CRAWFORDSVILLE, Indiana --- A barrage of three-pointers gave Wabash a season sweep over DePauw with an 84-65 home victory at Chadwick Court in North Coast Athletic Conference action Wednesday night. The win extended the Little Giants' overall winning streak to six games. Wabash also owns a six-game winning streak against its arch-rival and has won eight of the last nine contests.
 
Wabash (13-6, 9-1 NCAC) finished the game making a season-high 14 of 32 three-point shots. The 14 three-pointers tie for 12^th on the single-game record list and are the most made three-pointers in a game since the championship game of last year's NCAC Tournament against Wooster.
 
Gavin Schippert led the outside shooting attack by making a career-best six of ten long-range shots. The junior finished with a career-high 20 points, matching senior Vinny Buccilla for team-high honors. Schippert made 7-of-11 field goal attempts, while Buccilla drained 8-of-12 total shots while going 2-of-3 from three-point range.
 
Wabash took a ten-point lead at 14-4 with 14:33 left in the first half when Josh Whack, who added 16 points, made his second three-pointer of the ball game. Schippert made four consecutive triples and a fast break layup from Buccilla after DePauw (9-10, 5-5 NCAC) trimmed the advantage to nine points at 14-5.
 
Robert Sorensen, who torched the Tigers for 21 points in a 74-48 Wabash victory in the first meeting between the two teams in Greencastle in December, hit a pull-up jumper to push the Little Giants' advantage to 30-11 midway through the opening period. Wabash led by as many as 23 points in the first half before DePauw rallied in the closing minutes of the period to head to the locker room trailing 44-31.
 
The visiting Tigers continue their rally in the opening minutes of the second half, outscoring Wabash 9-5 in the few minutes of the contest. DePauw scored its first three-point shot of the game with 17:34 on the clock after going 0-for-10 from long range in the first half to cut the Little Giants' lead to nine points at 49-40. Reph Stevenson, who led the Tigers with 22 points, followed with a fast-break layup to bring DePauw within seven points.
 
Buccilla responded with a basket and free throw, and Sorensen added another triple to push the lead back 13 points with 16:13 left on the clock. DePauw got as close as 11 points with a basket from Caleb Washington, but another layup from Buccilla and a basket from Nate Matelic kept the lead at double digits. DePauw got no closer than 12 points before the Little Giants expanded their advantage back to as many as 22 points with 5:52 left to play before earning the 19-point victory.
 
Wabash shot 32 of 60 from the field (53.3 percent) and made 6 of 9 free throw attempts. The Tigers finished 20 of 56 from the field (35.7 percent) and made just 2 of 17 three-point tries. DePauw made more free throws than field goals in the contest, going 23 of 29 from the stripe for 79.3 percent.
 
Schippert grabbed a team-high six rebounds in the game, while Noah Hupmann and Whack finished with five boards. Hupmann also blocked five shots to add to his Division III lead in shot rejections.
 
Wabash remains in second place in the NCAC standings, trailing conference leader Denison (17-1, 9-0 NCAC) after the Big Red defeated Oberlin 72-59 Wednesday night. The Little Giants host Denison next Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Chadwick Court.
 
Game Notes
 
» The Little Giants shot well from three-point range, knocking down 14 of 32 long-range attempts.
» The Little Giants held the Tigers to only 35.7 percent shooting from the field.
» Wabash never trailed on the way to an 84-65 victory.
» Wabash recorded 15 total assists in the game, led by Randy Kelley with a career-high eight helpers.
» Wabash had a stellar day defensively, holding DePauw to 12 percent from beyond the arc on 17 attempts.
» The Little Giants were active in affecting shots on the defensive end, tallying seven blocks as a team.
» Wabash turned the ball over five times while dishing out 15 assists.
» Gavin Schippert led the Little Giants with 20 points, and Vinny Buccilla added 20.
» Wabash got a team-high six rebounds from Gavin Schippert.