For the second night in a row, a women�s basketball coach reached a major milestone. Mike Durbin won his 500th game as St. Benedict held off Macalester 66-61. Amy Stifter scored 24 points for the Blazers who improved to 4-0 in MIAC play and stayed tied with Gustavus Adolphus atop the conference. Durbin has won 496 games at St. Benedict since arriving in 1985 after starting his career at Wittenberg.

No. 1 Kean passed its first test as the nation�s top ranked team, downing No. 6 Messiah 59-50. Cardiss Jackman led the way with 21 points for the Cougars who travel to No. 15 Mary Washington on Saturday. Cassie Bandow�s jumper with five seconds remaining was the difference in No. 13 UW-Stevens Point�s 58-56 win over UW-La Crosse. The Pointers have won 17 of the last 18 meetings against the Eagles. More women�s scores.

&&g-boxr&&In men�s action, most of the ranked teams in action rolled. No. 4 St. Thomas clobbered St. Mary�s (Minn.) 102-64 in a game where the Tommies' bench scored almost as many points (62) as the Cardinals. No. 6 UW-Stevens Point used a 20-8 run to close out UW-La Crosse 82-69.

No. 22 Ithaca rallied in overtime to beat Oneonta State 79-77. The Bombers are 7-0, ranked in the D3hoops Top 25 for the first time and off to their best start since 1941. Darnell Braswell and Brian Hunter scored half of DeSales' points in the Bulldogs' 82-80 win over Centenary. More men's scores.

Elsewhere Aurora handed Milwaukee Engineering its first loss 84-80 in overtime. Rhodes earned its first win over Rust in eight years, 82-79. Nate Ollie scored 31 points for the Lynx. John Jay scored eight points in the last 30 seconds of overtime to beat Rutgers-Newark, 75-68.