Greencastle, Ind. - DePauw trailed by as many as 12 in the second period, but rallied for a 59-46 North Coast Athletic Conference win over visiting Ohio Wesleyan. The Tigers, ranked 12th in the latest coaches' poll and 16th by D3hoops.com, improved to 12-2 overall and 5-0 in the NCAC, while the Battling Bishops dropped to 11-4 overall and 4-2 in the NCAC.

Both teams struggled from the field in the opening quarter as the Battling Bishops came away with a 9-6 lead after the opening 10 minutes. The guests scored the first five points of the second period to start an 11-2 run and grab a 20-8 lead with 6:15 left in the half. Maeve Summerville ended the run with a layup and Maddie Howe followed with back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the deficit to 20-16 with 4:54 remaining.

DePauw evened the score at 25-25 on Isabella Ogliore's two free throws with 49 seconds left in the half, but the Battling Bishops went to the intermission with a 27-25 lead after Karlee Ross hit a jumper with 25 seconds remaining.

The Tigers still trailed by three at 32-29 before Summerville nailed a three with 6:13 left in the third. Ogliore made a free throw 50 seconds later to give DePauw its first lead of the game at 33-32. Howe hit her third 3-pointer of the contest to push the lead to 36-32. The Tigers took a 40-35 lead into the fourth period.

Grace Kinsey and Summerville scored layups at the start of the fourth which sandwiched a Battling Bishops turnover to extend the lead to 44-35. After OWU closed to within six, the Tigers pushed the margin to double digits on a pair of Howe buckets on consecutive possessions.

Ohio Wesleyan was within seven with three minutes left and the teams exchanged misses before Mya Shannon's trey pushed the margin back to 10 at 53-43 with 1:36 remaining. The Tigers hit all six free throws in the final 1:02 to seal the win.

Shannon paced DePauw with 18 points followed by Howe's 13 and Kinsey's 10. Summerville hauled down a career-high 13 rebounds with Kinsey leading with five assists and three steals.

Cierra Joiner led Ohio Wesleyan with 11 points and eight rebounds with Molly Delaney chipping in 10 points. Elizabeth Homan had a team-high five assists.

Both teams shot 32.7 percent from the field, but the Tigers outscored the Battling Bishops from the line, 19-7, and hit 19-of-22 from the charity stripe. DePauw held a 44-28 edge on the boards .

The Tigers travel to Denison on Wednesday, January 19, for a 7 p.m. NCAC game.