Jim Smith joined an exclusive club in Division III men's basketball as his St. John's team knocked off Division II Minnesota State-Moorhead 81-79 on Saturday night at St. Cloud State.

Smith won his 700th career game, becoming just the second D-III men's coach to reach the milestone and the 27th in collegiate men's basketball history.

&&g-boxr&&He joins Franklin and Marshall coach Glenn Robinson, who improved his career record to 758-291 on Saturday with a win against Gwynedd-Mercy.

Sophomore Andrew Latzke led all scorers with a career-high 27 points, 21 of which came from behind the arc. Junior Chris Schwartz and sophomore Aaron Barmore added 13 apiece, while junior Aaron Burtzel tallied nine points, nine assists and eight rebounds.

No. 25 Amherst pulled away from Ithaca on Saturday afternoon to win 92-67. With the win, Lord Jeff head coach David Hixon got the 600th victory of his 33-year career at Amherst.

A 1975 graduate of Amherst, Hixon has spent his entire career there, having worked as an assistant for three years before assuming the head coaching position. Hixon is just the ninth Division III coach to reach the 600-win plateau, and has the seventh-most victories by an active D-III coach.