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Feb. 1-7, 2002

DeBord hits 2,000 but TLU tops Concordia-Austin
AUSTIN – Duke Chance hit four three-pointers and scored 25 points as the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs rallied from a poor start to post an 89-81 American Southwest Conference road win Thursday evening over Concordia-Austin. The Bulldogs overcame a 39-point performance from K.B. DeBord, including the senior's 2,000th career point, to stay mathematically alive in the ASC West Division race.

Concordia jumped to leads of 14-2 and 21-7 in the game’s opening minutes, but the Bulldogs responded with clutch shooting in the second half and maintained a 10-point lead throughout much of the final 20 minutes.

Texas Lutheran (10-11, 6-4 ASC West) shot 61% from the field and hit four of six 3-point attempts in the second half. For the game, the Bulldogs shot 55% from the floor and held Concordia (13-9, 6-5) to 43%, including 32% in the second half.

“We showed a lot of character battling back from that terrible start,” said Tom Oswald, Texas Lutheran head coach. “We just kept plugging away and taking good shots. We continue to grow as a team and make improvements. Tonight was a big win.”

Freshman forward Tommy Stolhandske continued his solid play with an 18-point, eight-rebound performance. He was 5-for-9 from the field and 8-for-11 from the foul line.

Senior post John Laramore added 14 points and seven rebounds. Josh Martinez, the Bulldogs’ freshman point guard, had 10 points, five assists and four steals.

Charles Perry came off the Bulldog bench to score eight points and grab eight rebounds. Freshman shooting guard Nik Summers had nine, all on 3-pointers.

DeBord's 39 for Concordia led all scorers, while Darren Johnson added 27. The Bulldogs held point guard Keith Darden to 4-for-14 shooting and eight points.

Oshkosh wins WIAC road game, moves into first
WHITEWATER, Wis. — The last time the UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball team was in first place in February, the league was still the WSUC, and head coach Ted Van Dellen was in a Titans uniform.

But two and a half decades after their last conference championship, the No. 10 Titans are again holding the top spot — tied with UW-La Crosse — this time in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

The Titans earned that lofty spot with a thrilling 71-70 win at league-leading and No. 17-ranked Whitewater Wednesday night, that wasn’t clinched until Scott Sowinski hit a layup in the paint with four seconds left in the game.

Whitewater went on a 9-0 run with 3:08 left to take a 70-69 lead with 55 seconds remaining. Van Dellen called a time out at 28 seconds, and coming out of the huddle, Tim Dwoark missed a jumper at with seven seconds left.

The rebound fell into the hands of Sowinski who immediately put it back up, and gave Oshkosh the win.

The bucket capped off an otherwise quiet night for Sowinski, who finished with eight points and four rebounds. Oshkosh was led junior guard Nick Scherer who poured in 21 points, including five three-pointers.

Dworak, who leads the WIAC in scoring with 22.8 points per game, dropped in 17 and grabbed 10 rebounds for Oshkosh, which improved to 17-4 overall, 9-4 WIAC. The game was the ninth of the year that he has posted a double-double.

Whitewater (16-6, 9-5) was led by Jake Wolter’s 18 points, while Londen Donlow added 12 of his own. Aubrey Lewis-Byers pulled down a team-high seven rebounds while adding 11 points.

With three games to play, Oshkosh now holds a half-game lead over the Warhawks and by virtue of a season sweep, the Titans would earn home-court advantage and the top seed in the WIAC Tournament should the teams finish the regular season tied.

The Titans continue the tough WIAC schedule by hosting No. 16 UW-Stevens Point on Saturday night.

Wlimington women avenge only loss, top Capital
WILMINGTON, Ohio — It being the first week of February, Capital's women might have felt like they were in the movie Groundhog Day as the Crusaders fell in overtime for the second straight year at Wilmington, 77-70.

Wilmington's Megan Woodruff nailed a 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds in regulation to tie the game at 66-66 and send the contest into an extra session. In the extra frame, No. 7 Wilmington outscored the visiting Crusaders by a count of 11-4 to go on to the overtime victory.

The Quakers (20-1, 14-1) led the entire first half, but saw their largest lead of nine points, 20-11 at the 6:11 mark, evaporate into a 28-27 advantage at the break. Junior guard Rochelle Germany had 12 first half points for the Crusaders.

Capital (16-5, 11-4) would take its first lead with 15 minutes remaining with the score 38-37, but would only hold the edge for a possession. At the 10:29 mark, a Tenise Moffis 3-pointer put Capital on top again, 47-45. The Crusaders held that lead until Woodruff's heroics in the final seconds. Capital made only two of five free throws in the closing seconds to allow Wilmington a comeback.

Three more missed free throws and a 1-for-5 shooting performance in the overtime period spelled doom for the Crusaders.

Erica Hostetler poured in 17 points, Germany scored 14 while Moffis and Danielle Meyer each had 12 to lead the Crusaders, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.

Woodruff led all scorers with 26 points and MacKenzie Hammond had 20 for Wilmington.

Gustavus rallies in final minute to top Macalester
ST. PAUL — David Newell scored on an inside bank shot off a nice assist from Chris TeBrake with 6.4 seconds to go to lift Gustavus (19-3, 14-3 MIAC) past Macalester 64-62 Wednesday night. TeBrake added a steal two seconds later to help seal the win.

Chad Henke scored 16 points to pace the Gusties, while Newell added 15 and Eric Nelson had 13. Hans Sviggum dished out six assists and Kirk Walberg had four.

Doug Benson scored 15 of his game-high 19 points in the first half to lead Macalester (13-8, 11-5). Ben Van Thorre added 14 points and seven rebounds and Patrick Russell had 12 points and eight boards.

The Scots went up 61-59 on a Van Thorre 3-pointer with 1:10 left and led 62-59 at the 41-second mark after a Greg Klancher free throw. GAC’s Eric Nelson canned a pair of free throws at 0:29 to cut the lead to one and after a Macalester missed free throw on the front end of the bonus the Gusties scored the game-winner.

Gustavus has beaten the Scots 26 consecutive times, a streak which dates back to 1989.

No. 21 Franklin & Marshall tops No. 23 Gettysburg
LANCASTER, Pa. — Steve Juskin scored a game-high 13 points and No. 21 Franklin & Marshall opened the second half on a 21-2 run en route to a 59-44 win against No. 23 Gettysburg in Centennial Conference men's action Wednesday.

Asaf Ganot recorded nine points, five rebounds, six blocked shots and seven steals to help the Diplomats (18-4, 8-2) move into a tie for first place in the CC West Division with the Bullets (16-5, 8-2).

Gettysburg, which entered the game as the conference leader in field-goal percentage, shot just 24% from the floor in the second half while scoring a season-low 44 points and having its six-game winning streak halted.

Terence Callahan scored nearly half of his team's points on the night, hitting for 19 on 8-for-16 shooting. Curtis McNeil, who torched F&M for a career-high 35 points when the teams met in January, was held to a season-low five points while shooting just 2-for-14 from the floor.

After jumping out early, the Diplomats led throughout the half and took a 30-27 lead into the locker room.

Callahan opened the scoring with a driving layup on Gettysburg's first possession before Cas Thomas knocked down a 3-pointer to key a quick 7-0 F&M run.
Callahan pulled the Bullets within 9-8 by scoring on three more slashes to the basket. With every starter scoring over the next five minutes, F&M built the lead to 18-13 with 10:42 left in the half.

Gettysburg tied the game at 22 on Dami Oloruntoba's 3-pointer, but Jackeim Wright answered with a 3 of his own to ignite an 8-0 burst and put the Diplomats ahead 30-22.

Callahan knocked down a 3-pointer to break the Bullets' scoring drought and a backdoor layup from Jim Natale brought the visitors to within three at the break.

After halftime, however, Franklin & Marshall took over on both ends of the floor.
Behind six consecutive points from Duran Searles, who finished with 10, the Diplomats scored 12 consecutive points and built a 42-27 lead with 13:32 remaining.

McNeil converted a driving layup at 12:43 for Gettysburg's first points of the half, but five points from Juskin fueled a 9-0 burst that pushed the lead to 51-29.
The Bullets managed to pull within 16 by scoring the next six points, but would get no closer than 11 in the game's final minute.

Gettysburg still holds a slim advantage over F&M in the conference race as the Bullets swept Johns Hopkins, a team that defeated the Diplomats 68-61 in Baltimore. With the JHU victory, Gettysburg holds a one-game advantage in the CC West and would win the top seed if both the Diplomats and Bullets sweep the remainder of their schedules.

Babson takes over first place in NEWMAC
WELLESLEY, Mass. — Powered by the top defense in the nation, Babson defeated No. 18 Clark 90-79 in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference men's action Tuesday night. With the win, the Beavers (18-3, 8-1 NEWMAC) take over first place in the conference, while the Cougars (16-4, 7-1) fall a half game behind.

Babson, with Division III's top scoring defense, allowing 57.7 points per game, held Clark 8.4 points below its average of 87.4, ranked No. 8 in D-III.

In a brilliantly played first half, Babson began pulling away late in the period, going on an 11-3 run that was capped by a spectacular play by freshman Jeff Nicholson. The rookie forward went above the rim to tip in a missed shot by sophomore Jeff Hines, giving Babson its largest lead of the half at 41-31. The Beavers still held a 10-point advantage with just 12 seconds remaining on the clock, but Clark sophomore Dave McNamara hit an amazing turnaround jumper from 3-point range as time expired to cut the Cougars deficit to seven, 43-36.

After shooting a blazing 73.9% (17-for-23) in the first half, Babson came out flat in the second, missing its first four field goal attempts. Clark took full advantage at the other end, scoring nine straight points in the first three minutes to take just its second lead of the game 45-43.

Neither team would take more than a four-point advantage over the next eight minutes, as Hines and Clark junior Sean Fleming carried their teams with a number of big shots. Then, with the contest tied at 63-63 with 9:02 remaining, Babson junior Mark Lussier connected on a short-range jumper to spark a 6-0 spurt that gave the Beavers a 69-63 advantage with 6:50 left.

Having already knocked down its first six free throw attempts in the contest, Clark remained close by hitting six more over the next two minutes. The final two by junior James Collins pulled the Cougars to within four at 73-69 with 4:26 left, but that would be as close as they would get the rest of the way. Hines and junior tri-captain Joe Colelli immediately sank two fouls shots apiece for Babson to kick off an 8-3 run that resulted in an 81-72 advantage.

Following a jumper by Fleming that trimmed the lead back to seven with 2:25 on the clock, junior tri-captain Chris Michalowski fired a beautiful pass to Hines which resulted in an easy layup that pushed the advantage back to nine. On the Beavers' next possession, a pair of free throws by senior Giles Westie gave Babson an 85-74 lead with 1:27 left to play, and Nicholson put the game away moments later with a breakaway layup that made it 87-74. The Beavers cruised from that point, as they avenged an earlier season loss to the Cougars with a 90-79 victory.

Five different players scored in double figures for Babson, including Hines, who finished with a game-high 20. Lussier turned in a tremendous effort that included 16 points and seven rebounds, while Westie recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards. Nicholson added 14 points and Colelli netted 12 to round out the Beavers high scorers. Michalowski wrapped up a monster game with eight rebounds and a game-high eight assists for the Beavers, who shot 63.0% (34-for-54) from the floor.

Clark was paced by McNamara, who scored 19 points, and Fleming, who tallied 13 points and five assists. Walker chipped in with 13 points and three steals for the Cougars, who saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end.

Keuka men win first of season, down D'Youville
KEUKA PARK, N.Y. — Controlling the tempo of the game, and outrebounding a bigger team were the keys in a, 70-58, North Eastern Athletic Conference win for the Storm against D’Youville.

Leading by double figures most of the second half, the Storm answered every Spartan run with a court-savvy pass, or cool jumper. Hitting for a season-high 48.2% from the floor, Keuka found an offensive groove for the first time this season, while using a pesky 2-3 zone to hold D’Youville to 35.2% shooting.

Sophomore Brian Pelkey (left) scored a career-high 20 points in the win and grabbed six rebounds, while junior Gerald Thompson totaled 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocked shots. Senior Brian Gehm scored 9 of his 11 points in the first half, hitting three of four from downtown. Junior Ron Carter handled the Spartan pressure, scoring six points, grabbing seven rebounds, and dishing out a game-high six assists. Senior center Judd Leonhardt, who is 30 points shy of 1,000 for his career, added 10 points in the win.

Junior Ian Morris paced the Spartans with 17 points, seven rebounds, and two blocked shots. Freshman Justin Cooke scored 11 points, and snagged a game-high 11 boards. Senior Patrick Reed pitched in 12 points. Rookie Sanquin Starks, the third leading scorer in the NEAC at 17.8 points per game coming in, scored just eight on 4-for-16 shooting.

"Our defensive intensity was easily the best it has been all year," said an elated Keuka coach George Wunder. "I was happy that we were aggressive and intense on defense, and composed on offense. We did a good job using the clock, recognizing the hot man, and getting him the ball. It’s good to get the monkey off the back"

Keuka improved to 1-15 on the season, 1-2 in the NEAC. D’Youville, which entered as a co-leader in the league with Cazenovia, fell to 13-9, 4-2.

Rochester nearly pulls off two Wash U. upsets
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Chris Jeffries put in a rebound layup just before the final buzzer to give No. 4 Washington U. a 65-63 victory over host No. 22 Rochester at the Palestra on Sunday. Matt Tabash drove the length of the court and his eight-footer in the lane missed. Jeffries grabbed the rebound just under the rim and laid it back in.

UR's Jeff Joss banked in a 3-pointer from the right wing with 6.2 seconds left, tying the score at 63-63. It capped off a Yellowjacket rally that saw UR fight back from a 62-57 deficit in the last 38 seconds.

"With only six seconds left, we wanted the point guard to run the floor and make a decision," said Washington coach Mark Edwards.

The Bears capitalized on cold UR shooting in the first half to take a 30-17 lead at the break.

UR (16-4, 7-2) cut the lead to four twice midway through the second half, the last time on two free throws by Seth Hauben (40-36). Joel Parrott hit a 3-point goal for Washington (19-1, 9-0) and Dustin Tylka made one free throw, extending the lead to 44-36 with 8:57 left.

Brian Jones and Makedo Wisseh scored four points apiece as UR drew within 46-44 with 4:50 left. Jeffries scored five points and Parrott drained a 3-pointer from the right corner for a 55-46 lead with 3:55 left.

Tabash made two free throws with 38 seconds left for a 62-57 lead. UR's Tim Sweeney sank a 3-point goal from the top of the key with 14 seconds to go, cutting the Washington lead to 62-60. Tylka made the first of two free throws with 13 seconds left, setting up the Joss basket and the final sequence.

In the women's game, Lesley Hawley came off the bench to score 20 points in 22 minutes as top-ranked Washington survived a scare at the Palestra. The Bears, who led by as much as eight in the first half, never pulled away.

Washington's biggest second half lead was five points, the last time with 2:02 left when Hawley hit a jumper for a 60-55 lead. Sarah Sullivan sank a 3-pointer from right wing for UR, cutting the lead to 60-58 with 1:43 left.

Hallie Hutchens hit a jumper for Washington, but Erika Smith's jumper with 1:06 left pulled UR within 62-60. Washington lost the ball on a shot clock violation with 31 seconds left, giving UR the last shot.

The Yellowjackets couldn't get a wide-open look and Jen LaBuda's 3-pointer from the right side of the key bounced off the left side of the rim just before the final buzzer.

UR (12-7, 4-5) built a four-point lead twice in the second half, the last time at 42-38 with 11:05 left on LaBuda's 3-pointer. Erika Smith led UR with 16 points and four assists. Tara Carrozza added 12 points in 15 minutes off the bench.

Washington (20-0, 9-0) has won 31 consecutive games, dating back to last season.

Photo by Pat Coleman, D3hoops.com Virginia Wesleyan's James Wallace is about to be surrounded by jubilant fans after the final horn in 65-64 win against No. 5 Randolph-Macon.

Down 59-47 with 8:18 left in the game, the Marlins (13-9, 11-4 Old Dominion Athletic Conference) rode the back of junior backup forward Donnell Hammonds, who scored nine of his 13 points and found a pair of teammates open for 3-pointers as Virginia Wesleyan stormed into the lead with an 18-3 run and held off Randolph-Macon.

"Down the stretch, Donnell's ability to score inside gave our team a huge boost," said head coach David Macedo. "The second half is probably the best half I've seen him play."

"I pride myself on being a team player," said Hammonds, who came off the bench today after starting each of the last nine games he'd played in. "It's not who starts the game but who finishes."

Randolph-Macon had a chance to finish with 2.1 seconds remaining, but senior forward Marshall Rumney missed a pair of free throws and Hammonds controlled the rebound, allowing the clock to run out.

"It wasn't Marshall's two foul shots that lost it, it was all the other ones," said Randolph-Macon head coach Mike Rhoades. His Yellow Jackets (18-4, 13-2) shot 11-for-23 from the line for the game. "You can't beat good teams when you shoot like that from the foul line." Full story.

Jill Dewane, holding her 2-year-old niece Caitlyn, after breaking Stacey Urbas-Pieper's school record in late January.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Lakeland senior guard Jill Dewane scored 24 points Saturday afternoon, becoming the first to break the 2,000-point plateau in the 2001-02 season and setting Lakeland's all-time scoring record.

She reached the milestone midway through the second half and later surpassed current Muskie Hall of Famer, John Koslowski, who scored 2,008 points during his career in the early 1980's. Last week Dewane surpassed women's basketball legend and Hall of Famer, Stacey Urbas-Pieper, who scored 1,948 points during her career in the late 1980's. Dewane now has 2,009 points for her career. She needs 78 points in her final three regular-season games, plus at least one in the Lake Michigan Conference tournament, to reach Division III's Top 25 in scoring.

Lakeland defeated Maranatha Baptist Bible 69-43 to improve to 21-1.

Mississippi College can't miss against Ozarks
CLINTON, Miss. — Ozarks visited Mississippi College on Saturday hoping to gain a tie for first place in the American Southwest Conference Eastern Division but left not knowing what hit them as the Choctaws dominated the game from start to finish and ran away with a 96-63 win.

The Choctaws entered the game in first place in the division and showed why as they raced to a 49-25 halftime lead over the visiting Eagles. MC was led in the first half by junior forward Tracy Phillips as he scored 15 points making all seven of his shot attempts.

The team shot an amazing 80% from the floor in the first half making 16 of 20 shots.

The second half would be a repeat of the first as the Choctaws made 12 of 16 shots to open the half and held a 73-35 lead with 12 minutes to go in the game. Head coach Mike Jones, who recently announced he would reture at the end of the season, had his team run down the shot clock the rest of the way.

"We were very patient and did as good a job executing our offense as we have all year", Jones said. "Our guys are playing hard and starting to gel offensively at just the right time of year. Hopefully we can build on what we accomplished tonight."

High scorers for the game were Phillips with 17 and senior forward Karlos Fairley who also finished with 17. Fairley also pulled down 9 rebounds as MC (16-2) dominated Ozarks on the boards by a 32-20 rebounding advantage. Leading the way for Ozarks (12-8) was Brent Johnson who finished the night with 13 points. Mandrell Howell and Brent Gibbs also managed to score in double figures.

The Choctaws finished the game shooting an astounding 71% from the field on 34-for-38 shooting.

Bates upsets
No. 2 Bowdoin
in Maine event
LEWISTON, Maine — Senior guard Kate Dockery (left) hit two free throws with six-tenths of a second left on the clock tonight to give host Bates a 56-54 New England Small College Athletic Conference victory against visiting Bowdoin. Bowdoin entered the game ranked No. 2 in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 and was one of three undefeated teams in Division III.

Bates (13-4, 3-1 NESCAC) led for the entire first half thanks to 11 points from junior forward Carla Flaherty, who hit five of eight shots from the floor. The Bobcats led by as many as 10 points at 25-15 on Flaherty's three-point play with 3:12 on the clock, but Bowdoin (15-1, 4-1) scored the final five points of the stanza on a 3-pointer by senior Jessie Mayol and a pair of free throws by junior forward Kristi Royer.

Flaherty hit a 3-pointer to open the second half to gave Bates a 28-20 lead. The Polar Bears answered with a 14-6 run over the next eight minutes, tying the game on a trifecta from sophomore Lora Trenkle with 12:12 on the clock and taking their first lead on the only hoop of the game from sophomore Courtney Trotta. An assist from Royer to Mayol gave the Polar Bears their biggest lead of the game at 40-36.

The Bobcats scored the next six points to go up by two, 42-40, on a hoop by rookie Olivia Zurek that just beat the shot clock. Mayol was fouled taking a 3-pointer on Bowdoin's next possession, but missed the third free throw that would have given the Polar Bears the lead. A Flaherty 3-ball and a hoops from junior Lisa Golobski put the Bobcats back up by five, but Bowdoin answered again on a bucket by Alison Smith and three more free throws by Mayol. Zurek then scored five unanswered points, hitting a traditional three-point play with 3:57 on the clock to give Bates a 52-47.

Bowdoin did not go away, again answering the Bobcat run on a pick-and-roll from Mayol to Royer and another Mayol trifecta, tying the game at 52-52 with 2:45 on the clock. Dockery put the Bobcats up 54-52 on an assist from Flaherty with 1:43 left. After a pair of missed shots by the Polar Bears and a turnover and a miss by Bates, Mayol missed a 3-pointer with 22 ticks on the clock, but Bowdoin sophomore Kristina Fugate got the offensive rebounds. The Polar Bears called timeout and called an isolation play for Trenkle, who took the ball strong to the hoop, scored and got fouled by Dockery. Trenkle then missed her only free throw of the evening. Flaherty got the rebound with six seconds left, dished the ball to Dockery, who drove the length of the floor and picked up the blocking foul on Trenkle with 0:00.6 on the clock. Dockery calmly sank both free throws to give the Bobcats the upset.

Flaherty led all players with a season-high 21 points on 9-for-14 shooting. Zurek had 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds, while Golobski added seven points and four assists. Bates shot 40% from the floor and owned a 39-30 rebounding advantage.

Trenkle led Bowdoin with 16 points and five rebounds, while Royer had 12 points and Mayol 11. With the loss, Bowdoin sees its school-record 15 game winning streak snapped. Washington U. and Hardin-Simmons are the last two unbeatens in Division III, men or women.

King's women post first sweep of Scranton
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Junior forward Jen Wozniak came off the bench to score a career-high 25 points and junior guard Nikki Kingston added 20 to lead the No. 6 King's women to a 77-65 victory over No. 19 Scranton in a crucial MAC Freedom Conference matchup in Scandlon Gymnasium.

With the win, King's improved to 19-1 overall and assumed sole possession of first place in MAC Freedom play with a 9-1 mark. The victory also marked the Lady Monarchs' first-ever regular season sweep over Scranton. The Lady Royals, meanwhile, saw their six-game win streak come to an end while falling to 17-4 and 8-2 in league competition. Scranton's last loss was a 62-51 defeat at the hands of King's on Jan. 12.

The first half saw eight lead changes and four ties before Wozniak keyed a 16-7 run with eight of her 10 first half points as King's built a 35-24 lead with 0:59 left in the half.

Scranton would answer early in the second half with a 13-7 run when AnneMarie Russo's bucket brought the Lady Royals to within 42-40 at the 16:09 mark. King's would withstand the charge and countered with a 3-pointer and bucket by Jennie Orelli and another three-pointer by Kingston to take a 50-43 lead 14:05 remaining.

Scranton would claw back to within 57-53 with 8:01 left on a basket by Tara Gemmell, but the Lady Monarchs would again answer with a 9-2 spurt as Wozniak scored six points and Tiffini Varrasse chipped in with three more to push the King's advantage to 68-57 with 3:41 remaining. After Scranton came to within 72-63 on a Russo basket with 1:44 left, King's closed out the game with an 8-2 run thanks to a basket and two foul shots by Kingston.

The Lady Monarchs shot 52.8% (28-for-53) from the field and made 17 of 24 shots from the foul line. Scranton also shot well at a 45.3% (29-for-64) clip but struggled from 3-point range, at 3-for-15.

Wozniak added a team-high 10 rebounds to secure a double-double while Varrasse dished out nine assists to go along with her eight points and four steals. Russo was outstanding for Scranton with 24 points on 12-for-14 shooting with 11 rebounds while Eileen Webster chipped in with 10 points and seven rebounds.

St. Benedict bounces back to beat Carleton
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Danni Hannon scored 22 points, 15 in the first half, and grabbed nine rebounds as No. 14 St. Benedict held off No. 23 Carleton 79-71 at West Gym on Saturday afternoon.

The Blazers (18-3, 15-3 MIAC) moved back into a first-place tie with the Knights (17-4, 15-3), along with St. Thomas, pending the Tommies game at Augsburg this afternoon. St. Benedict sweeps the season series from the Knights, who had their eight-game win streak snapped.

Karissa Kramer equaled her career-high with 20 points to pace Carleton. Cara Jones added 13 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and four assists. Linnea Engel added 12 points and six rebounds and Bethany Koehler added 10.

Northfield native Michelle Barlau tallied 18 points and six assist for St. Benedict. Ashley Brown canned four of seven 3-pointers, three during a crucial second-half stretch, for 12 points. Mia Peterson added 11 points and six rebounds.

The Blazers, who had lost their in their last two trips to West Gym, raced out to a 16-7 advantage, as Hannon tallied six point in the opening five minutes. Carleton battled back with one on a 8-0 run, six coming from Kramer. The Knights took their first lead of the game moments later on a spinning jumper in the lane by Koehler, the Blazers answered by outscoring the Knights 11-4 to end the half, with Leah Laurich draining consecutive 3-pointers to end the first 20 minutes.

The Blazers led the entire second half. After Koehler drained a 3-pointer to open the half, the Blazers tallied a Hannon 3-pointer, a Barlau drive and Peterson lay-up to lead, 46-35, with 17:44 left. Carleton answered with a 15-3 spurt, highlighted by Engel and Willette three-point plays. St. Benedict had an answer all afternoon, though, and got a Brown trey and Laurich jumper to bump the lead back six.

Carleton crawled back within two, 54-52, on four straight points from Engel, but a Peterson jumper, Hannon 3-pointer Kim Johnson jumper and two free throws gave the Blazers another 11-point advantage, 63-52, with 8:58 left. Carleton would get no closer than seven the rest of the way in losing for the first time at home this season.

Carleton committed only 12 turnovers compared to 16 for the Blazers. The rebounding was even at 42-42, marking only the fourth time in 21 games that Carleton hasn't outrebounded its opponent. The Knights did hold a 14-3 edge in second-chance points, but the Blazers used their deadly 3-point attack to beat the Knights for the second time this season, cashing in on 12 of 24 long-range attempts, compared to three of 15 for Carleton.

Emory & Henry ties D-III 3-pointer mark
EMORY, Va. — Shooting better than 50% from 3-point range, the Emory & Henry women shot their way to an early lead against Eastern Mennonite on Saturday afternoon, and never looked back. E&H defeated Eastern Mennonite 99-40 to win their ninth in a row and 15th of their last 16.

As a team, the Wasps made 20 of 36 attempts from downtown, with Kelly Smith (left) pacing the offensive attack with her 7-for-9 performance from behind the arc. Smith finished as the game’s leading scorer with 24 points.

Smith and six other E&H players combined for 20 3-pointers, tying the Division III record for 3s made in a game set by Cabrini in 56 attempts against Rosemont on Feb. 15, 1994.

Dawn Chewning, Amy Hensley, and Lauren Ellis all connected on three 3-pointers each, while Danielle Moore nailed two and Jenny Gibson collected one.
The previous ODAC record for 3-pointers made in a game was 14, set by E&H in 1998.

Trinity downs Amherst after three overtimes
AMHERST, Mass. — Trinity senior sharpshooter Colin Tabb drained a 3-pointer with three seconds left in the third overtime en route to a team-high 34 points as the visiting Bantams edged Amherst 110-107 in a marathon NESCAC men's basketball thriller Saturday afternoon at LeFrak Gymnasium. Junior forward Steve Zieja, who matched Tabb with a game-high 34 points for Amherst, had a chance to send the game into a fourth overtime on the ensuing possession, but sailed a last-ditch 3-point attempt off the back rim as time expired. The Jeffs fell to 13-5 overall and 2-3 in conference play with the loss, while Trinity improved to 13-4, 4-1.

Tabb was hot right from the opening tip, scoring Trinity's first 10 points on 4-for-4 shooting, including consecutive 3-pointers 2:53 into the contest. Trailing 23-12, Amherst senior guard Pat Taverna came off the bench and held Tabb to just three points for the rest of the half, while the Jeffs mounted a 16-2 run to overtake the Bantams. Freshman forward Andrew Schiel capped the barrage with a nifty over-the-shoulder lay-in and a long-range trifecta as part of his career-high 22 points, giving the Jeffs a 28-25 lead with 8:03 left before the break.

Four more lead changes ensued before halftime, and Schiel hit yet another 3-pointer to give Amherst its largest lead of the period, 42-38, with 2:32 remaining. The two teams then traded buckets over the next two minutes before Trinity senior forward Bryan Dion knotted the score at 44-44 with a three-point play, and Tabb put the Bantams ahead with a free throw with 20 seconds left. Not to be outdone, sophomore guard John Donovan nailed a mid-range floater to give the Jeffs a 46-45 lead at the break. Amherst shot a scoring 52.9% (18-for-34) in the first half, including 7-for-12 from 3-point range.

The second half followed suit as a bevy of ties and lead changes set the stage for a dramatic game-tying 3-pointer by Trinity rookie John Halas. After Amherst took a 78-75 lead on a layup by junior center Pat Fitzsimons with just 13 seconds left in regulation, Tabb tried to knot the score from behind the 3-point arc but was stripped by Taverna. In the midst of a scrum Taverna was whistled for traveling, however, giving the Bantams one last chance to send the game into overtime. Halas responded with a bomb from the top of the arc with two seconds remaining to tie the score at 78-78.

Trinity came from behind once again in the first overtime when, trailing by two points with 34 seconds left, junior forward Ryan Uszenski sent the game into a second extra session with a driving layup off a give-and-go feed from senior guard Matt Jones. It was Amherst's turn in the second overtime as Zieja rained a 3-pointer from the right corner to knot the score at 95-95, sending the game into a third extra session.

The third and final overtime wasn't without its heroics either as Halas put the Bantams up 107-104 with his third 3-pointer of the game with 1:18 remaining. Zieja answered yet again with a 3-pointer that hit the rim, then the backboard, and grazed the rim again before falling through to tie the score at 107-107 with 25 seconds left. After Tabb's 3-pointer gave Trinity a seemingly insurmountable 110-107 lead with just three seconds on the clock, the Jeffs got a decent look before Zieja's desperation attempt narrowly missed its mark.

In all, nine players scored in double figures, including five for Trinity. Aside from Tabb's 34-point outburst, Dion chipped in with 24 points and 10 rebounds, while Uszenski, Halas, and freshman forward Darren Baker added 19, 16 and 11 points respectively.

For Amherst, Fitzsimons joined Zieja and Schiel in double figures with 26 points and 17 rebounds. Donovan finished with 13 points on the strength of an 8-for-11 showing from the charity stripe.

St. Norbert clinches MWC's top seed
DE PERE, Wis. — St. Norbert wrapped up an outright Midwest Conference championship and home-court advantage for the MWC Tournament with an 81-55 win over Knox at Schuldes Sports Center. The No. 20 Green Knights won their second MWC title, their first since 1984, and have won 17 of their last 18 MWC games. St. Norbert will host the MWC Tournament, its first men's basketball postseason action on its home floor since 1961, on Feb. 22-23.

St. Norbert used an 18-0 run in the first half to open up a 30-11 lead late in the first half. Knox rallied to within seven before St. Norbert went up 38-27 at halftime. The Prairie Fire got to within 56-48 with 9:38 left in the game, but St. Norbert went on a 13-2 run to close out the game. St. Norbert held Knox to just six rebounds in the second half.

The Green Knights (17-3, 13-0 MWC) shot 61% from the floor in the second half and 52% for the game. Nathan Hoffmann scored 24 points to lead all scorers, and also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. Matt Roherty had 15 points and Drew Demerath 10 for St. Norbert, while teammate Jodi Ulrich added six points and eight assists.

Knox (4-16, 3-10) was led by Victor Garcia's 21 points, while Reggie Bowman added 15.

George Fox tops PLU in
Northwest showdown
NEWBERG, Ore. — Becky Thompson scored seven points in overtime, including a three-point play to open the extra period that put George Fox ahead for good, and the No. 21 Bruins went on to a 62-55 win over No. 22 Pacific Lutheran, moving into first place in the Northwest Conference women's race Friday night at the Wheeler Sports Center.

The two nationally ranked teams entered the evening in a virtual deadlock for first place, although the Lutes had the edge in percentage points. With the victory, avenging a 51-45 setback in the teams' first meeting on Jan. 5, the Bruins improved to 19-2 overall and 10-2 in the conference with their fifth consecutive win. The Lutes saw their own four-game streak snapped and fell to 14-3, 8-2.

Darby Cave got the Bruins off and running with eight points in the game's first nine minutes, and George Fox was able to mount a 10-point lead at 17-7 on a Nicole Prazeau jumper with 7:59 left in the half. The Bruins maintained the lead up to the halftime, going into the break with a 26-20 lead.

PLU, after shooting only 26.7% (8-for-30) in the first half, went on a 12-4 run to open the second half to take a 32-30 lead with 17:07 left. The game seesawed back and forth thereafter, with six ties and 11 lead changes. Cave hit three baskets in a row to put George Fox up 47-42 with 4:35 to go, only to have the Lutes respond with an 8-3 run to tie it at 50-50 and send it into overtime. Jessica Iserman hit three shots in that run, her last one a hook that knotted the score at with 41 seconds left.

Thompson broke the tie with her three-point play at 4:33 in the overtime and Prazeau hit a pair of free throws at 3:58, giving the Bruins a five-point lead at 55-50. Prazeau made another free throw and Thompson two in the final 19 seconds to seal the win.

Cave and Prazeau led all scorers with 18 apiece, the only Bruins in double figures. Prazeau grabbed nine rebounds and Amy Fitch eight as the Bruins won the rebounding battle 43-40. George Fox hit 15 of 19 free throws (78.9%), while the defense held the Lutes to only 31.9% shooting (22-for-69) from the field.

Iserman led the Lutes with 15 points, Jamie Keatts added 13, and Becky Franza scored 11. Iserman and Courtney Johnson had 10 rebounds each, and Johnson, third in Division III in blocked shots, rejected six. PLU struggled from the charity stripe, going 7-for-15 (46.7%).

NYU returns the favor, wins at Case Western
CLEVELAND — The No. 15 NYU women defeated host No. 17 Case Western Reserve 67-64 on Friday night. After falling 66-58 last Sunday to Case Western Reserve at home, NYU (16-3) bounced back to even the score and even each team's UAA record at 5-3.

NYU junior Allison Herman registered 16 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Senior Dari Magyar added 13 points and three assists, while senior Meg Barber posted 12 and six rebounds.

After leading by 15 points (61-46) with 6:40 remaining in the contest, Spartan junior Liz Hanschen hit a free throw to cut the lead to one point with 26 seconds remaining. Two Barber free throws with 18 seconds left in the game sealed the Violet victory. Sophomore Jasmine Rowan led the Spartans (14-4) with 16 points.

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