Granville, Ohio - Caleb Washington scored all 21 of his career-high points in the final 13 minutes of the game to lead DePauw to a 65-61 North Coast Athletic Conference win at Denison. The Tigers improved to 10-7 overall and 5-3 in the NCAC, while the Big Red dropped to 10-7 overall and 6-2 in league play.

Denison built an 11-point lead at 31-20 after Ricky Radtke's jumper with 5:24 left in the first half, but DePauw closed the half on an 8-0 as Reph Stevenson and Kyle Lillwitz hit buckets before Stevenson made two free throws and Grant Gohmann scored in the paint to make it 31-28 at the halftime break.

Sam Jacobs' layup with 14:26 left gave DePauw its first lead of the game at 37-35 and the lead traded hands multiple times before Denison took a 46-43 advantage midway through the half. 

Over the next six possessions, Washington scored all 16 of DePauw's points in a 16-7 run that gave DePauw a 59-53 advantage with 6:38 left.

Denison eventually evened the score at 61-61 with 3:26 remaining before the teams went scoreless until Camden Brown's layup with 49 seconds left. A Big Red miss was followed by a Ronald Johnson free throw which pushed DePauw's lead to 64-61 with 27 seconds remaining.

The Big Red missed a late three and Washington hit one of two free throws to seal the win.

Washington's 21 came on 7-of-7 shooting from the field including 3-of-3 from 3-point range. Kyle Lillwitz followed with 12 points and Jacobs added 11. Stevenson's 12 rebounds helped the Tigers to a 48-36 rebounding edge.

Cameron Smith paced Denison with 12 points and shared rebounding honors with Emmett Burnside as each had six. 

DePauw shot 40.3 percent from the floor to Denison's 36.1 percent.

The Tigers host Kenyon on Saturday, Jan. 20, with a 1 p.m. tipoff in Neal Fieldhouse.