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Dec. 1-15, 2001

E-town men rout Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — In a game that could have wide-reaching playoff implications a couple months down the line, No. 22 Elizabethtown improved to 8-1 overall with a convincing 96-57 road win over No. 15 Gettysburg (8-1) on Dec. 15.

With 8:00 left in the first half, Elizabethtown held a 30-15 lead. By the time Brian Loftus hit a 3-pointer for Elizabethtown at 1:27, the Blue Jays had extended their lead to 45-25. Loftus logged 15 points and shot three for three from behind the arc in the first half alone. A Chad Heller foul shot at 1:01 gave Elizabethtown a 46-25 lead going into halftime.

A three-pointer by Bob Porambo gave the Blue Jays a 74-45 lead with 8:09 remaining in the game. Jim Barron hit a 3-pointer at 7:40 to give E-town its first lead of more than 30 in the game, 77-46. Elizabethtown shot 55.2% from the floor in the second half and 53.1% in the game.

Porambo led the Blue Jays with 24 points and 10 rebounds. He shot 9-for-10 from the foul line. Loftus finished the game with 20 points and a perfect 4-for-4 effort from 3-point range and a 7-for-9 effort from the floor.

Brian Marquette came off the bench to score 13 points and hand out four assists for the Blue Jays. Jon English added 11 points for Elizabethtown, and Heller scored 10. Rocky Parise led Elizabethtown with seven assists.

Curtis McNeil was Gettysburg's leading scorer with 14 points. The only other Bullet to score in double digits was Cody Bowers with 10 points from off the bench. Jim Natale led Gettysburg with five rebounds.

In addition to their 53% shooting performance from the field, the Blue Jays knocked down nine of 14 3-pointers (64%).

Richard Stockton adds Rowe to staff
ATLANTIC CITY — The Richard Stockton men's basketball program has gained a valuable asset with the addition of C. Alan Rowe to the coaching staff. Rowe recently joined the Stockton program as a coach emeritus for the Ospreys. He possesses a wealth of basketball knowledge obtained over the course of 33 years as the head coach at Widener from 1966-98. Rowe's 536 victories rank ninth all-time for Division III men's basketball coaches. His overall record at Widener was 536-324 (.623 win pct.).

Rowe led the Pioneers to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, including two Final Fours. His teams won nine Middle Atlantic Conference titles and also reached the 20-win mark nine times. For his efforts, Rowe was named Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches five times as well as Middle Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year five times. He is a member of the Delaware County Athletes Hall of Fame, the Delaware County branch of the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame and the Philadelphia Small College Hall of Fame.

Rowe joins a veteran Stockton coaching staff. Head coach Gerry Matthews is in his 16th season and won his 300th career game in the Ospreys' season opener. Matthews began this season ranked 14th among active Division III coaches with a .721 winning percentage. Assistant coach Chris Crowley, who suggested Rowe be added to the staff, is in his 17th season on the Stockton bench, including one season as the head coach. Kevin Brooks is an assistant for the seventh season, and Carl Cochran, the school's all-time leading scorer, is back for a second campaign. When added together, Rowe (536), Matthews (304) and Crowley (17) have combined for a remarkable 857 wins as head coaches at the Division III level.

Stout women post another upset
MENOMONIE, Wis. — UW-Stout's Stacie Anderson has saved some of her best games for UW-Eau Claire and the latest installment in the series was another outstanding effort for the senior guard as she helped to lead the Blue Devils to an 87-79 win against the previously undefeated and eighth-ranked Blugolds on Dec. 12 at Johnson Fieldhouse.

Anderson (#22, at left) has been a thorn in Eau Claire's (8-1, 3-1) side since her freshman year when she hit a 12-foot jumper as time ran down to lift Stout to a win and a share of the conference title.

Wednesday night, Anderson scored a game-high 20 points and got Stout (8-2, 4-0) going with a 3-point shot with just under two minutes remaining. Tanya Halbach answered Anderson with a 3-pointer of her own to give Stout an 80-74 cushion with 1:06 left.

Following two free throws by Eau Claire's Sarah Hughes, Anderson went to work again, nailing five of six free throws down the stretch and getting a timely steal. In the final two minutes, Anderson tallied eight points.

Initially, it looked as if Stout would blow Eau Claire right out of the gym, jumping out to a 20-6 lead with only six minutes off the clock. But Eau Claire roared back to build up a 57-45 lead at 14:38 in the second half. Stout regained the lead — albeit only a one-point lead — midway through the half and the score was tied six times until Anderson hit her timely trey.

Defensively, the Blue Devils were scurrying all night, forcing 32 Eau Claire turnovers and collecting 19 steals. Amy Zelinger had seven steals. Zelinger popped in 10 points before fouling out.

Freshman Lindsey Erichsen, the Blue Devils' leading scorer, added 16 points and Laura Verdegan tossed in 11 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Kristi Channing, second in the conference in scoring, led Eau Claire with 18 points. Emilee Planert contributed 13, Lindsey Williams 12 and Katie Murphy and Janel Soppeland, 10 apiece. Stout had previously knocked off then-No. 4 UW-Stevens Point.

Eastern Conn routs Emmanuel
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — Sophomore All-America forward Allison Coleman and senior forward Joanna Debicki sank 3-pointers to ignite an early run of 12 unanswered points that powered homestanding Eastern Connecticut State to an 84-66 win over Emmanuel on Tuesday at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.

The battle of New England’s top-ranked teams never materialized after No. 5 ECSU (8-0) scored 12 straight points in the opening minutes — limiting No. 3 Emmanuel to 19 first-half points — to run away with its 19th consecutive regular-season home win. Emmanuel (8-1) was forced into 23.5% shooting (1-for-10 from 3-point range) in the first half as the Warriors built a 47-19 halftime lead.

The Saints converted six second-half 3-pointers but were never able to get closer than 15 points at 71-56 with five minutes left. At that point, ECSU scored seven straight points while Emmanuel was missing threee field goals and turning the ball over once on its next four possessions as the lead ballooned back to 22 points, 78-56.

Debicki led ECSU with 18 points and a season-high 11 rebounds while sophomore guard Kathleen Burdelski had a career-high 16 rebounds (13 in the first half) and tied her season high with 14 points. Freshman guard Jamie Rosso came off the bench to score 14 points in 21 minutes while sophomore center Deanne Prior and Coleman each had 12 points. The Warriors had a season-high eight 3-point field goals (in 20 attempts).

All-America senior guard Marcy Tillman of Emmanuel led all players with 21 points but managed only five in the first half.

St. Thomas upsets St. Ben's
ST. PAUL — Senior guard Missy Pederson (at left) scored seven of her team-high 19 points in the final 42 seconds to cap a 11-1 run in the final 2:27 as host No. 20 St. Thomas rallied to post a 78-75 victory against visiting No. 7 St. Benedict on Dec. 8 at Schoenecker Arena.

Senior center Alissa Case had 18 points, 15 rebounds and five steals for the Tommies (4-1, 4-0 MIAC), who outrebounded CSB 47-25 and survived nine 3-point baskets by the Blazers.

St. Thomas moved into sole possession of first place early in the 21-game MIAC race as the Blazers and St. Mary's, a 78-74 loser to Gustavus, fell to 5-1.

The Blazers (5-1, 3-1) led by as many as 12 in the first half and built their biggest lead of the second half at 74-67 with 2:43 to play on a layup by soph guard Leah Laurich.

Case's jumper with 2:27 left and a layup with 49 seconds to go pulled the Tommies within 74-71. Blazer guard Ashley Brown made one free throw with 46 seconds to go for a 75-71 lead, but Pederson drove the lane for a basket with with 42 seconds left to make it 75-73. Brown was fouled again and missed two free throws with 39 seconds to go, and Pederson drove the lane again and converted a three-point play with a layup and free throw with 34 seconds left that put the Tommies ahead 76-75.

St. Ben's missed a go-ahead shot with 16 seconds left, and the Tommies rebounded and called a time out with 13 seconds left. A long inbounds pass to Pederson let UST burn six seconds before she was fouled with seven seconds to go. She made both for a 78-75 lead. St. Ben's didn't get a shot off in the closing seconds despite having two inbounds passes.

Junior guard Michelle Barlau had 17 of her game-high 21 points in the first half to lead St. Ben's. Brown scored 14 points, senior wing Mia Peterson added 11 points and freshman center Kim Johnson had 10 points while playing just 17 minutes in foul trouble.The Blazers were 7-for-13 from 3-point range in the first half and 9-for-17 on the game.

Freshman guard Vel Williams had 12 points off the bench for the Tommies. UST made 25 of 31 free throws to the Blazers' 18-for-30.

Franklin wins 1,000th game
FRANKLIN, Ind. — Franklin recovered after allowing a 12-point second-half lead slip away and turned the tables on visiting Marian (Ind.) in a nail-biter of a championship game in the annual Goaltenders-Bankers Classic at Spurlock Center on Saturday.

The Grizzlies (6-2) outlasted the NAIA Knights 81-79, capturing their 1,000th all-time victory before a boisterous Spurlock Center crowd. Franklin, which began competing in intercollegiate basketball in 1906, has an all-time record of 1,000-867.

Marian forward James Gardner scored a game-high 33 points. But Gardner's running jump shot from inside the top of the key, bounced off the backboard and rim as time was running out. He also missed one of two free throws with seven seconds remaining when Marian had a chance to tie the game at 80-all.

Franklin sophomore guard Justin Castelli hit the first of two foul shots with five seconds left. However, by missing the second, the Knights were forced to rebound and go the length of the floor for either a tying or go-ahead shot.

FC senior forward Josh Quattrocchi scored 16 points and had a game-best 10 rebounds, earning tournament MVP honors. Also named to the all-tournament team for the Grizzlies were sophomore point guard Scott Study and senior center Jed Zarse.

Study tallied a team-high 18 points, including three key baskets in the last five minutes, and Zarse had 15 points and eight rebounds before fouling outwith 5:26 to go. FC captured the victory despite not having senior guard Jake Sappenfield available. Sappenfield twisted an ankle in the Grizzlies' first-round victory against Goshen on Friday night.

Wash U. breaks long streak to IWU
ST. LOUIS — Washington University's men, ranked 10th in Division III, improved to 8-1 on the year with a convincing 81-58 win over No. 22 Illinois Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon at the WU Field House.

The win is the first for the Bears over Illinois Wesleyan since 1989, snapping a seven-game losing streak against the Titans. IWU, a Final Four participant last season, was held to just 36% shooting while the Bears fired at a 54% clip, including 9-for-18 from beyond the 3-point line.

Junior Matt Tabash paced the attack for Washington U., tying his career high with 19 points while dishing a career-best 12 assists with no turnovers in 39 minutes. He was 7-for-9 from the field and 3-for-5 from beyond the arc and added four rebounds and four steals.

Illinois Wesleyan (4-3) jumped to a quick 11-4 lead, but Washington answered with a 10-0 run to take a 14-11 edge midway through the first half. The lead would change hands 10 times in the first half before Washington U. pulled out to a 39-33 advantage heading into the locker room.

After a Titan basket to open the second half cut the margin to 39-35, the Bears ripped off a 24-6 run to take a 63-41 lead with 10:59 left. Tabash was the catalyst, scoring nine points and dishing four assists during the streak.

Illinois Wesleyan again responded, this time with a 9-1 burst to trim the margin to 64-50, but it was as close as the Titans would come.

Junior center Jarriot Rook scored 15 points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked six shots for Washington U. Chris Jeffries tallied 14 points and six rebounds, Dustin Tylka had 11 points and Joel Parrott chipped in 10 as all five starters hit for double figures.

Laban Cross had 14 points and seven rebounds and Luke Kasten added 13 points and five boards for Illinois Wesleyan.

Defending MAC men's champs both lose
Lycoming defeated Wilkes and Elizabethtown beat Widener as the MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom champs both lost Wednesday night. The Warriors (5-1, 1-0) overcame an eight-point halftime deficit to outscore the Colonels 48-23 and win 65-48 in Williamsport, Pa. Elizabethtown (6-1, 1-0) ran away with a 95-83 win against Widener in Chester, Pa. Widener was the only team to beat Elizabethtown twice last year.

The first half in Williamsport was all defense as the Colonels held the Warriors to 26% shooting from the field and carried a 25-17 lead into the locker room. Tom Stambaugh and Brad Sechler supplied the offense for Wilkes (3-3, 1-1), combining for 15 points including a trio of 3-pointers.

Lycoming, however, wasted no time getting back into the game. The Warriors opened the second half with a 10-2 run, sparked by a pair of 3-pointers by Tommy Wesner to tie the score at 27-27. The Colonels regained their composure and pulled back in front by as many as six points. But trailing by four with nine minutes to play Lycoming took control of the game, going on a 19-3 run over the next eight minutes to secure the upset victory.

Wesner led all scorers with 17 points — all in the second half. He also grabbed six rebounds. Chris Napier chipped in 13 points and six boards. Sophomore Matt Stackhouse recorded a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Stambaugh led Wilkes in scoring with 11 markers. Dave Plisko added 10 points.

Elizabethtown vaulted out to a 52-32 lead by halftime. Widener (3-4, 0-1) narrowed the gap in the final minutes of the game after the Blue Jays emptied the bench.

The Blue Jays shot 73.1% (19-for-26) from the field in the first half and 61.0% (36-for-59) for the entire game. Five players scored in double digits, including junior center Jon English with 23 points and eight rebounds, and Brian Loftus with 22 points and seven rebounds for Elizabethtown.

Fran Grandieri and reserve Matt Sheaffer led Widener with 16 points each. Chaz Williamson and Tim Whalen each added 12 points to the Pioneers' effort.

No. 25 Clark knocks off No. 21 Amherst
WORCESTER, Mass. — In a rematch of last year's NCAA Tournament second-round game, the No. 21 Amherst men fell at No. 25 Clark 87-77 on Tuesday, despite team-highs of 16 points and 10 rebounds by junior forward Steve Zieja. The host Cougars shot 22-for-26 from the charity stripe and outrebounded the Jeffs 39-27, improving to 5-2 with the victory. Amherst fell to 3-1 with the loss.

The Jeffs trailed most of the game after Clark opened with a 7-2 run, but managed to battle back and take a one-point lead with 6:07 remaining. Undaunted, the Cougars responded with a flurry of threes, including a long-range bomb by senior Amos Anderson that gave Clark a seven-point lead with 2:30 left in regulation. Junior Sean Fleming, who tied Anderson with a team-high 17 points, then hit four free throws in the final minute to seal the victory for Clark.

Zieja paced four Amherst players in double figures, including first-year forward Andrew Schiel, who poured in a career-high 16 points. First-year guard Ray Corrigan and sophomore sharpshooter John Donovan added 14 and 11 points respectively for the Jeffs, while junior point guard Ryan Faulkner dished out a team-high five assists.

The Amherst-Clark rivalry has evolved into one of the most competitive in the nation. In last season's NCAA Tournament matchup, the Jeffs, who ended their season at 22-6, rebounded from a four-point halftime deficit to take a five-point lead, 55-50 with 11:40 remaining, before Clark used outstanding defensive intensity and bench-play to mount a 16-2 run in the last 10 minutes to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in over a decade.

It was the second of two great matchups between the Jeffs and Cougars in 2000-01. Amherst fell to Clark in triple-overtime earlier in the season in what was the longest and highest-scoring game in Amherst history, despite a career-high 39 points from then-senior Brian Daoust, who tied a school-record with nine 3-pointers.

Rochester men go to 8-0
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester men rolled to their 10th consecutive victory, a 74-61 decision against St. John Fisher at the Louis Alexander Palestra on Saturday, Dec. 8. The Yellowjackets are 8-0 this year, their best start since the 1991-92 team began at 13-0.

Rochester's success was built around its bench. Sophomores Andy Larkin (pictured) and Brian Jones combined for 18 points and 11 rebounds in 15 minutes apiece. Freshman Ryan Mee scored seven points in 13 seconds as the Yellowjackets broke it wide open in the second half.

Junior Jeff Joss sank a pair of treys late in the first half to key a 16-2 run that helped Rochester take a 39-22 lead at the half. Fisher (4-3) got a pair of 3s from Pat McGee as part of a 14-5 burst to open the second half. The Cardinals pulled within 44-36.

Rochester broke it open for good thanks to Mee's antics. Gabe Perez stole the ball and sped over halfcourt. He fed Mee for a breakaway layup. Mee converted the basket and was intentionally fouled by McGee. He sank two free throws with 8:56 left for an unconventional four-point play. On the ensuing possession, he caught a pass from Justin Hughes for a quick-release 3-pointer that stretched Rochester's lead to 59-38 with 8:43 to go.

Ramapo dumps Camden, goes to 7-0
CAMDEN, N.J. — Ramapo ran its unbeaten streak to seven Saturday when it defeated Rutgers-Camden in a key New Jersey Athletic Conference women's basketball matchup 69-60.

The Roadrunners' defense forced 23 Rutgers-Camden turnovers and received balanced scoring on offense from juniors Carla Colucci, Melinda DioDonet and senior Tara Larkin. Colucci was 7-for-14 from the field, including 5-for-7 from behind the three point line. She also contibuted five assists, four steals and three rebounds. DioDonet contributed 19 points on 8-for-15 shooting. Larkin contributed 16 points and 4 assists.

Rutgers-Camden (2-2, 2-2) was led by juniors Joy Silver and Molly Anne Light. Silver scored 25 points, pulled down 15 rebounds and contributed 4 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals. Molly Anne Light scored 14 points and pulled down 9 rebounds.

The Roadrunners are now 7-0, 4-0 NJAC.

Mount Union men upset No. 5 ONU
ADA, Ohio — Reigning three-time Ohio Athletic Conference champion Ohio Northern began the defense of its title with 76-58 loss to Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

Dan Vaughn led the Purple Raiders (5-0, 1-0) with 24 points, while his teammate Todd Richards posted a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

Freshman Mark Killian led the Polar Bears (3-1, 0-1) with a career-high 16 points, while Mike Haynes chipped in 13 and Jim Conrad netted 11.

With 9:23 left to play in the first half, Mount Union took the lead 21-20 igniting an 18-3 run that would give the visitors a 37-23 advantage with 3:41 to play. Mount headed into the locker room at halftime with a 44-29 advantage.

In the second half, Mount Union maintained its lead and prevented the Polar Bears from making a run. With 8:13 left to play in the contest, Richards converted on a couple of free throws giving the Purple Raiders a 70-48 advantage, their largest of the game.

In the first half, ONU opened the game with a 6-0 run during the first 1:16, before the Purple Raiders responded.

“Mount Union’s seniors did a great job today,” said ONU head coach Joe Campoli. “Their experience showed on the court and they were able to take us out of our game. Bostelman and Conrad could not get an open look all day.”

Mount Union shot 30-for-52 from the floor for 57.1% and nailed five of 10 from 3-point range. ONU shot 44% (26-for-59).

The Purple Raiders finished 15-10 last season, but did win six consecutive games in January and February.

No. 9 DePauw off to 6-0 start

Joe Nixon hits a 3-pointer in DePauw's win against Sewanee.

The host Tigers (6-0, 2-0 SCAC) quickly jumped out to a 13-5 lead as Joe Nixon scored 11 points in a span of just 2:45 with the last nine coming on consecutive three-pointers. That lead reached as many as 18 points at 36-18 with 4:15 left in the half before Sewanee (3-2, 0-2) closed the gap to 42-31 at halftime.

Joe Ringger hit a couple of buckets to open the second half and Jeremy Bettis added a layup to push the lead to 48-31. Sewanee got as close as 10 at 54-44 with 11:16 left, but a 9-2 run push the margin back to 17 and the Tigers were not threatened again.

Nixon finished with 21 points, while Ringger added 17 and nine rebounds. Bettis finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds and also blocked two shots. Mike Howland recorded a career-high 12 assists which was just one shy of tying the school record set by Ted Rutan against Eureka on Feb. 2, 1983.

Rusty Fordham led Sewanee with 23 points, while Jason Smith scored 10 DePauw outrebounded Sewanee 41-26.

The win was the Tigers' 11th in a row dating back to last season for the longest streak since the 1989-90 squad won 13 consecutive games before falling in the Division III championship game.

Linfield rallies from down 11 to tie, win
McMINNVILLE, Ore. — O.J. Gulley's coast-to-coast basket as time expired lifted Linfield to an improbable 89-87 Northwest Conference men's victory Friday night at Ted Wilson Gym. Gulley brought Linfield back from an 11-point second-half deficit, scoring a team-high 24 points on 8-for-16 shooting.

The defending conference champion Wildcats looked like an early upset victim as Whitworth built the lead and maintained it until the final play. Neck and neck early in the first half, the Pirates broke in front by nine, 37-28, on a three-pointer by Scott Bielink and a layup by Bryan Depew with six minutes left. Matt Larson's two freethrows and John Broussard's twisting layin brought the Wildcats back to within three, 37-34, with 2½ minutes to go. Whitworth led 44-41 as the teams retreated to the locker room. The Pirates shot .516 for the half to Linfield's 46.9% as Depew went inside often for 13 first-half points.

The Wildcats pulled to within one to start the second half but lost center B.J. Anderson after the freshman took a Depew elbow to the mouth. When play resumed, Jeff Dunn hit an open three, giving the 'Cats a 46-44 lead. The Pirates came right back, surging ahead by four following Gunner Olsen's free throws. Dunn answered with another long bomb. Pat Luce's baseline jumper and fast-break layup put the Pirates back in front by seven with 13:04 left. An O.J. Gulley three-point play and a Rob Jensen open-court layup sliced the deficit to three. Whitworth answered with successful free throws by Olsen and a bucket by Luce to go back up by seven. Matt Schmidt's three-pointer trimmed the margin to four, 76-72, with 6:50 to go. An 7-0 run that was punctuated by an Olsen dunk gave Whitworth a commanding 83-72 lead with 5:12 left.

Linfield would not quit, clawing to within four after two free throws and a layin by Gulley made it 83-79. Dunn calmly dropped in a pair of free throws with three minutes left, then Gulley sank two more to knot the score at 83 with 2:49 to play.

Olsen found a crease for an easy layin with 1:50 to go but Gulley responded at the other end to deadlock the game again. Whitworth's Chase Williams sank two free throws with 1:19 on the clock. Gulley missed a long three-pointer but the Pirates took too much time on the ensuing possession and turned the ball over with 21 seconds left. Gulley fed Jones for the game-tying bucket with 13 seconds, then the Pirates' Eric Avery was called for charging at the other end.

Gulley got the ball back with eight seconds, wheeled his way up the court, shot the ball from 15 feet over the arms of three defenders and watched as it bounced off the rim and through just as the buzzer sounded.

Depew hit 10 of 12 from the field to finish with a game-high 27 points. The Pirates shot 51.7% from the floor for the game and were near flawless at the line (21-for-24). Linfield hit 44.4% for the night and the Wildcats were 9-for-10 at the line in the second half.

Gettysburg's 6-0 start
Bullets' best since '52
CHESTERTOWN, Md. — Terence Callahan led four players in double figures with 14 points and Gettysburg ran out to a 26-4 lead en route to a 73-57 win at Washington in both teams’ Centennial Conference men’s opener Saturday.

Callahan, shooting 60% from the field entering the day, knocked down six of seven shots to help the Bullets (6-0, 1-0 CC) improve to 6-0 for the first time since 1952.

Curtis McNeil (pictured) and John Schnebly added 11 points apiece for Gettysburg, which hit 10 of its first 12 shots and finished with a 61% showing from the floor for the game. Brad Billmeier also hit double figures with a career-high 10 points.

Bryan Mason led all players with 21 points on 9-for-11 shooting and completed the double-double with 10 rebounds for Washington (1-4, 0-1).

Tied at 4 early on, Gettysburg left little doubt with a 22-0 run over the next 7:33. Callahan, shooting 15-for-24 (63%) from 3-point range this season, knocked down a deep 3-pointer to put the Bullets ahead for good and Glaser followed with a put-back for a 9-4 lead. Callahan knocked down a pull-up jumper with the shot clock winding down before Schnebly set up Natale on a backdoor layup, then scored one of his own to make it 15-4.

Callahan and Glaser hit back-to-back layups and McNeil scored five consecutive points on a 3-point play and two free throws to push the lead to 24-4. Natale finished a coast-to-coast drive to give Gettysburg a 22-point cushion before John Alexander hit two free throws to stop the run with 9:44 left in the half.

Colin Camacho scored five points on a 9-2 burst that cut the Bullet lead to 30-15.

McNeil’s backdoor layup pushed the advantage back to 39-18 with 2:02 left in the half, but Mason converted a 3-point play and Don Brandenburg knocked down a three to pull Washington within 39-24 at halftime.

The Shoremen got as close as 48-35 on a pull-up jumper from Mason with 13:45 left, but a 15-3 run that put the game out of reach at 63-38 with 8:39 remaining.

The Bullets overcame a 15-for-31 showing at the free-throw line and 25 turnovers.

Capital hands Wooster No. 2
WOOSTER, Ohio — The Capital men moved their record to 5-0 on the season with a 62-55 win at No. 14 Wooster on Dec. 5. The Scots pick up their second loss against two victories.

Junior guard Geron Tate (left) broke the 20-point plateau for a second time this season with a game-high 21-point performance and sophomore forward Chuck Bihn posted his second double-double of the season and matched his season-high with 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Crusaders.

Six lead changes and eight ties highlighted the opening 17 minutes of the contest, before Capital went on a 7-2 sprint to close the half and take a 29-24 halftime lead. The Crusaders opened the second half with a 7-4 burst to extend their advantage to 10 points, 38-28, with 17:44 left. Wooster would come within three points just one the rest of the way as Capital went on to the seven-point win.

Junior guard Tony Ruberg had 11 points, and sophomore Tyler Alexander, who transferred from Wooster a year ago, came off the bench to score eight points to round out the Capital attack.

All-Americans Bryan Nelson had 12 points and Antwyan Reynolds had 11 in the losing effort for Wooster. It marked the lowest combined point total in a men's game at Timken Gymnasium since the Scots edged archrival Wittenberg 56-55 on Jan. 30, 1999 — a span of 40 games. Wooster shot just 9-for-17 (.529) from the line against the Crusaders' 20-for-25 (.800).

Mass-Dartmouth upset by Salve Regina
NEWPORT, R.I. — Salve Regina's men defeated No. 19 Mass-Dartmouth for the first time ever (in 12 contests) with a 59-54 triumph at the Rodgers Recreation Center.

A closely contested game saw five ties in the second half and nine lead changes. With the game tied 51-51 and 2:10 left, Seahawk sophomore forward Greg Kawula intercepted a Corsair pass to the post and a Bryan Dlugolenski 3-pointer followed an offensive rebound at 1:22 and gave Salve Regina the lead for good.

Dlugolenski finished with a team-high 16 points and 10 rebounds. Kawula made a pair of free throws in the final minute to boost the Seahawk lead to 58-54. Junior guard Rafael Cardoso was also in double-figure scoring for the Seahawks with 10 points.

Mass-Dartmouth was led by three players in double-figures: Tim Gaspar with 14, Brian Cagle with 12, and Ivan Britto with 11. Britto made both of his 3-point baskets in the second half where the Corsairs enjoyed their largest lead (31-25) with 15 minutes left to play.

Salve Regina (4-1) last played Mass-Dartmouth (4-1) in 1995 in a first-round game of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Mass-Dartmouth extended a two-point halftime lead to a 117-77 final.

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