After seeing last season end on its home floor in the NCAA tournament, No. 4 Kean showed why it is so highly ranked to start 2008-09.

The Cougars outscored No. 12 Baldwin-Wallace 20-7 over the last seven and a half minutes to seal an 81-68 victory. Cardiss Jackman scored 24 points to give her 47 for the weekend and Danielle Brown (31 points, 16 rebounds in two games) was named tournament MVP. No. 11 Chicago also defended its home floor, rallying to beat Chapman 72-65. Bryanne Halfhill had 20 points for the Maroons. No. 9 DeSales held off former conference rival Scranton 65-57 behind 18 points from Kim Rarick. No. 17 St. Norbert defeated UW-Stout 76-71. Women's scoreboard.

&&g-boxr&&In men�s action King�s stopped No. 23 Widener 80-67 in a meeting of the MAC�s two defending conference champions. The young Monarchs started two freshmen and two reserves from last year�s team after losing nine seniors and four starters. A night after scoring 30 points, Bryan Yelvington scored 32 more for Kenyon in an 87-79 win over Edgewood. No. 22 Chicago dropped to 0-2 with a 70-68 OT loss to NAIA Illinois Tech. Men�s scoreboard.

NC Wesleyan scored 68 on Wesley in the first half so the Wolverines returned the favor with 70 in the second half. The Battling Bishops won the game 114-102. Guilford began life without Ben Strong with an 81-55 victory over Methodist. Scranton defeated Lycoming 70-59 by shooting above 50 percent from the field and behind the arc.

Sunday standouts include Wesley's Rashawn Johnson, who scored 35 points in 36 minutes, and Bard's Latiqua Williams, who posted a quadruple-double against New Rochelle. It's the first reported quadruple-double in Division III women's basketball since Danna Purnell of SUNY-Old Westbury also did it against New Rochelle on Feb. 10, 2007.