No. 2 Mass-Dartmouth's undefeated run ended in New Hampshire in front of a capacity crowd at Spaulding Gym. Keene State scored on its last possession in regulation to force overtime where the Owls beat the Corsairs 92-85, knocking off Division III men's basketball's last unbeaten team.
Mass-Dartmouth led by two with 15.5 seconds remaining in regulation but Tavon Brantley hit a short shot to tie the game. In overtime A.J. Tavares hit a three-pointer to tie the game but Tyler Kathan answered to put the Owls ahead for good. Kathan finished with 18 points and 15 rebounds.
"I though Tavon Brantley was a difference-maker with the limited minutes he got," Keene coach Rob Colbert said, "and Kathan then hit the big shots that gave us a little separation. We had a long week off after a disappointing loss to Rhode Island College and I thought we responded very well." Saturday's men's scores. Scroll down for Saturday's women's coverage.
&&g-boxl&&No. 7 Augustana sent Carthage to its fourth consecutive loss, getting 24 points from Brian Larson and a double-double from Chandlor Collins in a 76-69 win. The Vikings remained one game ahead of surprising Illinois Wesleyan in the CCIW, as the Titans got 20 points from Darius Gant in beating Elmhurst 75-71. No. 12 Mary Hardin-Baylor needed a basket with 2.6 seconds left to beat 1-19 Texas Lutheran.
The day started with Richard Stockton ending William Paterson's undefeated run through the NJAC, 78-75. Mario Lancioni scored 24 points and young brother Santini added 11 for Richard Stockton but the Ospreys needed a Jerome Hubbard jumper and block (audio highlight, Gordon Mann for D3hoopsNet) to escape with the victory. William Paterson, who slipped to 8-1 in the NJAC, trailed by 25 points in the first half but came back to take a four-point lead late.
No. 21 Ursinus survived a buzzer-beater attempt by T.J. Odunlami to beat McDaniel 68-66. Clark was not so lucky as Jamaal Gibbs hit a half-court buzzer beater to send Springfield past the Cougars, 90-87 in OT. It was one of three buzzer-beaters in the game.
Randolph-Macon avenged an early-season loss to Washington and Lee behind Justin Short's 22 points and 16 off the bench from David Carlson in a 78-66 win. (Photo gallery) Williams continued its free fall, dropping its fifth consecutive game, while Tufts won its first NESCAC contest, 93-68. DeSales entered the week at 17-2, but will leave it at 17-4 after an 83-67 home loss to Manhattanville.