NJAC player of the year Hillary Klimowicz shot 9-for-13 en route to 22 points as The College of New Jersey defeated Montclair State 74-52 and rolled into the New Jersey Athletic Conference women's final. The Lions will get a rubber match with No. 12 Kean, which rolled over William Paterson 73-45. Chari' Cooper got another double-double, but it was Tiffany Patrick who stole the show with 19 boards. Wednesday's women's scores.

&&g-boxr&&UW-Whitewater had a relatively easy time in its WIAC quarterfinal on Monday but got a battle from fifth-seeded UW-Superior on Wednesday before pulling away to a 77-73 win. The Warhawks caught a break when Superior called a timeout in overtime it did not have, when the game was 71-69 with 57 seconds left. Wednesday's men's scores.

The Edgewood women held Lakeland without a field goal for the final 11:11 and finished on a 21-1 run in a 56-53 NATHC quarterfinal win. No. 7 beat No. 2 in the NEWMAC men's tournament for the second consecutive season, as Wheaton (Mass.) won at Clark. OAC women's seventh seed Mount Union did the same to second-seeded Ohio Northern 59-46.

In Wednesday's semifinals, the Lebanon Valley and Messiah women advanced to the MAC Commonwealth title game, while Carleton and St. Thomas will meet in the MIAC and Gwynedd-Mercy and Cabrini in the PnAC.

John Soboleski scored 24 points, including the go-ahead bucket with 20 seconds left, to give defending MAC Freedom champion King's a 77-74 overtime win against non-defending Skyline champion Manhattanville in the MAC Freedom semifinals. King's will play DeSales for the title.