The No. 12 DePauw women held a three-point lead over top-ranked Washington U. with just over a minute left, but the Bears scored the game's final eight points and took a 57-52 win over the Tigers in the opening game of Illinois Wesleyan's tipoff tournament. The Bears, who shot just 1-for-12 from downtown, go on to face No. 6 Illinois Wesleyan on Saturday. Friday's women's scores.

In men's action, The College of New Jersey went on an 18-3 run in the second half to pull ahead and went on to upset No. 7 DeSales 76-71 in the opening round of Albright's tipoff tournament. Aaron Syvertsen scored 25 points on 10-for-16 shooting, 5-for-8 from downtown in the win. Friday's men's scores.

No. 5 Richard Stockton struggled again, edging Western Connecticut 88-86 on a neutral floor at Vassar. Vassar held off Newbury 77-62 to get its crack at the Ospreys. The University of New England upset No. 8 Mass-Dartmouth 86-84.

No. 10 UW-Stevens Point shot 22-for-28 in the first half as the Pointers won a battle of ranked teams 101-79 against No. 16 Whitworth, while 13th-ranked UW-Whitewater edged Carthage 82-81 on the road. Chapman knocked off No. 14 Cal Lutheran 80-74 behind 22 from Justin Wood and a double-double from D3hoops.com insider Justin Riley.

Coast Guard and Connecticut College are across the street each other but met a hundred miles down the road at Manhattanville's tournament. The meeting of two former Conn College assistant coaches saw Coast Guard go on a 33-5 run for a 73-60 win. Bethany took Division II Wheeling Jesuit to overtime before falling 84-79.

In other women's action, No. 5 Scranton and No. 10 Muhlenberg set up a meeting for Saturday as the Royals beat Alvernia and the Mules beat Pitt-Bradford 93-50. Erin Monahan won her 300th career game as William Paterson beat Clark 85-47. No. 25 UW-Stout fell to NAIA Cardinal Stritch 64-52.

Macalester won for the first time since Jan. 30, 2008, defeating Crown 77-60 in its first game under new coach Tim Whittle. Crown, which also went winless last season, has lost 24 games in a row.

Twelve players scored for the Scots, as junior Colin Keeley posted a double-double, scoring 18 points and grabbing 11 rebounds, while senior Jerry Kraus just missed a double-double of his own, finishing with 11 points and nine boards.

Steve Boger scored 12 points to pace Crown, while Mike Landers contributed 11 points and eight rebounds. Crown was held to a 2-for-11 three-point shooting night. More of Tuesday's men's scores.

Bridgewater State had five scorers in double figures to edge Western New England 86-83. MIT won its first game in the post-Jimmy Bartolotta era, defeating Emmanuel 68-54 led by Billy Johnson's 18 points. Andrew MacDonald banked home the game-winning three-pointer to lift New England College to an 86-85 overtime win over Castleton State.

Chapman won its first game of the season, beating Pomona-Pitzer 71-53. Justin Riley, who is one of our Insiders for the 2009-2010 season, notched 12 points and seven rebounds in the Cougars' victory. Rutgers-Camden won its season opener on its own court for the first time since 1981, topping PAC champion Gwynedd-Mercy in thrilling fashion, 62-60. The Scarlet Raptors hadn't played a season opener in Camden since 2000.

Crown's men fared better than its women's team, which lost to UW-River Falls 112-28. Defending champ George Fox beat Corban 74-41 in its season debut. No. 20 Marymount played without three starters but beat Gallaudet 68-59 in a season-opening conference game. No. 11 Kean lost to Division I Rutgers 85-49 ... but it was better than the 85-25 loss Farmingdale State took last year against Rutgers' freshmen.