Hopes were dashed Friday night after the first home loss of the season against Sewanee. Sewanee delivered the Tigers a 65-74 loss. In order to claim the conference title, DePauw had to win the next game, the next night. DePauw would square off Saturday night against Centre, who was second in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference behind DePauw. In a thriller down to the last few minutes of the game, the Colonials knocked off the number one team to claim their share of the SCAC Conference championship.
Centre also receives the automatic bid from the conference into the national tournament.
Centre went into the game with confidence, once they found out that Sewanee had defeated DePauw on their home court. DePauw broke out into an early start against Centre, going on a four point run in the first eight minutes. The Tigers maintained the lead, and the two teams were trading buckets until Centre managed to go on an eight point uncontested run with a little over two minutes left in the first half. The score at the half was 33-43, with Centre comfortably ahead. A four-point play by the Tigers caught onto Centre's lead.