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Jan. 16-31, 2003

Melzer scores 54 in River Falls win
LA CROSSE, Wis. — On a night in which all four road teams won in WIAC men's action, Rich Melzer shot 20-for-27 from the floor and 14-for-16 from the line for 54 points as UW-River Falls men's basketball team beat UW-La Crosse, 81-65.

Melzer, a junior center, picked up four assists on the Falcons' other 11 baskets. He was the first WIAC player to break 50 points in 50 seasons and it tied for the fourth-highest point total in league history.

UW-La Crosse, now 5-14 overall and 1-9 in the WIAC, was led by Casey Taggatz, who scored 29 points. Jason Scheunemann led the Eagles in rebounds grabbing 13. River Falls improved to 13-6, 7-3.

Elsewhere, Eau Claire won at Superior 73-70, Platteville upset No. 11 Whitewater 85-75 and No. 9 Stevens Point rolled at No. 25 Stout 80-59. The full scoreboard from a busy Wednesday night: men and women.

Photo by Jim Stout

Most people would have the same reaction as Chellvonto Little did a few years back. After all, the Springfield, Mass., area school is so small that the men's basketball starting lineup makes up more than 1% of the full-time undergraduate population.

But even though the school is small, it's become home for Little, who might not have otherwise gotten a chance to go to college, much less become a poster boy for the school.

The story behind the journey Little took to get to Elms, and the journey Elms has taken to a share of the lead in the North Atlantic Conference, in a Feature, by Jim Stout.

Men down to two unbeatens
Amherst returned the favor to Williams as the No. 10 Lord Jeffs avenged their loss to Williams by beating the No. 3 Ephs 67-61 at home. It was Williams' first loss of the season.

Washington University and Hampden-Sydney are the last remaining unbeatens in Division III men's basketball.

Junior John Donovan (left) hit a key 3-pointer to end the first half and give Amherst (15-2, 4-0 NESCAC) a 35-25 lead. But Williams' Tim Folan came alive and hit three long-range shots in the second half to cut the lead to 46-42 midway through the period.

The Ephs (14-1, 2-1) cut the lead to one but Amherst got a three-point play from Steve Zieja and later hit 10 of 10 free throws down the stretch for the win. Elsewhere, John Carroll swept the season series from No. 17 Capital, winning 76-74, and despite three extra periods, Grinnell and Lawrence combined for only 299 points in a 150-149 Grinnell win.

In women's action Saturday, No. 14 Wilmington avenged an early-season loss by rolling past No. 8 Baldwin-Wallace 83-62. No. 7 Bowdoin beat No. 24 Wesleyan 63-51, Union remained unbeaten, topping William Smith, and No. 4 UW-Eau Claire beat No. 19 UW-Stout. Saturday's men's and women's scores.

Coppolino passes 1,000-rebound mark
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Framingham State's Janice Coppolino had 10 points and 16 rebounds to reach the 1,000-rebound mark for her career in an 80-61 loss to Salem State. She also became the program's all-time leader in rebounds, surpassing Christina de la Cruz, who finished her career with 991.

It was also a historic night for Salem State's Edwina Ashe, who set the school's rebound record with 810.

The loss drops Framingham State College to 8-5 on the season and 2-2 in the MASCAC. The win puts Salem State to 10-3 on the season and 3-0 in the conference.

Wash U. survives Rochester
ST. LOUIS — Jarriot Rook, right, hit an 18-footer with 30 seconds remaining in overtime and Rochester missed on chances to win and tie from 3-point range as the No. 1 Washington U. men remained undefeated, beating No. 6 Rochester 74-71 in overtime.

The Bears (15-0, 4-0 UAA) rallied from a double-digit second-half deficit before a 15-3 Washington U. run over a five-minute stretch gave the Bears a 51-48 lead with 9:14 remaining. Washington U. would push the lead to as many as six points at 56-50, but five consecutive misses by the Bears at the free throw line allowed Rochester (13-2, 3-1) to climb back.

Rochester's Seth Hauben scored six unanswered points as the visitors pulled to 59-58.
Barry Bryant added a free throw and Rook hit a jumper to push it back to 62-58, but Joss drained a 3-pointer to make it 62-61. Full story.

Reich reaches 2000 career points
Chicago senior forward Derek Reich scored a game-high 29 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Maroons to a 74-63 win over Carnegie Mellon University in University Athletic Association men's action Jan. 24 at Chicago's Henry Crown Field House.

Reich scored his 2,000th career point midway through the second half to become the only player in Chicago history to accomplish that feat. He now has 2,007 lifetime points.

Chicago (7-8, 3-1 UAA) led 44-26 at the intermission and built its biggest lead of the night at 55-32 with 15:27 left in the game on a layup by sophomore guard Brian Cuttica.

Trailing 65-45 at the 9:20 mark, Carnegie Mellon (8-6, 2-2) went on a 14-1 run to close the gap to 66-59 with 3:43 remaining. Matt Kaitz scored 12 of his team high 23 points during that stretch. Cuttica helped the Maroons seal the win with a basket at the 2:46 mark and a pair of free throws with 57 seconds remaining in the contest. He had eight points on the night.

AMCC to add three schools for basketball
The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference expects to stand at ten schools by the 2004-05 academic year, conference commissioner Donna Ledwin announced. Joining the current seven members will be Hilbert and Medaille, both in the Buffalo area, and Mount Aloysius, in Cresson, Pa.. The vote to expand was taken at the NCAA Convention in Anaheim, Calif., by the AMCC Council of Presidents.

“This is a big step forward in the continuing evolution of the conference,” stated Msgr. William Kerr, president of La Roche and chair of the AMCC Council of Presidents. “The addition of these three institutions adds strength to our organization and to our competitive structure.”

Both Hilbert and Medaille are currently members of NCAA Division III, a requirement for AMCC membership. Mt. Aloysius is entering the NCAA provisional member process and will be eligible to participate in the conference as soon as they are slotted into a class of incoming members, which may be as soon as September 2003 but not later than September 2005. Hilbert and Medaille are both currently members of the North Eastern Athletic Conference.

The conference plans to separate into a north and south division for team sports competition effective with the 2004-05 academic year, which is the same year that the AMCC will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in seven sports, including men's and women's basketball. Pitt-Bradford, Penn State Behrend, Lake Erie College, Hilbert and Medaille will be in the north, and La Roche, Penn State Altoona, Pitt-Greensburg, Frostburg State University and Mt. Aloysius in the south. The likelihood in most sports is that teams will play each other twice within their division, once outside their division, and meet in a cross-over tournament to decide the conference champion and the recipient of the NCAA tournament bid.

IWU men hold off Carthage
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Freshman Adam Dauksas hit an off-balance shot with 1:21 left and senior Eric Starkey knocked the ball away from All-American Antoine McDaniel in the final seconds as No. 8 Illinois Wesleyan held on to beat No. 16 Carthage 64-62 in a CCIW contest at IWU's Shirk Center.

Down by as many as 12 in the second half, the Redmen (9-5, 1-2 CCIW) went on a 13-3 run keyed by a pair of long 3-pointers by Kevin Menard to take a 56-55 lead with 6:09 remaining. Though the Titans (13-2, 4-0) made just one of their next three free throws, they took a 60-58 lead when Seth Hubbard hit Starkey for a basket, then extended the lead to four when Luke Kasten and Starkey each hit one of two free throws, followed by a missed shot by Theo Powell and a defensive stop where IWU forced a bad Carthage shot with the shot clock under five seconds.

After McDaniel answered with a pair of free throws, Dauksas' shot made it 64-60 McDaniel hit a jumper with just over a minute left and the Redmen had one last possession with 13 seconds left but could not get a shot off as Starkey's deflection rolled out to midcourt as time expired.

"We didn't attack their zone very well," said Illinois Wesleyan head coach Scott Trost, whose club trailed by double digits in the first half. "We only worked on it one day, yesterday, and we have to work on that."

McDaniel led Carthage with 21 points. Dauksas had 19 for Illinois Wesleyan on 6-for-9 shooting, 5-for-7 from 3-point range. Marty Eich (pictured above) had eight points and five rebounds, all in the first half. Kasten added 16, while John Camardella had 11 points and seven rebounds.

"I thought Adam controlled the tempo for the most part. He's still learning, but I feel good that he's going to be with us for three more years.

"All we've done is hold home court," said Trost. "We're not even halfway through. We have to go to their place yet."

In women's action Wednesday, No. 12 Scranton got back on the winning track, dumping No. 5 DeSales 67-58. On the men's side, No. 18 UW-Oshkosh continued to rebound, beating No. 7 Stevens Point at home 63-59, Rowan surprised No. 25 Wililam Paterson 79-55, while Justin Call scored 46 points to lead Emory & Henry to a 75-73 win at Washington & Lee.

Chandler passes 2,500 points
Despite a season-high 40 points from Misericordia's Willie Chandler, Marywood rallied from a double-digit second half deficit to defeat Misericordia in a Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men's contest Wednesday, Jan. 22., in the Anderson Center.

John Cowan had 23 points and 11 rebounds and Doug Billet had 21 points for the Pacers who improved to 6-9 overall and 2-4 in the PAC. Chandler added 16 rebounds. He became just the 12th player in Division III history to go over 2,500 career points and he is currently 11th on the all-time D-III scoring list with 2,511 points. Full list of 2002-03 milestones.

Photo by Dan Vos, Calvin Sports Information Jeremy Veenstra had a game-high 25 points.

In a scintillating contest between the two storied rivals, Calvin pulled out a
74-70 victory over Hope in front of a sellout crowd of 4,500 fans at the Calvin
Fieldhouse.

The victory lifted Calvin right back into the MIAA title chase as the Knights improved to 10-6 overall and to 3-1 in the MIAA. Ranked eighth in the latest D3hoops.com poll heading into the afternoon, Hope dropped to 12-3 overall and to 2-1 in the MIAA. The Knights are now a half-game back of league-leading Albion while Hope is a game behind the Britons.

Neither team led by more than six points in Saturday's thriller with the lead
changing hands 13 times and the score tied on five occasions. The full story.

Elsewhere on Saturday, the No. 12 King's women beat No. 3 Scranton for the fourth consecutive time, St. Ben's lost on the road to a Top 15 team for the second time in four days and No. 18 Southern Maine ended No. 13 Eastern Connecticut's 11-game win streak. And never say die, as Pacific Lutheran scored 17 points in the final 55 seconds, but still fell at George Fox, 57-55.

In men's action, Nazareth upset No. 2 Rochester in the Chase Tournament championship, Augustana knocked off No. 9 Carthage, UW-Stout won its fifth consecutive WIAC game, beating No. 14 UW-Whitewater and Ohio Wesleyan rallied from a 26-point deficit to beat Allegheny.

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