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Jan. 8-14, 2002

Randolph-
Macon
new No. 1
Completing its meteoric rise under third-year head coach Mike Rhoades, Randolph-Macon takes over the No. 1 spot in the newest D3hoops.com Top 25 poll. The Yellow Jackets (13-1) jumped from No. 11 based on their win against then-No. 2 Hampden-Sydney and a strength of schedule that has seen them take just one defeat against opponents that have gone 116-59 (.663) against everyone else.

Following a season-opening loss to St. Thomas (currently ranked No. 10), the Yellow Jackets have run off 13 in a row, including two wins against the No. 2 team in the country, the first a 78-60 win at Christopher Newport, still the Captains' only loss. They face their biggest test of the season tonight, however, at Division I Winthrop. They are followed in the poll by Carthage, Catholic, Washington U., Brockport State and Gustavus Adolphus.

Carleton hands UST first MIAC loss
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Renée Willette scored a season-high 22 points and Carleton scored six points off one possession, outlasting No. 13 St. Thomas 71-66 in overtime.

Cara Jones hit two free throws with two seconds left in regulation, forcing overtime. After St. Thomas took a 3-point lead in the extra session, Linnea Engel hit consecutive layups sandwiched around a Missy Pederson layup.

Trailing by one, Carleton's Bethany Koehler nailed a 3-pointer, Carleton's only one of the game, while Willette was fouled away from the ball. Willette made the first free throw, and her miss on the second resulted in an offensive rebound and lay-up for the Knights, giving them a 66-59 advantage.

Carleton (11-3, 9-2 MIAC) hit seven of eight free throws in the final minute to seal the win.

Missy Pederson paced St. Thomas with 20 points. Velnisha Williams added a career-high 14 points for the Tommies (12-2, 10-1), who had their 12-game winning streak snapped. It marked UST's first MIAC regular-season loss in 18 games.

Koehler added 13 points for the Knights, who beat St. Thomas at home for the first time in 12 tries. Engel was also in double figures with 12 points. Karissa Kramer matched her career high with 15 rebounds, helping Carleton post a 44-33 advantage on the glass.

The two teams, who last met in the MIAC tournament championship last February, had a back-and-forth first half with nine ties and three lead changes. St. Thomas' largest lead came midway through the half, 14-8, on a 3-point play by Alissa Case. Carleton scored eight answered points, eventually leading at the half, 27-23.

The Knights continued their run in the second half, scoring 12 of the first 16 point of the half to lead 39-27 on a Willette jumper. St. Thomas answered with a 17-4 run, with six points coming from Anne Laraway, to lead 44-43 with 5:53 left.

The final two minutes were frenetic. A Kramer lay-up gave Carleton the lead, and Pederson uncharacteristically missed two free throws and Koehler made them pay with a free throw-line jumper. Consecutive buckets and one of two free throws by St. Thomas gave them a two-point lead, setting up Jones' final heroics.

With the clock running down she drove and was fouled. She calmly stepped to the line, draining both free throws and sending the game to overtime.

The win puts Carleton one game back of the Tommies in the MIAC standings.

No. 1 Wash U. women continue to roll
CLEVELAND — Washington U. senior forward Robin Lahargoue led four Bear players who scored in double digits with a game-high 17 points and 11 rebounds as No. 1 Washington defeated No. 15 Case Western Reserve 74-63 on Sunday in Horsburgh Gymnasium.

The Bears (14-0, 3-0 UAA) outrebounded the Spartans 28-11 in the first half taking a six-point lead 37-31 into the break. CWRU (11-2, 2-1) only made nine of 32 shots (28.1%) in those first 20 minutes, three of which came from sophomore guard Angie Zeuch. Zeuch scored 11 of her team high 16 points in the first half.

The Spartans continued to shoot poorly in the second half making only 13 of 36 from the field (36.1%) while Washington hit 14 of 26 (53.8%) on their way to snapping CWRU's five-game winning streak. It was a five-point game 59-64 with 1:40 left, but the Bears capitalized on CWRU's fouling attempts making their free throws to outscore the Spartans 10-4 down the stretch. Washington also held Spartan senior forward, JeNine Nickerson, the team's leading scorer coming in to the game, to just eight points.

Junior guard Laura Crowley scored 16 points, junior forward Jennifer Rudis had 13 and senior guard Kristi Eller added 10 to round out the scoring for Wash U. Senior guard Tracy Roessner and sophomore guard Dawn Bialosky added 10 apiece for the Spartans.

Amherst hands archrival loss
AMHERST, Mass. — Junior center Pat Fitzsimons (pictured, back) tipped in an errant layup by classmate Ryan Faulkner with five seconds left in overtime and sophomore guard Adam Harper hit a free throw with two seconds remaining as Amherst handed archrival and No. 14-ranked Williams its first loss of the season, 72-70, in front of a packed crowd at LeFrak Gymnasium on Saturday night. The win was Amherst's seventh in their last eight meetings with Williams and seventh straight home win over the Ephs.

Amherst (9-2) looked like they might blow Williams out of the gym, opening the game on a 19-4 run. Williams (11-1) used a 9-0 run of its own to climb back into it and Faulkner's 3-pointer ended the first half with a 30-23 Jeffs lead.

Trailing 60-59 after a 3-pointer by Williams sophomore playmaker Michael Crotty at the 1:45 mark, sophomore John Donovan rattled in a blind shot and drew a foul for Amherst, completing a clutch three-point play to put the hosts ahead 62-60 with 1:18 on the clock. Not to be outdone, Crotty answered with a gorgeous up-and-under move just beyond Fitzsimons' reach, giving Amherst the ball with a tie score, 62-62, and 53 seconds remaining. Junior forward Steve Zieja tried to win it for Amherst, but his 3-pointer from the left wing sailed over the rim and into the waiting hands of DeMuth, who called timeout with 32 seconds left. With the capacity crowd on its feet, Williams got the look it wanted, but Crotty's layup bounced around and trickled off the rim as time expired, sending what was becoming the wildest Amherst-Williams game in recent memory into overtime.

After a layup by Drew DeMuth and a pair of Zieja free throws produced yet another tie score, Tim Folan struck again with five unanswered points, including his third 3-pointer, to put the Ephs on top 69-64. Donovan rebounded with a layup and Zieja hit another free throw to trim the lead back to two points, 69-67, with 1:39 left. After Crotty went 1-for-2 from the line with 30 seconds remaining, Amherst seemed destined to try to tie the game with a 3-pointer.

Coming off a timeout, Faulkner (at left) let the clock tick down to 15 seconds and drove past Crotty into the paint where he appeared to loft a scoop shot over a lunging DeMuth. The scoop was in reality a perfect alley-oop pass to Fitzsimons, who slammed it home with his left hand as the gym erupted. After a timeout, Donovan fouled Folan, who went to the line with a chance to extend the lead to three points and ensure Williams of no less than a tie at the end of overtime. Instead, Folan, who had an otherwise outstanding game, missed both free throws, giving Amherst the ball and a chance to win the game with 11 seconds left.

Once again it was Faulkner with the ball as time ticked off the clock. With eight seconds left, the icy junior shook Crotty and slithered into the paint, floating what he hoped would be the game-winner. The shot drew the back of the iron but caromed right to an opportunistic Fitzsimons, who tipped Amherst's only offensive rebound of the game back in, giving the Jeffs a 71-70 lead with five seconds left.

Williams inbounded the ball but traveled and was forced to foul, sending Harper to the stripe with two ticks left. Harper hit the first but missed the second, giving Williams one last chance. After a baseball pass, DeMuth got a decent look from the left baseline with one second remaining — a shot that bounced around the rim and nearly went in. Amherst fans rushed the court as time expired.

Amherst overcame a 47-21 rebounding deficit and the short end of a 16-1 margin on the offensive glass. The Jeffs shot 50% (27-for-54) from the field, however, and forced Williams into 24 turnovers to overcome their deficiency on the boards.

Donovan paced Amherst with a career-high 22 points on 9-for-13 shooting, while Fitzsimons filled the box score with 16 points, a team-high seven rebounds and a career-high six steals. Zieja rounded out Amherst players in double figures with 12 points, while Faulkner added nine points and a game-high six assists.

Williams was led by Folan's game-high 25 points, followed by DeMuth's 19 points and game-high 16 rebounds, and Crotty's 16 points and five assists. The loss leaves just two unbeaten teams in Division III, Brockport State and Rochester, who will meet Saturday in the Chase Tournament if they remain undefeated.

Southern Maine
hands Eastern
Conn. first loss
GORHAM, Maine — No. 18 Southern Maine erased a five-point deficit with five minutes left and went on to hand No. 5 Eastern Connecticut State its first loss of the season, 61-59 on Saturday in a Little East game at the Warren G. Hill Gymnasium.

In a battle between nationally ranked teams with long winning streaks, Southern Maine (14-1, 5-0) emerged with its 11th win in a row after ECSU sophomore All-America forward Allison Coleman’s potential game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer missed.

The Warriors (11-1, 4-1) led 37-30 five minutes into the second half before Southern Maine, a 12-time LEC regular-season champion, scored eight unanswered points to take its first lead since the opening bucket. Southern Maine later tied the game 55-55 with 2:35 left after a free throw from sophomore guard Megan Cressler and game-tying 3-pointer from sophomore guard Nikki Allen.

Junior forward Kara Crockett (pictured), who led Southern Maine with 14 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots, converted both ends of a 1-and-1 try with 34 seconds left after the hosts forced a jump ball to gain possession with 59 seconds left. That gave Southern Maine a 61-57 lead before Coleman cut the gap to 61-59 by scoring on a drive. Sophomore guard Jess Noonan missed the front end of a 1-and-1 for Southern Maine witih 18 seconds left to allow the Warriors a chance to win or tie the game. After ECSU was fouled twice on its ensuing possession, the Warriors inbounded with seven seconds left but Coleman couldn’t hit her 3-point try in traffic as time expired.

Eastern, which shot only four free throws in the game, got a game-high 16 points from senior post player Kristyn Grassi and 15 points and ten rebounds from Coleman. Senior guard Darcy Mund had two assists to tie the ECSU career mark of 463. Senior guard Niki Dominiczak had ten points and six rebounds for
Southern Maine, which shot 55.2% from the floor in the second half.

Eastern Connecticut was held 24 points below its season average by Southern Maine, rated first in the conference in scoring defense (50.5). Eastern is ranked second (52.6) in the conference in defense.

Ranked Stevens Point, Oshkosh split
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Sophomore Andrea Kraemer scored a career-high 22 points as No. 8 UW-Stevens Point edged No. 22 UW-Oshkosh 79-75 in overtime Saturday in a women's showdown.

The matchup featured 21 ties with the biggest lead of the game being five points, which came three times in the first half. The latest five-point cushion was a 23-18 UW-Oshkosh lead with 9:06 left in the half.

After a 38-38 halftime tie, UW-Stevens Point held several four-point leads in the second half. However, the Titans led 68-66 with 45 seconds left when Pointers' senior Amie Schultz hit a running bank shot from 15 feet as the shot clock was running out to tie the game.

Kraemer scored seven of her points in overtime, including a layup with 54 seconds left that gave the Pointers a 75-73 lead. UW-Stevens Point held UW-Oshkosh on its next possession and Cassandra Heuer hit a jumper with 10 seconds left to put the Pointers up by four points. After UW-Oshkosh made a layup with four seconds left, Kraemer drained two free throws to seal the game.

It was UW-Stevens Point's 14th consecutive road victory, including two wins in Oshkosh after beating the Titans 70-68 in overtime last year.

The No. 20 UW-Oshkosh men's team, however, returned the favor later in the day in Stevens Point, Wis., by beating the No. 13 Pointers 53-45 as junior Tim Dworak poured in 28 points.

In the men's game, UW-Stevens Point, the nation's top shooting team in all divisions, was held to just 2-for-19 3-point shooting.

UW-Oshkosh led 15-14 with 10 minutes left in the first half and used a 12-0 run over the next 6:37 to take control. UW-Stevens Point cut the lead to 49-47 with 6:16 left and missed two open shots before Dworak scored the next four points and the Pointers came no closer.

Dworak has scored 25 points or more in his last six WIAC outings. He was 8-for-13 from the field and 12-for-15 from the line.

McNeil leads Gettysburg to F&M upset
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Curtis McNeil entered Gettysburg's 1,000-point club on Saturday with a performance befitting a 1,000-point scorer. Needing to match his season-high of 29 points to reach the mark, McNeil struck for a career-best 35 to lead Gettysburg over No. 8 Franklin & Marshall 79-69 in Centennial Conference action. It was the second road loss for the Diplomats on the week.

The senior captain (pictured) converted a free throw with 2:13 remaining to become the 19th member of the program's 1,000-point club, then scored six more in the final 1:02 to ice the crucial conference victory.

It marked the third time that McNeil has set a career-high scoring mark against the Diplomats. He tallied 27 points in Lancaster during the 1999-2000 season and 31 in last year's battle at Bream Gym.

Despite trailing the entire second half, Franklin & Marshall (13-2, 3-1 CC) rallied to within a missed 3-pointer of tying the score in the game's final minute and a half.

Cas Thomas led four players in double figures with 16 points for the Diplomats, who fell into a first-place tie in the CC West Division with Gettysburg (11-4, 3-1).

Similar to last year's meeting in Gettysburg, the Bullets used a run late in the first half to take command. Tied at 22, Gettysburg put together an 18-4 burst to take a 40-26 lead with 1:54 left before the break.

David Glaser put the Bullets ahead to stay on a free throw and McNeil followed an F&M turnover with a basket to make it 25-22.

Alex Kraft, the 2001 CC Co-Player of the Year, hit one of two free throws to pull the Diplomats within two. Cody Bowers knocked down his lone 3-pointer of the game, before Glaser converted a steal-and-layup and assisted on a Jim Natale bucket to push the lead to 32-23. McNeil hit a pair of tough driving layups to make it 38-26, then capped the run with two free throws for the last of his 19 first-half points.

Also similar to the 2001 game at Bream Gym, F&M almost stole the game in the second half. Trailing by as many as 16 points with 10:30 remaining, the Diplomats went on a methodical 18-5 burst over the next 7:21, cutting the lead to 66-63 on Thomas' putback with 3:09 remaining.

The Bullets, who went an icy 2-for-13 from the floor with four turnovers during the same stretch, built the lead back to 69-64 on three McNeil free throws — including the 1,000th point — before Steve Juskin answered with two of his 11 points to cut the lead to three.

A turnover gave the ball back to F&M with a chance to tie the game, but Jackie Wright's 3-pointer missed the mark and McNeil answered with a bank jumper from the right side of the lane and two free throws to make it 73-66 with 40 seconds left.

Layups from Kevin Boyle, McNeil and Natale in the final 15 seconds sealed Gettysburg's third consecutive home victory against the Diplomats.

McNeil's point total was the highest single-game mark by a Bullet since John Griffin scored 40 in a 93-77 win over Bethany on Jan. 9, 1993. McNeil, averaging just 10.7 points in his previous three games, has now scored 30 points in a game three times in his collegiate career.

Glaser finished with 12 points while Boyle scored nine to go with five rebounds. Natale hauled in a game-high six boards. Larry Fain also hit double digits with 11 points for F&M while Duran Searles added 10.

King's rallies past Scranton
SCRANTON, Pa. — No. 4 King's overcame a 16-point first-half deficit and closed out the game with a 23-6 run to post a remarkable 61-50 comeback victory against rival No. 19 Scranton on Saturday on Wall of Fame Day at the John Long Center.

Trailing 34-20 at 7:48 of the second half, King's began to mount its comeback. The Lady Monarchs (13-0, 4-0 MAC Freedom) strung together a 14-4 run and cut the lead to 38-34 on a Jen Wozniak basket with 13:08 left. After a Scranton basket, the Lady Monarchs went on a 6-0 spurt to tie the score at 40-40 with 7:45 remaining on a pair of foul shots by Kristin Yeasted. Scranton (11-3, 3-1) then took a 47-44 team on a 3-pointer by Kate Pierangeli before the Lady Monarchs mounted another comeback. A bucket by Jennie Orelli and a three-point play gave the Lady Monarch their first lead of the day at 49-47 with 4:06 left. At that point, King's ended the game with a 15-3 run and held the Lady Royals to just one field goal, a 3-pointer by Pierangeli, over the final 4:56.

Carissa Ryan made one of two foul shots before Nikki Kingston (pictured) went to line to nail a pair of charity tosses to put King's ahead 52-47 with 2:19 left. After Kingston drained a jumper, Ryan sank six consecutive foul shots following Scranton misses to seal the victory.

The Lady Monarchs got off to a poor start, committing numerous turnovers which led to easy Scranton baskets. The Lady Royals jumped out to a 15-0 lead with 11:45 remaining in the half as the Lady Monarchs turned the ball over 10 times. Gillian McGovern scored five points to key the run.

King's finally got on the scoreboard at 10:15 when Wozniak scored for the Lady Monarchs. After Scranton extended the lead up 20-4, King's countered with a 10-0 run. Fran Monte scored four points before Kingston drained two consecutive buckets to bring the Lady Monarchs within 22-18 with 3:12 left in the half. But Scranton answered with a 6-0 run to close out the half on a 3-pointer by Erin Crawford and baskets by Pierangeli and AnneMarie Russo to take a 29-18 lead into the locker room. In all, King's committed a whopping 17 turnovers in the first half before settling down in the second half and staging its comeback.

"We got off to a terrible start but we remained our composure and just concentrated on one possession at a time and limiting our turnovers," King's coach Bryan Whitten stated. "We settled down and played better defense and became more patient on offense and that allowed us to chip away at them. We got some great play off the bench from several people and this win is a credit to heart of our team. Any time you beat a team the quality of Scranton, you have to be pleased. We could have easily quit but that is not the mold of this team."

Kingston led King's with 17 points while Ryan and Wozniak added 11 and 10 respectively. The Lady Monarchs also made 23 of 27 shots from the foul line compared to just seven of 16 for the Lady Royals. Pierangeli paced Scranton with 22 points, the only Lady Royal player to reach double figures.

Men's tournament
remains the same
The number of automatic-bid conference runners-up remains eight, while the independents and non-automatic conference members' pool is five for the 2002 Division III men's NCAA tournament. It's the second consecutive year there have been eight Pool C bids for the 35 conferences with automatic bids.

The conferences with automatic bids are the American Southwest, Capital, Centennial, CUNY, CCIW, Commonwealth Coast, Dixie, Empire 8, Great Northeast, Heartland, Iowa, Lake Michigan, Little East, MAC Commonwealth, MAC Freedom, Massachusetts State, Michigan, Midwest, Minnesota, NESCAC, NEWMAC, New Jersey, North Coast, Northwest, Ohio, Old Dominion, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Skyline, Southern California, Southern Collegiate, SUNY, UAA, Upstate and Wisconsin. Independents and members of all other conferences compete for Pool B's five bids.

The tournament remains at 48 teams because of the NCAA-wide ratio of one playoff spot for every 7.5 playoff-eligible teams in Division III.

William Smith's 40-0 run dooms Vassar
GENEVA, N.Y. — William Smith used a 40-0 first half run to knock out Vassar 83-33 in its Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association opener. The Herons used stifling defense and double digits from four players to rout the Brewers.

A free throw by senior guard Bea Milligan gave Vassar a 5-4 lead at the 16:31 mark. The advantage was quickly erased by a three-pointer from William Smith senior guard Jeanne Vinchiarello to start the 40-point Heron run. An aggressive William Smith defense kept the Brewers off the board until just 2:26 remained in the half, forcing 18 first half turnovers. William Smith senior center Leah Cornwell scored 12 of her 14 points in the first 20 minutes, including eight during the run. The Brewers went 15:22 without a field goal and trailed 44-8 at halftime.

The Herons didn't let up in the second half cruising to the 50-point victory. Junior forward Laura Hadwin had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. A trio of William Smith freshmen had strong performances. Forward Ivy Parker netted 11 points, guard Maria Atti scored 10, while guard Tracy Genovese added a career-high seven. The Herons shot 48.4% from the floor and held the Brewers (6-4, 0-1) to just 21.9%, forcing 27 Vassar turnovers. William Smith (8-2, 1-0) also controlled the boards with a 52-37 advantage.

Bates overcomes Earle's 45 points
LEWISTON, Maine — Bates jumped out to a 21- point midway through the first half and hung tonight to defeat visiting Gordon 78-76 in Alumni Gymnasium. The Bobcats' balanced scoring with four players in double figures overcame a career night from Gordon sophomore Ben Earle, who had 45 points, matching the second-highest performance in Division III this season.

Bates (9-3) hit 10 of its first 16 shots, including seven of nine from 3-point range to take a 29-8 lead just eight-and-a-half minutes into the game. Gordon (7-5) jumped back into the game on the hot hand of Earle, who hit five consecutive 3-pointers over a four-minute span to cut the lead to 31-28 at the 4:48 mark of the first. Earle hit his sixth trifecta of the first half with 2:44 remaining to get the Scots within two, but Bates held fast, taking a 41-36 lead into the locker room on three straight free throws from senior Ed Walker.

The Bobcats pushed the lead to as many as nine early in the second when senior Alex Wilson hit two free throws four minutes in to put the margin at 49-40. The Scots again fought back, going on a 14-4 run over the next 5:29 to take their first lead of the game at 54-53 on an Earle three-ball at the 10:28 mark. Bates sophomore Ramon Garcia answered with a trifecta after a Bobcat timeout, but Earle hit the next two buckets to give the Scots a 58-56 lead with 8:41 remaining.

Bates again pushed ahead by five points on consecutive buckets by Wilson over the next 1:11, but the game saw four ties and two lead changes over the final 5:21. Earle's 10th 3-pointer of the game gave the Scots their final lead at 73-72 with 3:50 on the clock, but Bates' C.J. Neely and Wilson scored the next three points from the free throw line, while a Neely jumper from the right of the free throw line extended put Bates up 77-73 with 1:15 on the clock, an insurmountable margin for Gordon.

Bates was led by Walker's 18 points and Wilson's 16, while Neely and sophomore Brian Gerrity added 11. Bates enjoyed a 20-7 scoring margin at the line. Wilson led the Bobcats with eight rebounds, while Walker had six assists.

Earle's game-high 45 included a Gordon school-record 10 3-pointers, hitting 10 of 12 from beyond the arc and 15 of 21 overall. The 10 3-pointers tied this season's Division III single-game high. Junior Scott Beebe had 17 points and seven assists, while classmate Josh Sylvester had a game-high 11 rebounds. Earle's performance tied the 45 points Albright's Terron Buchanon put up against Endicott on Jan. 3 and was five points behind Eric McDonald of Lake Forest, Dec. 8 against Grinnell.

Carthage drops first
KENOSHA, Wis. — Carthage fell from the ranks of the unbeaten Wednesday night as CCIW rival Elmhurst came in and beat the No. 1 team in Division III 76-75, breaking the Redmen's 11-game winning streak.

The Redmen fell behind by as much as 15 points in the first half, 36-21, at 2:48, and the Bluejays (8-5, 1-1) led by 10 points at halftime, 39-29. Elmhurst led by as much as 13 points in the second period, the last time at 55-42 at 11:50. The Redmen, whose only lead in the game was 2-0, tied the contest at 59 and 61 points, but the Bluejays got a jumper from Reuben Slock and a 3-pointer from Justin Carley (pictured) to take a 66-61 lead. The Redmen (11-1, 0-1) were able to cut the lead back to one on an Antoine McDaniel 3-pointer with 1:17 left in the game, but after a timeout, Slock answered with another jumper near the end of the shot clock to give Elmhurst a 76-73 lead.

After a pair of McDaniel misses underneath, Rob Garnes got the offensive rebound and connected on a layup with 22 seconds remaining to bring the Redmen to within a point, 76-75. McDaniel fouled Carley, who missed the front end of a one-and-one with 21 seconds to go. Carthage rebounded, but both Jason Wiertel and Theo Powell missed what would have been game-winning shots as the clock ran out.

Elmhurst shot 48% for the game (30-for-62), while Carthage shot 46% (25-for-55). Garnes scored a game-high 20 points on 7-for-13 from the floor, along with a game-high 13 rebounds and six assists. McDaniel had 17 points. Jason Wiertel had 14 points, and Theo Powell added 10 points.

Carley led five Bluejays in double figures with a season-high 17 points, while Nick Larson added 14, Ryan Voss 11, Richard Carter 10 and Slock 10. Elmhurst was playing its second game without No. 2 scorer Steven Holder, out for the month of January.

Iserloth's 40 points lead Stevens Point
RIVER FALLS, Wis. — UW-Stevens Point junior forward Josh Iserloth had a night Jan. 9 that most people can only dream about. Iserloth, a 6-8 junior, set a school record by scoring 40 points on 14-for-18 shooting including a dazzling 8-for-8 from 3-point range as the 13th-ranked Pointers won at River Falls, 94-79.

Iserloth's 40-point game broke the school-record of 39 points previously set by Mike Hughes in 1968 and Brant Bailey who accomplished the feat twice in the 1999-2000 season.

The eight 3-pointers also set a UW-Stevens Point record. For the season, Iserloth is shooting 67.3% from 3-point range making 35 of 52 attempts, including 22 of his last 25.

As a team, the Pointers set a school-record with 17 3-pointers in the game. UW-Stevens Point shot 63.5% from the field including 70.8% in the first half, but held only a 48-44 lead at halftime.

The game was tied 62-62 with 11:49 remaining in the second half when UW-Stevens Point went on a 21-8 run, scoring all of its points from beyond the arc.

Ron Nolting added a career-high 19 points for the Pointers who improved to 13-2 overall on the season and 4-2 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Freshman Jason Kalsow contributed 12 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.

D3hoops.com photo by Pat Coleman Jared Mills and Kurt Bergmann, who scored 13 apiece, trap Hampden-Sydney's Jason Holman on the baseline, forcing a turnover.

In the season's first meeting of heated rivals at the top of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, the Yellow Jackets (12-1, 7-0 ODAC) recovered from a 12-for-31 shooting performance from the floor in the first half to shot 50% in the second. But it was the Randolph-Macon defense that came through in the second half, limiting Hampden-Sydney to 25 points in the first 19 minutes of the half before a last-minute flurry of points brought the final margin. The Tigers (11-1, 5-1) had several wide-open looks in the first half.

"I think we did a good job of finding shooters in the second half," said Yellow Jackets head coach Mike Rhoades. "I think we got sucked in in the first half."

"Coach came in here and chewed us out and halftime," said junior forward Jared Mills, who scored 13 points on 6-for-9 shooting and blocked three shots. "We were able to rotate better in the second half." Full coverage

Capital, Wilmington share OAC lead
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Capital's women jumped into a first-place tie in the Ohio Athletic Conference and sent Wilmington to its first loss of the season 63-53 on Jan. 9.

Both teams entered the game nationally ranked with Wilmington in the No. 9 spot and Capital rated No. 20. The teams now share 5-1 records in OAC play, while Capital moves to 11-2 overall and Wilmington falls to 12-1 on the season.

Wilmington had the conference's best offense scoring an averaged 75.9 points per game, but it was the OAC's top defense by Capital that held the visiting Quakers to a season-low 53 points.

Freshman forward Erica Brizendine had a career-night with a season-best 12 points and nine rebounds to pace Capital. Erica Hostetler had a team-best 14 points and Rochelle Germany threw in 10 points. Megan Woodruff nailed a game-high 15 points to lead Wilmington.

Each team struggled for control in the early stages of the game and the visiting Quakers had a 15-14 advantage with 5:44 left in the half. Capital answered with back-to-back 3-pointers from Marri McAndrews and Tenise Moffis to spark a 10-2 burst and allowed the Crusaders to take a 27-22 lead into the lockers.

Capital took its largest lead of the game, 38-26, scoring 11 of the first 15 second half points in the first five minutes. Wilmington used the next 12 minutes to chip that lead down to a point, 51-50 with 3:15 left. The Crusaders would then score eight consecutive points, all from the free-throw line, to put the game away.

Muhlenberg holds on to top Gettysburg
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Toomey Anderson and Michael Barletta scored a team-high 16 points apiece as Muhlenberg let a 19-point first-half lead slip away before rallying to defeat Gettysburg 70-62 in Centennial Conference men's action Jan. 9.

Despite an uncharacteristic 4-for-12 shooting performance from all-conference center Mark Lesko, the Mules (9-3, 2-1 CC) closed the game on a 9-2 run to hand the Bullets (10-4, 2-1) their 11th consecutive regular-season loss at Memorial Hall.

Curtis McNeil scored a team-high 15 points for Gettysburg, which shot 52% from the floor but turned the ball over 17 times and managed only four field goals in the final 8:50. Terence Callahan added 14 points before fouling out in the game's final minute while John Schnebly also hit double digits with 10.

After watching their guests erase an early 19-point deficit and take a 52-47 lead midway through the second half, the Mules put together the game's decisive rally. Lesko converted three free throws and Anthony Strachan scored on a baseline drive to knot the game at 52.

After ties at 54, 56 and 58, Lesko put Muhlenberg ahead to stay with an inside
layup and Strachan hit 1 of 2 free throws for a 61-58 lead with 2:14 left. McNeil pulled the Bullets within one with a double-pump layup, but Bill Cwieka was fouled on a driving layup and converted the 3-point play to make it 64-60.

Jim Natale's twisting layup cut the lead to two, but Gettysburg failed to score the rest of the way and the Mules went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in the final 57 seconds to seal the win.

Muhlenberg came out on fire from the opening tip, scoring the game's first 10 points and sprinting to a 23-4 lead with only 6:18 gone in the game. Barletta poured in nine points during the stretch while Anderson added eight, including a pull-up 3-pointer in transition that capped the run and forced a Bullet timeout with 13:42 remaining in the half.

After stepping up the defense, Gettysburg answered with a 17-5 run over the next 7:03 to climb back into the game.

Lesko, leading the Centennial in scoring and field-goal percentage entering the evening, was held to six points on 2-of-7 shooting in the first half. The senior finished with 14 points and added 12 rebounds to help the Mules post a 37-18 advantage on the glass. Strachan added 12 in the winning effort.

Adewuyi leads Springfield to 10th win
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Springfield junior forward Adetokunbo Adewuyi came off the bench to lead the Pride with 14 points to go along with five rebounds in SC's 60-50 win aginast Worcester Polytech in the NEWMAC opener for both teams at Blake Arena.

Senior guard John Gleason added 11 points and senior guard Shahid Abdul-Karim buried 10 points. The Pride held the Engineers (3-7) scoreless for a six-minute stretch in the second half. During that span the Pride went on an 11-0 run to increasing its lead from 42-40 to 53-40 with 4:20 remaining in the contest.

WPI sophomore forward Ian Bonzani led all scorers with 19 points.

Earlham upsets No. 3 DePauw
GREENCASTLE, Ind. — The freshly minted No. 3 team in the country lost in overtime on its home floor as Earlham upset DePauw 106-101 in overtime. Travis Brett hit a 3-pointer to force overtime, one of his ten 3-pointers on the night en route to 38 points. Earlham (7-7) led the entire overtime.

DePauw (11-1) held an 84-80 lead after Jon Owens hit a pair of free throws with 1:08 left in regulation to put the Tigers ahead 84-80. Brett closed the gap to one with a 3-pointer with 46 seconds left.

The Tigers' Joe Ringger missed two free throws with 32 seconds left, but DePauw maintained possession when the second miss went out of bounds off of an Earlham player. Jeremy Bettis hit two free throws with 20 seconds left to make it 86-83 with 20 seconds left.

Brett missed a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left and Sean O'Reilley snatched the rebound. Brett fired another 3 with eight seconds left and missed, but Larry Hart grabbed the board and got the ball back to Brett who was deep in the left corner and buried the shot with three seconds remaining to send the game to overtime tied at 86-86.

In overtime, Earlham scored the first five points on Brett's 3-pointer and two free throws by Nathan Stoops. The Tigers later closed to within two, but O'Reilly's steal and Stoops three with 1:51 pushed the margin back to five and the Tigers would get no closer than three the rest of the way.

The lead went back-and-forth in the second half before the Tigers went on an 8-0 run to take a 67-58 lead with 10:55 left. Joe Ringger's two field goals sandwiched a Mike Howland free throw and Nixon closed the run with a three.

The Tigers still held a 78-72 lead after Ringger completed a three-point play with 6:07 left. Brett then hit a three-pointer, two free throws and another three in a span of 2:55 to cap an 8-2 run that the game at 80-80.

Ringger led the Tigers with 25 points and 13 rebounds, while Nixon scored 22 and grabbed seven boards. Bettis finished with 19 points and Howland added 18 with seven assists. Stoops finished with 15 for the Quakers, while Brady Keaton added 11 and Mike Bradley and Jason Smith each added 10.

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