Notables

Grinnell guard Jeff Clement set the D-III scoring record with 77 points Feb. 18 in Grinnell's 149-144 win against Illinois College. Clement shot 26-for-68 from the floor and 19-for-52 from 3-point range, breaking his own record of 17 3-pointers in a game set earlier this season.

The previous record was 69 points by Steve Diekmann, also of Grinnell, in 1994.

Last Saturday, Grinnell had broken the record for most players making a 3-pointer when 13 players hit from downtown in a 104-73 win against Monmouth. The Pioneers broke the previous record, 11, set by St. Mary's (Md.) against Bard in 1994.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – With eight steals Feb. 17 in a 92-76 men's basketball victory against Pratt Institute, Brooklyn freshman Elijah Jefferson broke the school's season steals record. The old record of 106 was set by former BC star Glen Earl James during the 1984-85 season.

Jefferson, a 5-10 point guard, now has 114 steals this season going into Monday night's season finale against Yeshiva. Jefferson also scored 20 points and added eight assists as well.

Western Maryland senior forward Will Marshall became the school's all-time leading scorer on a jumper with 15:21 remaining in the second half of a 71-66 Centennial Conference loss to Gettysburg. The basket gave Marshall 1,565 points, surpassing the 1,564 compiled by Art Press from 1949 through 1952.

Marshall topped all scorers with 24 points, raising his record total to 1,577. Western Maryland fell to 11-10, while Gettysburg improved to 13-9.

The Webster men etched their names into the record books of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference this afternoon with a 68-61 win against MacMurray. With the win, the Gorloks (13-9, 9-3) sets the conference's mark for biggest turnaround in one season. The Gorloks have improved their conference record by eight wins so far, coming off a 1-13 season in 1996-97.

The Gorloks held an 11-point lead at halftime before MacMurray rallied to within 64-61 with one minute left. Free-throws by Adam Tigert and Paul Zellmer clinched the game for Webster.

The No. 6 Christopher Newport men ran their winning streak to 21 and clinched the Dixie Conference regular season championship with an 86-78 win, while the women won their seventh consecutive game to solidify their hold on first place in the Dixie. In the men's game the Captains (21-1, 10-0) led by as many as 16 in the second half.

Senior Sean Phillips had the game of his career with a career-high 26 points and 12 rebounds, while senior Steve Butler added 16 points and a CNU career-high 22 rebounds. Averett (8-13, 5-5) was led by Demarcus Morrison with 21 points.

The CNU women also coasted to an 83-63 win. Freshman Serita Jackson had a career-high 27 points to pace CNU, which improved to 18-3 and 9-1. Junior Tamara Pool added 20 points. Averett (8-12, 4-6) got 20 points from Shannon Yopp.

WASHINGTON – Gallaudet's Ronda Jo Miller set a school record with 47 points as the Bison, ranked No. 5 in the women's Atlantic region, defeated No. 8 Mary Washington 104-96. Miller shot 17-for-27 from the floor and tied the school record with seven blocked shots.

Mary Washington's Andrea Sellers led the Eagles with 34 points. Miller, leading the nation with 27.7 points per game, also broke her own school record with 574 career points.

Mary Washington dropped into a four-way tie atop the CAC with Gallaudet, Salisbury State and St. Mary's.

WESTMINSTER, Md. – Senior forward Katie Haley became Western Maryland's career scoring leader on a short jumper with 3:41 left in the second half which gave her 1,579 points, surpassing the 1,577 compiled by Cindy Boyer from 1984 to 1987. Haley finished the game with her second consecutive 27-point effort, also a season high, which lifted her career total to 1,584.

Junior forward Kathi Snyder added a season-high 25 points for the Green Terror, which lost to Elizabethtown 86-84 in overtime.

ANDERSON, Ind. – Sophomore Chaz Smoot drained a jumper from the free throw line with one second remaining to give his Anderson Ravens a 72-71 come-from-behind victory against the Spartans of Manchester on Feb. 11. The victory is the first Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season win in 21 games for the Ravens, dating to a 79-74 victory against Franklin on Feb. 10, 1996. Anderson came back from a 12-point (44-32) halftime deficit to gain the victory.

The Ravens (9-12, 1-8) took their first lead of the game at 70-69 on a free throw by sophomore Michael Wingert with 1:34 remaining in the contest. The Spartans (14-7, 5-4) regained a one-point lead with two free throws from freshman Jeremy Neely for a 71-70 lead. Noel Nitecki led the victors with a team-high 14 points and six assists.

ADA, Ohio – Jeremy Thompson's 27 points lifted No. 19 Ohio Northern over Mount Union 80-71 in front of 1,687 fans Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center. ONU had three players in double figures, with Mike Kluse scoring 18 and Scott Unverferth adding 17 points. Unverferth also lead the team in rebounds with 10.

Mount Union (14-6, 10-4) was led by Aaron Shipp who dumped in 29 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. ONU (16-4, 11-3) went on a 7-0 run to take a 53-45 lead with 14:22 left in the contest. The Purple Raiders got within 55-53 with 9:26 remaining, but could never retake the lead. ONU took its largest lead of the game with :08 to play 80-71.

Mount Union took its largest lead at 20-14 with 10:14 remaining in the opening stanza before the Polar Bears fought back to take a 43-41 lead at the half after an Unverferth tip-in with :57 remaining.

In the second half, ONU went on a 7-0 run to take a 53-45 lead with 14:22 left. The Purple Raiders got within 55-53 with 9:26 remaining, but could never retake the lead. ONU took its largest lead of the game with :08 to play 80-71.

Kalamazoo's men ended three streaks with a 70-57 victory at Hope on Saturday. The Hornets ended their four-game losing streak, their five-game losing streak against Hope and Hope's 19-game winning streak.

Dave Dobbie led Kalamazoo (8-12, 3-6 MIAA) with 14 points, while Brad Phillips and Brian Ellison each added 13. Kalamazoo held Hope to 25% shooting from the field and its lowest point total of the season. The Flying Dutch (19-2, 8-1) were tied for No. 2 in Division III entering the game.

Saturday's win marked the second time in the past three seasons that the Hornets ended a long Hope win streak. Kalamazoo posted a 67-65 win in February 1996 to end a 23-game Hope winning streak.