News Release

GREENCASTLE, Ind. — DePauw jumped out to a 14-2 lead in the first 6:20 and never trailed on the way to a 66-51 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference win over Trinity. The Tigers improved to 14-3 overall and 5-1 in the SCAC, while Trinity dropped to 8-8 overall and 3-3 in the conference.

Trinity closed that early DePauw lead to two at 19-17 after A.J. Siebert's layup with 6:20 left in the first half capped a 6-0 run. DePauw extended the margin to 27-19 with an 8-2 run that ended with Tony James' three-pointer with 3:51 remaining in the half. The Tigers took a 36-24 lead into the break.

The visiting Tigers closed to within nine on a couple of occasions in the second half, but DePauw scored nine straight on layups from Brian Oilar and Mike Moore, a three-pointer from Oilar and dunk by Stephen Schott to make it 52-34 with 12:06 left.

Reid Sakel led the Tigers with 13 and hit three three-pointers, while Schott and Matt McDonald each grabbed nine rebounds. B.J. Moon led Trinity with 10 points and Casey Hill grabbed five rebounds.

DePauw hosts Southwestern on Saturday at 8 p.m., while Trinity is at Centre.

Trinity University vs DePauw University
1/19/07 8 pm at Neal Fieldhouse; Greencastle, Indiana
At Neal Fieldhouse; Greencastle, Indiana
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY 66, TRINITY UNIVERSITY 51
TRINITY UNIVERSITY (8-8, 3-3 SCAC)
B.J. Moon 4-7 0-0 10; Mike Gilb 3-6 2-3 8; Charles Houston 3-7 2-2 8; Casey
Hill 3-9 0-0 6; Nick Polidoroff 2-6 0-0 4; Jonathan Lewis 1-2 1-2 3; Adam
Culver 1-2 0-0 3; A.J. Siebert 1-2 1-2 3; Brandon York 1-4 0-0 2; Tim Clark
0-0 2-2 2; Al Furlow 1-1 0-0 2; Patrick Robinson 0-4 0-0 0; Dwight Lutz 0-0
0-0 0; Barrett Koch 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-52 8-11 51.
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (14-3, 5-1 SCAC)
Reid Sakel 3-5 4-5 13; Brian Oilar 4-7 0-0 9; Mike Moore 4-9 0-0 9; Stephen
Schott 3-7 2-2 8; Matt McDonald 3-8 2-4 8; Tony James 2-6 2-2 7; Austin
Brown 3-9 1-3 7; Ryan Werntz 2-3 0-1 5; Adam Dunn 0-1 0-0 0; Erik Hagen 0-0
0-0 0; Matt Gold 0-0 0-0 0; Derek King 0-1 0-0 0; Tom Callen 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 24-57 11-17 66.
Trinity University............   24   27  -   51
DePauw University.............   36   30  -   66
3-point goals--Trinity University 3-14 (B.J. Moon 2-3; Adam Culver 1-1;
Casey Hill 0-2; Jonathan Lewis 0-1; A.J. Siebert 0-1; Brandon York 0-3;
Patrick Robinson 0-3), DePauw University 7-18 (Reid Sakel 3-5; Tony James
1-2; Ryan Werntz 1-2; Mike Moore 1-4; Brian Oilar 1-2; Adam Dunn 0-1; Austin
Brown 0-1; Stephen Schott 0-1). Fouled out--Trinity University-None, DePauw
University-None. Rebounds--Trinity University 29 (Casey Hill 5), DePauw
University 40 (Stephen Schott 9; Matt McDonald 9). Assists--Trinity
University 12 (Barrett Koch 3), DePauw University 13 (Tony James 5). Total
fouls--Trinity University 18, DePauw University 10. Technical fouls--Trinity
University-None, DePauw University-None. A-350
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference game