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November, 2000

Spring Arbor ends No. 1 Calvin's streak

Freshman Chris Prins was one of two of Calvin's six top scorers who missed the game because of the flu.

No. 1 Calvin needs overtime to beat Wheaton
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- One of the oldest records in the Calvin men's basketball books is no longer but for most of the game between Calvin and Wheaton, it appeared that the record would stand.

For the second consecutive year, Calvin handed Wheaton a four-point overtime defeat as the top-ranked Knights used a colossal second-half comeback to edge the Thunder 74-70 in overtime in front of more than 3,000 fans at the Calvin Fieldhouse.

With the win, Calvin stretched its winning streak to 27 games, breaking the previous school record of 26 consecutive victories established by the 1959-60 and 1960-61 Calvin teams. Calvin's 27-game win streak is the longest active winning streak at any level in NCAA men's basketball.

With a 45-25 lead with 12:48 left in regulation, Wheaton (1-3) appeared on the verge of a huge upset in front of the large crowd watching the Knights in their home opener. Wheaton led 25-18 at halftime and stretched its lead to 20 points behind a trio of three-point buckets from sophomore guard Nate Collord.

Calvin (5-0) proceeded to climb back into the game over the next seven minutes as the Knights outscored the Thunder 29-12 behind a furious full-court press that allowed the Knights to cut the gap to three points at 57-54 with 5:44 left in regulation. Sophomore Jeremy Veenstra scored 13 of Calvin's 29 points in the run including a three-pointer with 5:44 left to cap the run. Senior Nate Burgess was another catalyst in the comeback as he hawked Wheaton's ball-handlers into several turnovers that led to Calvin transition baskets.

A three-point play by Wheaton senior Luke Moo with 4:11 left put the Thunder up 60-54. Calvin would outscore Wheaton 9-0 over the next four minutes though with the Knights finally taking the lead at 62-60 on a short jumper by senior Josh Tubergen with 1:11 left on the clock. A free throw by Veenstra with 12 seconds left put the Knights up 63-60 but Wheaton proceeded to move the ball up the floor where Collord drained a three-pointer from the left wing with a defender in his face to tie the game at 63-63 with 4.6 seconds left. The triple was one of seven on the night for Collord who hit for a career-high 27 points on the strength of 7-for-15 shooting from three-point range.

Calvin had a chance to win in regulation as Veenstra found Burgess with a three-quarter court pass with Burgess driving to the elbow and putting up a jumper that was just off the mark as the buzzer sounded. In overtime, Wheaton held a lead on three occasions but sophomore Bryan Foltice was able to fire in a pull-up jumper at the free throw line with 1:31 left to tie the game at 70-70 and Tubergen followed with a clever up-and-under move that put the Knights up 72-70 with 52 seconds left. Calvin then came up with a defensive stop and Foltice was fouled with 11 seconds left. The lefthander connected on both free throw attempts to clinch the victory for the Knights.

Battered and bruised by the end of the contest, Veenstra came up with a career-high 25 points along with seven rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots to lead the maroon and gold. Foltice added 19 points while Burgess and Tubergen had eight points apiece. In addition to Collord's 27 points, Kevin Blomstrom had 11 and John Helm 10 points for the Thunder in a losing effort. Averaging 50.6 percent from the field heading into Wednesday night's game, Calvin suffered through a 35.8% (24-for-67) field goal shooting performance including a dismal 19.2% performance in the first half when Wheaton's defensive pressure gave the Knights trouble.

Wheaton finished the game with a 37.3% (25-for-67) shooting performance including 35.5% in the first half. Wheaton was 10-for-28 from three-point range with Calvin hitting 7 of 23 attempts from behind the arc. The Knights held the edge at the charity stripe, connecting on 19 of 31 attempts (61.3%) while Wheaton was just 10 of 21 (47.6%) at the line.

Wheaton outrebounded Calvin 47-43 with Luke Moo leading the Thunder with eight boards while senior Brian Krosschell led Calvin with nine boards. Both teams suffered from turnovers as Wheaton committed 27 turnovers while Calvin turned it over 23 times.

Calvin is now 4-1 in its last five overtime games and 16-4 in its last 20 games decided by six points or less.

No. 2 Baldwin-Wallace women upset
Baldwin-Wallace lost to non-league foe and Cleveland crosstown rival Case Western Reserve on Nov. 30 in University Circle, 65-61. With the win, CWRU improves to 4-1 overall. B-W led 28-26 at the intermission.

College of New Jersey runs away from Stockton
EWING, N.J. — The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team was led by four players in double-digits as they tallied a 111-102 win against Richard Stockton on Nov. 29. The Lions came back from a three-point halftime deficit to overtake the Ospreys of Richard Stockton with an offensive explosion as they connected on a season-high 111 points.

No. 20 Bethany women defeat Mount Union
Bethany improved to 3-0 on the young season with a 61-54 win against visiting Mount Union. It's the first time Bethany has defeated the Purple Raiders in 11 all-time meetings.

The Bison trailed throughout the first half by as many as eight points. However, a run just before halftime gave Bethany a 29-27 lead going into the locker room. The anticipated matchup between Bethany senior center Jill Kamerer (a D3hoops.com second team preseason All-American), and Mount Union's Keri Canning (a first-teamer), favored the Bison at the break. Kamerer tallied 12 points in the first 20 minutes, while Canning scored only four points.

However, Canning came out on fire in the second half, scoring 11 of the Purple Raiders' first 17 points in the second stanza. Bethany pushed its lead to as many as 11 but led by Manning, Mount Union closed its deficit to 54-52 with five minutes to play. 

That's when Kamerer took over. She scored a pair of baskets to put Bethany ahead 59-54. On the ensuing trip down the floor, Canning went to take Kamerer one-on-one, but when she pulled up in the lane for a jumper, Kamerer blocked the shot and Bethany's Nicole Naccarato picked up the loose ball with less than 20 seconds to play. Naccarato was fouled immediately and went to the line for a one-and-one. She missed the first one but freshman Kelley Richardson rebounded the miss and put it back up for the closing points to seal the Bison victory.

Kamerer led all scorers in the game with 26 points and also grabbed a team-high seven boards. Canning recorded 17 points and seven rebounds in the loss.

Augustana posts second upset, tops No. 12 UWP
For the second time in four days the Augustana Vikings men's basketball program picked up a significant victory, defeating No. 12 UW-Platteville 80-74.

Balanced scoring was the answer as five players scored in double figures with senior Zac Larson leading the way with14 points and eight rebounds. Drew Carstens, Mike Nee and Brent Wills each had 12 points and Brian Berndt added 11. The Vikings held a 41-38 rebounding edge. 

Augustana (3-1) built an eight point lead in the first half when Berndt scored to make the score 27-19 with 7:04 remaining. A basket by Adam Rue made it 29-21 with 5:11 to go but UW-Platteville (4-1) closed out the half on a 14-0 run to take a 35-29 advantage into the locker room. 

In the second half, Augustana came out on a 16-2 tear to take a 45-39 edge when Wills nailed a three with 15:08 to go. The Vikings never trailed again but Mike Nee's three-pointer tied the game at 65 and the Augustana lead was later cut to 68-67 with 2:24 to play on two free throws from the Pioneers' Tyler Selk. Selk led all scorers with a career-high 24 points. Augustana scored its last 10 points from the free-throw line to nail down the victory.

No. 5 Chicago's home streak snapped
Bryan Bertola (pictured) scored a game-high 27 points as Lake Forest defeated No. 5 Chicago 85-67 on Nov. 28 night at Chicago's Henry Crown Field House. The loss ended Chicago's homecourt winning streak at 38 games, which was the longest active streak in Division III.

Chicago's only lead was an 8-6 edge early on. Lake Forest (2-0) opened up a 34-17 halftime advantage and led by as many as 37 points at 62-25 with 12:46 left.

As a team, Lake Forest shot 51.7% (30-for-58) from the field, 50.0% (7-for-14) from three-point range, and 78.3% (18-for-23) from the free throw line. The Foresters held the Maroons (4-1) to 33.3% (22-for-66) field goal shooting, including 23.3% (7for-30) in the first half.

Bertola shot 9-for-13 from the field and 5-for-8 from three-point range Lee Taylor scored 18 points for Lake Forest, while Derek Reich paced the Maroons with 16 points and six rebounds.

Long drought kills Capital's D-I upset hopes
Shoot 26% from the floor and go a combined 20 minutes without a field goal and you might think that the chances of that team winning a game is nearly impossible.

Well the Capital University men's basketball team almost pulled off mission impossible as they came within nine points of beating Division I Eastern Kentucky, losing 70-61 on Nov. 28.

The Crusaders overcame their worst shooting night and inconsistency on offense to make it a five-point game with 1:00 minute to go in the game.  The Colonels would hold off the rally to post the win, but could not contain Capital freshman Chuck Bihn. Bihn had his third double-double in just five career games and ld Capital with 16 points and 18 rebounds.

Fellow forward Chris McGuire also had a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds.

Capital (3-2), down 31-28 at the half, never led in the contest but tied it on three occasions, twice in the second half as the Crusaders played a Division I opponent for just the second time in 11 seasons.

Eastern Kentucky (2-1) had five players scoring in double figures with 14 each from Clinton Sims and Spanky Parks.

Foul shots lift Nebraska Wesleyan past UW-EC
LINCOLN, Neb. - In a men's basketball game filled with 79 trips to the free throw line, Nebraska Wesleyan University upset No. 8 UW-Eau Claire 70-65 on Saturday night in NWU's Snyder Classic.

Nebraska Wesleyan was led by Seth Harms and B.J. Nannen, who each
scored 16 points for the Prairie Wolves. Harms had 11 rebounds against the
Blugolds and scored a career-high 27 points against Baker University on Friday
night to earn MVP honors. Nannen and UW-Eau Claire's Sherm Carstensen were also named to the All-Tournament Team.

Carstensen led the Blugolds with 19 points, but as a team, UW-Eau Claire shot just 29% for the game from the field, including 3-of-30 from behind the three-point arc.

The Prairie Wolves extended their winning streak at home to 22 games.
In addition, NWU has not lost in the Snyder Classic since 1991. After losing
its 2000-01 season opener by three points to Washington University (Mo.), Nebraska Wesleyan has now won three in a row.

UW-Eau Claire dropped its second game in as many nights to even its record at 2-2.

Rockford holds Grinnell to 20% from downtown
ROCKFORD, Ill. – Grinnell loves to shuffle players in and out of games and create chaos for opponents. It almost worked during the Pioneers’ opening round game of the Old Chicago/Rockford College Thanksgiving tournament, but Rockford would have no part of it.

The Pioneers (1-3) created havoc with Wisconsin Lutheran Saturday in a 140-137 setback, but the Regents came prepared on Sunday, hitting 76.8% (53 of 69) of their shots from the field in a 126-107 victory in Seaver Gymnasium.

Although the Regents (3-0) went over the century-mark in scoring, Rockford
head coach Bill Lavery said the key to victory was defense. 

“Grinnell averages over 100 points per game and they love to get you in a run-and-gun contest and force you to make mistakes,” Lavery said. “They love it when you play man-to-man defense on them because they substitute five players every minute or two and swarm on full-court defense. 

“But we were patient, got a lot of easy shots and frustrated them with a zone defense – that was the difference.”

Rockford’s zone allowed Grinnell to hit only 38 of 101 field goals (37.6%), while limiting the Pioneers to 11-for-55 (20%) from beyond the three-point arch. 

“It’s always going to be a high-scoring game against Grinnell, but they weren’t able to get many easy baskets and part of that was our defense.” 

Offensively, Terry Laney led Rockford with 40 points on 16-for-20 shooting from the field, to go along with 14 assists. He was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player for his effort. He scored 25 points Friday against Wisconsin Lutheran.

Marcus Hill was also named to the all-tournament team. The Regent forward connected on 16 of 22 field goals for 35 points, while grabbing 12 rebounds. Billy Lewis scored 10 points and Bryan Sparks added nine for the Regents, while Grinnell was led in scoring by Mike Hochman and Patrick Choquette, each scoring 17.

Rockford took a 65-43 lead at intermission and then held off a Grinnell rally in the second half. The Pioneers pulled to within 92-81 with 8:45 remaining, but the Regents went on a 15-6 run over the next 3:25 to move out to a 107-87 lead and never looked back.

The Regents had their fast-break offense in gear, scoring 96 points off layups and 92.5% of their points coming from within five feet of the basket. Rockford only shot nine field goals the entire game that weren’t layups.

“That’s the way (Grinnell) plays,” Lavery said. “They press hard and give up easy layups at the other end. Then they try to beat you with the three. Today we got the better of them.”

Augustana men top 
D-I Western Illinois
Drew Carstens (pictured) scored a game-high 23 points as Augustana defeated Div. I Western Illinois 76-71 on Nov. 25, becoming the second Division III team in eight days to beat a D-I team. The Vikings (2-1) broke an 18-18 tie at the 9:27 mark in the first half with a layup by Mike Nee which sparked a 10-3 run that gave them a seven-point lead with 5:33 remaining in the first half. The Vikings took a 35-31 lead into the break.

The Leathernecks (0-3) fell behind 54-41 with 13:04 remaining, but used a 13-4 run to come within four, 58-54, at 8:37. Augustana stretched their lead back to 71-62 with 2:53 remaining when a Matt Robins three-pointer capped a 9-2 run which cut Western's deficit to two, 73-71 with under a minute left. WIU failed to score on their final three possessions, and three free throws by Carstens sealed the 76-71 victory.

Brian Turner led WIU with 15 points and eight rebounds off the bench. Jamel Richardson added 13 points and Matt Robins, 11. Shaun Clements and Adam Talbot each added 11 points in Augustana's first-ever victory against a Division I school.

Reich leads Chicago past Illinois Wesleyan
CHICAGO -- Derek Reich hit a free throw with three seconds left in the game to give No. 7 Chicago a 77-76 win against No. 24 Illinois Wesleyan on Nov. 25 at Chicago's Henry Crown Field House.

Reich hit the first of two free throw attempts. Illinois Wesleyan rebounded the missed second shot, but could only get off a halfcourt shot which missed the mark. With the win, Chicago extended its homecourt winning streak to 38 games, the longest active streak in Division III. Since Feb. 1, 1996, the Maroons are 55-1 at Henry Crown.

Chicago (4-0) led 43-39 at halftime. The lead changed hands 12 times in the second half. Illinois Wesleyan (1-1) took its last lead of the game at 66-65 with 4:45 left on a basket by Ryan McCreery.

Chicago regained the lead at 68-66 on a three-pointer by Jim Waichulis, who finished the game with 21 points and five three-pointers. Illinois Wesleyan tied the game at 76-76 on a three-pointer by Adam Osborn with 21 seconds left. Osborn led the Titans with 19 points and five treys.

Reich finished with 16 points for the Maroons, while Tyler Smithson and Jon Poyer each added 11. Smithson also handed out nine assists. Luke Kasten scored 18 points in a losing effort for Illinois Wesleyan, while Seth Hubbard and Todd Wente contributed 14 and 13 points, respectively.

Ohio Northern men victorious in home opener
ADA -- Ohio Northern won its home opener for the fourth consecutive season with a 74-56 victory against Ohio Wesleyan on Nov. 22 at the ONU Sports Center.

Senior Kris Oberdick recorded a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Polar Bears (1-1). Junior Craig Wohlgamuth scored a career-high 14 points and grabbed six rebounds and freshman Jim Conrad chipped in 11 points and five rebounds for ONU.

Ohio Wesleyan (0-3) was led by Jason Dopoulos and Shawn Kindred with 14 points each and Travis Schwab with 10 points.

Northern scored the first 10 points of the second half, holding the Battling Bishops scoreless over a span of 4:32, to turn a 38-32 halftime advantage into a commanding 48-32 lead. But the Bishops battled back and pulled within 54-49 on two free throws by Kindred with 8:28 left in the game.

Sophomore Mike Haynes connected on a three-point play at the 7:35 mark to push the lead to 57-49 and key a 10-1 ONU run that gave the hosts a 64-50 lead with 3:13 remaining. ONU scored the game's final five points to grab its biggest lead on two free throws by Conrad with 15 seconds left to make it 74-56.

"I was proud of our kids, they didn't let this one get away," ONU head coach Joe Campoli said. "When Ohio Wesleyan cut our lead to five, we hung in there and didn't panic. We got some big plays and had nice balance tonight."

Northern won the rebounding battle by a 31-30 margin and forced OWU into 24 turnovers while committing only 14.

Wesleyan made 20 of 45 field goals for 44.4%, while Northern hit on 28-of-57 of its field goals for 49.1 percent. The two teams took 47 three-point attempts between them. ONU was 7-for-26 for 26.9% and OWU went 5-for-21 for 23.8%.

Late flurry lifts Witt past No. 4 Capital
The Wittenberg women scored five points in the final 2.3 seconds to beat Capital 76-75 on Nov. 21. Rochelle Germany nailed one of two free throws to give Capital a 75-71 edge with nine seconds to go. Wittenberg brought the ball the length of the court and Stephanie Campbell banked in a three-pointer to close the gap to 75-74 with 2.3 seconds to play. The Crusaders then could not inbound the ball, turning it over to the Tigers, and Geri Woessner hit the game-winner from the lane.

It was the first lead for Wittenberg (3-0) since the 11:24 mark of the first half.  From that point Capital (2-1) went on a 21-7 run to post a 36-23 lead with 3:03 before the half. The Tigers battled back to make it 39-32 at the break. Capital (2-1) started the second half with a 20-10 run to take its largest lead of the game, but the Tigers would outscore Capital 32-16 the rest of the way.

Capital's Kendra Meyer scored 18 of her game-high 24 points in the first half and Germany had 11 as the lone Crusaders in double figures. Wittenberg had four players in double digits led by Kate Rolf's 20 points.

Goucher men top Hopkins with buzzer-beater
BALTIMORE -- Goucher sophomore guard Curtis McNeill hit a running jumper as time expired to stun Johns Hopkins 66-65 on Nov. 21 in men's action at Goldfarb Gymnasium.

Johns Hopkins (1-2) junior forward Paul Masson hit a layup with one second remaining in the first half to tie the game at 31-31.  The Gophers (1-2) opened the second stanza with a 7-0 run before Hopkins came back with a 6-0 run to trim the GC lead to 38-37.  The Gophers kept the advantage until the 1:30 mark when senior guard Antoine Peoples popped a three-pointer to tie the game at 60-60.

The Gophers led 64-61 with 1:17 remaining before sophomore forward Steve Adams connected with a baseline move, and junior center Matthew Eisley made a putback of a Brian Cosgrove miss to give the Blue Jays a 65-64 advantage.  McNeill took the inbounds pass and dribbled the length of the floor for the one-hander.

McNeill led the Gophers with 19 points while junior forward Todd Sykes had 15.  Sophomore guard Kendall Wynder posted 10 points for GC. Peoples had a game- and career-high 22 points to go along with seven rebounds to lead JHU.  Eisley went 5-for-7 for 12 points and added five boards.  He also tied his career-high with five blocks.  Adams netted 16 points and six rebounds for Hopkins.

JHU held the Gophers to 21-for-55 (38.2%) shooting from the floor for the game, but GC went 21-for-29 (72.4%) from the charity stripe.  The Blue Jays shot 44.4% (24-for-54) but committed 27 turnovers and shot 60.9% (14-for-23) from the free-throw line.

Marymount women upset No. 6 UW-Eau Claire
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Marymount women’s basketball team won its own Tipoff Classic, defeating UW-Eau Claire 76-75 at the Verizon Sports Arena on Nov. 19. The Blugolds (2-1) came into the tournament ranked No. 6 in the nation.

The game was tied 73-73 when sophomore Ashlee Courter hit a three-pointer to put the Saints (3-0) up 76-73. Eau Claire responded with a two-point basket by Kristi Channing and the last 34 seconds were scoreless. The Saints led 41-37 at the half.

Is Platteville back? UWP upsets No. 10 St. John's
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. -- UW-Platteville knocked off No. 10 St. John's 70-63 in a well-played, entertaining game at Williams Fieldhouse Sunday afternoon. The Pioneers improved to 2-0, while the Johnnies, who returned 10 of their top 11 players from last year's 20-7 team, fell to 0-1.

Senior Beau Buchs led the Pioneers with 25 points and 7 rebounds. Buchs dunked the ball on baseline drives six times out of the normal offense, including four in a 3:38 span early in the second half. One of those dunks came after the Johnnies had taken their second lead of the game, 40-39. The Pioneers then ran off nine unanswered points for a 48-40 lead, capped by a Buchs' dunk and free-throw after he was fouled.

The Johnnies cut the lead to two points at 48-46, but Bryan Stangel nailed a jump shot, Buchs hit two free throws, and Tyler Selk scored in the lane for a 56-48 lead with 8:26 remaining. The defending Minnesota conference champions came within 5 points several times, but the Pioneers were able to hold off all the rallies.

Stangel added 19 points for UWP, including 13 in a first half which saw the Pioneers take a 35-34 lead. Selk added 13 points and 5 assists. SJU all-American Troy Bigalke scored 22 points and had 7 rebounds. Mike Nester added 14 points, and Luke Witt scored 12.

The Pioneers kept intact a remarkable streak. No non-conference team has won a regular-season game at Williams since UW-Parkside won Nov. 26, 1984.

No. 7 Catholic
upsets D-I Albany
Pat Maloney (pictured) led all scorers with 20 points, including 10-for-11 free-throw shooting, as Catholic defeated Division I Albany in the Mohegan Sun Classic at Central Connecticut State. No Division III team beat an NCAA Division I team in men’s basketball last season.

Catholic (1-1) rallied from a 51-46 deficit with 4:41 remaining in the game as senior guard Andy Rice hit a three-pointer to spark a 10-0 run which put the Cardinals up 56-51 with 32 seconds remaining. Albany (0-2) got to within 58-56 before a Maloney free throw with two seconds left iced the game.

"I’m happy for our team," Lonergan said, "because it’s been harder to get a D-I game recently and to come so close last night it’s very gratifying to finally defeat a team with full scholarships." Lonergan interviewed for the head coaching job at Albany this past offseason but was bypassed.

Connecticut College wins Blue Jay Invitational
BALTIMORE -- Senior guard Kareem Tatum scored 18 points and grabbed four rebounds, while junior guard Mizan Ayers totaled 19 points, four boards, and added five steals to lead Connecticut College to a 79-69 win over host Johns Hopkins in the championship game of the Blue Jay Invitational on Nov. 18 at Goldfarb Gymnasium.  The Camels begin the season with a 2-0 record, while the Blue Jays even their mark at 1-1.

JHU lead 8-2 very early in the contest and kept the lead for the first 10 minutes of the first half.  The Blue Jays' advantage slipped as Tatum boosted CC to a 19-14 first period advantage after scoring eight unanswered points in less than a minute.  The Camels never relinquished the lead and took a 42-35 margin into the intermission.

CC's biggest lead of the contest was a 15-point advantage with 10:16 remaining in the second half, but JHU managed to trim that margin to five with 2:08 left in the game.  But, the Camels were able to hold on for the win.

Blue Jays sophomore forward Steve Adams was named to the all-Tournament team after recording a team-high 16 points and hauling in seven rebounds.  JHU sophomore guard Brendan Kamm pulled in 13 points to join Adams on the all-Tournament team, while junior center Matthew Eisley had 14 points and eight boards for Hopkins.

Also named to the all-Tournament team were Ayers from Connecticut College, Tim Smith of Randolph-Macon, and Steve Horst of Lebanon Valley. Tatum earned tournament most valuable player honors.

Washington U. men win Bill Merris Classic
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. -- Behind Dustin Tylka, Washington University went on a 15-3 run down the stretch and captured a 73-65 win Saturday over host Illinois College in the championship game of the Bill Merris Tip-Off Classic.

Tylka had eight of his game-high 23 points during the late surge that lifted the Bears from a 53-52 deficit at the 7:58 mark into a comfortable 67-56 lead with 2:49 left.  Washington University (2-0) led 36-31 at the break before Illinois College (1-1) forged a 53-52 lead with 12:57 remaining.

The winners, who hit 28-of-35 free throws, got 15 points apiece from Chris Jeffries and Ryan Patton.  Illinois College was led in scoring by Brad Kassing with 15, followed by Justin Six and Chad Tobin with 14 apiece.  The Blueboys posted a 41-37 edge on the boards.

In the consolation game, Nebraska Wesleyan University's B.J. Nannen banked in a 22-footer at the buzzer to lift the Prairie Wolves past MacMurray 77-74.  Nannen, who finished with 15 points, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Teammates Seth Harms and Ryan Means each scored 20 while MacMurray's Derek Suttles has 16 followed by Lacey Tyler with 14. 

Concordia-Moorhead women beat No. 4 Oshkosh
No. 4 UW-Oshkosh became the first women's upset victim of the season, falling 72-64 to Concordia-Moorhead. Sara Spears paced the Cobbers with 25 points and 15 rebounds, both game-highs. The Cobbers shot only 38% from the field, but outrebounded the Titans 44-43, including 17 offensive rebounds, and forced 26 Titan turnovers. 

The Cobbers took a 29-22 halftime lead, and led by as many as 12 in the second half. The Titans rallied behind 10 straight points from Melissa Schweitzer, and took a seven-point advantage at 60-53 on a Jamie Turtenwland bucket with 4:59 remaining. A 17-2 Cobber run to end the game gave the Cobbers the win in head coach Sara Cepek's debut.

No. 3 Wooster men survive on Opening Night
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Wooster opened the year with a hard-fought 96-90 victory over Aurora in the opening round of the Al Van Wie Rotary Classic at Timken Gymnasium. With the victory, the Scots extended their home-winning streak to 34 games -- the second-longest streak in Division III and the third-longest among all NCAA affiliated institutions.

Wooster picked up where it left off last season offensively. In its final five home games of the 1999-2000 season, the Scots averaged 99.6 points per game and topped the 100-mark point mark on three occasions. In the first half, the story was the three-point shooting of the Spartans. They built a 46-43 behind the shooting of Kory McFarland, who was 5-for-6 from beyond the arc. As a team, Aurora was 8-for-15 from three-point range in the first 20 minutes.

In the second half, the Scots tied the game four minutes into the period and held the lead for most of the first 14 minutes, but two free throws by Dan DeBruycke with 6:36 left tied the game at 76-76. Wooster responded with a three-pointer by sophomore Matt Smith and a layup by sophomore Bryan Nelson to take the lead for good. After the Spartans tied the game for the final time, the Scots went on a 17-6 run to take its largest lead of the game at 93-82 with 2:03 to play.

Wooster shot well as a team, hitting 51% (36-for-70) of its shots from the floor and 40% (8-for-20) of its three-point attempts. All five starters scored in double figures, led by junior point guard Antwyan Reynolds, who finished with 20 points on 9-for-15 shooting. Smith added 18 points, including five three-pointers, while Nelson had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. It marked Nelson's 11th career double-double in just 30 games.

Senior Nate Gaubatz scored 16 points and dished out a career-high eight assists, while junior Brian Carlisle registered 11 points and eight caroms in the victory.

Leading the way for Aurora were McFarland and Brent Gooden, who each had 20 points. After hitting eight three pointers in the first half, the Spartans were only 4-for-11 in the second half.

No. 7 Catholic men nearly knock off D-I Columbia
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- Catholic came within three minutes of upsetting Columbia before falling 63-58 in the first round of the Mohegan Sun Classic. 

The Cardinals led 50-48 with 3:02 left, but faltered down the stretch. Sophomore Matt Hilleary led the way for Catholic with 13 points and 11 rebounds, while Brian Moyer added 12 points, including 5-for-5 from the line. Catholic shot only 5-for-24 from three-point range, 1-for-12 in the second half. Senior Pat Maloney was 1-for-11 from downtown.

Columbia was led by Craig Austin's 22 points.

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