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February 23, 2008


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Jordyn Boles scored 18 points and was 6-for-8 from the floor in Hope's win.
Women's three still perfect
The top three teams in Division III women's basketball each finished their conference seasons unscathed and enter their conference tournaments unbeaten overall.

No. 1 Hope got 18 points from Jordyn Boles in just 26 minutes of action, while Courtney Knox came off the bench to score 13 points in 11 minutes and Carrie Snikkers had a game-high 10 rebounds in 14 minutes in a 69-40 win against Alma. Hope (24-0) awaits the winner of Monday's MIAA Tournament play-in game between Tri-State and Kalamazoo. Second-ranked Howard Payne had little trouble with Schreiner in improving to 25-0, while No. 3 Thomas More used a 16-0 run in the first half to punctuate an 88-39 blowout of St. Vincent. Saturday's women's scores

Melissa Beyruti scored 24 and Chari' Cooper had 17 rebounds, but No. 7 Kean was knocked off 78-75 at Rowan. The Cougars (22-3, 10-3) now will have to play a first-round game in the NJAC Tournament on Monday. William Paterson earned the top overall seed thanks to Asia Johnson's 26 points, 20 rebounds and four blocks in a 65-60 win against Rutgers-Newark.

The top four seeds advanced in the NESCAC's conference tournament, with No. 1 Amherst beating Colby, No. 2 Tufts defeating Middlebury, third-seeded Wesleyan advancing past Williams and Bowdoin surviving archrival Bates.

No. 22 Puget Sound won the tiebreaker and gets the bye to the finals of the Northwest Conference tournament after beating Willamette 73-47 in the final regular season game. No. 18 George Fox plays the league's one semifinal game, hosting Lewis and Clark. No. 23 UW-Eau Claire won the WIAC tiebreaker -- a coin flip -- to get top seed over fellow conference champ No. 4 UW-Whitewater.

In perhaps the game with the biggest Pool B implications in women's basketball on Saturday, Scranton hit a buzzer beater at the end of regulation and a bucket at the end of the first overtime in beating Moravian 92-85 in double OT. Scranton improved to 19-5, 18-4 in-region while Moravian fell to 16-9, 15-8.

Colleen Feeney notched her 22nd double-double of the season with 18 points and a game-high 17 rebounds as Bridgewater State won the MASCAC regular season for the first time since 1986. Wheaton (Mass.) won a conference title for the first time since the New England Women's 8 days, winning the NEWMAC with a 71-60 victory against Clark. The Centennial Conference ended in a three-way tie, with Franklin and Marshall winning the tiebreaker and the top seed.

href="/game-releases/2008/Feb/23/Capital-vs.-Otterbein/xgcb6q44pw0gw00l/25289">Otterbein guard Sara Fee hit a three-pointer from just inside half court as time expired to send the Cardinals to a 63-62 win over crosstown rival Capital. The two teams, along with John Carroll, are tied for fourth in the league with Otterbein holding the tiebreaker.
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UW-Whitewater's men's and women's teams celebrated WIAC titles together on Saturday.
WIACs go to UWW
The UW-Whitewater men won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season outright and the women shared it with UW-Eau Claire after the teams swept UW-River Falls on Saturday, 82-38 and 80-75.

The men, ranked No. 7 in the D3hoops.com Top 25, receive the top seed in the conference tournament, one with the automatic bid on the line, thanks to homestanding No. 23 UW-Platteville drubbing No. 5 UW-Stevens Point 84-65. The Pioneers shot 65 percent in the first half and put the game away with a 15-2 run in the second. Platteville gets the second seed in the tournament, with Stevens Point the third. Saturday's men's scores. Scroll down for more women's coverage.

No. 17 Ursinus finished running the table in the Centennial, holding on as a Muhlenberg buzzer-beater fell short in a 72-69 road win. The Bears await the winner of McDaniel and Dickinson in next Saturday's conference semis. Tyler Fantin made Senior Day memorable at No. 19 Virginia Wesleyan, with 24 points, 10 rebounds and a marriage proposal after the game, which was accepted.

Olivet's men closed out their gym in style, beating Calvin 82-65 for their first win against the Knights since Jan. 20, 1999. Gettysburg set a team record for wins, with its 21st, while Webster did the same, winning No. 19 in beating Eureka 86-56. The Gorloks have run the table so far in the SLIAC and have won 19 consecutive SLIAC games. Plattsburgh State finished the SUNYAC slate unbeaten as well, improving to 16-0 and 23-2 overall with an 86-75 win against SUNYIT.

DeSales won 75-67 at Division II Bloomsburg in a rare late-season out-of-division matchup. The Bulldogs improved to 20-5. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Colorado College finished its season at 0-24 with a 69-63 home loss to Trinity (Texas) and Rockford finished 0-25 with an 80-66 loss at Edgewood.

The four top seeds each advanced in the NESCAC tournament, setting up Middlebury (19-6) against Trinity, Conn. (19-6) and Bowdoin (20-5) against Amherst (23-2) at Amherst next Saturday. The league could receive multiple Pool C (at-large) bids once again.

Kent Raymond dropped 37 points on Elmhurst, surpassing the 1,500-point milestone and giving Wheaton (Ill.) the No. 3 seed in the CCIW tournament with a 78-69 win. The victory means the Thunder avoid Augustana but face Illinois Wesleyan, which swept them.

Willamette lost to Puget Sound 123-117 in double overtime but still made the
three-team NWC playoffs, surviving the four-way tie for third at 9-7. The Bearcats' reward is another game against Puget Sound in the semifinal. Buena Vista made its free throws down the stretch and edged Loras 80-79. The win gives the Beavers their fifth IIAC regular season title in nine years.
Permalink | Feb 23, 2008
Wash U. goes down twice at Rochester
Seth Hauben's 20-20 performance helped hand Wash U its first loss.
Jeff Joss blocked Matt Tabash's last-second shot, helping No. 8 Rochester upset No. 1 Washington U. 83-82 in overtime Sunday, then the women followed suit, as No. 23 Rochester defeated No. 1 Washington U. 82-73. The Rochester women broke a 22-game losing streak to Wash U, winning their first game since the 1991-92 season.

The Rochester men held Tabash to just 14 points. "We don't have the footspeed to handle him one on one. We thought if we went zone we could cut down the number of touches he had," head coach Mike Neer told WYSL radio. Full story.

Seth Hauben, left, scored 25 points and added a career-high 20 rebounds for Rochester, which improved to 21-3, 11-2 in the University Athletic Association. Washington U. lost for the first time in 24 games. There are no unbeaten men's teams remaining in Division III.

"It's especially sweet since they got us by three up there in overtime," said Hauben. "It's a war. We just ended up on top."
Permalink | Feb 23, 2008
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