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Jan. 21-31, 2001

Bessoir reaches milestone, Strong still waiting
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Scranton men's coach Bob Bessoir won his 550th career game, while Mike Strong is learning first-hand that the waiting is the hardest part.

Sophomore center Derek Elphick scored a game-high 28 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead the men to a 74-69 win against Lycoming in MAC Freedom action Jan. 31. Bessoir is retiring at the end of the season.

The veteran Scranton women's basketball coach headed into last night's MAC Freedom showdown with Lycoming in search of his 500th career coaching victory. It was the Warriors, however, who did most of the celebrating, overcoming a five-point halftime deficit en route to a 64-54 win against No. 19 Scranton before 567 fans at Lamade Gymnasium.

No video required: Kalamazoo upsets Calvin
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — After coming close to gaining its first league win on several prior occasions, it figured to be only a matter of time before a youthful Kalamazoo men's basketball team broke into the MIAA win column.

Unfortunately for No. 5 Calvin, that time came Jan. 31 as Kalamazoo upset the Knights 79-65 to gain its first conference victory of the year and snap a seven-game losing streak in the process. Kalamazoo had a victory taken away after the MIAA overturned an official's game-ending ruling that used videotape to determine Kalamazoo had hit a game-winning shot before time expired against Olivet.

The Kalamazoo victory also tightened the MIAA race as Hope moved back into a first place tie at 6-2 with Calvin as the Flying Dutchmen picked up a 71-62 win at Adrian while Albion remained just a half-game back of Calvin and Hope at 5-2 with a 69-60 win at Olivet.

Calvin was held to a season-low in points as Calvin shot just 35.7% overall (20-for-56) including just 30.8% in the first half when Kalamazoo rolled out to a 42-27 halftime lead.

Calvin took a 9-2 lead in the opening moments of the first half but the Hornets (6-14) responded with a 16-2 run to take a 25-13 lead with 9:23 left in the half. Kalamazoo would finish the first half with a 50% field goal clip including 46.2% (6-for-13) from three-point range.

Calvin roared out of the gates in the second half with an 18-6 run to close to within 48-45 with 10:39 to play. Freshman Rob Holleman accounted for eight of Calvin's points in the spurt, nailing a pair of three-point shots along with a pair of free throws.

Kalamazoo answered with a 9-2 run to stretch its lead to 57-47 with 7:19 to go. Calvin would climb back to within four at 66-62 on a pair of free throws by senior Josh Tubergen with 2:07 to go but the Knights would get no closer as the Hornets converted 11 free throws in the final two minutes to seal the win.

Calvin (15-4 overall) was led in scoring by Tubergen who came up with a career-high 22 points along with nine rebounds while sophomore Jeremy Veenstra added 14 points and seven rebounds. Holleman added nine points while sophomore Bryan Foltice chipped in with eight.

Kalamazoo was led in scoring by sophomore Dirk Rhinehart who pumped in 19 points while sophomore Scott Montmorency had 13 and junior Nate Troyer 12.

Kalamazoo shot 45.6% overall (26-for-57) and was 8-for-18 (44.4%) from three-point range. The Hornets also converted 19 of 21 free throw attempts. Calvin was just 2-of-16 (12.5%) from three-point range.

Gustavus loses another home MIAC game
ST. PETER, Minn. — In a matchup of two of the top shooting teams in Division III, No. 6 Gustavus Adolphus suffered its second loss of the season Jan. 31 at the hands of St. John’s, 74-67.

In their first meeting of the season Jan. 3, the Johnnies failed to slow the Gusties' three-point shooting. St. John’s (11-5, 9-3 MIAC) didn't let that happen again, forced the Gusties to shoot a season-low 42.9% from the floor and 3-for-13 from three-point range. Gustavus was leading the nation in field goal percentage, shooting 51.5%.

St. John’s fired 51.1% from the floor, 31% from beyond the arc, and made 22 of 26 free throws. The Johnnies were third in the NCAA in shooting percentage at 51.2%.

Troy Bigalke led the charge as St. John’s spread out their scoring. Bigalke had 14 points, four rebounds, and three steals. Kevin Buth dropped in 12 points, and Ryan Keating scored 11 points and dished out six assists.

Eric Nelson led all scorers with 18 points for Gustavus (15-2, 11-2) on 5-for-9 shooting. Chad Henke recorded a double-double, scoring 11 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, and Bobby Johnson added 14 points for Gustavus.

Two unbeatens lose; No. 1 Carthage survives
On Jan. 30, the No. 2 Wilkes men and No. 5 Cortland State women lost, but No. 1 Carthage rallied from 13 points down to beat No. 8 Elmhurst. Full coverage

Capital's Jeffers earns 400th career victory
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Capital head women's basketball coach Dixie Jeffers claimed career coaching victory No. 400 with a 69-45 win over visiting Marietta in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup.

Jeffers is 400-91 in her 18th season as a college coach, 348-70 in 15 seasons at Capital and 52-21 in three seasons (1983-86) at University of Rio Grande (Ohio). She entered this season among the top 10 active Division III coaches in both wins and winning percentage and has won a pair of national championships with Capital in 1994 and 1995.

As for the game, No. 11 Capital (15-3, 12-1 OAC) took an early 6-0 lead before Marietta (7-12, 4-9) rallied to take a 22-13 lead with 7:12 left in the first half. The Crusaders then finished the first half with a 16-1 run to reclaim the lead and go into the half with a 29-23 advantage.

Capital would pick up the defense in the second half, forcing 25 Marietta turnovers. Senior All-American Kendra Meyer led all scorers with 18 points. Danielle Meyer finished with 17 as the only other Capital player in double figures. Amber Oliver had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Marietta.

Emmanuel upsets No. 21 Salem State women
BOSTON — Freshman center Melanie Sloan scored 17 points and pulled down eight rebounds to help lead Emmanuel to a stunning 82-61 upset of No. 21 Salem State on Jan. 30. The Saints improved to 17-2 and won for the 12th conseutive time.

Freshman guard Nessie Parham also hit double digits as she posted 15 points and 11 rebounds for Emmanuel. Parham went 5-for-6 from the floor and 4-for-4 from the charity stripe, while junior forward Marcy Tillman had 14 points, eight assists and four steals.

In the losing effort for Salem State, sophomore forward Edwinda Ashe and junior, guard Casie Rhodes each had 10 points. Ashe added a game-high 14 boards.

Hampden-Sydney shocked at E. Mennonite
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Senior guard Joel Kauffman scored 23 first-half points and Eastern Mennonite used a 21-9 spurt to open the second half, leading the Royals (7-11, 5-7 ODAC) to a shocking upset of No. 7 Hampden-Sydney 70-62.

Kauffman, the Royals' leading scorer at nearly 16 points per contest, was 6-for-9 from the floor in the first half as he hit four three-pointers and helped push the EMU lead to as much as eight (23-15) with 7:44 remaining in the opening frame.

The Tigers (17-2, 11-2) charged back and cut the lead to one by virtue of a
7-0 run fueled by six points from guard Jay Patrick. After a Michael Swartley free throw and another Kauffman three put the Royals back up by four, the Tigers tied the game on made shots by Lane Brooks and Patrick.

However, EMU finished the first half on a 5-0 and held a 32-27 advantage heading into the locker rooms. Hampden-Sydney missed more shots in the first half (23) than Eastern Mennonite attempted (20) as the Tigers were just 9-of-32 from the floor and just six-of-15 from the foul line.

The Royals poured it on in the second half, running out to a 17-point lead by virtue of a 21-9 spurt that buried the Tigers in their biggest deficit of the season. With the score 53-36 with 8:59 to play, the Tigers went on an 8-3 run fueled by five made free throws that trimmed the deficit back to 57-44 with four minutes left in the game.

On the other end of the court, Kauffman nailed his first three of the second half to put EMU back up by 16, 60-44, but Matt McKeag immediately countered with a three of his own as he sparked an 11-0 run that cut the Royal lead to five, 60-55, with 1:19 to play. The Tigers were forced to foul down the stretch and Eastern Mennonite sealed the game by hitting 10 of 14 free throws over the final minute of action and won the contest 70-62.

For the game, Hampden-Sydney shot just 32% on 21-for-65 shooting and made just 14 of 31 foul shots, compared to 46% shooting by the Royals (19-for-41) from the floor and 58% shooting from the line (25-for-43). The teams were whistled for a combined 60 personal fouls. Kauffman led all scorers with 28 points, while Dustin Blyer and Michael Swartley each finished with 11 for the Royals. Jay Patrick led the Tigers with 11 points.

No. 2 Wilkes men top archrival Scranton
SCRANTON, Pa. — Senior guard Dave Januzzi scored a game-high 16 points and junior forward Tom Stambaugh added 12 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 2 Wilkes to a 61-47 victory win against Scranton in MAC Freedom action Saturday afternoon at the Long Center.

The Colonels also received 10 points from freshman guard Dave Plisko and eight points and eight rebounds from junior forward Brad Sechler to move to 16-0 overall and 9-0 in conference. Scranton, which lost its second consecutive game to fall to 9-8 overall and 5-4 in league play, was led by senior guard Al Callejas and sophomore center Derek Elphick had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Callejas sparked the Royals to an early 15-6 lead by scoring six points in the opening seven minutes of play. The Colonels, however, responded by finishing the first half on a 25-13 run to take a 31-28 lead at intermission.

Scranton eventually tied the game at 37 with 11:29 left on a layup by Elphick. Plishko gave the Colonels the lead for good with a layup off an assist by Januzzi with 11:08 remaining, 39-37, sparking Wilkes on a 12-5 run that extended the lead to seven, 49-42, with 4:10 left.

After Scranton closed to within five, 51-46, with 2:28 left on a jump shot by Owen Baillie, Stambaugh hit a 3-pointer and Januzzi converted a layup to give Wilkes a 10-point cushion, 56-46, with less than two minutes remaining.

The final score was the largest margin in the game.

Wilkes held Scranton to 29.0% (18-for-62) shooting from the field in posting its ninth consecutive win in the series.

Slam puts exclamation point on Paterson win
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Junior transfer Rashaan Barner slammed an alley-oop inbounds pass from senior guard Horace Jenkins with 2.7 seconds remaining to break a 60-60 tie, and help William Paterson survive New Jersey City University 62-60 in front of 635 fans Saturday evening at the Athletic and Fitness Center.

The dramatic final shot erased a large comeback by the Gothic Knights (10-8, 6-6), and kept alive William Paterson's (15-3, 10-2) nine-game winning streak.
NJCU trailed by as many as 12 at 48-36 with 13:28 remaining after a jumper by forward Keyth Hardy. The Knights manufactured an 8-0 run, and trimmed the Pioneer lead to 48-44 with 11:47 left.

Senior forward Jeff Harrington tied his career high with 23 points, including a jumper with 7:11 to go that shaved the Pioneer advantage to 53-50. Junior guard Rafi Hargrove added a long jumper at 6:20 to trim the lead to one.

Sophomore guard Najm Calhoun, playing in his first game since Jan. 13, stole the ball from Ray Ortiz and converted a fast-break layup to tie the game at 55-55, with 2:48 remaining. It was the Knights' first tie since the 2:48 point of the first half.

Calhoun tied the game for the third time in the second stanza, 60-60, with 36 seconds left, off a Hargrove pass. Ortiz attempted to win the game with a jumper that was blocked out of bounds by freshman forward Samar Battle. The Pioneers inbounded the ball with 2.7 remaining and finished the winning dunk.

Jenkins scored a game-high 26 while Barner notched 11 for the Pioneers (5-of-6). Senior Charles Outley chipped in nine for NJCU, while Calhoun and sophomore George Thomas each had seven. Outley led both teams with eight rebounds.

Moore makes Wooster
second with three at 300
RICHMOND, Ind. — Wooster men's basketball team made history Saturday in its 90-80 victory against Earlham, becoming just the second NCAA school, and first in Division III to have had three coaches win 300 or more games at the institution. Steve Moore, who now owns a record of 300-80 in his 14th season as the Fighting Scots head coach, joined E.M. "Mose" Hole, who went 412-181 from 1927-58, and Al Van Wie, who compiled a record of 303-215 from 1961-82, on that elite list.

The Scots are in pretty good company, as the University of Kansas is the other
school to have had three different coaches win 300-plus games. Kansas' 300-win club includes Phog Allen, who went 590-219 during a 40-year career with the Jayhawks, Ted Owens, who compiled a record of 303-215 from 1964-83, and current coach Roy Williams, who is in his 12th year there and has gone 346-83.

Hampden-Sydney rallies to beat B-water
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. — No. 7 Hampden-Sydney came from as many as 10
points down to defeat No. 19 Bridgewater (Va.) 65-60 in front of a full house in Fleet Gymnasium. The win puts the Tigers ahead of the Eagles by two full games in the ODAC standings at 17-1 overall, 11-1.

Bridgewater (14-3, 8-3) opened a commanding 24-14 lead midway through the first half as Kyle Williford scored 10 points in the first 10 minutes. But the Tigers responded with a 10-0 run that tied the game at 24, led by Lane Brooks' six points and seven Bridgewater turnovers.

A Jermaine Reed jumper and Williford layup put the Eagles back up 28-24
with 2:55 remaining. Jay Patrick then scored five consecutive points for the Tigers to counter Eagles baskets by Jeff Schwalm and Shane Burnette, which gave Bridgewater a 32-31 halftime advantage. In the second half, a 10-foot baseline jumper by Matt McKeag gave the Tigers a 33-32 lead, their first of the game, with 18:52 to play. Both teams traded buckets over the next several minutes.

A free throw by Brooks tied the game at 53, before a Patrick jumper and free throws by Bobby Jackson put the Tigers back up by four 57-53 with 9:16 to play. However, Childers then countered with his third three to cut the lead to one, before Williford's jumper put the Eagles on top for the final time at 58-57. Jackson then hit a jumper to put the Tigers back up 59-58 and Kevin Swann hit his only jumper of the game to put Hampden-Sydney up 61-58.

After a Patrick free throw, Williford knocked down a jumper to give him a game-high 23, but Patrick and Swann iced the contest with four free throws over the final 37 seconds.

"Jay was terrific and I think that's sort of a characteristic of this team, that it's a new player every day," said head coach Tony Shaver after celebrating his 300th career win. "Jay's averaging seven or eight points for us, and it's his first year with us, so he's very much in the learning process, but he came up big today."

Patrick led the Tigers with 21 points, coming off the bench, while Brooks scored a career-high 14 points. Jackson recorded his second double-double of the year, with ten points and 11 rebounds and also paced the team with four steals.

Long three-pointer keeps WIAC standings in flux
WHITEWATER, Wis. — Freshman Matt Kukla hit a long three-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Falcons to a 71-70 win at UW-Whitewater on Saturday.

Whitewater took a 70-68 lead with just seven seconds to play when Aubrey Lewis-Byers hit two free throws.That set up Kukla's 28-footer and improved the team's record to 7-3 in WIAC play and 12-6 overall. The win puts the Falcons alone in first place in the WIAC.

Edmund Johnson led the Falcons in scoring with 16 points and in rebounding with nine. Kent Becker scored 15 points and had four rebounds and seven assists. Kukla, who was 2-for-6 from three-point range, finished wtih 12 points and four assists. Pat Ptacek scored 10 points. The Falcons, who trailed 34-32 at the half, shot 27-for-48 (.563) from the field and 13-for-16 (.813) from the line.

Whitewater was led by Lewis-Byers who scored 24 points. Robert Smith scored 12 points and led his team with seven rebounds. The Warhwawks were 28-for-55 (.509) from the field and 8-for-10 (.800) from the line. The Falcons held a slight (27-25) advantage in rebounds.

Thompson sets steals record, leads George Fox
NEWBERG, Ore. — Becky Thompson scored 15 points and set a team record with 9 steals, and Katie Lacey recorded her sixth double-double of the season, lifting the No. 2-ranked George Fox to a hard-fought 55-49 win over Whitworth in a Northwest Conference women's game Jan. 26 at the Wheeler Sports Center.

The Bruins opened the game quickly, jumping out to a 7-0 lead, but then went ice-cold as the Pirates scored 10 unanswered points to take the lead. Behind Jamie Wakefield's 14 first-half points, the Pirates upped their lead to 26-15 with 7:07 to go on a three-point play by Mindy Bandy. But the Bruin defense knuckled down, holding the Pirates scoreless the remainder of the half while the offense scored 16 straight points for a 31-26 halftime lead. Becky Thompson's 11 first-half points and five steals led the Bruins.

After a Lacey jumper put the Bruins up 33-28 with 18:05 to play, the home team went scoreless for almost seven minutes while the Pirates scored 10 points to take a 38-28 lead. Lacey broke the drought with a layup, but Whitworth upped its lead to 46-40 with 7:13 left on a pair of Bandy free throws.

The Bruin defense then took over again, limiting the Pirates to three points the rest of the way. Heather Doud's jumper put the Bruins ahead for good at 48-46 with 3:36 to go, and Tabitha Greller hit a rainbow three-pointer to make it 51-46 with 2:14 left. A Jill Barram layup and two free throws by Thompson sealed the win.

Thompson hit 5-9 from the field and 4-5 from the line, grabbed six rebounds and had three assists. Lacey finished with 12 points and 15 rebounds, her 16th double-double over the last two seasons, all George Fox wins, and had five steals. Barram scored 13, and Greller had five assists. The Bruins had 15 steals and forced 20 Whitworth turnovers. The nation's No. 1 team in free throw percentage at .773, the Bruins went 9-for-10 from the line.

Wakefield scored 22 and led the Pirates with 7 rebounds before fouling out, and Bandy scored 10 while picking up four steals. Kelly Middlesworth, last week's NWC Player of the Week, passed out six assists. The Pirates were also dead-on from the charity stripe, sinking 10 of 11.

George Fox, winning its seventh in a row, improved to 16-1 overall and 9-0 in the conference, while Whitworth dropped to 6-9, 4-4.

Millikin prevails in OT, takes CCIW lead
DECATUR, Ill. — Three Millikin players scored in double figures and the No. 8 Big Blue ran their home court win streak to 44 with a 62-55 overtime win against CCIW rival Wheaton on Friday.

The win gives Millikin (17-1, 7-0) sole possession of first place in the CCIW heading into the second half of the conference slate. Millikin's last home court loss was to UW-Eau Claire in the 1997 D-III playoffs.

Junior Kristin Kwasny led Millikin with 17 points and nine rebounds. Missy Barrett added 16 points and Sara Brown (pictured) had 15 points and eight rebounds.

"I thought the most important thing in the game was our post play," Millikin coach Lori Kerans said. "We won the rebounding battle for I think the first time this season. I thought our posts did a heckuva job.

"This has been our best game in terms of competitiveness this season, she continued. "They were the most prepared team we have played this year."

Millikin shot out to large early leads of 10-0 and 21-6 but Wheaton did not panic. Thunder coach Beth Baker didn't call a time out during the seige, instead allowing her team to settle itself and cut the deficit to 27-18 at the half.

No. 15 Wheaton tied the game at 41 on a 3-pointer by Rachel Horgen with 10:06 left in the second half, and then again on a lay-in by Horgen with 1:21 left. The Thunder never led. Horgen, averaging 15 points a game coming in, was held to 11 by the swarming Millikin defense. Sarah Clark led the Thunder with 15.

Millikin shot to a 57-51 led in the extra session on two free throws by Brown and buckets by Kwasny and Barrett. Stacie Clark nailed a 3-ball to cut the deficit to three with 1:24 left, but Wheaton could get no closer.

Millikin faces Wheaton for advantage in CCIW race
DECATUR, Ill. — Tonight's clash between No. 8 Millikin and No. 15 Wheaton (Ill.) will be a clash of the Titans on several levels.

A battle between two dominant programs, two high-octane, highly successful coaches and student- athletes who played against each other in high school and in some cases were recruited by both programs.

Wheaton's best player, Rachel Horgen, is third in the CCIW in scoring with an average of 16.9 points a game. Millikin's top player, Missy Barrett, leads the conference with a 21.1 point per game average. Millikin scores the most points in the conference at 75.3, while Wheaton allows the fewest at 53.6.

The dynamic is changed somewhat for this game by Millikin's selection as the Central Region's top team as voted on by region coaches. Wheaton, winners of eight games in a row, is fifth in the poll.

For the winner, the boost is simple — a one-game lead with seven league games to play. The teams meet again on the final afternoon of the regular season, little more than 24 hours before the NCAA tournament pairings will be announced.

For the loser, the reality is equally as simple. Scramble to win six more conference games and hope to win the rematch and forge a tie for the title.
The two programs have dominated the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin since 1993-94, one of them winning or sharing the crown every season. Millikin had a string of five straight titles ended by the Thunder in 1999, when Wheaton finished 12-2, one game ahead of Millikin.

Beth Baker and Lori Kerans started coaching at the same time (1986-87) and have been the dominant coaches in this league since 1993-94. Baker's CCIW record is 154-60. Kerans is 163-51. For her career, Baker is 259-113. Kerans is 291-92. Millikin has been to the NCAAs six times in Kerans tenure. Wheaton has danced four times in Baker's tenure.

Both coaches began their tenures at their respective schools the first season the CCIW recognized women's basketball. "There is some history, just between the two of us," says Baker. "We are good friends and rival competitors. There is a lot of respect between the two programs."

Baker says of the matchup, "Millikin's style of play is very different than ours. They are a full-court press team for 40 minutes a game, while we are a half-court defensive team. It is going to be a battle of styles of play." She continued, "We will have to stay out of foul trouble. Becky Moo will have to stay on the floor, I think that we can hurt them if she is a presence inside. They put the ball on the floor a lot and they get to the free throw line more times than we do."

Wheaton is the only team beside MU to win an outright CCIW title and is the last CCIW team to beat Millikin (once in 2000, once in 1999).

Eastern Conn. women extend run to 13 in a row
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — Junior post player Kristyn Grassi scored 16 of her 18 points on 8-for-9 shooting from the floor in the second half to spark No. 17 Eastern Connecticut State to its 13th consecutive win, a 74-58 win against Worcester State on Jan. 25.

The team's 12th home win in a row (dating back to the final two games of last year) improves its overall record to 16-1. The Warriors have beaten Worcester five times in the last six meetings. Worcester (9-8) has lost four of its last five.

In the game, the 6-3 inch Grassi sank nine of 12 field goals to raise her Division III-best field goal mark from 64.7 to 65.3. Grassi took only three field goal attempts in the first half but helped the Warriors outscore the Lancers 43-27 in the second half by sinking eight of nine, all from in close.

Worcester hit 11 of its first 14 field goals to move out to a 24-11 lead nine minutes into the game but Eastern scored 20 of the final 27 points of the half to pull even (31-31) at the break. Five different players contributed points in that run, with junior guard Darcy Mund and freshman forward Allison Coleman each hitting a three-pointer and totalling five points each. Freshman forward Deanne Prior, who had scored only ten points this season entering play, sank two buckets in the streak, the first coming on an offensive rebound.

Coleman scored 14 of ECSU's 31 points in the first half -- pouring in three straight three-pointers (four in the half) in the first five minutes to keep Eastern close. Worcester State senior guard Sacha Ashton, last year's MASCAC MVP, scored the first five points of the game and finished the half with 13 points. Worcester shot 46.4% in the first half but ECSU responded by sinking 59.4% of its field goals over the final 20 minutes.

Coleman led all scorers with 24 points with Grassi adding 18 and Mund 10. Coleman also had eight rebounds, five assists and five steals. Ashton, limited to four field goal attempts and four points in the second half, led Worcester with 17 points while junior center Lauren Burke had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore guard Carrie Stewart added 14 points and six assists.

Mississippi College's streak ends at eight
SHERMAN, Texas — Junior Wes Guinn scored 18 points and senior Matt Lucero hit two key free throws with 11.8 seconds to play to lift Austin (12-4, 9-1) to a hard-fought 48-45 win over No. 15 Mississippi College (14-2, 9-1) on Jan. 25.

Trailing 38-27 with nine minutes to play, Mississippi College closed the gap to 47-46 before Lucero hit the key free throws. Free throws were a big part of the game story, as Austin College was 10-for-12 from the line (83.3 %); while the Choctaws struggled, as they were on 4-for-10 from the foul line for the game.

After Lucero made the two free throws, Mississippi College's Travis Bernhard missed a three-pointer to tie the game, but his shot was rebounded by teammate, senior Keith Bell, who then tossed up a desperation three try that was off the mark as time expired. Bell led the Choctaws in scoring with 16 points.

The AC defense was stifling in the first half limiting Mississippi College to only eight field goals in 29 attempts (28.6%).

The win by Austin against Mississippi College coupled with Dallas' 82-70 victory against East Texas Baptist puts the East Division race in the American Southwest Conference into a three-way tie between the Kangaroos, the Choctaws and the Crusaders at 9-1 in conference.

The loss is Mississippi College's first at the hands of a Division III opponent this season.

No. 12 Scranton loses second in a row
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — Sophomore center Teri Antolick scored a game-high 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead DeSales to a 57-51 victory against No. 12 Scranton in MAC Freedom action Jan. 24 at Billera Hall.

The Bulldogs (13-3, 6-2 MAC Freedom) also received 14 points and six rebounds from freshman guard Amy Yencho to post their first-ever win against Scranton in the 12-game series. Scranton, which lost its second in a row and fell to 14-3, 6-2, was led by freshman guard Judy Flounders with a season-high 12 points in eight minutes of action late in the second-half.

DeSales took control in the first half as the cold-shooting Lady Royals canned just six of 30 field goal attempts in falling behind 29-15 at intermission. Antolick scored 10 of her 16 points in the opening 20 minutes of play.

The Lady Royals trailed by double digits throughout much of the second half until Flounders came off the bench and hit back-to-back three-pointers and a pair of free throws that cut the margin 44-41 with less than six minutes remaining. DeSales answered the run by outscoring Scranton 9-4 over the next four minutes to extend the lead to 55-47 with less than a minute remaining.

The Bulldogs outrebounded Scranton 43-36 and converted 18 of 27 free throw attempts (66.7%) to seal the win.

No. 23 Mass-Dartmouth men knock off Tufts
N. DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Behind a strong effort from senior guard Marques Houtman, Mass-Dartmouth defeated Tufts 87-72.

This contest pitted the No. 23 Corsairs and Tufts, the third-ranked team in the latest Northeast region coaches' poll, in a hard-fought contest that went right down to the closing minutes. Houtman tallied 31 points on the evening shooting 13-for-22 from the floor. Sophomore forward Brian Cagle added 23 points and 10 rebounds helping to raise the Corsairs' record to 16-1. Tufts senior center Dan Flaherty kept the Jumbos in the game, scoring a team high 15 points.

Mass-Dartmouth jumped off to a large 26-10 lead with just under 10 minutes to play in the first half but Tufts cut the margin to four at the half. The second half saw the Jumbos take a brief one-point lead 55-54 with 14 minutes remaining in the contest. The lead was quickly erased by Houtman who hit one of his four three-pointers and the Corsairs would never trail again.

Video call used to end game overturned
Full coverage of the Olivet-Kalamazoo videotape ruling and its reversal.

Devean George gets rare start for Lakers
SEATTLE — Division III alumnus Devean George started for the Los Angeles Lakers on Jan. 23 and played a season-high 29 minutes, scoring a season-high nine points on 3-for-7 shooting from three-point range.

The second-year forward, who was a D3hoops.com All-American from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, added a pair of steals and two blocked shots in the Lakers' 91-80 loss to Seattle.

Soccer sends Emory forward on whirlwind trip
Being a two-sport athlete poses a logistical challenge when conflicts arise between the two. Emory's Andrea Pawliczek experienced an unusual twist to that scenario last weekend.

After starting at forward for the basketball team Friday night at Case Western Reserve, Pawliczek flew to Indianapolis to be honored Saturday as a soccer All- American. Then she flew to Rochester, N.Y., on Sunday, rejoining the basketball team just three hours before game time.

Pawliczek then went out and scored a career-high 21 points to help Emory to a 71-58 win against Rochester. The 5-9 junior sank eight of 13 field goal attempts and five of six free throws.

Pawliczek was recognized as the second-team All-America goalie in NCAA Division III by the soccer coaches association. She compiled a 0.40 goals against average last season, sixth-best in the nation. In basketball, Pawliczek is averaging nine points and four rebounds per game this season while shooting 48.5% from the field.

She carries a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average as an economics major. She was voted to the GTE Academic All-America third team in soccer last year.

No. 1 and No. 2 showdown a Wash-out
ST. LOUIS — New York University's Dari Magyar scored the first basket of the game, but that would be the last lead the visiting Violets would enjoy, as No. 1 Washington U. allowed just 16 first-half points to come away with a convincing,
72-37 win against No. 2 NYU.

The Bears' win snaps New York's 20-game win streak and gives Washington U. sole possession of first place in the UAA). Washington (15-1, 6-0) held the Violets to just 34% shooting on the game, extending its streak of holding opponents under 50% shooting to 70 consecutive games. In contrast, the Bears fired at a 54% clip, including 60% from behind the arc. NYU's 37 points is a season low.

WU's win continued their 52-game home win streak, and gave them an unblemished 6-0 record in the UAA. Tasha Rodgers scored a game-high 21 points, along with nine rebounds and five assists. Jennifer Rudis added 11 points and seven boards. The Violets, who fall to 13-1, 6-1, were led by Magyar's 10 points and three assists.

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