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Katlin Michaels paced King's with 17 points in the Lady Monarchs' victory over Misercordia. |
Whitman rallied from a 21-point second-half deficit to defeat men's No. 1 Whitworth 82-79. It was standing room only at Whitman, which improved to 18-6. It's the Missionaries' 10th consecutive win.
Whitman outscored Whitworth 17-2 over the final four minutes to hand the Pirates their first loss of the season. Trailing 79-65, freshman Josh Duckworth nailed a 3-pointer with 3:34 left to spark Whitman's game-winning explosion. Full story.
Only four teams make the women's tournament for the MAC Freedom conference. After Tuesday night's results, those four teams are tied for first with one game left in the regular season.
King's rallied to beat Misericordia 52-48 and pulled itself into a tie for first place. The Cougars led 40-27 with 13 minutes to play but the Lady Monarchs held Misericordia to just two field goals the rest of the way. King's and Misericordia are joined by DeSales (83-51 winners over Wilkes) and Manhattanville (77-64 winners at Delaware Valley) in the four-way tie.
There's more clarity on the Commonwealth side of the MAC. No. 17 Lebanon Valley clinched the top seed by beating Elizabethtown 63-52. Geneseo State wrapped up the SUNYAC regular season title with a 71-44 victory over Fredonia State at home. Neumann took care of Philadelphia Bible 83-56 to clinch the top seed in the Colonial States Athletic Conference tournament and give head coach Frank Farnese his 100th win.
In men's action, No. 5 Wooster handled Kenyon 73-58 to keep its NCAC title hopes alive. The Scots are a half game behind idle Wittenberg. No. 25 Concordia (Wis.) topped Edgewood 71-66 to finish its conference season undefeated.
No. 20 Western Connecticut turned the three-way tie for first in the Little East Conference into a two-way tie by beating Eastern Connecticut 75-71. The Colonials remain tied with Rhode Island College since the Anchormen breezed past Mass-Dartmouth 75-54.
Much like the women's side of the MAC Freedom, the men's side has its four playoff teams but their seeding is up in the air. Delaware Valley got 102 points from its starting lineup and outscored Manhattanville 104-92 to clinch a playoff berth. Misericordia beat King's 86-81 to eliminate the Monarchs from the playoff chase. Wilkes upended DeSales 72-64 to snap the Bulldogs' nine game winning streak.
Alvernia beat crosstown rival Albright 75-70 to lock up the top seed in the MAC Commonwealth tournament. The Crusaders finish the regular season at Lebanon Valley, which wrapped up the second seed by beating Elizabethtown 74-55.