Wooster, Ohio - DePauw scored 11 straight in a run that bridged the first and second halves and extended its win streak to six with a 67-55 North Coast Athletic Conference win at Wooster. With their fifth consecutive road win, the Tigers improved to 18-7 overall and finished NCAC play at 11-5. Wooster concluded its season with an 8-17 overall record and a 5-11 NCAC mark.

DePauw earned the number-two seed and a bye in the NCAC Tournament and will play in the first semifinal game on Friday, Feb. 27, at 5 p.m. at Denison. The Tigers will face the winner of Tuesday's Oberlin at John Carroll quarterfinal game.

A tight first half that included four ties and four lead changes ended with DePauw's Sam Jacobs beating the buzzer with a 3-pointer and extending the Tigers' halftime lead to 36-29. 

Jacobs, Brady Kunka and Caleb Washington opened the second half with baskets before Kunka capped the 11-0 run with a score to push DePauw's lead to 44-29. 

The Tigers' lead reached a high of 19 points at 59-40 at the 6:06 mark and the Fighting Scots got no closer than 10 the rest of the way.

Jacobs paced DePauw with 21 points, while Washington added 12 points and equaled a career-best with seven assists. Reph Stevenson recorded a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds and Kunka also hauled down 11 boards which matched a career high.

Isaac Roeder led Wooster with 13 points with EJ Kapihe totaling 10 points and eight rebounds. Jaiden Cox-Hollway dished out a team-high four assists.

DePauw shot 42.6 percent from the field with Wooster connecting on 30.8 percent and just 25.8 percent in the second half. DePauw held a 46-37 rebounding edge.