Box Score Bloomington, Ill. - DePauw fell behind 10-1 to Rose-Hulman in the opening four minutes of the Midwest Challenge championship game, but the 10th-ranked Tigers rallied for a 64-54 victory over the Fightin' Engineers. The Tigers improved to 6-0, while Rose-Hulman dropped to 2-3.
After DePauw scored the first point of the game, Rose-Hulman put up the next 10 to grab a 9-point lead in the opening 3:37. The Tigers quickly came back with a 10-2 run to cut the deficit to 12-11. Rose-Hulman led at the quarter break, 16-13. DePauw evened the score twice in the second and entered the intermission tied, 27-27.
Maeve Summerville hit two free throws in the opening two minutes of the third quarter to give DePauw a lead that it wouldn't relinquish. The Fightin' Engineers were within four at 38-34, but the Tigers closed the period on Lydia Stullken's bucket and a free throw from Ava Hassel to extend the lead to 41-34.
DePauw's lead was five at 47-42 with 7:25 left before Ainsley Boras knocked in a three. Rose-Hulman countered with a free throw before Stullken hit a jumper and Mya Shannon nailed a trey to push the lead to 55-43 with 5:29 remaining. The Fightin' Engineers were as close as seven in the final minute, but Summerville's 3-point play wrapped up the win.
Shannon paced DePauw with 21 points, while Hassel added 10. Stullken posted career highs with 11 rebounds and six blocked shots and Grace Kinsey handed out six assists.
Jordan Barlow paced Rose-Hulman with 16 points with Rowan Hein scoring 13 and Jamie Baum 10. Rose Burnham hauled down a team-high eight rebounds.
The Tigers shot 38.2 percent from the field to Rose-Hulman's 33.3 percent and DePauw held a slim, 38-36, edge in rebounds. DePauw committed 13 turnovers to the Fightin' Engineers' 16 and held a 15-2 advantage in points off of turnovers.
DePauw returns to North Coast Athletic Conference play on Saturday, Dec. 4, with a 1 p.m. game at Wooster.
