUDSON W 94 80 1989-90 by a 71-57 count over Maryville (Tenn.) last DePauw 71, Monmouth 69 8 *SOUTHWESTERN W 81 54 Saturday. In that game, Jarriot Rook scored 10 *TRINITY W 68 66 DePauw 75, St. Thomas 69 (2ot) a game-high 27 points and blocked five DePauw 68, Illinois Wesleyan 65 14 *at Rose-Hulman W 65 57 DePauw 82, Calvin 79 (semifinal) 22 *at Centre W 88 79 shots, while Chris Jeffries and Matt Tabash Rochester 43, DePauw 42 (championship) 23 *at Sewanee W 87 70 each scored 15. Jeffries grabbed 16 rebounds 1990-91 in the win and Tabash recorded four steals. MARCH Illinois Benedictine 76, DePauw 72 DePauw earned automatic qualification 2 $WITTENBERG W 89 76 1991-92 into the Championship by winning the Elmhurst 56, DePauw 49 8 %vs. Washington (Mo.) .................. 6 p.m. Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title with a 16-2 record. Washington cap- 1992-93 #Transylvania Tournament Augustana 79, DePauw 76 *SCAC Game tured the University Athletic Association crown and was a perfect 14-0 in league play. 2001-02 $NCAA Second Round at DePauw DePauw 89, Wittenberg 76 %NCAA Sectional at Otterbein College The teams are meeting for the 26th time with DePauw holding a 16-9 advantage in the series. Washington won the last meeting by a 90-84 score in overtime in the sec- NCAA SECTIONAL GAMES ond game of the 1996-97 season. They also took a 76-73 overtime decision in the opening game of the 1995-96 campaign. DePauw’s last win in the series came in the at Kenosha, Wis. second game of the 1993-94 season by a 76-68 count. Wisconsin-Oshkosh vs. Lewis & Clark The winner of this game faces the winner of Friday’s 8 p.m. contest between host Gustavus Adolphus at Carthage Otterbein (26-3) and Randolph-Macon (24-5). at Westerville, Ohio PROBABLE STARTERS DePauw vs. Washington (Mo.) DEPAUW UNIVERSITY TIGERS (23-3) PPG RPG APG Randolph-Macon at Otterbein F 30 Joe Nixon 6-5 Sr. Valparaiso, Ind. 17.7 5.3 1.8 F 34 Jeremy Bettis 6-7 Jr. Mecca, Ind. 15.2 7.9 1.2 at Brockport, N.Y. C 22 Joe Ringger 6-7 Jr. Westville, Ind. 17.2 8.0 1.3 Babson vs. Rochester G 10 Mike Howland 5-11 Sr. Arlington Heights, Ill. 11.6 2.3 6.5 Amherst at Brockport St. G 12 Jon Owens 6-1 So. Indianapolis, Ind. 6.2 1.7 1.5 at Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY BEARS (25-1) PPG RPG APG Cabrini vs. Elizabethtown F 44 Chris Jeffries 6-6 Jr. Dallas, Texas 16.4 8.4 2.9 Clark (Mass.) at Catholic C 54 Jarriot Rook 6-8 Jr. Hawk Point, Mo. 14.4 8.3 1.0 G 10 Matt Tabash 5-10 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. 9.8 2.6 5.1 G 11 Dustin Tylka 6-3 Jr. Imperial, Mo. 10.1 4.2 2.3 G 24 Joel Parrott 6-4 Jr. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. 8.5 3.7 1.2 COACHING THE TIGERS DEPAUW’S ALL-TIME WINS LEADERS COMPARING THE TEAMS Bill Fenlon is in his 10th season with the National rank prior to tournament in () Tigers and his 17th overall as a head coach COACH YEARS W L PCT Category DPU WU on the collegiate level. His overall mark PPG-Offense 82.5 (25) 81.7 (27) Elmer McCall 20 182 290 .385 PPG-Defense 69.3 61.8 (17) stands at 274-159 including a 166-90 record Bill Fenlon 10 166 90 .648 Scoring Margin +13.2 (18) +19.9 (3) at DePauw. This season marks Fenlon’s first Donovan Moffett 16 149 120 .554 FG% .517 (2) .462 20-win season in his collegiate coaching ca- Mike Steele 6 124 40 .756 FG%-Defense .433 .370 (2) reer after four 19-win campaigns. Royce Waltman 5 100 37 .730 3Pt% .371 .326 This season is also Fenlon’s second con- 3Pt%-Defense .355 .333 FT% .653 .720 ference championship since coming to DePauw as he led the Tigers to an Indiana Colle- Rebound Margin +5.9 (28) +6.3 (29) giate Athletic Conference championship in his first season at the helm and also into the Turnover Margin +0.8 5.5 NCAA Division III tournament. Only Elmer McCall, with 182 victories, has won more Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.1 1.4 games at DePauw then Fenlon. Winning Streak 8 21 (1) Prior to coming to DePauw, the 1979 Northwestern graduate was a head coach for three years each at Sewanee and Rose-Hulman and served one year at Southwestern (Texas). SECTIONAL PLAYERS AMONG DIV. III LEADERS (stats/ranking prior to tournament) NIXON CONTINUES CLIMB Scoring Senior Joe Nixon enters the game with 1,508 points which ranks fourth in school history 16. Jeff Gibbs, Otterbein ..................... 22.9 and fifth all-time in the SCAC. Brett Crist (1987-91) is the all-time leader with 1,694, Brett Hecko (1988-92) is second with 1,675 and Jeff Bibbs (1976-80) is third with 1,632. He needs Rebounding 1. Jeff Gibbs, Otterbein ..................... 16.3 just three more to pass Eric Ochel (Sewanee, 1991-95) and move into fourth on the SCAC list. Nixon also ranks second in career three-point field goals with 176. Troy Greenlee Field Goal Percentage (1987-91) is the all-time leader with 232. 1. Jeff Gibbs, Otterbein .................... 68.4 16. Joe Ringger, DePauw ................... 61.3 HOWLAND RANKED IN SEVERAL CA- SCAC ALL-TIME ASSIST LEADERS REER CATEGORIES AND AMONG Player, school Years Ast. Three-point percentage Albert Johnson, Rhodes 1992-96 499 29. Joe Nixon, DePauw ....................... 43.9 SCAC ASSISTS LEADERS Senior Mike Howland ranks 11th in Mike Howland, DePauw 1998- 479 Three-pointers/game DePauw history in scoring with 1,234 points 27. Joe Nixon, DePauw ......................... 3.0 and is second in assists with 479. Phil Wendel (1982-86) is the all-time assists leader with 600. Howland’s 353 free throws made rank fifth in school history and his 117 three-point- Free Throw Percentage 19. Joe Nixon, DePauw ....................... 86.8 ers made rank sixth. His career assists are also the second-most in SCAC history behind 21. Kevin Shay, Otterbein ................... 86.8 Albert Johnson of Rhodes (1992-96) who had 499. Howland’s 169 assists this season are the fifth-most in school history and tops in SCAC history. Wendel is the DePauw single- Assists/Game season record holder with 178 in 29 games during the 1983-84 season. 11. Mike Howland, DePauw ............... 6.4 THREE WITH A GRAND Blocked Shots/Game 13. Jarriot Rook, Washington ............... 2.8 Joe Ringger has totaled 1,064 points in his three seasons to join Nixon and Howland as 1,000 point-scorers. This marks the first time in school history that three teammates on a Steals/Game DePauw team have totaled at least 1,000. 30. Matt Tabash, Washington ............... 2.5 SECOND-BEST SHOOTING TEAM IN DIVISION III The Tigers entered the tournament as the second-best shooting team in Division III at 51.6 percent from the floor.
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