D3hoops.com first-team preseason All-American guard LeighAnn Burke shot 15-for-30 from the floor and hit 10 three-pointers en route to 46 points in leading No. 24 DeSales past Delaware Valley 86-70 on Tuesday night.

The 10 three-pointers ties for the most in Division III this season and she joined 20 other players tied for the seventh-most three-pointers in a game in Division III history. Her 46 points are the third-most in D-III this season. After a merely impressive first half, Burke shot 10-for-16 from the floor in the second half, scoring 32 points. Tuesday's women's scores.

&&f-boxl&&In Tuesday's men's action, No. 18 Rhode Island College survived a trip to Danbury, Conn., as Mason Choice hit a pair of free throws with six seconds left to raise the Anchormen past Western Connecticut, 70-68. Tuesday's men's scores.

Corey McAdam drilled a 30-foot three-point shot as time expired to propel Nazareth past Rochester Tech 86-84. McAdam's heroics spoiled a fantastic night for the Tigers' Mark Carson who wracked up 31 points (including his 1,000th), 20 rebounds and eight blocks. Salem State (considered safe for a Pool C bid in the Abegg projections) beat Bridgewater State 77-69, putting Bridgewater State closer to a win-or-else scenario. Chuck McBreen won his 200th game in what could be Ramapo's season finale as the Roadrunners rolled CCNY 110-71.

Both MACs clarified their playoff picture. Albright and Messiah clinched the last two spots in the Commonwealth four-team tournament and Delaware Valley did the same in the five-team Freedom, ending a 40-year conference tournament drought for the Aggies. They made the field despite a Tuesday night loss, falling to 11-12 after DeSales won 84-71.