Earlham led by as many as nine points at 25-16 after Brandon Miller's layup with 7:46 left in the first half capped a 9-2 run. DePauw took the lead on Austin Brown's layup and Joey Hanger's three-pointer before Earlham to a 34-33 advantage to the intermission on Neil Collins jumper with 1:01 left.
The Quakers opened the second half with layups from Nick Welsh and Evan Ogburn to extend the lead to 38-33, but a jumper by Steve Schott and a pair of layups by Brown put the Tigers back in fron at 39-38.
Miller hit back-to-back buckets to put Earlham back in front at 42-39, but Alex Stewart hit a three and Brown knocked down a jumper to start a 9-0 run that gave the Tigers the lead for good at 48-42 with 13:06 left.
The Quakers got as close a 60-55, but buckets by Todd Capes and Dre Smith pushed the margin back to nine and Earlham would get no closer than six the rest of the way.
Brown led the Tigers with a career-high 18 points as he hit seven of eight from the floor. Schott followed with 14 points and a team-high six rebounds, while Capes and Stewart each added 12. Reid Sakel dished our a game and career-high nine assists in the victory.
Miller paced the Quaker with 20 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Collins added 13 points and Terrel Brown followed with 12.
DePauw turned 16 Earlham turnovers into 14 points and committed just six of its own which the Quakers converted into five points. Stewart recorded a game-high five steals for the Tigers.
Earlham College vs DePauw University 1/3/2005 7:30 pm at Neal Fieldhouse; Greencastle, Indiana At Neal Fieldhouse; Greencastle, Indiana DEPAUW UNIVERSITY 79, EARLHAM COLLEGE 65 EARLHAM COLLEGE (3-8) Brandon Miller 8-14 4-5 20; Neil Collins 4-6 2-2 13; Terrel Brown 5-12 1-1 12; Evan Ogburn 4-8 0-0 9; Mike Bradley 2-6 0-0 4; Nick Welsh 2-4 0-0 4; Tyler Stewart 1-6 0-0 3; Carlos Suberville 0-0 0-0 0; Jon Miller 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 7-8 65. DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (6-5) Austin Brown 7-8 4-6 18; Steve Schott 7-11 0-0 14; Todd Capes 4-8 4-4 12; Alex Stewart 4-9 2-2 12; Dre Smith 4-6 0-0 8; Joey Hanger 1-1 3-4 6; Brian Oilar 2-8 0-0 4; Reid Sakel 1-4 0-0 3; Adam Dunn 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 31-58 13-16 79. Earlham College............... 34 31 - 65 DePauw University............. 33 46 - 79 3-point goals-Earlham College 6-20 (Neil Collins 3-4; Evan Ogburn 1-4; Tyler Stewart 1-5; Terrel Brown 1-5; Jon Miller 0-2), DePauw University 4-11 (Alex Stewart 2-6; Joey Hanger 1-1; Reid Sakel 1-3; Brian Oilar 0-1). Fouled out--Earlham College-None, DePauw University-None. Rebounds-Earlham College 30 (Brandon Miller 9), DePauw University 28 (Steve Schott 6). Assists-Earlham College 13 (Tyler Stewart 4), DePauw University 18 (Reid Sakel 9). Total fouls-Earlham College 12, DePauw University 12. A-125 Next games (Friday) DePauw vs. Oglethorpe; Earlham at Allegheny Career-high points for Brown; career-high assists for Sakel