Tiger Profile


23 SUSAN BENDER
Guard 5-9 Senior
Indianapolis, Indiana (Roncalli)

A history major with plans to go to law school or graduate school ... Named to Dean’s List ... A Carson Scholar ... Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma (national scholar-athlete society) ... Involved in DePauw Community Service ... Selected Old Gold (homecoming) queen during fall ... Has started a school-record 103 games and missed just one game in her four seasons ... All-time assists leader in DePauw history with 352 ... Ranks second in school history with 213 career steals (Marlene McQueary is the all-time leader with 221) and 268 career free throws (Carla Weaver is the all-time leader with 277 ... Ranks third in DePauw all-time scoring with 1,163 points and fifth in career rebounding with 567 ... A GTE Academic All-America nominee.

1998-99
Named first team all-SCAC ... Has earned first team all-conference honors each of her last three seasons and was a second team choice as a freshman ... Played and started every game ... Led Tigers with 21 points in NCAA second-round win over Austin ... Also dished out five assists in NCAA win in a career-high 38 minutes ... High of 28 points at Trinity (2/12/99) on 12-of-21 shooting along with nine rebounds and three steals ... Scored in double figures 12 times and grabbed double-digit rebound totals in four games ... Career-high 13 rebounds in SCAC win at Southwestern (2/14/99) ... Dished out season-high 10 assists in regular season finale against Millsaps (2/27/99) ... Over last three regular season games averaged 7.7 assists and 3.0 steals per game ... Dished out at least five assists in nine games ... Will finish as team’s assist leader for third straight year and is the first at DePauw to accomplish the feat ... Should also lead team in steals for the fourth straight year which no one else has accomplished ... Earned SCAC Player of the Week honors for her performances against Trinity (2/14) and Southwestern (2/14) when she totaled 42 points, 22 rebounds, five assists and five steals ... Recorded at least one steal in every game but one.

1997-98
Named team MVP for third straight year and to the all-ICAC team for third consecutive season ... Ranked 29th in Division III in free throw percentage ... One of three Tigers to score in double figures in “Sweet 16” game at St. Thomas (3/13/98) with 15 points ... Scored a career-high 31 points in NCAA second-round win over Baldwin-Wallace ... Her 15 free throws made against B-W was a school record and her 16 attempted tied a school mark ... Her 15 free throws made was just one shy of tying the Division III Championship record ... The 31 points was the second-best scoring performance by a Tiger woman (Jenny Bauer scored 40 against Huntington, 2/2/85) ... Played and started all 28 games ... Named to all-ICAC Tournament team after scoring 14 points, dishing out three assists and recording two steals in championship game ... Grabbed eight rebounds in semifinal win over Anderson (2/27/98) ... Recorded first triple-double in school history with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in win over Thomas More (2/14/98) ... Also recorded a double-double against Graceland (1/2/98) ... Scored in double figures 16 times including seven of the last eight games ... Averaged 13.5 points, 5. 8 rebounds and 5.8 assists over last two weeks of regular season ... Named ICAC Player of the Week in final regular season week after averaging 17 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists and shooting 69.6 percent from the field ... Over last five regular season games hit 26 of 40 field goals ... Ranked tied for fourth in ICAC in steals with 1.8 per conference game and fourth in assists with 3.0 ... Also ranked ninth in ICAC scoring with 11.4 points per contest.

1996-97
A first team all-ICAC selection ... Named MVP of DePauw basketball team for second straight season ... Named team’s top defensive player ... Started 23 games ... Led team in rebounds, assists, and steals ... Posted double figures in scoring in fifteen games and in rebounds in two ... Poured in a career-high 24 points in ICAC win over Manchester (1/28/97) ... Pulled down 12 rebounds in an overtime win against St. Maryıs (1/21/97) ... Led team in scoring for ICAC games with 13.1 points per game ... Recorded best single-game free throw shooting performance by hitting all 11 charity tosses against Anderson (1/25/97) ... Her 86 assists were the sixth-highest in a season in DePauw history.

1995-96
Named MVP of DePauw basketball team ... Also named newcomer of the year ... A second team all-ICAC selection ... Played and started all 26 games ... Led or shared the scoring lead in 14 DePauw games and the rebounding lead in seven ... Led the team in scoring and steals ... Her 67 steals were the fifth-highest single-season total in school history ... Grabbed team-high six rebounds in NCAA tournament game along with six points ... Scored in double figures in 18 games with high of 21 points against Kalamazoo (12/30/95) ... Earned Columbus Multimedia Great Lakes Region Player of the Week honors after Kalamazoo game ... Grabbed 10 rebounds against Greenville (1/9/96) ... Just missed the first triple-double in DePauw history with nine points, nine rebounds and 10 assists against Manchester (1/30/96) ... Totaled six steals at Anderson (2/13/96) and at Rose-Hulman (2/24/96).

HIGH SCHOOL
Member of National Honor Society ... Academic all-state ... Presidential Academic Fitness Award ... Lettered four years in basketball ... Mental Attitude Award ... An all-metro, all-city, all-semistate and all-regional selection ... Holds both single season and career records for assists at Roncalli ... Averaged 13 points and four assists per game.

 

BENDER’S CAREER STATS                              
Season GP-GS MIN FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Reb Avg PF-D A TO BLK ST PTS Avg HG
1995-96 26-26 679 124 284 .437 1 12 .083 49 62 .790 140 5.4 44-1 78 70 1 67 298 11.5 21
1996-97 25-23 685 103 240 .429 2 9 .222 77 91 .846 149 6.0 49-0 86 84 4 43 285 11.4 24
1997-98 28-28 685 111 253 .439 0 0 .000 85 105 .810 121 4.3 40-0 83 84 4 42 307 11.0 31
1998-99 26-26 714 108 243 .444 0 6 .000 57 88 .648 157 6.0 35-0 105 86 6 61 273 10.5 28
Totals 105-103 2763 446 1020 .437 3 27 .111 268 346 .775 567 5.4 168-1 352 304 15 213 1163 11.1 31

 

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