| Ian Franks hit a pair of free throws and a
three-pointer on back-to-back possessions in the closing minutes to
help Wooster to a 79-77 win against Baruch. Wooster athletics file photo |
No. 1 Wooster survived another close game, this time pulling out a 79-77 comeback victory Sunday afternoon
versus Baruch in Daytona Beach, Fla., on the second day of
Embry-Riddle's Bahama House/Best Western Aku Tiki Shootout.
Wooster is now one win shy of matching its best start in team
history, held by the 2004-05 team at 14-0. Seven of this year's 13
victories have come since the Fighting Scots gained the No. 1
ranking, and three of those have come down to the final seconds
– a 76-73 buzzer-beater at Allegheny on Dec. 8, an 86-79
decision over Wilmington on Dec. 29, and Sunday's game, in which
Wooster rallied from a 75-71 deficit.
Franklin and Marshall overcame 28 points, 24 rebounds and four blocked shots from Lester Prosper and defeated SUNY-Old Westbury 96-84. James McNally recorded a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds for the No. 14 Diplomats, while Georgio Milligan added 21 points with eight assists.
No. 10 Augustana went on a 15-0 second-half run to rally past Chicago 63-56. The Maroons (3-8) had led 48-38 early in the second half before the Vikings came back to improve to 11-0. Transylvania won its seventh in a row and held Steve Djurickovic to 17 points in a 75-66 win against No. 24 Carthage.
Greensboro beat Maryville for the first time since 1995 and just the third time in 22 meetings as Luqman Tijani scored 19 points on 8-for-12 shooting in an 83-67 win.
In women's action, No. 20 Medaille went on a 22-2 run to start the second half and went on to defeat St. John Fisher 82-67. Meghan Dougherty returned to the starting lineup with 23 points on 9-for-16 shooting. WPI went overtime in handing Middlebury its first loss, 69-67. No. 11 DePauw finished the first half on a 19-3 run as the Tigers pulled away from Centre 77-57.
Gettysburg women's coach Mike Kirkpatrick won his 300th career game as the Bullets crushed Randolph 85-33, while UW-Whitewater men's coach Pat Miller won career game No. 200 as the Warhawks defeated Pomona-Pitzer 67-57.